Second gambler admits trying to cash in on scheme involving ex-NBA player Jontay Porter
NEW YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty in a sports betting scheme that ended Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter’s NBA career.…
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No charges after flyaway metal grazes reporter at event for Missouri’s Democratic Senate candidate
Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say it was an accident when a reporter was hit by flyaway metal as Missouri’s Democratic…
Continue Reading Scientists detect traces of an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico using laser-sensor technology
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city cloaked by jungle…
Continue Reading Ted Cruz, Colin Allred make spirited final pitches to Texas voters in Senate race
Associated Press/Report for America JOURDANTON, Texas (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred are making their final…
Continue Reading Maine’s adult mental health system ready to emerge from court oversight after 3 decades
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s adult mental care facilities are ready to emerge from court oversight after an appointed specialist concluded the…
Continue Reading Ex-FTX executive spared prison sentence after cooperating against Sam Bankman-Fried
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An ex-FTX executive who testified against the cryptocurrency firm’s founder at his trial last year has been…
Continue Reading 1 county each in Oregon, Washington report issues with US Postal Service not delivering ballots
Associated Press Voters in two counties in Washington state and Oregon have not received mail-in ballots with less than a week to go before the…
Continue Reading Recreational marijuana home delivery to begin in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona residents will be able to get recreational cannabis delivered to their homes beginning Friday, marking a new milestone for a…
Continue Reading More former cadets accuse US Coast Guard Academy of failing to prevent campus sexual assaults
Associated Press Nine additional former cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy have formally accused overseers of the prestigious service academy of…
Continue Reading The Grammy Awards are headed to ABC starting in 2027 under a new 10-year deal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammys will have a new broadcast home on ABC starting in 2027. The network and the Recording Academy announced Wednesday…
Continue Reading Venezuela’s rejection from developing economies alliance heightens tensions with member Brazil
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government is doubling down on its attacks against Brazilian foreign relations officials, accusing them of…
Continue Reading Hip-hop producer Metro Boomin is accused of rape in lawsuit
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that Metro Boomin, a Grammy-nominated producer who has…
Continue Reading Nicky Jam withdraws endorsement of Donald Trump over comedian’s ‘garbage’ comment about Puerto Rico
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Nicky Jam has withdrawn his endorsement of Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential…
Continue Reading UN General Assembly condemns the US economic embargo of Cuba for a 32nd year
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for a…
Continue Reading Biden goes off script — again — causing a distraction for Harris in campaign’s home stretch
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has long been known for going off script. He’s trying to rein himself in as the…
Continue Reading 8 miners are dead and 1 is missing after a mine collapse in Zambia
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Police say eight miners have died after being buried under mounds of earth that collapsed on them in an open-pit copper mine…
Continue Reading Retrial begins in civil suit against contractor accused in Abu Ghraib prison scandal
Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison two…
Continue Reading Shaun White and Nina Dobrev are engaged. He faked a dinner invite with Anna Wintour to propose
Former skateboarder and Olympic snowboarder Shaun White and actor Nina Dobrev are getting married. White’s publicist Jennifer Peros confirmed the…
Continue Reading Race-motivated assault charges filed against former New Hampshire police officer
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A white former New Hampshire police officer has been accused of a race-motivated assault against a Black bank…
Continue Reading Jurors, judge and former prison director all ask for mercy for condemned South Carolina inmate
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore has more than 20 people asking the governor to spare his life…
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