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Las Vegas Grand Prix offer of a $200 discount doesn't go far 11/18/2023 05:41am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Grand Prix officials took steps to mend relations with Formula One fans who were angered or disappointed about not getting what they paid for Thursday night by offering those with single-event tickets a $200 discount at the official gift shop. Two problems. The offer doe F1 tries to recover from embarrassing first day of Las Vegas Grand Prix 11/18/2023 04:26am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Formula One is hoping to turn its luck around on the Strip, like so many other Las Vegas visitors who blow a big bankroll on arrival. The elite global motorsports series placed a $500 million gamble on a new event in Sin City promoted for the first time by F1 and owner Liberty Med Daisaku Ikeda, head of global Japanese Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai, dies at 95 11/18/2023 04:12am • TOKYO (AP) — Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, that includes famed musician Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died at 95, the Japanese religious organization said Saturday. Ikeda died on Nov. 15 at his home in Tokyo, “from natural causes Perfetti scores again, Jets beat Sabres 3-2 11/18/2023 12:37am • WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Cole Perfetti scored in a fifth consecutive game and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Friday night. Mason Appleton and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored, and Nino Niederreiter and Vladislav Namestnikov each had two assists. Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves. “I p Reed Sheppard scores 25 to lead No. 17 Kentucky in 101-67 rout of Stonehill 11/17/2023 11:05pm • LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Freshman Reed Sheppard scored 25 points to lead No. 17 Kentucky to a 101-67 win over Stonehill on Friday night. Sheppard added seven assists and three steals to lead four players in double figures. Kentucky (3-1) made 17 3-pointers, including 10 in the first half. Sheppard le At talks on cutting plastics pollution, plastic credits are on the table. What are they? 11/17/2023 09:34pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two groups that want reduced plastics production published a report Friday highly critical of plastic credits, calling them a flawed tool that won't help with worldwide pollution from the material. The groups — Break Free From Plastic and the Global Alliance for Incinerator How do you know if a bargain is really a bargain? 11/17/2023 06:12pm • For some shoppers, Black Friday bargains are a big deal — that's if you can find one. "The problem is retailers have kind of stretched out Black Friday from what used to be a single day to a whole month. So, it's kind of 'Black November,'" said Edgar Dworsky, founder and editor of Consumer Worl Bobby Ussery, Hall of Fame jockey whose horse was DQ'd in 1968 Kentucky Derby, dies at 88 11/17/2023 03:28pm • Bobby Ussery, a Hall of Fame jockey who won the 1967 Kentucky Derby and then crossed the finish line first in the 1968 edition only to be disqualified days later, has died. He was 88. Ussery died Thursday of congestive heart failure at an assisted living facility in Hollywood, Florida, his son Rober Ethics chairman launches a new bid to expel George Santos after a withering report on his conduct 11/17/2023 11:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Ethics Committee announced Friday he has filed a resolution to force a vote on expelling Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress, one day after the committee issued a withering report detailing substantial evidence that Santos converted campaign donati Story of a devastating wildfire that reads 'like a thriller' wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize 11/17/2023 04:32am • LONDON (AP) — A book about a fire that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize on Thursday. John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World” was awarded the 50,000 pound ($62,000) Baillie Gifford Pri King Kohli lives up to the hype as cricket-loving India prepares for the World Cup final 11/17/2023 04:09am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Virat Kohli is the highest-profile athlete in the world’s most populous nation, and he’s been living up to the hype by helping India reach the Cricket World Cup final on home soil. His 263 million followers on Instragram and almost 60 million on X, formerly Twitter, are in no Fiala, Kings halt Panthers' 5-game win streak by holding on for 2-1 victory 11/17/2023 02:25am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist, Anze Kopitar scored on the power play and the Los Angeles Kings halted the Florida Panthers’ five-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory on Thursday night. Cam Talbot made 30 saves, and the Kings won in their own building for the second ti Isaiah Joe goes 7 for 7 on 3-pointers, Thunder send short-handed Warriors to fifth straight loss 11/17/2023 02:07am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even after making nearly 60% of their 3-pointers, the Oklahoma City Thunder were just as pleased with how they moved the ball around the court in recording 31 assists. “You can't expect to shoot the ball like that every night,” Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault said. “ Yamamoto scores in shootout as Seattle Kraken beat New York Islanders 4-3 11/17/2023 02:05am • SEATTLE (AP) — Kailer Yamamoto scored early in the third period and the deciding goal in the eighth round of a shootout, lifting the Seattle Kraken to a 4-3 win over the reeling New York Islanders on Thursday night. Oliver Bjorkstrand and Jordan Eberle also scored in the shootout for Seattle, whic Shea Theodore's 4-point game powers the Golden Knights to a 6-5 win over the Canadiens 11/16/2023 11:58pm • MONTREAL (AP) — Shea Theodore had a goal and three assists and the Vegas Golden Knights beat Montreal 6-5 on Thursday night, sending the Canadiens to their third straight loss. Jack Eichel and Mark Stone each had a goal and two assists, and Brett Howden, Brayden McNabb and Jonathan Marchessault al