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A deep dive into the NBA sports betting scandal, by AP reporters

Professional basketball was stunned this week as a popular NBA Hall of Famer and head coach, a current player and a former player were arrested by federal authorities on illegal gambling charges. Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami ...
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Experts say criminal intent will be key in prosecuting NBA’s Billups and Rozier in gambling cases

NBA coach and Hall of Fame member Chauncey Billups is charged with luring high-stakes poker players to games he knew were fixed, while veteran NBA forward Terry Rozier is accused of faking an injury and sitting on the bench ...
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Trump reverses Biden-era rules on copper smelters

By Jarrett Renshaw and Ernest Scheyder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reversed a Biden-era air pollution rule that had imposed stricter limits on emissions from copper smelters. The copper rule, finalized in May 2024, had required smelters to ...
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Elanco gets US FDA emergency nod for dog drug as threat of flesh-eating parasite looms

(Reuters) -Elanco Animal Health said on Friday it had received an emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its flea and tick drug to treat dogs infected with a flesh-eating parasite found near the U.S.-Mexico ...
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2,000 mink released from Iowa farm in what trade group calls ‘terrorist act’

One or more intruders broke into an Iowa mink farm and released 2,000 of the furbearing animals in what a trade group called a “terrorist act” under federal law. Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, fencing was cut and ...
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Trump administration won’t tap contingency fund to keep food aid flowing, memo says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rejecting the idea of using roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep food aid flowing into November amid the government shutdown, according to a Department of Agriculture memo that surfaced Friday. ...
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Reagan Foundation becomes the latest US institution drawn into Donald Trump’s controversies

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is drawing a volatile mix of blowback and praise for arguing that a Canadian government advertisement playing in U.S. markets misrepresented the 40th president’s words to blast President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. It ...
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Day 24 of government shutdown means no paychecks for thousands of Washingtonians

(The Center Square) – Friday marks Day 24 of the federal government shutdown and the first missed paycheck for thousands of federal employees in Washington state. ...
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High superintendent pay fuels debate over Illinois school consolidation

(The Center Square) – A new Illinois Policy Institute report reignites debate over how schools are run and how much top administrators are paid, but one national education expert warns district consolidation could make things worse, not better. ...
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Employee accused of stealing 47 vehicles from Avis Budget car rental site at New York airport

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — An employee allegedly stole 47 vehicles from an Avis Budget site at an upstate New York airport and rented them out around the region, police said Friday. The car rental company reported to authorities that the ...
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Immigration surge called off for entire San Francisco Bay Area, officials say

By Nathan Frandino OAKLAND, California (Reuters) -A planned immigration enforcement push by U.S. Border Patrol has been called off throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including Oakland, local officials said on Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said ...
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Another airline comfort comes at a cost – reclining seats

By Allison Lampert and Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) -Reclining seats are the latest airline perk to come at a cost – and it is irritating both passengers and staff. Calgary-based WestJet on Wednesday started flying the first of 43 newly configured planes ...
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