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The Buffalo City council held a short session of about 3 minutes long to vote in new city council districts, without hearing from the many there to protest it. Also,the Town of Niagara approves a massive Amazon warehouse project adjacent to the Niagara Falls airport, and Mayor Brown goes to Washington, to seek aid after the Tops shooting.

A report that state officials fudged the numbers on availability of internet service across NY. Also a preview of the latest federal court proceedings after the new indictment against accused Tops shooter Payton Gendrun. And internal polls point to a Carl Paladino lead over Nick Langworthy, as they head toward a Republican primary battle in the NY 27th Cong. district.

Remembering Tops victim Kat Massey. Also, during her regular conversation with Jay Moran, hear Dr. Nancy Nielsen MD say “This variant is really nasty. It is highly contagiouis and it seems to escape the immunization that one has. And former Erie County Dem. party chair Steve Pigeon, a controversial operative for years, has now been sentenced to 4 months in jail.

We have the latest on the lake effect snows, including a chat with the National Weather Service, Also word of a upcoming guilty plea on state charges by accused Tops shooter Payton Gendron, the push for a statewide ban on crypto-currency mining, and ... if it's Friday, It's Theater Talk- this week with a Buffalo-born actor Stephen Stocking on Broadway in "Death of a Salesman"

NPR's A Martinez talks to Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, about the record opioid overdoses in the country.

Gregory Katsas has a sterling legal pedigree. But his service in the Trump White House could play an important role in any confirmation hearings if he's selected as a federal appeals court judge.

"Politically related prosecutions ... undermine the rule of law," George Kent said in his deposition. The transcript of his interview with impeachment investigators was released on Thursday.

The Jan. 6 committee is wrapping up its summer series of made-for-TV hearings Thursday night. Here's a look back at all the bombshell details and the major revelations it's shared so far.

If you’ve walked around Downtown Buffalo recently, you’ve probably spotted the bright yellow billboards and bus ads calling out City Hall. Jay Moran sits down with Harper Bishop and Ariel Aberg-Riger who are two of the organizers of the political action group Our City Action Buffalo. Afterwards, we’re joined by educator, scholar, and author Dr. Silvia Lloyd. Along with the challenges today’s school-aged children face, we speak to Silvia about her new book of spoken word poetry dealing with the Tops May 14th racist attack.

With Tops shooter Payton Gendron due back in court on February 2, today’s episode of What’s Next? features producer Patrick Hosken having conversations with legal experts around the issue of capital punishment. First, Megan Byrne, a staff attorney at the ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project, explains what to expect from the federal case against Gendron, and discusses the implications of race in relation to the death penalty. And William Easton, a partner at the law firm Easton Thompson Kasperek Shiffrin and former supervising attorney at the Capital Defender Office, traces the history of the death penalty in New York State and his experience defending against it.