14 charged in Mafia-backed betting ring involving athletes

David PurdumNovember 13, 2025, 05:12 pm ET to close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering the gambling industry since 2008 Fourteen people were charged for their roles in a multimillion-dollar illegal sports betting ring that involved college athletes and ties to organized crime, New Jersey authorities announced Thursday. Lucchese crime family member Joseph “Little Joe”…

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Trump opens up more Arctic drilling

{Beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment Big Story Trump cuts protections for Arctic lands The Trump administration is resuming oil and gas drilling on millions of acres of land in the Arctic that former President Biden had shut down, it was announced Thursday. © US Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File The administration…

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