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Missouri rejects a ban on college athlete prop bets after NCAA gambling scandals

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri gambling regulators on Thursday rejected a request from the NCAA to restrict bets on the performance of college athletes in response to recent betting scandals, but left open the possibility of revisiting the issue as the state's fledgling sports betting market gets better established.

The action by the Missouri Gaming Commission came just a week after the NCAA sent a letter to state gambling oversight boards asking them to ban college athlete prop bets — a popular type of wager focused on what individual players will do in a game, like... Read More

Rick Pitino's 900th win could come against his son when St. John's visits Xavier this weekend

NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Pitino is on the cusp of another coaching milestone. And get this — his first shot at 900 wins comes against his own son.

In a family circle twist of fate, Pitino has 899 career victories on the college basketball court as he leads St. John's into Saturday's game at Xavier, where Richard Pitino is in his first season as Musketeers coach.

“What’s the chances of that happening?” the elder Pitino said this week. "So I think that’s a big treat for me, and the family. Either way we know we’re going to have a difficult game against them H... Read More

Federal officers detain a 5-year-old boy who a school official says was used as 'bait'

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 5-year-old boy arriving home from preschool in Minnesota was taken by federal agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family's lawyer said, making him the fourth student from his Minneapolis suburb to be detained by immigration officers in recent weeks.

Federal agents took Liam Conejo Ramos from a running car while it was in the family's driveway on Tuesday afternoon, Columbia Heights Public Schools Superintendent Zena Stenvik said during a news conference Wednesday. The officers then told him to knock on the... Read More

Uvalde officer's acquittal shifts focus to the next case over police response to attack

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With the acquittal in the first Texas trial over the hesitant police response to the Robb Elementary School mass shooting, prosecutors must now decide how to try their case against the only other officer who was charged.

Adrian Gonzales' trial was a rare prosecution of an officer accused of failing to save lives by preventing a crime. For nearly three weeks, Uvalde County’s district attorney laid out a case to jurors how Gonzales did nothing to stop the gunman and bore responsibility for failing to protect the 19 fourth-graders killed in one of the worst... Read More

Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded research

The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in research funded by the National Institutes of Health.

The policy, long urged by anti-abortion groups, expands restrictions issued during President Donald Trump’s first term.

The government has funded research involving fetal tissue for decades, under both Republican and Democratic administrations. The tissue, which otherwise would be thrown away, has been critical for certain research, including ways to fight HIV and cancer. Opponents of fetal tissue use... Read More

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Missouri rejects a ban on college athlete prop bets after NCAA gambling scandals

Rick Pitino's 900th win could come against his son when St. John's visits Xavier this weekend

Federal officers detain a 5-year-old boy who a school official says was used as 'bait'

Uvalde officer's acquittal shifts focus to the next case over police response to attack

Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded research

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