By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — It’s official: New York is now the largest sports betting market in America after just four weeks of taking mobile bets. The Empire State blew past New Jersey in January to seize the market lead, taking over $1.6 billion worth of sports bets. That’s $300
Continue ReadingBy Lawson Gutzwiller Click here for updates on this story LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WLWT) — Many vehicles throughout Greater Cincinnati have had a challenging time navigating through Thursday’s icy mix. When a mailman got his mail truck stuck in the slush in Liberty Township, a former linebacker came to his rescue, and the entire incident
Continue ReadingBy David Baker Click here for updates on this story CASA GRANDE, Arizona (KPHO) — Drug smugglers tried to use buffet-style food to move hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills in Pinal County on Wednesday but were stopped by deputies. It happened near Casa Grande. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said deputies pulled over a
Continue ReadingBy KPHO/KTVK News Staff Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO) — A convicted sex offender from California has been arrested in Phoenix after failing to register his Facebook and email accounts as required. The man has made national headlines, going by the name “Mr. RTK,” which means “rape, torture, and kill.” Police
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Swimming has canceled a meet in Iowa, and it is reviewing its calendar for the rest of 2022 after the world championships were pushed back another year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The TYR Pro Swim Series Des Moines was set for March 2-5 at the MidAmerican Energy Aquatic
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has rejected a Black man’s argument that he was denied his right to an impartial jury because of a flawed process that excluded Black people and resulted in only white jurors. It is the second time the state’s high court heard
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Johnson Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — “The inappropriateness of belief that there should be continual videotaping in a classroom is something that should not even be considered,” said Mike Beranek, the president of the Iowa State Education Association. Iowa educators are expressing concern over a controversial
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Talk about a conversation starter! Three Southern California mothers welcomed their babies on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 – also known as 2/2/22! First, there was the early bird. Aiden Chino was born at 2:32 a.m. at California Hospital Medical Center near
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Employers added a record 6.6 million jobs during Joe Biden’s first 12 months in office, by far the strongest record of any president’s first year in office. The unexpected strength of the January jobs report — along with some revisions in readings for November and December — pushed Biden over
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing from Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors alleged that Avenatti — who helped negotiate the $800,000 advance for Daniels’ October 2018 book “Full Disclosure” — defrauded his former client by instructing her literary agent to send
Continue ReadingBy Shelby Montgomery Click here for updates on this story CANADIAN COUNTY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — The Oklahoma winter weather has forced schools to cancel or move to virtual learning. In Canadian County, the schools have been forced to make decisions. As of now, both Yukon and Mustang have canceled classes for Thursday and Friday. Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy Derrick Rose Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WISN) — Angry is an understatement. What happened to LaPorche Barham Thursday morning set her off on a fiery Facebook Live rant about reckless drivers in Milwaukee. Now, she’s getting praise for saying what many people are thinking. “I’m telling y’all, right now,
Continue ReadingBy CeFaan Kim Click here for updates on this story SOHO, Manhattan, New York (WABC) — The NYPD is once again, protecting a high-end luxury store in SoHo. After thieves robbed Celine Boutique in the middle of the day, police believe five suspects grabbed and made off with several bags. Police say the five suspects
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The top US general in the Middle East said a Pentagon investigation into the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 US service members was the result of a single bomber, and it was not the “complex” attack that
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN Business The Labor Department’s monthly jobs report can be hard to interpret, especially as Covid has blown up analysts’ models that measure the economy. But the January report, released Friday, is one to pay attention to. The headline result — 467,000 jobs added last month — came in far better than
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Manhattan real estate is back and it is booming. In 2021, prices were near record highs and sales were higher than they’d been in more than three decades. The Big Apple was hit hard at the beginning of the pandemic. Prices dropped and sales activity slowed. But Manhattan came back
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story BATH BEACH, Brooklyn, New York (WABC) — An unoccupied building exploded, and two neighboring homes were destroyed by fire on Friday. The explosion happened on Bay 35th Street in Bath Beach just after 7:15 a.m. and the resulting fire quickly spread to two adjacent buildings.
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted the January jobs report that was significantly better than what most economists had predicted, given the rapid surge of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. “Our country is taking everything that Covid has to throw at us and we’ve come back stronger,” Biden
Continue ReadingCNN By Jacob Lev, CNN A letter written on behalf of 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania’s swim team was sent to the university and the Ivy League on Thursday asking that they not pursue legal action to challenge the NCAA’s new transgender athlete participation policies. The letter was written by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO
Continue ReadingBy WLS Digital Team Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — The Chicago Fire Department rescued a man who walked onto the ice in Lake Michigan Friday morning. The rescue occurred around 7 a.m. near the 5500-block of South Lake Shore Drive in Hyde Park. CFD said it was a smooth rescue
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