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Robin Lubbock/WBURAddiction specialists, treatment programs and 12-step recovery groups tell WBUR they’re seeing a rise in young adults — ranging from their late 20s to early 30s — seeking help for serious gambling problems tied to sports betting apps. -
Todd Bookman/NHPRVladimir Guerrero Jr., now an all-star first baseman with the Blue Jays, played for the Fisher Cats in 2018.
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This is the third major chair lift incident in the state this winter season. Safety officials say they do not appear related. -
The organization that governs school sports has suspended a rule that left districts to decide eligibility of transgender girl athletes. -
Ski industry officials are stressing their safety record after a chair fell at Attitash Mountain Resort. -
Questions about who should be allowed to compete in school sports in New Hampshire played out before a federal judge and the body that sets eligibility rules this week. -
“We don't want you supporting our girls the way you are,” Alex Zerba, a parent of a girls varsity soccer player, said of the protests. -
Judge Landya McCafferty wrote that the law likely violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it is “impossible to classify by transgender status without classifying by sex or gender.” -
The school board chair says the district determined the new law contradicts other state and federal provisions, like Title IX. -
The law, which took effect Aug. 19, is facing a federal court challenge. -
Plaintiffs in the case are seeking a broader ruling in the coming weeks that pauses the law for all student athletes.
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The U.S. settled for silver in the last Olympics, when Biles struggled with the "twisties." This year, the gymnasts said they wanted "redemption." It is Biles' eighth Olympic medal and fifth gold.
