Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Boyd Interactive has purchased Resorts Digital, the online gambling arm of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino for an undisclosed amount. The transaction was finalized on Sept. 1 and confirmed by the parties on Monday. Resorts Digital has outperformed the physical Resorts casino for years; it has taken in five
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s state-run media says a senior army general has been tapped as the new spy chief. The powerful Inter-Service Intelligence, though officially reports to the prime minister, takes its directive from the military which has ruled Pakistan for over three decades. Lt. Gen. Asim Malik was appointed days ahead of
Continue ReadingWHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers was remembered for his public service as mourners looked for answers to unravel a mystery still shaking their tiny Appalachian town — why their popular sheriff is behind bars and charged with murder. The preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s Democratic Senate candidate improperly claimed property tax credits for two homes, something her campaign says she was unaware of and plans to repay. Angela Alsobrooks, who is the county executive of Prince George’s County, claimed homestead and senior property tax credits for a home in Washington, D.C., and
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty to providing fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a prominent New York City transgender activist Cecilia Gentili earlier this year. Prosecutors say Michael Kuilan pleaded guilty a charge of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl in Brooklyn federal court Monday. Antonio Venti entered a
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is suing ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving the public for half a century by promising that recycling would address the global plastics pollution crisis. His office filed a lawsuit Monday. It’s separate from a complaint filed by nonprofit environmental organizations. ExxonMobil is one of the world’s largest producers of plastics. The
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Many years into their marriage, Stephen and Evie Colbert suddenly became co-workers. And that is why, in a roundabout way, we have their first cookbook. During the pandemic, Evie helped keep her husband’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on the air at CBS while the couple hunkered
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A soccer pitch in London collapsed and parts of the United Kingdom are submerged by flash floods after some areas saw a month’s worth of rainfall in 24 hours. Roads were closed, some train lines in London were suspended and dozens of people reported their houses being submerged as parts of central
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz saxophone player and composer Benny Golson has died at age 95. Golson’s longtime agent says Golson died Saturday at his home in Manhattan after a short illness. Golson worked over his seven-decade musical career with Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, John Coltrane and other jazz luminaries. He built much
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Prosecutors have filed six felony charges against a man accused of taking a woman hostage at gunpoint at a Conley Road restaurant Friday.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday said “a woman can do anything a man can do … including being president of the United States,” as he welcomed the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League champions Gotham FC, the first time in the league’s 11-year history that a team has received an invite.
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A 17-year-old from Hallsville died after his vehicle overturned on a country road near Hallsville.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — The trial into the brutal killing of a 22-year-old woman has started in Italy. The case shocked the country and fueled debate over the cultural roots of surging gender-based violence. Authorities say Giulia Cecchettin’s 22-year-old ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta has confessed to fatally stabbing her in Fosso near Venice on Nov.
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of Broadway, circle this date: This season’s Tony Awards will take place on June 8 at its familiar home of Radio City Music Hall. Producers of the show announced the date and location Monday. For the last few years, the telecast has bounced around the city —
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters have issued hurricane watches for parts of Cuba and Mexico as a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands could strengthen in upcoming days as it moves north toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance may become Hurricane Helene on Wednesday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A bench trial began last week in Baltimore federal court in a civil case over affirmative action at American military academies. Attorneys for the U.S. Naval Academy say the school should be allowed to continue using race as an admissions factor because prioritizing diversity in the military makes it stronger
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s president accused Israel on Monday of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying “traps” to lead his country into a wider conflict. Masoud Pezeshkian told about two dozen media representatives that Iran doesn’t want to see the current war in Gaza and airstrikes across the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The ACLU of Missouri’s lawsuit against Governor Mike Parson will enter the trial phase on Monday in the case of Noe v. Parson. The suit, announced in July 2023 is led by the ACLU of Missouri along with Lambda Legal and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. The lawsuit hopes to block
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s military says at least 30 bodies were found on a boat drifting off the coast of Dakar along a route used by migrants. The military spokesperson said that the advanced state of decomposition of the bodies is making the identification process difficult. In recent years the number of
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