Election-season trading on prediction markets is skyrocketing as states fight to outlaw the platforms as unlicensed casinos.

Transponders that might have helped pinpoint the location of a fire truck that collided with a landing Air Canada jet in New York will soon be installed on ground vehicles at the region’s three major airports.

In a story published March 16, 2026, about severe weather, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 61 centimeters of snow had fallen in the northern Wisconsin town of Mountain.

Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball.

Leslie Knox has made history as one of the newest residents of Hamtramck, Michigan.

A new operator, Hard Rock International, is now running the iconic Mirage resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Hard Rock International says Monday it is spending over $100 million to give significant raises to 10,000 non-tipped workers, most of them in the U.S. The global gambling, entertainment and hospitality company is giving the employees an immediate increase to a minimum starting salary of $18 to $21 an hour.

Hard Rock wants to build a casino in or near New York City, even as it moves forward with a plan to build another one about 8 miles away in northern New Jersey.

The deal now will face scrutiny from the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Lawmakers drew closer Monday to approving a proposed 30-year gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida after leaders agreed to strip a controversial provision that could have opened the state to online gaming under the control of the tribe.