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Star casinos shut pokies after major technology glitch

The blows keep coming for the embattled Star Entertainment Group, which has been forced to switch off thousands of poker machines after a technology failure.

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Ex-Crown boss takes reins of under-fire Star casinos

The Star has appointed a chief executive to come on board weeks before a crucial report into its suitability for a lucrative Sydney licence is handed down.

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Star not fit for Sydney casino licence: inquiry told

The Star is not ready to hold a licence for its Sydney casino, even with conditions attached, a second probe into its suitability has heard.

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Licence suspension delay for Queensland casinos

Two Queensland casinos will have their licence suspensions delayed again as the state waits on a NSW inquiry's findings.

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'Multiple red flags' missed as Star clients skimmed $3m

A senior executive from Sydney's The Star casino has admitted there were many chances to pick up a multimillion-dollar fraud at the facility.

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Casino bosses resigned over disillusionment with chief

Former executives at a Sydney casino have accused their ex-boss of fostering exclusion and secrecy at the beleaguered company, which led to them leaving.

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Casino bosses spied and mulled 'war' against regulator

Star bosses privately discussed getting rid of their casino manager despite publicly declaring they were working cooperatively to regain the casino's licence.

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Casinos to pay more tax in NSW after pokie reprieve

Major casinos in NSW will pay more tax following drawn-out negotiations with the state government aimed at saving thousands of jobs.

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Star CEO says no 'quick fix' to regain lost trust

Star Entertainment Group has avoided a possible board spill at its annual general meeting as its new CEO has described working 18-hour days on its turnaround.

AAP

Youth pastor says he stabbed wife and children to avoid eviction

Matthew Lee Richards told detectives he was a ‘monster’ after allegedly setting his home in Shawnee, Kansas, alight and stabbing his wife, four sons and daughter

The Independent UK

My cultural day out on the Sussex Art Shuttle

With next week’s Turner prize opening in Eastbourne, we try a hop-on, hop-off bus service that takes art lovers around the area’s cultural hotspots

The Guardian - UK

NSW budget 2023: the winners and losers

Teachers, parents of toddlers and the Star casino are better off – but renters, fast rail fans and would-be EV owners may be lamenting

The Guardian - AU

My dad's bittersweet hospital homecoming

Carville looked more like a prep school than a leprosarium — but it was surrounded by a barbed wire fence

Salon

Police 'Body Slammed' Him. Now, He's Getting a $500,000 Settlement.

Police claimed Mack Nelson fell while resisting an officer. A video proved them wrong.

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New Missouri laws could limit access to police records, public college investments

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Government transparency advocates are concerned that a pair of Missouri laws could severely limit the public’s ability to access records from law enforcement agencies and public colleges.

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Kansas lacks licensed child care for 84,000 kids. The shortage may get even worse

Amber Herbers schedules her days around her 7-month-old daughter’s nap times.

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After mass shooting, Kansas City neighborhood leader points to lack of police protection

When there’s an emergency in Kansas City’s Oak Park — an area long plagued by gun violence — some residents choose not to contact police, according to the neighborhood association President Pat Clarke.

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Missouri public schools will be allowed to teach electives on the Bible under new law

Missouri public schools will be allowed to offer elective courses on the Bible under a new law signed by Republican Gov. Mike Parson this week.

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Senior home to kick grandma out for ‘partying’ too much. It’s not true, she says

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For Vivian Jackson, life at the Emanuel Cleaver II Senior Living Community center hasn’t delivered on the quality housing, relaxed atmosphere and welcoming community that was promised.

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‘Unconscionable.’ Kansas foster care contractors investigated after kids put at risk

Contractors in charge of handling foster care in Kansas have been investigated dozens of times during the past three years, in some cases leading to changes to protect children they serve.

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Prosecutor urges Missouri governor not to pardon KC cop convicted of killing Black man

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Tuesday made public a letter urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson not to pardon a former Kansas City police detective who was convicted of killing a Black man.

Tribune News Service

Missouri AG calls on Kansas City police to enforce trans care ban that chief says outside jurisdiction

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday urged the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners to enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for minors passed by Missouri lawmakers this month.

Tribune News Service

‘That kid is me.’ New leader is overhauling child welfare in Missouri, and it’s personal

Darrell Missey is standing in a room of social workers who toil in Missouri’s beleaguered child welfare system, telling the story of a young boy.

Tribune News Service

Police ID victims of triple homicide at Kansas City nightclub, give update on survivors

Kansas City police have released the names of two men and one woman killed in a shooting early Sunday morning at Klymax Lounge, a nightclub in the Oak Park neighborhood of Kansas City.

Tribune News Service

Kansas Gov. Kelly signs education budget. In a test of her power, she vetoes one piece

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill Thursday funding Kansas public schools for the next year that included an expansion of an existing school choice program. But in a test of her powers, she rejected a policy provision that would have cut funding to many rural school districts.

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