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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — It figures that a billionaire would win big in Las Vegas. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker reported a gambling windfall of $1.4 million on his federal tax return this week. The two-term Democrat, often mentioned as a 2028 presidential candidate, told reporters in Chicago on Thursday that he drew … Read more

CONCORD, N.H. — CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire teenager sued his former high school principal and others Thursday alleging they illegally searched his truck based solely on his status as a gun owner. Jack Harrington, 18, graduated from Hillsboro-Deering High School in June, about two months after he says he was harassed and … Read more

STAMFORD, Conn. — STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon has been allowed to enter a pretrial program to resolve a reckless driving charge stemming from an accident this summer in Connecticut. A state Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that McMahon could enter the program if he made a $1,000 charitable contribution and … Read more

CLEVELAND — CLEVELAND (AP) — A jury has found an Ohio woman guilty in the fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside a supermarket in suburban Cleveland. Bionca Ellis, 34, of Cleveland, will be sentenced Oct. 27 by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo, who can choose … Read more

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials rejected a mining company’s bid for 1.3 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah, marking the third proposed coal sale from public lands in the West to fall through this month. The failed sales mark a setback in President Donald Trump’s push to revive a coal … Read more

JUNEAU, Alaska — JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One of the most significant airlifts in Alaskan history is underway by helicopter and military transport plane, moving hundreds of people from coastal villages ravaged by high surf and strong winds from the remnants of Typhoon Halong last weekend. The storm brought record high water to two low-lying … Read more

Hundreds of residents from remote Alaska Native villages are being airlifted after a storm battered their low-lying communities over the weekend, wiping away homes and killing at least one person. Two others are missing. In one of the most significant airlifts in Alaska history, hundreds were being flown about 500 miles (800 kilometers) to Anchorage, … Read more

As police departments around the country report a surge in 3D-printed firearms turning up at crime scenes, gun safety advocates and law enforcement officials are warning that a new generation of untraceable weapons could soon eclipse the “ghost guns” that have already flooded U.S. streets. At a summit in New York City on Thursday, the … Read more

UTICA, N.Y. — UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A jury began deliberating Wednesday in the trial of three former New York state corrections officers charged in the fatal beating of an inmate that was captured on bodycam video. Lawyers spent most of the day delivering closing arguments in a Utica court in the trial of Mathew … Read more

MINEOLA, N.Y. — MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Four decades after prosecutors sent the wrong men to prison for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old Long Island girl, DNA obtained from a discarded straw has led to the indictment of a new suspect. Richard Bilodeau, 63, of Center Moriches, was arraigned Wednesday on two counts … Read more