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For the first time in decades, America's obesity rate remained flat this past year, according to the United Health Foundation. Tell Me More host Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Reed Tuckson about the report. Marquette University Professor Andrew Williams, who is developing a robot to help children exercise and make better nutritional choices, also joins the conversation.

On Friday's Scoreboard...We preview the star-studded World Series matchup between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Buffalo Sabres have the chance Saturday to do something that took them five months to do last season. Canisius hockey hosts two Sabres draftees and top ranked Michigan State this weekend. Plus, a brief preview of the Bills game in Seattle, and a look ahead into basketball season, as two of WNY's best college teams meet on Sunday.

The "silver tsunami" of aging Americans is often seen as a potential way to alleviate U.S. housing affordability woes. But an influx of empty-nester homes into the market may not have much impact.

In December 2022, WBFO published an investigation into the City of Buffalo's violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This series includes the original and follow-up reporting from that story.

By Joyce KryszakBuffalo, NY – Buffalo's first African-American police commissioner was sworn in Tuesday by the Common Council. And H. McCarthy Gipson says…

The White House has targeted the Chinese-owned app with an executive order that would effectively ban it from operating in the U.S. Lawyers for TikTok say the president's action is unconstitutional.

An uproar followed comments by Sanofi's CEO that if the company develops a vaccine, doses would likely go to Americans first. The board president later insisted, "Any vaccine will be a public good."

A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that most Americans give President Biden low marks for his handling of the war in Ukraine, and concerns about inflation are overshadowing positive news about the economy.

Guilty or innocent, the drug-corruption trial in New York of high-ranking former Mexican government official, Genaro Garcia Luna, shows the limits of the U.S. to win its decades-long "war on drugs."

On the WBFO brief today, hear parts of a new podcast that Buffalo-based mental health counselor Karl Shallowhorn’s putting together to discuss the links between music and mental health. Also, the crisis in Canada where hospital ICU admissions have topped 800. And our PBS American Portrait spotlights Michael Nguyen, whose family started one of Buffalo’s first Vietnamese groceries.