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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Mistakenly taking less than $100 worth of bets on college basketball games that are not allowed to be wagered on in New Jersey has cost BetMGM $25,000. The same law that’s preventing fans of Jersey City-based Saint Peter’s University in Friday’s Sweet 16 game also
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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Mistakenly taking less than $100 worth of bets on college basketball games that are not allowed to be wagered on in New Jersey has cost BetMGM $25,000. The same law that’s preventing fans of Jersey City-based Saint Peter’s University in Friday’s Sweet 16 game also
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Kelly, CNN Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state and who helped steer Western foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War, has died. She was 84 years old. The cause was cancer, Albright’s family said in a statement Wednesday. Albright was a central figure in President Bill Clinton’s administration,
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Amazon has found its announcers for “Thursday Night Football.” Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit will be the play-by-play announcers for Amazon Prime Video’s exclusive coverage of “Thursday Night Football” starting next season, kicking off with a September 15 telecast. Landing Michaels, one of the most iconic announcers in sports history,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The U.S. State Department says a U.S. Embassy official has visited with WNBA star Brittney Griner, who remains detained near Moscow, to check on her condition. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told CNN the official found Griner “to be in good condition.” Price did not identify the official who had been
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By The Associated Press The U.S. State Department says a U.S. Embassy official has visited with WNBA star Brittney Griner, who remains detained near Moscow, to check on her condition. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told CNN the official found Griner “to be in good condition.” Price did not identify the official who had been
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild, Geneva Sands and Marshall Cohen, CNN Former Donald Trump adviser Paul Manafort was stopped by US customs officials at Miami International Airport on Sunday and prevented from boarding a flight bound for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, according to a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department. Manafort, Trump’s campaign chairman in
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Wednesday, giving back nearly all of the gains they made a day earlier, as crude oil prices rose sharply again. The S&P 500 lost 1.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.3% and the Nasdaq fell 1.3%. Technology, health
Continue ReadingBy Joylyn Bukovac Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — For a musician to have their instruments stolen is a tough blow. For Nashville musician Cody Waggett, it means so much more which is why his wife is offering a $5,000 reward. “I feel devastated. This is definitely one of the
Continue ReadingCNN Katie Hunt, CNN Stan, the world’s most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, sold for $31.8 million in 2020 — the highest price ever paid at auction for a fossil. The sale was controversial and the buyer never disclosed. Paleontologists feared the 67 million-year-old fossil was lost to science. Earlier this year, some thought Dwayne “The
Continue Reading STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Chris Jans vowed that Mississippi will play with confidence and swagger during his introduction as the Bulldogs’ basketball coach. While that objective obviously depends on which players stay and who arrives via recruiting and the transfer portal, Jans said Wednesday he is intent on transforming MSU from its current state of
Continue ReadingBy Tony Garcia Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A woman had to be rescued after her vehicle became stuck in high flood waters on a bridge in Lewis County. According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department, the woman phoned for help after she attempted to drive over a low
Continue Reading By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Attorneys representing investors in utility giant FirstEnergy Corp. say the company’s former chief executive and a top official were behind the payments in an alleged $60 million corruption scheme. The two attorneys revealed the names in new court documents Wednesday under order from a federal judge. They said former FirstEnergy
Continue ReadingBy Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story FENTON, Michigan (WNEM) — A 15-year-old Lake Fenton student is in custody after allegedly posting a threat on Snapchat. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said the post showed some rifles with a caption “don’t come to school tomorrow.” Swanson said the student was immediately taken
Continue ReadingBy Annie Rose Ramos Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Along with the warmer weather, comes crime and scammers. That is why Baltimore County Police are warning people of potential scammers posing as repair companies or cable services. “More people are out and about,” Russ Stout, a Pine Valley-Valleywood resident, said.
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BEDFORD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — More than 50 years after Natalie Scheublin was murdered in her Bedford home, a suspect has been arrested. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced that 76-year-old Arthur Massei has been charged with first degree murder connected to the 1971 death of
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Borrasso Click here for updates on this story MONROEVILLE, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Parents and Gateway school administrators met to discuss how a man got into an elementary school and made his way to a girls’ bathroom, where he allegedly stayed for about 40 minutes and may have recorded girls using the restroom. Gateway’s
Continue Reading CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Chandler police say Mesa police fatally shot a person who had been driving a stolen motorcycle after the person displayed a gun. A Chandler police spokesperson said the shooting occurred Tuesday night during an encounter after Mesa police tried to stop the motorcycle and a police helicopter then tracked it a
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Health experts are closely watching a new Covid variant that’s even more contagious than Omicron. BA.2, a subvariant of Omicron is 30 to 60 percent more transmissible – and wastewater data from Palm Springs shows its on the rise here in the valley. In the past two weeks, testing of the city’s wastewater showed about
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las fuerzas rusas saquearon y destruyeron un laboratorio cercano a la planta nuclear de Chernobyl que se utilizaba para monitorear residuos radiactivos, según afirmó el gobierno de Ucrania este miércoles. El sitio del peor desastre nuclear que ha visto el mundo cayó en manos de Rusia en la primera semana de
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