April 29, 2024

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Golden Knights need to show the resilience they claim in Game 4

Golden Knights need to show the innate resilience they claim in Game 4

Posted 2:00 a.m.

Now might be the first real time Vegas can prove its long-touted calm under pressure and resilient nature. The Golden Knights understand the gravity of the moment, and they’re ...

Friends discuss their bets in the restaurant at the Meadowlands Racetrack, which houses FanDuel Sportsbook, a legal sports-betting venue, in East Rutherford, N.J., Sept. 9, 2018. On several Saturdays in September, there were hourslong lines outside the sports book. Some people couldn’t even place bets before game time. So the sports book expanded, moving upstairs and taking up the second floor. Turns out New Jersey really enjoys sports betting.

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Friends discuss their bets in the restaurant at the Meadowlands Racetrack, which houses FanDuel Sportsbook, a legal sports-betting venue, in East Rutherford, N.J., Sept. 9, 2018. On several Saturdays in September, there were hourslong lines outside the sports book. Some people couldn’t even place bets ...

Study links sports betting with binge drinking

Posted 2:00 a.m.

By Katie Ann McCarver

A new study shows that sports bettors are more likely to binge drink than individuals who are not gambling at all or who are gambling in another way ...

Financial literacy class sets teens on path to succeed in life

Financial literacy class sets teens on path to succeed in life

Posted 2:00 a.m.

Richard Shipin, who teaches a financial literacy class at the Delta Academy, said it’s critical to instruct students about what’s ahead in life. Financial literacy, he says, is learning how ...

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Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on U.S. roads

A self-driving tractor trailer maneuvers around a test track in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The truck is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc.

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A self-driving tractor trailer maneuvers around a test track in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The truck is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc.

Posted 8:10 a.m.

On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second, it signaled, moved into the unobstructed lane ...

Horses show off in Versailles, keeping alive royal tradition at soon-to-be Olympic equestrian venue

Horse racing’s household name will miss the 150th Kentucky Derby. Bob Baffert is exiled for 3rd year

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