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Foxwood, DraftKings and Mashantucket Pequot tribe launch online sports betting and iGaming in Connecticut

Editorial Bureau October 20, 2021

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Foxwoods Resort Casino and DraftKings have launched online sports betting and online casino launched in Connecticut after successfully completing the required soft launch testing a week ago. The first wager accepted was $25 on the Los Angeles Dodgers at

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Democrats’ Divide: Should Obama-Era Economic Ideas Prevail in 2021?

Editorial Bureau October 19, 2021

Over the last dozen years, there has been a sea change in how economists view many crucial questions related to deficits, public debt and the long-term payoffs of social spending. Most Democratic elected officials have embraced this new thinking, and it permeates the Biden domestic agenda. But a handful of Democrats are unpersuaded, holding to […]

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FBI, US embassy working to obtain release of Americans kidnapped in Haiti

Editorial Bureau October 19, 2021

Gang violence has soared in Haiti, where kidnappings for ransom are common. The FBI, the State Department, and other U.S. agencies have dispatched a team to assist Haitian authorities in their efforts to negotiate the safe release of a group of missionaries kidnapped by a gang in the troubled country, according to U.S. officials. Seventeen […]

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Harris to discuss drought, climate change at Lake Mead

Editorial Bureau October 18, 2021

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday will highlight the problems caused by Western drought as she visits Lake Mead in Nevada and makes the case for the Biden administration’s infrastructure and climate change proposals that have stalled in Congress. Harris will be briefed by Bureau of Reclamation officials about elevation levels at the […]

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Robert Durst hospitalized with COVID-19, his lawyer says

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2021

LOS ANGELES — New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who days ago was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case, has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19, his lawyer said Saturday, Defense Attorney Dick DeGuerin said he was notified that Durst was admitted after testing positive for the coronavirus. DeGuerin said he didn’t know Durst’s condition […]

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Kids in California county care sleeping on floor in building

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2021

FRESNO, Calif. — A central California county executive has pledged immediate changes after a news report revealed that vulnerable children removed from their families were living in deplorable conditions inside an office building — sleeping on conference tables, eating fast food and urinating into water bottles until social workers could find homes for them. Fresno […]

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Money Floods the Race for Control of Congress, More Than a Year Early

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2021

“You’re a traitor …” began one such House G.O.P. text earlier this week. “You abandoned Trump.” The text gave a false deadline of 17 minutes to donate. “This is your final chance to prove your loyalty or be branded a deserter,” it read. A fund-raising text message this week from the National Republican Congressional Committee […]

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Democrats Work to Sell an Unfinished Bill

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2021

To get around Republican obstruction, Democrats are using a fast-track process known as reconciliation that shields legislation from a filibuster. That would allow it to pass the 50-50 Senate on a simple majority vote, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting a tiebreaking vote. But it would still require the support of every Democratic senator — […]

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Glenn Youngkin Talks About Virginia. His Base Talks About Donald Trump

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2021

GLEN ALLEN, Va. — The event was billed as a rally for Virginia conservatives ahead of next month’s election for governor. But it was mostly about Donald J. Trump. Each speaker, addressing the crowd of hundreds just outside the state capital of Richmond, declared the former president the rightful winner of the last presidential election […]

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Vaccinated Travelers From Abroad Can Enter U.S. on Nov. 8.

Editorial Bureau October 16, 2021

International travelers fully vaccinated against the coronavirus who have been barred from entering the United States during the pandemic will be able to enter the country on Nov. 8, according to a White House official, marking an end to restrictions that had walled off tourists and relatives seeking to visit their families. The specific date […]