$940M Mega Millions prize just latest of massive jackpots
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Call it the Golden Age of lottery jackpots. Or to put it another…
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What are the 10 largest US lottery jackpots ever won?
The Associated Press A lottery drawing set for Friday night is up for grabs is a $940 million Mega Millions jackpot. Here is a look at the 10 largest…
Continue ReadingStabenow’s retirement scrambles Michigan Senate race in 2024
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The surprise announcement that Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow won’t run for a…
Continue ReadingBack to work not business as usual for Damar Hamlin’s peers
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer For Damar Hamlin’s teammates, peers and everyone in the NFL community, going back to work is not business as…
Continue ReadingGermany to draw up legislation to enable carbon storage
BERLIN (AP) — A top German official says the government is working on legislation enabling the use of underground carbon storage, a much-discussed…
Continue ReadingU.S. pledges $30m to Moldova hit hard by war in Ukraine
Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — The U.S. has pledged $30 million in aid to Moldova to help the small country tackle an energy crisis and…
Continue ReadingNH Dems ask national party not to ‘punish’ them on primary
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Hampshire Democrats are asking the national party not to “punish” them while…
Continue ReadingGerman regulator: winter gas shortage increasingly unlikely
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s network regulator says a gas shortage is “increasingly unlikely” this winter, but is cautioning that it remains…
Continue ReadingWarning shots fired as Greek, Turkish patrol boats face off
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says one of its patrol boats has fired warning shots to deter a Turkish coast guard vessel that…
Continue ReadingAttackers wound 5 Pakistani policemen guarding polio workers
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say attackers armed with guns and hand grenades ambushed a police van…
Continue ReadingUS jobless claim applications fall to lowest in 14 weeks
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in more than three…
Continue ReadingBelarus opens trial of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bialiatski
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian court has opened the trial of jailed human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, one of the winners of the 2022…
Continue ReadingEx-Philadelphia official picked for key elections post
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Philadelphia election official who has told of enduring death threats whipped up by…
Continue ReadingMercedes recalls nearly 324K vehicles due to engine stalling
DETROIT (AP) — Mercedes is recalling nearly 324,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the engines can stall while they’re being driven. The recall…
Continue ReadingTurkish court orders temporary freeze of Kurdish party funds
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s highest court has ordered a temporary freeze on the funds of the country’s pro-Kurdish party as it mulls whether…
Continue ReadingMan charged in Takeoff’s death released on $1 million bond
HOUSTON (AP) — The man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff in Houston has been released on $1 million bond. Court…
Continue ReadingLebanon charges 7 suspects in killing of UN peacekeeper
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s military tribunal has charged seven suspects in last month’s attack…
Continue ReadingSouthern law firms combine to create coast-to-coast offices
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two major Southern law firms are merging into one firm that will have offices on both…
Continue ReadingJustice Jackson working on a memoir, titled ‘Lovely One’
BY HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir. Jackson, the first Black…
Continue ReadingSeoul: Kim’s daughter reveal hints at prolonged family rule
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s disclosure of his daughter in recent public events…
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