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Month: May 2023

CA woman goes from being homeless to winning $5M in state lottery; plans on getting married

By ABC7.com staff Click here for updates on this story     CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, California (KABC) — Lucia Forseth has seen a dramatic change in fortune since 2017. First, she overcame homelessness. Then, she became a multimillionaire after winning $5 million in the California lottery! Forseth picked up her winning Scratchers ticket at a Walmart in

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ProPublica: GOP megadonor paid private school tuition for grandnephew of Justice Clarence Thomas

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A Texas billionaire and GOP megadonor paid boarding school tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew, and the justice did not report the financial assistance for the child he helped raised on his annual disclosures, according to a new ProPublica report — the latest revelation raising ethical questions around the

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ProPublica: GOP megadonor paid private school tuition for grandnephew of Justice Clarence Thomas

CNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN A Texas billionaire and GOP megadonor paid boarding school tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew, and the justice did not report the financial assistance for the child he helped raised on his annual disclosures, according to a new ProPublica report — the latest revelation raising ethical questions around

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Churchill Downs: After four horses die, home of Kentucky Derby calls circumstances ‘unacceptable’ and ‘troubling’

By David Close, CNN Officials from the Churchill Downs racetrack, the home of the famed Kentucky Derby, have described the recent deaths of four horses as “unacceptable” and “troubling.” The four race horses have died in separate incidents within a five-day stretch. Since the start of Kentucky Derby week — on April 29 — two

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Fox says it settled Dominion lawsuit to ‘buy peace,’ as it tries to block release of more material in the case

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Fox said in a court filing Wednesday that it settled the monster defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million to “buy peace,” and strongly opposed motions to unseal additional redacted material in the case. “Fox agreed to settle this case, with this Court’s encouragement, in large part

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