The Buffalo Public School Board is backing out of a conference that three board members were slated to attend this weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona. This comes as questions were raised about the district paying thousands in taxpayer dollars for the trip while considering a school closure plan and dealing with a deep deficit.A vote from nearly 900 child sexual abuse survivors who filed claims against the Buffalo Diocese worth nearly $327 million has passed. The vote marks the end of the yearslong legal battle that is part of the diocese’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.A Buffalo man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison and will pay nearly $9 million in restitution after submitting hundreds of fraudulent financing applications. Paul Paredes, 54, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison and was ordered to pay $8,754,446 in restitution to 57 victims.The City of Buffalo Animal Shelter is inviting Western New Yorkers to “Fall in Love” with a new companion during a reduced-fee adoption event and donation drive, running Thursday, Nov. 5, through Saturday, Nov. 7.