Destruction amid beauty in Rome, NY where iconic church steeples that since the 1800s have welcomed people back home are gone after a tornado. Tonight many are promising and hoping Rome will rise again. 📸Westbrook Shortell

Republican senators confronting the Secret Service director at the RNC:

The NWS in Buffalo has confirmed a tornado in Buffalo earlier today near Niagara St and Carolina St. This is tornado number 26 this year in New York State. The most in a year with records going back to 1950. The previous record was 25 (1992). #Buffalo #NYwx News 4 Buffalo

ESPN Los Angeles studio shaking from an earthquake during NBA Today and Malika Andrews handled it like a pro.

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Rest in peace great lady.

Syracuse literacy legend Ruth Colvin was interviewed for her New York Times obituary in 2020. “Who wants to read about this old lady?” she asked at the time. nytimes.com/2024/08/19/us/…

Sometimes love spills out all over the place. We need to see that every now and again.

Kamala Harris says she also learned from her mother “never do anything half-ass — and that is a direct quote.”

Fact check: false.

True love New York State Fair

.New York State Fair attendance so far 439,973

Eight days into its thirteen day run, the New York State Fair is just shy of half a million visitors. 490,673 is total attendance so far.

Attendance at New York State Fair so far this run: 633,673. Strawberry milk replaces white milk at the Dairy Products building Saturday thru Labor Day or until they run out, which they will.

Reports of chaos, crowds surging and fear - now witnesses at New York State Fair say a loudspeaker announcement says the Fair is closed for the night.

Statement from NYS Fair indicates fair closing early tonight after “reports of violence.” No agency or official has confirmed gunfire.

New York State Fair total attendance down by tens of thousands compared to last summer. cnycentral.com/news/local/202…

Gov. Hochul, on WNYC 🎙, on ex-aide Linda Sun's arrest: “I’m furious and I’m outraged and I’m absolutely shocked at how brazen her behavior was. It was a betrayal of trust.”

There’s always warning signs. Per the FBI Atlanta, this incident over a year ago involved the suspect in today’s shooting. He’s been broadcasting his intent for over a year. It’s unclear if he underwent a threat assessment before a determination of no probable cause was made.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The woman behind an early Facebook post spreading a harmful and baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating local pets .. says she had no firsthand knowledge of any such incident and is now filled with regret .. NBC News nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-…