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Per the indictment, the highly paid hurlers took several thousand dollars in payoffs to help two unnamed gamblers from their native Dominican Republic win at least $460,000 on in-game prop bets on the speed and outcome of certain pitches.
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MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors
Two pitchers with the Cleveland Guardians have been indicted on charges they took bribes to give sports bettors advance notice of their pitches and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes to ens...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Per the indictment, the highly paid hurlers took several thousand dollars in payoffs to help two unnamed gamblers from their native Dominican Republic win at least $460,000 on in-game prop bets on the speed and outcome of certain pitches.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City firefighter died Saturday after suffering a medical episode while battling a five-alarm fire at a Brooklyn apartment building, authorities said.
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New York City firefighter dies after responding to a five-alarm blaze
A New York City firefighter has died after responding to a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn. The fire department said Patrick D.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City firefighter died Saturday after suffering a medical episode while battling a five-alarm fire at a Brooklyn apartment building, authorities said.
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Appeals court gives Trump another shot at erasing his hush money conviction
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Appeals court gives Trump another shot at erasing his hush money conviction
A federal appeals court has given new life to President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his New York hush money conviction.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Appeals court gives Trump another shot at erasing his hush money conviction
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Jaime Arroyo will be Lancaster's next mayor -- the city's first Latino mayor -- after earning 84% of the vote Tuesday night.
Democrats also secured seats on City Council, maintaining the party's total control of city government
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Democrats also secured seats on City Council, maintaining the party's total control of city government
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Lancaster city voters pick Jaime Arroyo for mayor; Dems sweep 4 council seats
Democrat Jaime Arroyo will be Lancaster city’s next mayor after securing a resounding victory Tuesday night.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Jaime Arroyo will be Lancaster's next mayor -- the city's first Latino mayor -- after earning 84% of the vote Tuesday night.
Democrats also secured seats on City Council, maintaining the party's total control of city government
lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
Democrats also secured seats on City Council, maintaining the party's total control of city government
lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
George Banks killed 13 people in the Wilkes-Barre, Pa. area in 1982, including 5 of his kids. He died in prison Sunday at 83. Here's a story I wrote at The Citizens' Voice in 2012 about the killings & decades long battle over his competence to be executed.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
George Banks killed 13 people in the Wilkes-Barre, Pa. area in 1982, including 5 of his kids. He died in prison Sunday at 83. Here's a story I wrote at The Citizens' Voice in 2012 about the killings & decades long battle over his competence to be executed.
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Two decades after resigning as NJ governor & declaring “I am a gay American," Jim McGreevey is back on the campaign trail. He’s running for mayor of Jersey City, the state’s 2nd-largest city. We spoke recently at a diner (where else?!). Here’s my story👇
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Jim McGreevey is back on the ballot, 21 years after scandal led him to resign as New Jersey governor
Two decades after resigning as New Jersey’s governor in scandal and stunning the political world as he declared “I am a gay American,” Jim McGreevey is back on the campaign trail for the first time.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Two decades after resigning as NJ governor & declaring “I am a gay American," Jim McGreevey is back on the campaign trail. He’s running for mayor of Jersey City, the state’s 2nd-largest city. We spoke recently at a diner (where else?!). Here’s my story👇
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What was Luigi Mangione doing in the months before prosecutors say he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson? Hurubie Meko and her @nytimes.com team found out. Be sure time to read their magnificent, deeply reported (she went to Japan!) investigation! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Inside Luigi Mangione’s Missing Months
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October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What was Luigi Mangione doing in the months before prosecutors say he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson? Hurubie Meko and her @nytimes.com team found out. Be sure time to read their magnificent, deeply reported (she went to Japan!) investigation! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Judge Lewis Kaplan said the Republican administration’s decision, based on the Big Apple’s “sanctuary city” protections for immigrants in the United States illegally, was “arbitrary, capricious, and a blatant violation of the law.”
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Judge blocks Trump cuts, restores $34 million in anti-terror funds for New York City transit system
A federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding nearly $34 million in funding earmarked to protect New York’s transportation system from terrorist attacks.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Judge Lewis Kaplan said the Republican administration’s decision, based on the Big Apple’s “sanctuary city” protections for immigrants in the United States illegally, was “arbitrary, capricious, and a blatant violation of the law.”
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Beating Oregon and the First Amendment all in the same week!
Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.
October 15, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Beating Oregon and the First Amendment all in the same week!
US has seized $14+ billion in bitcoin & charged founder of a Cambodian conglomerate in a massive crypto scam. He's accused of exploiting forced labor to dupe "investors" and using proceeds to purchase yachts, jets and a Picasso painting (w/ AP's Jack Brook) apnews.com/article/cryp...
US charges Cambodian executive in massive crypto scam and seizes more than $14 billion in bitcoin
The U.S. government has seized more than $14 billion in bitcoin and charged the founder of a Cambodian conglomerate in a massive cryptocurrency scam.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
US has seized $14+ billion in bitcoin & charged founder of a Cambodian conglomerate in a massive crypto scam. He's accused of exploiting forced labor to dupe "investors" and using proceeds to purchase yachts, jets and a Picasso painting (w/ AP's Jack Brook) apnews.com/article/cryp...
Who is Letitia James? New York’s attorney general has battled Trump, big tech and the NRA
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Who is Letitia James? New York's attorney general has battled Trump, big tech and the NRA
New York Attorney General Letitia James has battled big tech, opioid manufacturers and the National Rifle Association.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Who is Letitia James? New York’s attorney general has battled Trump, big tech and the NRA
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Crazy to think the best baseball play by player of his generation works for ESPN/ABC — and doesn’t call baseball games regularly anymore
October 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Crazy to think the best baseball play by player of his generation works for ESPN/ABC — and doesn’t call baseball games regularly anymore
Two jurors claim they were bullied into convicting Harvey Weinstein and regret it, his lawyers say apnews.com/article/harv...
Two jurors claim they were bullied into convicting Harvey Weinstein and regret it, his lawyers say
Two jurors who voted in June to convict Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault said they regret the decision and only did so because others on the panel bullied them, the former movie mogul’s lawyers said...
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October 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Two jurors claim they were bullied into convicting Harvey Weinstein and regret it, his lawyers say apnews.com/article/harv...
New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday in a mortgage fraud case that President Donald Trump urged his Justice Department to bring after vowing retribution against some of his biggest political enemies. apnews.com/article/leti...
New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been charged as part of a mortgage fraud investigation aggressively pushed by the Trump administration.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday in a mortgage fraud case that President Donald Trump urged his Justice Department to bring after vowing retribution against some of his biggest political enemies. apnews.com/article/leti...
A key to acting is authenticity. AI ain't it.
Tilly Norwood raises the question of who will be the first to win an Oscar for best AI in a leading role
Tilly Norwood Is Expensive, Even for Hollywood
The “synthetic actress” may be cheaper to cast than Leonardo DiCaprio, but AI’s footprint carries major economic and environmental costs.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
A key to acting is authenticity. AI ain't it.
Rory McIlroy won the Ryder Cup. Then he called out the hostile New York crowd for “unacceptable and abusive behavior.” My latest (and last) dispatch from Bethpage ⬇️ apnews.com/article/ryde...
Rory McIlroy calls out 'unacceptable and abusive behavior' from Bethpage fans at Ryder Cup
Rory McIlroy won the Ryder Cup and then called out the hostile New York crowd for “unacceptable and abusive behavior.”
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September 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Rory McIlroy won the Ryder Cup. Then he called out the hostile New York crowd for “unacceptable and abusive behavior.” My latest (and last) dispatch from Bethpage ⬇️ apnews.com/article/ryde...
Reposted by Mike Sisak
On a raucous Saturday crowd at Bethpage Black that tried to will the US back into the #RyderCup, got into it with Rory McIlroy and fled to the exits when Europe made it a rout: apnews.com/article/ryde...
Bethpage crowd jeers Europeans then heads early for the exits amid a US Ryder Cup drubbing
U.S. fans kept chanting and cheering the home team at the Ryder Cup until the result basically seemed lost.
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September 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
On a raucous Saturday crowd at Bethpage Black that tried to will the US back into the #RyderCup, got into it with Rory McIlroy and fled to the exits when Europe made it a rout: apnews.com/article/ryde...
Saturday at Bethpage: Rory McIlroy gives as good as he gets at Ryder Cup, telling fans to shut up, then sending them to exits
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McIlroy gives as good as he gets at Ryder Cup, telling fans to shut up, then sending them to exits
With the match tightening and the crowd screaming, Rory McIlroy backed off his approach shot from the rough on the 16th hole at Bethpage Black and shouted “Shut the (expletive) up!”
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September 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Saturday at Bethpage: Rory McIlroy gives as good as he gets at Ryder Cup, telling fans to shut up, then sending them to exits
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Trump swings by the Ryder Cup, soaking up fans’ love after vowing revenge on more of his enemies apnews.com/article/dona...
Trump swings by the Ryder Cup, soaking up fans’ love after vowing revenge on more of his enemies
President Donald Trump started Friday by warning that more of his enemies will face prosecution, shaking the foundations of the American justice system by treating it as a tool of political retributio...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Trump swings by the Ryder Cup, soaking up fans’ love after vowing revenge on more of his enemies apnews.com/article/dona...
“We will absolutely fight this tooth and nail!” union president Brandy Moore-White said.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons moves to end union protections for its workers
The federal Bureau of Prisons it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights, the latest move by the Trump administration to gut labor protection...
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September 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“We will absolutely fight this tooth and nail!” union president Brandy Moore-White said.
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The federal Bureau of Prisons said Thursday it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights, the latest move by the Trump administration to gut labor protections for federal employees.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons moves to end union protections for its workers
The federal Bureau of Prisons it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights, the latest move by the Trump administration to gut labor protection...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The federal Bureau of Prisons said Thursday it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights, the latest move by the Trump administration to gut labor protections for federal employees.
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My latest: President Donald Trump heads to the Ryder Cup, embraced by a golf world that once shunned him
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Donald Trump heads to the Ryder Cup, embraced by a golf world that once shunned him
Four years ago, President Donald Trump was persona non grata in the golf world, ostracized from the sport he loves in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My latest: President Donald Trump heads to the Ryder Cup, embraced by a golf world that once shunned him
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And now for something completely different: Me, writing about golf. My first contribution to @apnews.com’s Ryder Cup coverage!
‘You deserve to be on this team': Veteran US players get rookies like J.J. Spaun ready for Ryder Cup
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‘You deserve to be on this team': Veteran US players get rookies like J.J. Spaun ready for Ryder Cup
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'You deserve to be on this team': Veteran US players get rookies like J.J. Spaun ready for Ryder Cup
It was the wisdom U.S. Ryder Cup rookie J.J. Spaun needed, even after winning a major, climbing to No. 6 in the world and automatically qualifying for the team.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
And now for something completely different: Me, writing about golf. My first contribution to @apnews.com’s Ryder Cup coverage!
‘You deserve to be on this team': Veteran US players get rookies like J.J. Spaun ready for Ryder Cup
apnews.com/article/ryde...
‘You deserve to be on this team': Veteran US players get rookies like J.J. Spaun ready for Ryder Cup
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Reposted by Mike Sisak
It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know.
Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/
Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/
September 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know.
Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/
Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/
NEW: Luigi Mangione’s lawyers urge judge to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. apnews.com/article/unit...
Luigi Mangione's lawyers want death penalty off the table in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers are urging a judge to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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September 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW: Luigi Mangione’s lawyers urge judge to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. apnews.com/article/unit...