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With father of suspect charged in Georgia shooting, will more parents be held responsible?
Murder charges filed against the father of a 14-year-old boy accused of a Georgia school shooting follow the successful prosecution of two parents in Michigan who were held responsible for a similar tragedy at a school north of Detroit. Is it a sign of a crackdown on parents accused...
Sports betting firm bet365 fined $33K for taking bets after outcomes were known
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have levied a $33,000 fine on sports betting company bet365 for taking wagers on events in which the outcome was already known, and on games that were not approved for betting. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement...
Today in History: September 6, President McKinley fatally shot
Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 6, the 250th day of 2024. There are 116 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL’-gawsh) at the...
The New Jersey developer convicted with Bob Menendez pleads guilty to bank fraud
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey real estate developer convicted alongside Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez this summer pleaded guilty to a separate bank fraud charge, prosecutors said Thursday. Fred Daibes, 67, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Newark, the U.S. Attorney's...
Atlantic City's top casino underpaid its online gambling taxes by $1.1M, regulators say
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators say Atlantic City's top-performing casino, the Borgata, underpaid some of its internet gambling taxes twice by taking almost $15 million more in credits than it was entitled to. That led the casino to pay $1.1 million less...
Blue Jackets fans and players remember the Gaudreau brothers at a candlelight vigil in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fans and Columbus Blue Jackets players gathered for an emotional candlelight vigil outside the team's arena to remember Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, who died last week when they were struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state...
A man serving a 20-year sentence in New York gets on the ballot for Alaska's lone House seat
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A man serving time on a 20-year prison sentence for threatening officials in New Jersey has made it onto Alaska's general election ballot for the state's lone U.S. House seat this November. Eric Hafner was convicted in 2022 of threatening to kill judges,...
Another New Jersey offshore wind project runs into turbulence as Leading Light seeks pause
Another offshore wind project in New Jersey is encountering turbulence. Leading Light Wind is asking the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to give it a pause through late December on its plan to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Long Beach Island. In a...
New Jersey floats $400 million in tax breaks to lure Philadelphia 76ers
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Seeking to lure the Philadelphia 76ers across the river, New Jersey is offering up to $400 million in tax credits and outlining plans for a sprawling mixed-use waterfront development. In a letter dated Monday, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's administration said...
Catholic diocese sues US government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave
For more than a year, religious organizations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a sudden procedural change in how the government processes green cards for religious workers, which threatens the ability of thousands of them to continue to minister in the United States. ...
