Evening briefing in Buffalo: May 7

Good evening, Buffalo. We end the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather forecast.

Your weather planner

A few showers and thunderstorms could occur in the evening. The best chance of seeing this happen will be in parts of the Niagara border, particularly along 90 and north.

Tomorrow’s forecast

Peaks : Around 70 The lowest: Low fifties Partly cloudy

7 day forecast | Interactive radar

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The big stories of the day

1. New York’s abortion rights amendment threw off the November ballot, dealing a blow to Democrats

A New York judge on Tuesday blocked a politically important abortion rights amendment from being put before voters on the November ballot, dealing a setback to Democrats as the party moved to concentrate races on the battleground in the state over access to abortion.

2. Female athlete joins Republicans to sound the alarm on New York’s proposed Equal Rights Amendment

Before it was removed from the ballot by a state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, New York voters were expected to vote in November on Proposition 1, also known as the Equality Amendment. New York rights.

3. Ukraine claims to have foiled a Russian intelligence plot to assassinate President Zelensky.

Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other prominent military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday.

4. Live Updates: Stormy Daniels speaks out at Trump’s secret trial

Before a morning break in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, Stormy Daniels said she and Trump spoke for about two hours in his hotel suite before they were supposed to go to dinner. During the conversation, she said, he floated the idea of ​​putting her on his TV show “The Apprentice.”

5. Trump says he will ‘probably’ testify in hush money case, attacks judge, imposes silence

In an interview Tuesday with Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin before the 13th day of his secret trial began, former President Donald Trump said he would “probably” testify in the case.

6. SUNY opens new pediatric sensory clinic to help children and families

Mark Goshgarian takes us inside a new clinic in the SUNY system designed to give kids and their parents the tools they need to soar and succeed.

Your grades for tomorrow

• Biden will visit Wisconsin and Illinois
• Virtual status conference hearing for Donald Trump’s classified documents trial
• The Paris 2024 Olympic flame arrives in Marseille, France, after being lit in ancient Olympia, Greece
• Microsoft releases its annual Work Trend Index report on how people work
• Shania Twain begins her “Come on Over” residency in Las Vegas
• Blues Hall of Fame induction ceremony