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By NewsPress Now MLB bans Tucupita Marcano for life for betting on baseball NEW YORK | San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano was banned from baseball for life for betting on the sport and four others were suspended for one year by Major League Baseball on Tuesday in the game’s biggest gambling scandal in decades.

By The Associated Press Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers A group of OpenAI’s current and former workers are calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence companies to protect employees who flag safety risks about AI technology. An open letter published Tuesday asks tech companies to establish stronger whistleblower protections so researchers

By The Associated Press Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option BATON ROUGE, La. | A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration, in addition to prison time. Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval to a bill Monday that would allow judges the option

By The Associated Press Israeli airstrikes near kill several, including Iranian adviser BEIRUT | Syria’s state media and Iranian media outlets are saying that Israeli airstrikes around the Syrian city of Aleppo killed several people, including an Iranian adviser. The Iranian outlets, including the semiofficial Tasnim news agency that’s considered close to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard,

By The Associated Press Grant program is discriminatory, appeals court rules NEW YORK | A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended a venture capital firm’s grant program for Black women business owners on Monday, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is discriminatory. The ruling

By NewsPress Now Larry Allen, a Hall of Fame offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, dies DALLAS | Larry Allen, one of the most dominant offensive linemen in the NFL during a 12-year career spent mostly with the Dallas Cowboys, has died. He was 52. Allen died suddenly on Sunday while on vacation with his

By The Associated Press Oregon officials close entire coast to mussel harvesting due to shellfish poisoning SALEM, Ore. | Oregon authorities have closed the state’s entire coastline to mussel harvesting due to an outbreak of shellfish poisoning they described as “unprecedented.” They’ve also closed parts of the Oregon coast to harvesting razor clams, bay clams

By The Associated Press Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s children BOISE, Idaho | A jury in Idaho has unanimously agreed that convicted killer Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for the gruesome murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children. The decision ends a grim case that began

By The Associated Press Trump’s attacks on justice system could be used by autocrats Donald Trump attacked the U.S. criminal justice system after his historic guilty verdi ct. He made unfounded claims of a “rigged” trial that echoed remarks from the Kremlin. Former senior White House national security adviser Fiona Hill and other analysts say

By NewsPress Now The Panthers are back in the Stanley Cup Final SUNRISE, Fla. | The 2023 Stanley Cup Final had just ended, the Vegas Golden Knights were celebrating their championship and a heartbroken bunch of Florida Panthers were taking off their skates for the final time that season. In that moment, standing in the

By NewsPress Now Authorities arrest man allegedly running cybercrime botnet WASHINGTON | An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran for nearly a decade, amassing at least $99 million in profits by reselling access to criminals who used it for identity theft, child

By The Associated Press California advances measures targeting AI SACRAMENTO, Calif. | As corporations increasingly weave artificial intelligence technologies into the daily lives of Americans, California lawmakers want to build public trust, fight algorithmic discrimination and outlaw deepfakes that involve elections or pornography. The efforts in California — home to many of the world’s biggest

By NewsPress Now Officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler criticizes attorney LOUISVILLE, Ky. | The Louisville police officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler said he has “no ill will” toward the pro golfer for injuries he said he suffered while directing traffic after a fatal accident during the PGA Championship. A Louisville prosecutor dropped charges against Scheffler

By The Associated Press Violence clouds the last day of campaigning for Mexico’s election MEXICO CITY | Mexico has held the last day of campaigning before Sunday’s nationwide elections. But the closing campaign rallies Wednesday were darkened by a wave of attacks on candidates. Late on Tuesday, a mayoral candidate in the western state of

By The Associated Press UK’s Royal Mail says it has accepted a takeover offer LONDON | The owner of Britain’s Royal Mail says it has accepted a $4.6 billion takeover offer from Czech investor Daniel Kretínský. Under the deal, Kretínský’s EP Group would buy International Distribution Services, which owns Royal Mail, for $4.72 per share.

By NewsPress Now College sports departments gearing up for ‘economic earthquake’ Iowa State has already scrapped plans for a new wrestling facility. Texas A&M laid off a dozen or so athletic staffers. That could be the tip of the iceberg when millions in college revenue starts going directly to the athletes and away from escalating

By Associated Press May 31 In 1790, President George Washington signed into law the first U.S. copyright act. In 1859, the Big Ben clock tower in London went into operation, chiming for the first time. In 1921, a race riot erupted in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as white mobs began looting and leveling the affluent Black district

By The Associated Press SCOTUS leaves in place Avenatti Nike extortion conviction WASHINGTON | The Supreme Court has left in place lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from Nike. The justices did not comment Tuesday in rejecting an appeal from the California-based lawyer, who represented porn actor Stormy Daniels

By NewsPress Now Two women are suing NFL kicker Brandon McManus alleging sexual assault Two women have filed a civil lawsuit in Florida accusing NFL kicker Brandon McManus of sexually assaulting them while they worked as flight attendants on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ trans-Atlantic trip to London last year. The lawsuit, which was filed Friday and

By NewsPress Now Tennessee earns No. 1 national seed for NCAA baseball tournament OMAHA, Neb. | Tennessee, the Southeastern Conference regular-season and conference tournament champion and the consensus No. 1 team in the country for a month, on Monday was awarded the top national seed for the NCAA Tournament. The 64-team tournament opens Friday with

By NewsPress Now James extends his All-NBA appearance record NEW YORK | LeBron James is now the youngest — and the oldest — player to make an All-NBA team. And Dallas’ Luka Doncic and Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are in position to make around $1 million per game a few years from now. Denver’s Nikola