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Thursday 3 OcTOber 2024
Court says betting on U.S. congressional elections can resume, for now

By WAYNE PARRY Better Markets, a non-profit
Associated Press group advocating for the
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) public interest in financial
— Betting on the outcome markets, called it “a sad
of U.S. Congressional elec- and ominous day for elec-
tions can resume, at least tion integrity in the United
temporarily, a federal ap- States.”
peals court ruled Wednes- “Gambling on elections will
day. create powerful new in-
The U.S. Court of Appeals centives for bad actors to
for the District of Columbia interfere with our elections
Circuit dissolved an order it and sway voters outside of
had previously issued that the democratic process,”
prevented New York start- said Stephen Hall, the
up company Kalshi from group’s legal director. “The
taking bets on which politi- use of AI, deepfakes and
cal party would control the social media to manipulate
House and Senate after this voters and influence elec-
November’s elections. tion outcomes has already
The ruling clears the way become all too real. Ready
for such betting to resume access to an election
while the court further con- gambling contract such
siders the underlying issues Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a vice presidential as Kalshi’s will intensify that
debate hosted by CBS News, with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio,
in the case. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York. danger with the promise of
So far, Kalshi has only of- Associated Press quick profits.”
fered bets on congressio- Hall said that allowing bets
nal races; it was not imme- pany is now free to resume to prevent such betting, ruled in favor of Kalshi, this late in the election cy-
diately clear whether they taking such bets, but did declined comment. which took about $50,000 cle could open the door to
plan to expand offerings not know if it had already Kalshi is seeking govern- worth of such bets in the potentially unfixable prob-
to include the presidential done so. ment approval and regula- eight hours after the ruling, lems.
election. No such markets were listed tion of political bets. until the appeals panel is- “There is no way to undo
The court said it could re- on the company’s website But the commission denied sued a freeze on them. the potential damage to
consider a ban if the com- as of 2 p.m., and a compa- that approval, saying that That freeze was melted the public interest of allow-
mission provides new evi- ny spokeswoman did not such bets are vulnerable on Wednesday when the ing bets in the final weeks
dence of serious harm to immediately return a mes- to manipulation, and could court ruled that the com- of an election year,” he
the public interest in the sage seeking comment. lessen already fragile con- mission did not prove that said. “No matter what, we
coming weeks. The U.S. Commodity Futures fidence in the integrity of irreparable harm was likely have yet another reason to
Yaakov Roth, an attorney Trading Commission, the American elections. to result from the resump- be concerned about the
for Kalshi, said the com- government agency trying A federal court last month tion of election betting. upcoming elections.” q

Army returns remains of 9 Indigenous children who died at

boarding school over a century ago

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — The graves were “biologically ied on Native lands, Army consistent with those of a fied Wednesday as Fanny
remains of nine more Na- consistent” with information officials said Wednesday. 15-year-old boy, the Army Chargingshield, James
tive American children contained in their student Workers also disinterred a said. The remains were re- Cornman and Samuel Fly-
who died at a notorious and burial records. The re- grave thought to have be- buried in the same grave, ing Horse, from the Oglala
government-run boarding mains were transferred to longed to a Wichita tribe and the grave was marked Sioux Tribe; Almeda Heavy
school in Pennsylvania over the children’s families. Most child named Alfred Char- unknown. Army officials Hair, Bishop L. Shield and
a century ago were disin- have already been rebur- ko, but the remains weren’t said they would try to lo- John Bull, from the Gros
terred from a small Army cate Alfred’s gravesite. Ventre Tribe of the Fort
cemetery and returned “The Army team extends Belknap Indian Commu-
to families, authorities said our deepest condolences nity; Kati Rosskidwits, from
Wednesday. to the Wichita and Affili- the Wichita and Affiliated
The remains were buried on ated Tribe,” Karen Durham- Tribes; Albert Mekko, from
the grounds of the Carlisle Aguilera, executive direc- the Seminole Nation of
Barracks, home of the U.S. tor of the Office of Army Oklahoma; and William
Army War College. The chil- Cemeteries, said in a state- Norkok, from the Eastern
dren attended the former ment. “The Army is commit- Shoshone Tribe.
Carlisle Indian Industrial ted to seeking all resources The Army declined to re-
School, where thousands of that could lead us to more lease details on one grave
Indigenous children were information on where Al- disinterment, saying the
taken from their families fred may be located and tribe asked for privacy.
and forced to assimilate to help us identify and re- More than 10,000 children
to white society as a mat- turn the unknown children from more than 140 tribes
ter of U.S. policy. The Office in the Carlisle Barracks passed through the school
of Army Cemeteries said it A building that formed part of the Carlisle Indian Industrial Post Cemetery.”The nine between 1879 and 1918,
School campus is seen at U.S. Army’s Carlisle Barracks, June 10,
concluded the remains of 2022, in Carlisle, Pa. children whose remains including Olympian Jim
nine children found in the Associated Press were returned were identi- Thorpe.q