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Ex-player Damon Jones first to plead guilty in basketball gambling sweep

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones has become the first person to plead guilty in a gambling sweep that led to the arrests of more than 30 people.

Federal agents serve search warrants in Minnesota fraud probe

By Mark Vancleave, Associated Press

Federal agents have served search warrants in Minnesota in an ongoing fraud investigation of publicly funded social programs for children.

WATCH: Epstein survivors and families join Rep. Khanna for roundtable ahead of King Charles visit

By Associated Press

Khanna had pushed for the king to meet with the survivors during his visit, but said that he was told by the British ambassador to the U.S, that instead there would be an acknowledgement of the survivors.

LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on Cisco's alleged role in China's persecution of Falun Gong

By Christopher Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court seems likely to grant tech giant Cisco’s bid to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China.

South Carolina's measles outbreak is over after sickening nearly 1,000 people

By Devi Shastri, Associated Press

On Sunday, the state passed the threshold of 42 days with no new outbreak-related cases. State health officials estimate the outbreak response cost $2.1 million.

Camp Mystic relied on teen counselors with no emergency training before flood, investigator says

By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

Young and inexperienced Camp Mystic counselors were not trained to help campers during floods or other emergencies, and feared making decisions on their own, an investigator into the flood that killed 27 counselors and campers told Texas lawmakers Monday.

As student loan defaults rise, experts worry about what's next

By Hannah Grabenstein

If the U.S. isn’t already in the midst of a student loan delinquency and default crisis, we may be rapidly approaching one, experts told PBS News.

Fact-checking misinformation about the Correspondents' Dinner shooting

By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

Shots fired inside the hotel hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner attended by President Donald Trump caused immediate confusion about the suspect and what transpired at the April 25 event.

How conspiracy theories spread after the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting

By Melissa Goldin, Associated Press

There was a steady stream of facts from myriad reputable media outlets — hardly an information vacuum. Despite this, unfounded conspiracy theories from both the left and the right proliferated, chief among them that the shooting was staged.