Powerball jackpot of $835 million -- which would be the game's fourth-largest -- is up for grabs Wednesday night
Powerball players will vie for an estimated $835 million jackpot during Wednesday night's drawing.
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Powerball jackpot grows to $725 million after no winning ticket Wednesday
Powerball players now have the chance to win an estimated $725 million jackpot this weekend after Wednesday night's drawing produced no big winner.
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Manhunt for the escaped Pennsylvania killer draws hundreds of officers to small township where he's believed to be armed with a rifle
The Pennsylvania manhunt for an escaped convicted killer has escalated and shifted focus to a small township where police have set up a new perimeter, schools are closed and people are on edge after the fugitive stole a rifle and vanished again, authorities said.
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Morgues overwhelmed in Libya as rescuers search for thousands missing after flood
Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea.
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Massive Hurricane Lee puts Bermuda under tropical storm warning, southeast US beaches at risk of rip currents
Hurricane Lee has prompted a tropical storm warning over Bermuda and is expected to weaken over the next couple of days, though the system could remain "large and dangerous" through the week, forecasters said.
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Reward for fugitive homicide suspect who fled a DC hospital has increased to $30,000 as week-long manhunt continues
Investigators in Washington, DC, are offering $30,000 for information leading to the capture of homicide suspect Christopher Haynes, whose escape from police custody while being treated at a hospital has sparked a sprawling week-long manhunt.
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Searchers trying to 'stress' escaped Pennsylvania killer and force a mistake, official says as manhunt enters its 7th day
About 200 law enforcement personnel are searching for escaped convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante in eastern Pennsylvania, hoping to "stress him" out of hiding as the manhunt Wednesday stretches into its seventh day, a US Marshals Service official said.
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Russia sees biggest drone assault on its own territory since invading Ukraine, as Kyiv strikes back through the skies
Russia has seen the biggest drone assault on its territory since it launched its war on Ukraine while Moscow killed two men in a near-simultaneous bombardment on Kyiv, as the aerial intensity of the conflict ratcheted up.
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Hurricane Idalia threatens to hit Florida as a catastrophic Category 4 storm Wednesday morning, and conditions are already deteriorating
Hurricane Idalia could crash into Florida's west coast as "an extremely dangerous Category 4" hurricane Wednesday morning, forecasters said -- a potentially catastrophic collision for a state that's already seeing coastal flooding and deteriorating conditions ahead of landfall.
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How Pakistan rescued cable car school children stranded hundreds of feet above ground
Battling anxiety and nausea, they huddled together in the ruptured cable car, gripped by fear as they dangled precariously hundreds of feet in the air.
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Death toll from the Maui wildfires climbs to 106 as governor warns identifying all the victims will be difficult
Identifying those killed in the Maui wildfires will be "very difficult" and likely take weeks, Hawaii's governor said Tuesday as the death toll climbed to 106 and families desperately waiting to hear about lost loved ones were asked to provide DNA swabs.
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Whirl-spawning wildfire in California and Nevada challenges firefighters and threatens ecosystem
Firefighters battling a large whirl-spawning wildfire in California and southern Nevada are facing challenging conditions as the blaze spreads and threatens iconic desert Joshua trees.
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