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Shohei Ohtani. (Joshua Mellin for The Post)

On betting’s biggest day, a new scandal puts the sports world on edge

As Americans raced to place wagers on teenage basketball players Thursday, the firing of Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter amplified calls for the country’s booming sports-betting industry to be restrained — and reformed.

By Adam Kilgore

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Congress races to pass $1.2 trillion in spending before shutdown deadline

House and Senate leaders unveiled new legislation that would fund the federal government for the next six months. They plan to vote Friday morning on the package to avoid a partial government shutdown Saturday.

By Jacob BogageUpdated 1 hour ago

Social Security Administration Inspector General Gail Ennis. (Social Security Administration, AP)

Internal watchdog for Social Security failed to properly notify people of huge fines, report finds

The Social Security Administration’s inspector general’s office failed to properly notify some poor and disabled Americans before levying big fines on them, an investigation found.

By Lisa Rein

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Democrats seize on a GOP budget proposal that would raise retirement age

A socketed ax head with haft. (Cambridge Archaeological Unit)

Scientists found an amazingly well-preserved village, dubbed ‘Britain’s Pompeii,’
from 3,000 years ago

The site at Must Farm in eastern England dates to about 850 B.C., eight centuries before Romans came to Britain. Archaeologists have been shocked at “just how clear the picture is” of late Bronze Age life based on the level of detail uncovered.

By Adela Suliman

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