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Gambling’s place in campus culture portends scandals to come

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:42 GMT

With the proliferation of legal wagering in the United States the past five years, it wasn’t a question of if but when a college sports gambling scandal would become public.Two have come to light in the past week, the first at Alabama involving its head baseball coach and then an investigation of Iowa and Iowa State athletes participating in online gambling.“This is probably just the tip of the iceberg,” Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, said Tuesday. “In surveys, the athletes self-report a high rate of gambling participation and sports betting. It wouldn’t surprise us if there’s more problems that surface.”East Carolina assistant professor Michelle Malkin, who researches ties between gambling and criminality, said placing sports bets has become a part of college culture, more so since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 cleared the way for states to legalize sports wagering.“We can’t think our student-athletes would be a...

Former nurse sentenced for dosing error seeks license return

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:42 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee nurse who was convicted of homicide last year after a medication error killed a patient argued Tuesday that the state Board of Nursing acted improperly when it revoked her license. Nurses around the country rallied for RaDonda Vaught during her criminal trial, saying the risk of going to prison for a mistake made nursing intolerable. Vaught was ultimately sentenced to three years of probation. At the Tuesday hearing at Chancery Court in Nashville, her attorney pointed out that the Department of Health initially reviewed Vaught’s errors and concluded the case “did not merit further action” in a 2018 letter. That should have been the end of the review, attorney Peter Strianse argued. Instead, about a year later, the department reversed itself, charging Vaught with unprofessional conduct and eventually revoking her license.Strianse implied that outside pressure, including the fact that the Nashville district attorney decided ...

EEUU le impone sanciones a un hijo de “El Chapo” Guzmán

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:42 GMT

WASHINGTON  — Estados Unidos sancionó el martes a un hijo del narcotraficante mexicano Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, tres miembros del poderoso cártel de Sinaloa y dos empresas con sede en México, alegando que traficaron fentanilo y otras drogas al territorio estadounidense.Las sanciones se anunciaron el mismo día que el presidente mexicano, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, prevé hablar por teléfono con el presidente Joe Biden sobre inmigración y la crisis del fentanilo.El Departamento del Tesoro designó a Joaquín Guzmán López, hijo de “El Chapo”, y a otros para sanciones financieras, incluida la congelación de activos y cuentas bancarias de propiedad estadounidense y la prohibición de que los estadounidenses hagan negocios con ellos. Qué dicen los hijos del “Chapo” Guzmán a las acusaciones de fiscales de EEUU De la cocaína al fentanilo: los cambios que hicieron los hijos de “El Chapo” en el cártel de Sinaloa Una empresa de equipos ...

Denver police search for suspects in shooting on 16th and Wazee

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Police Department is asking for the public's assistance regarding a shooting that took place at 16th Street and Wazee Street.The shooting happened around 1:51 a.m. on May 6, according to DPD.An adult man was injured, but expected to survive. DPD is asking anyone with information or surveillance video of the incident to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Police seek answers in deadly shooting of 14-year-old girl

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Police Department is asking for the public's help solving a deadly shooting from last year.The incident happened on March 18, 2022 near 19th Avenue and Ulster Street around 1:34 a.m. Mom of 14-year-old shooting victim pleads for answers When police arrived in the area, they found the victim, 14-year-old Aerris Mayberry, dead.No suspect information has been released.FOX31's Courtney Fromm spoke with Mayberry's mother, Patricia Calhoun, last year. She said that she allowed her daughter to go to a friend's house to spend the night for spring break. “I keep thinking she’s going to come back,” Calhoun said at the time. “I keep thinking she’s going to walk through the door and she’s not. My daughter is not coming back.”She said she trusted her daughter was going to be sleeping at a friend’s house. She doesn’t know why her daughter was in the area of the shooting and said she didn’t deserve to die.“I know my daughter was not innocent. She’s a child. Every chil...

Pedestrian hospitalized after being struck in NW Miami-Dade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:42 GMT

Police responded to calls of a pedestrian who was struck in the street.The incident happened near Northwest 77th Avenue and 109th Street in Miami, where a man was found lying on the road, Tuesday morning.The victim was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, but there is no word on his condition. Police are investigating the possible hit-and-run.

Investigators solve 1961 cold case in North Miami

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:42 GMT

An investigation into a South Florida cold case has finally been solved after more than 60 years.The victim, Joseph DiMare, was found dead in his vehicle back in 1961. His wife, Frances DiMare, always alleged that they were the victims of crooks who knocked her unconscious and shot her husband. Investigators said her inconsistent statements and a trail of evidence revealed that it was Frances who kill her husband, who was possibly motivated by an impending divorce. Frances died in 2006.

Construction worker dies after falling several floors in Bal Harbour

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:42 GMT

A construction worker has died after, officials said, he fell several floors from a parking garage. It happened at the Bal Harbour Shops near Collins Avenue and 96th Street, Tuesday.A witness said the worker fell several floors from a parking garage and did not survive.Bal Harbour Shops issued the following statement, which read as follows: “We are deeply saddened by the unfortunate death of a construction worker as a result of injuries sustained in a workplace accident at our construction site. The safety and security of everyone at the shopping center is our highest priority. We are conducting an investigation as to what occurred and shall fully cooperate with the authorities. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family.”

Crews work to put out brush fire in Florida City; 25% contained

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:42 GMT

Fire crews are working to contain a brush fire in Florida City. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived at the scene at 617 E. Palm Drive, Tuesday afternoon. The fire burned through the dry brush that borders those homes. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene where crews attempted to extinguish the flames. Florida Forest Service was also at the scene to assist firefighters. 14 acres have burned so far, and 25% of the fire has been contained. As a result of the fire, smoke was seen heading towards a residential area. No injuries were reported. How the fire started is unknown. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse in E. Jean Carroll case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:42 GMT

NEW YORK – A federal jury on Tuesday found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, a writer who accused the former president of attacking her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.The verdict marks the first time that Trump, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women, has been held legally responsible for sexual assault. And it adds fresh tarnish to the former president’s reputation as he seeks to regain the White House amid a tide of legal troubles.The nine-person jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million. The jury deliberated for three hours before returning the verdict.Carroll testified that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room after a chance encounter one evening in the spring of 1996. The jury found Trump not liable for rape, but found him liable for sexual abuse and for defamation. The defamation count arose from a statement Trump made last year in which he called Carroll’s allegation a “hoax.”Trum...