A powerful heat wave has claimed at least 25 lives across the eastern United States as extreme temperatures and severe storms disrupted Independence Day celebrations during one of the country’s busiest holiday weekends. Officials said nearly 156 million people remained under heat alerts as temperatures exceeded 38 degrees Celsius in several major cities, prompting widespread […]
New Jersey
Game on: New Jersey legalizes sports betting in time for World Cup
A cheer goes up around the bar as Russia scores its first goal at this small seaside town in New Jersey: the state has just legalized sports betting, and now has its sights set on catching up with Las Vegas. Hundreds of punters have descended on the Monmouth Park race course, one of the first […]