Quill Lawrence
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Federal investigators claim it's one of the most brazen corruption schemes since online betting became widely legal in the United States.
Among the dozens indicted last month are Portland Trailblazers coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, the Miami Heat's Terry Rozier, and former Cleveland Cavalier player and assistant coach Damon Jones.
The FBI alleges they took part in sports betting and rigging high-stakes poker games with help from the Cosa Nostra crime families.
Some of the alleged fraud involved confidential information about players' injury status and bets on small details like when a player would leave a game, which allowed gamblers in the know to make millions.
All three men have denied any wrongdoing.
Quill Lawrence, NPR News, New York.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a video of a speedboat exploding.
He says it was carrying drugs on a known smuggling route.
The Trump administration says it is at war with drug cartels, and therefore the military may legally kill alleged traffickers on suspicion alone.
At least 80 people have so far been killed, and two survivors were repatriated and set free by their home countries.
The latest strike comes as the U.S.
has assembled a massive fleet off the coast of Venezuela in what is seen as an effort to intimidate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Maduro has responded by mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops to resist possible U.S.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a video of a speedboat exploding.
He says it was carrying drugs on a known smuggling route.
The Trump administration says it is at war with drug cartels, and therefore the military may legally kill alleged traffickers on suspicion alone.