By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As sports betting has swept across the country with states, casinos and consumers eagerly embracing a new gambling market, internet casino games have grown much more slowly. But the online casino market has tremendous potential for growth and expansion, participants in a major casino conference
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By Xiaofei Xu and Marguerite Lacroix, CNN An animal sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing demands for ransom money, after kidnappers abducted three of its baby chimpanzees. “This is the first time in the world that baby apes were kidnapped for ransom,” Franck Chantereau, founder of the sanctuary where the kidnap
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Las opiniones expresadas en este artÃculo son únicamente de los escritores. CNN presenta el trabajo de The Conversation, una colaboración entre periodistas y académicos para proporcionar análisis y comentarios de noticias. El contenido es producido únicamente por The Conversation. (The Conversation) — La declaración del presidente Joe Biden de que
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns starting linebacker and team captain Anthony Walker Jr. will miss the rest of the season after tearing a quadriceps tendon in Thursday night’s win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Walker is one of the Browns’ emotional leaders and the defensive signal caller. Walker was injured
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I rocket will get its third launch attempt on Tuesday, September 27, but Tropical Depression Nine could change that. The 70-minute launch window opens at 11:37 a.m. ET and the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft continue to sit on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Flooding likely worsened by climate change has submerged one-third of Pakistan’s territory and left 33 million of its people scrambling to survive, according to Pakistan’s prime minister, who says he came to the United Nations this year to tell the world that “tomorrow, this tragedy
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story PEARLAND, Texas (KTRK) — A now-former Pearland ISD student is accused of taking photos up the skirts of his female classmates and posting them online, charging documents read. Ty Scott Manning attended Dawson High School, but following the allegation, is now no longer enrolled in
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A jury in Hunt County, Texas, on Thursday found former Wolfe City Police officer Shaun Lucas not guilty of murder in the 2020 killing of Jonathan Price outside a convenience store, court records show. Lucas, a 24-year-old White man, was charged with murdering Price, who was Black, after
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Hurtado Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An investigation into a domestic violence allegation ended in a shooting that killed a woman and injured an NCIS agent in a Humble-area neighborhood Thursday afternoon, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The events unfolded in the 12500 block of Tullich
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business When the UK government, led by new Prime Minister Liz Truss, unveiled its plan to rescue the British economy on Friday, the reaction from investors was instantaneous: They hated it. The British pound crashed below $1.10 by mid-afternoon, hitting a new 37-year low against the greenback. UK government bonds also
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN More than 15 years after fast radio bursts were discovered, new research has both unraveled and deepened the mystery of the sources of these deep space phenomena. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are bright, powerful emissions of radio waves ranging from a fraction of a millisecond to a few milliseconds, each
Continue Reading By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams signed edge rusher Takkarist McKinley off the practice squad of the Tennessee Titans earlier this week, looking for an experienced option after Leonard Floyd after he hurt his knee in practice last week. McKinley was a first-round draft pick of the
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay says three Topeka police officers were justified when they shot and killed a man in June. Kagay said 38-year-old Christopher Kelley, was shot when he charged at the officers with a knife after threatening an employee at a BNSF property in Topeka. Police Chief Bryan
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager and activist investor, has an alternative idea to fight inflation: Increase immigration. He criticized the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes in a series of tweets Thursday and Friday as a blunt tool that will destroy consumer demand and trigger a recession. “Inflation can be
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Even Goldman Sachs is succumbing to the gloomy mood on Wall Street by abandoning its previously optimistic stance and warning that US stocks will end the year deeply in the red. Goldman Sachs took an ax late Thursday to its stock market forecast, slashing its year-end target for the S&P
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A protester has lit a portion of the court and his arm on fire during a match at the Laver Cup tennis event. The episode happened hours before Roger Federer was scheduled to play for the final time before retiring. The activist briefly delayed the action at the start of the second
Continue ReadingBy Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist A potent tropical system is churning in the Caribbean on Friday, poised to strengthen significantly as it tracks north toward the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasts show the system intensifying into a Category 3 as it approaches Florida next week, where it could become the first major hurricane for the state
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have ruled out starting safety Micah Hyde and defensive tackle Jordan Phillips for their game at the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Hyde is out after hurting his neck in a 41-7 win over Tennessee on Monday, while Phillips injured his hamstring
Continue Reading JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The LPGA and financial giant Mizuho Americas have announced a new tournament will be played in New Jersey next year at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey. The 72-hole tournament will be called the Mizuho Americas Open and it will take place May 29- June 4. The
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TODAY: Showers continue for the midafternoon, but are greatly limited thanks to some dry air in the lower levels of the atmosphere. Additionally, the rainfall will focus northwest and mostly along and north of I-70, so folks near and south of HWY 50 will see lesser chances, especially to the east. TONIGHT: Rain will come
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