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New York mobile sportsbooks hit a record $576.1 million in revenue for the week ending October 27, according to the New York Gaming Commission — the highest figure since betting launched in January 2022. BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt joins Asking for a Trend to discuss his company’s position in the sports betting landscape. Greenblatt explains

Lee Health has taken another step with plans for a new hospital in Fort Myers to open in 2028. A key component is a musculoskeletal institute connected to the hospital on Challenger Boulevard that could become a destination center attracting patients from outside the region. A hotel could be built on the hospital campus at

Content creator Alexis DiMaya made a bold claim in a TikTok post this past August: “I never wear deodorant, and I don’t stink,” she told her more than 500,000 followers. “I thought it was completely normal to not use deodorant and not smell because I haven’t used deodorant for years now, and I sweat all

Police have arrested a man they believe killed a Phoenix mother 26 years ago, and found him hiding out in Mexico. The Phoenix Police Department announced on Friday that Javier Lorenzano-Nunez, 58, was arrested for the killing of Sarah Jane Carr, 28. On July 9, 1998, police in Phoenix responded to a shooting at a

Donald Trump sat down with Joe Rogan to record a three-hour interview for “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast Friday. The episode was released later Friday evening. In the wide-ranging discussion, Trump said his biggest mistake during his time in the White House was hiring “bad people, or disloyal people.” The former president also repeated unsubstantiated

The Army on Friday released the report from a controversial August incident between the Trump campaign team and an Army staff member working at Arlington National Cemetery, in which the campaign staffer made contact with the Army official “with both hands,” according to the heavily redacted document. The release, which identifies the incident as “simple

Pablo Bustamante of Gastonia took a chance on a $10 scratch-off ticket and won a $1 million top prize. Bustamante bought his lucky 50X The Cash ticket from Triple E Express & Grill on Bessemer City Road in Gastonia. When Bustamante arrived at lottery headquarters Wednesday, he had a decision to make. He could choose to

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 5 storm on Thursday and was expected to remain away from land as it churns in the Pacific Ocean and weakens over the coming days, forecasters said. The major hurricane was 970 miles (1,565 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula

King Charles III took part in a traditional kava-drinking ceremony before a line of bare-chested, heavily tattooed Samoans and was declared a “high chief” of his Pacific island realm on Thursday. The British monarch is on an 11-day tour of Australia and Samoa, independent nations where he is still head of state — the first

The homicide case against Maxwell Anderson, accused of brutally killing and dismembering a Milwaukee college student, remains on pace for a Dec. 9 trial date, said a prosecutor who plans to screen a larger-than-normal jury pool for the high-profile case. Anderson, 33, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse and

TAMPA, Fla. – After back-to-back storms this hurricane season, many residents are planning to sell their homes to either move out of flood zones, or out of the Sunshine State completely. Some wasted no time with a contract for a new home. “We’re not going to move back into this house, it was a very

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Republican who once ran for Nevada state treasurer has been suspended without pay from her rural judge’s seat after a federal jury found she diverted for personal use funds raised for a statue of a slain Las Vegas police officer. Michele Fiore’s job status changed Monday following a Nevada Commission

A woman who tried to retrieve her lost phone from between boulders in Australia’s Hunter Valley became stuck upside down for seven hours before she was rescued earlier this month. Just the bare soles of the woman’s feet can be seen in photos of the incident posted on social media Monday by the New South

Sophia Rosing, 23, was sentenced to one year in prison for a verbal and phyical attack that went viral on TikTok Fayette County Detention Center Sophia Rosing The former University of Kentucky student who was seen on viral video unleashing a tirade of racial slurs against a Black student who was working at a dormitory

By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in accusations of orchestrating an attempted coup against Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, has died. He was 83. Herkul, a website which publishes Gulen’s sermons, said on its X account