The nearly quarter-million dollars in winning wagers reportedly placed at MGM Resorts last Sunday might be the largest sportsbook loss in Las Vegas history on bets made after an event has started. Seven longtime Las Vegas bookmakers can’t recall a larger loss, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. But each oddsmaker… Read More
LAPD funding reportedly slashed by $150M
City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money away from law enforcement agencies during America’s reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice…. Read More
Officials say students contracting COVID-19 on purpose
Several college students in an Alabama city organized “COVID-19” parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first, officials said. Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry said students hosted the parties to intentionally infect each other with the new coronavirus, news outlets reported. Where should we mail your… Read More
4 Dem officials arrested in bribery, extortion plot
Four elected Democrats and a private attorney were accused Tuesday of taking part in a bribery and extortion scheme that encouraged soliciting and/or accepting cash and other things of value from business owners in exchange for favorable votes on issues before the Toledo City Council, federal prosecutors said. Sponsored: Eerie… Read More
Tucker Carlson most watched cable news host… ever
An extraordinary stretch of news with the coronavirus pandemic and racial reckoning triggered by George Floyd’s death has led cable news to set record numbers of viewers. Fox News Channel had a record-setting quarter ending in June, according to the Nielsen company — and leading them was a new face:… Read More
Pro-Trump candidate pulls upset win in Colorado elections
A pistol-packing restaurant owner who has expressed support for a far-right conspiracy theory has upset five-term U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton in Colorado’s primary elections. Sponsored: Military sleep study STUNS scientists Tipton became the fourth House member to lose renomination bids this year. Republican Reps. Steve King of Iowa and Denver… Read More
[Video] Couple saves drowning bear with head stuck in plastic
A Wisconsin family helped save a young bear that was struggling to breathe while swimming in a lake with its head caught in a plastic food container. Tricia and Brian Hurt and their son, Brady, were fishing Saturday on Marsh Miller Lake in western Wisconsin’s Chippewa County when they came… Read More
Human remains found in missing Army soldier search
Investigators in Central Texas have found partial human remains in the search for a soldier who has been missing since April, according to the U.S. Army. The as-yet-unidentified remains were found Tuesday near the Leon River in Bell County east of Killeen, according to a statement from the Army’s Criminal… Read More
Top Fox News star suddenly fired
Fox News on Wednesday fired star news host Ed Henry after an investigation of sexual misconduct in the workplace. The network said it had received a complaint last Thursday from an attorney about the misconduct. An outside investigator was hired and, based on the results of that probe, Fox fired… Read More
Trump’s July 4th in D.C. — What to watch
President Donald Trump’s July 4th celebration in Washington will feature one of the largest fireworks displays ever, officials said Wednesday, and as many as 300,000 face masks will be given away to those who come down to the National Mall, although they won’t be required to wear them. Interior Secretary… Read More
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