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For those who haven’t mastered the odds of Belarussian soccer or Russian table tennis, this week’s NFL draft gives U.S. gamblers their first opportunity in weeks to bet on an event about which they actually know something.

Micah Tennant, the 10-year-old boy who was shot during a high school football playoff game at the Jersey Shore city of Pleasantville has died, his family said Wednesday.

Players and spectators ran for cover Friday night after a gunman opened fire on a crowded New Jersey high school football game.

Long Island’s notorious “Bagel Boss” is allegedly at it again, this time unleashing a tirade on people at a local marina over the weekend, according to witness accounts and several published reports.

A Rhode Island man who proclaims himself the “world’s greatest counterfeiter” is heading to federal prison. The Providence Journal reports that 77-year-old Pawtucket resident Louis Colavecchio was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on Wednesday for producing counterfeit $100 bills.

A Pennsylvania man posed as an underage girl and drove more than two hours to the Atlantic City Boardwalk in order to expose a registered sex offender who had sent him sexual messages on a dating app, investigators said.

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odúbel Herrera accepted a suspension for the rest of the season under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. The commissioner’s office announced his decision Friday, two days after domestic assault charges against Herrera in Atlantic City, New Jersey, were dismissed. He had been charged with simple assault and knowingly causing bodily injury stemming from an incident on...

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odúbel Herrera accepted a suspension for the rest of the season under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. The commissioner’s office announced his decision Friday, two days after domestic assault charges against Herrera in Atlantic City, New Jersey, were dismissed. He had been charged with simple assault and knowingly causing bodily injury stemming from an incident on...

Adam Sandler shocked a bunch of Atlantic City kids Friday when he showed up to play some hoops at a basketball court in the South Jersey beach town.

Adam Sandler shocked a bunch of Atlantic City kids Friday when he showed up to play some hoops at a basketball court in the South Jersey beach town.

Anthony Bourdain’s home state of New Jersey will honor the chef’s memory a year after his death by establishing a food trail featuring 10 restaurants he visited for his show “Parts Unknown.”

Gretchen Carlson, a former Miss America who helped eliminate the pageant’s swimsuit competition, is stepping down as board chairwoman of the Miss America Organization. She was part of an all-female leadership team that took over the pageant following an email scandal in which male leaders insulted former Miss Americas, denigrating their appearance, intelligence and even their sex lives. Carlson pushed...

Odubel Herrera is on paid administrative leave after police in Atlantic City, New Jersey, charged the Phillies outfielder with assault following a domestic abuse allegation Monday.

A video showing a man urinating on a park memorial marker that honors a 9-year-old boy who died of brain cancer has led to charges against him and another man accused of making the recording

Mobile apps might drive the future of sports gambling in the United States, but casinos are still betting big on physical sportsbooks as legal wagering expands to new places.

A firefighter who sued to keep a beard he grew for religious reasons has shaved it off after a judge denied his request.

King Kong Bundy, the 6-foot-4 (193-centimeter) professional wrestler best known for facing Hulk Hogan in WrestleMania 2, has died. He was 61. Bundy died Monday, said promoter and longtime friend David Herro, who posted on Facebook : “Today we lost a Legend and a man I consider family.” The cause of death and other details were not disclosed. Bundy, whose...

Happy holidays, indeed! A gambler from Lakewood, New Jersey, turned a small bet into a huge payoff Saturday when he delivered a royal flush — and the casino delivered his $1 million winnings.

A former board member and four states that have had their licenses terminated by the Miss America Organization are suing the group and its top leaders, claiming “an illegal and bad-faith takeover” of the pageant.