
Viktoria Hallikäär
Reporter at Spectrum News Buffalo
Proud @VanderbiltU alum, plant-based foodie, and Emmy-nominated/Murrow-winning reporter at @SPECNews1BUF 🇪🇪🇲🇽🇺🇸
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3 days ago |
spectrumlocalnews.com | Viktoria Hallikäär
They contributed $50 billion to the U.S. economy in 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. “U.S. research universities rank very highly, and that matters,” said Nathan Daun-Barnett, an associate professor of higher education at the University at Buffalo.
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3 weeks ago |
spectrumlocalnews.com | Brianne Roesser |Viktoria Hallikäär
National Fuel says no leaks or service issues in their gas facilities played a role in Monday night's Hamburg house explosion. According to Hamburg Police, Joene Pease, 78, was killed, and John Pease, 78, remains at Erie County Medical Center as a result of the blast. Police say the incident prompted multiple calls that came in just before 9 p.m. More than 200 emergency responders from 20 agencies worked to put out flames and search the debris.
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1 month ago |
spectrumnews1.com | Viktoria Hallikäär
BUFFALO — Amid attacks on federal judges who have slowed President Donald Trump's agenda, Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive.”“Judicial independence is crucial,” Roberts, the leader of the Supreme Court and the entire federal judiciary, said at a gathering of judges and lawyers in his hometown. The 70-year-old chief justice largely repeated things he has said previously.
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1 month ago |
spectrumlocalnews.com | Viktoria Hallikäär
BUFFALO — Amid attacks on federal judges who have slowed President Donald Trump's agenda, Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive.”“Judicial independence is crucial,” Roberts, the leader of the Supreme Court and the entire federal judiciary, said at a gathering of judges and lawyers in his hometown. The 70-year-old chief justice largely repeated things he has said previously.
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1 month ago |
spectrumlocalnews.com | Viktoria Hallikäär
BUFFALO, N.Y. — When President Donald Trump entered office on Jan. 20, he signed an executive order stopping the United States Refugee Admissions Program until further notice, saying the U.S. lacks the ability to absorb large numbers of migrants. “The majority of the people that we work with here at this organization or that people might see in our community have all come through approved pipelines or pathways," said Pam Kefi, CEO of Journey’s End Refugee Services.
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RT @SPECNews1BUF: In the latest effort to accomplish its deportation agenda, the Trump administration this week announced a new offer for i…

RT @SPECNews1BUF: It was a hometown welcome for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts. The Buffalo native spoke to a crowd i…

During a fireside chat with SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts - he's asked if #BillsMafia can get any help with all these calls that go against the @BuffaloBills, especially when playoffs season comes around. But...no luck. Roberts is a Bears fan...😂 @SPECNews1BUF https://t.co/oshFgf0KUO