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A new way to bet on anything hits Missouri

19 hours 49 minutes ago
Fresh off the launch of legalized sports wagering in Missouri, the talk of the gambling industry has shifted to emerging prediction markets that remain unregulated by states.
Mark Zinn

The White House Intervened On Behalf Of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During A Federal Investigation

20 hours 8 minutes ago
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Online influencer Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist who has millions of young male followers, was facing allegations of sex trafficking women in three countries when he and his brother left their home in Romania to visit the United States. “The Tates will be free, Trump is […]
Robert Faturechi and Avi Asher-Schapiro

Edwardsville Approves Agreement For Future Arts Center Space

20 hours 30 minutes ago
EDWARDSVILLE – A historic building in downtown Edwardsville is one step closer to its transformation into the future home of the Edwardsville Arts Center . Edwardsville City Council members unanimously approved a Professional Services Agreement with Gray Design Group for improvements to 246 North Main Street. The city announced in October that the former Edwardsville Frozen Foods Building at the site is set for a major renovation into the new Edwardsville Arts Center location.

Lawmakers press for Epstein files briefing, as Dems release photos of his private island

20 hours 38 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi for a briefing this week to review the contents of the Epstein files ahead of the Justice Department’s legally binding public release date later this month. Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., and Reps. Thomas […]
Ashley Murray

U.S. House punts vote on college-athlete compensation bill

20 hours 39 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — U.S. House GOP leadership pulled a bill from the House floor Wednesday that would set a national framework for college-athletes’ compensation.  The Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements, or ‘‘SCORE” Act, would bar student-athletes from being recognized as employees and provide broad antitrust immunity to the NCAA and college sports conferences.  The […]
Shauneen Miranda

Missouri bill looks to ban AI from marriage, other human rights

21 hours 7 minutes ago
A Missouri lawmaker has introduced a bill that would officially declare artificial intelligence (AI) systems as non-human and prevent them from receiving any sort of human rights, responsibilities or legal status. In the state, this would prevent AI from owning any property, getting married to a human, or being your boss at your job.
Alex Barton

Attorney General Raoul Begins Second Phase Of Robocall Roundup; Announces Investigation Of Four Service Providers

21 hours 10 minutes ago
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul with a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general, today launched the second phase of Operation Robocall Roundup, an effort by the multi-state Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to crack down on robocalls across the country. As part of an ongoing investigation, Raoul and the task force sent letters to Inteliquent, Bandwidth, Lumen and Peerless directing each company to stop transmitting suspected illegal robocalls across their networks. “Today’s