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Jay Moran brings the latest information and analysis of a 3.8 magnitude earthquake centered around West Seneca early Monday morning and Emyle Watkins looks at Buffalo's wheelchair football team in advance of a documentary on them airing tonight on WNED PBS. And hear of more pushback on the NY Thruway Authority's plan to raise tolls.

Praise for the lifting of Canadian border requirements that made it harder for US citizens to cross into Canada without complicated COVID related rules. We have news of the push to allow assisted deaths in NYS, and Buffalo Schools Supt. Tonja Williams is speaking out on the latest student violence at Mc Kinley HS saying the students are "not out of control".

If it’s Friday, it’s Theater Talk –unveiling a June 5th Arties Awards date even though “ The theater season is alive and limping,” post-COVID. A Mother’s Day look at help for homeless moms , and Gov. Hochul wants federal funding to handle the influx of women who could come to NYS for heath care if Roe v. Wade is struck down.

Ann Powers picks her favorite chart-topping, radio-dominating songs of 2012.

A look at the maps that would re-district the Buffalo City Council amid claims that the new lines diminish minority representation. City of Light author Lauren Belfer joins WBFO’s Mike Desmond to talk about her latest work Ashton Hall, which also features several ties to Buffalo. And Joel Giambra blasts the GOP and bows out of his race for the NYS Senate.

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

Lots of drugs, some jewelry and furs and a celebrity rapper made the list of Top 10 unique seizures and arrests by the Buffalo Field Office of U.S.…

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.

Recommendations include "Fargo" and "The Crown."

Dig below the strata of pop songs so ubiquitous you can't stand to hear them anymore, and you'll find plenty of riches in the Top 40, from country crossover to innovative R&B and classic pop.