Mega Millions jackpot soars to $720 million while someone could win tonight's $1 billion Powerball jackpot
Start saying goodbye to your coworkers, because you might soon retire with a lottery ticket worth $1 billion.
1970-01-01 08:00
Hawaii governor declares state of emergency as Tropical Storm Calvin threatens to deliver strong winds and torrential rain to the Big Island
Tropical Storm Calvin strengthened Tuesday as it continued to approach Hawaii's Big Island, where more than a million people are under a state of emergency and a tropical storm warning is in effect.
1970-01-01 08:00
No Powerball jackpot winner in Wednesday's drawing, prize now an estimated $875 million
The Powerball grand prize is growing once again after no winning jackpot tickets were sold for Wednesday's drawing.
1970-01-01 08:00
University of Idaho delays demolition of home where 4 students were killed
The planned demolition of the house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death last year will be delayed until October, officials at the university said Wednesday.
1970-01-01 08:00
Corrections officer watching surveillance video sounded the alarm as a Pennsylvania inmate escaped in seconds, official says
Surveillance cameras caught inmate Michael Burham's escape from a jail in northwestern Pennsylvania last week, Warren County Commissioner Jeff Eggleston said in a news conference Wednesday.
1970-01-01 08:00
Police say there could be a 'decade of victims' in case of Tennessee man accused of recording himself raping unconscious boys
An investigation into a Tennessee man accused of recording himself raping unconscious boys has shown there "could be a decade of victims," a police spokesperson told CNN.
1970-01-01 08:00
'My house has been an island': Northeastern communities face a long road to recovery after devastating floods put neighborhoods under water
Crews across the Northeast are surveying the destruction and beginning clean-up efforts as sunshine briefly returns after devastating floods put towns under water, damaging homes and washing out roads.
1970-01-01 08:00
Federal sentencing hearing for gunman who killed 23 at El Paso Walmart set to begin Wednesday
The gunman who killed 23 people at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart faces a sentencing hearing in federal court this week, as prosecutors seek to have him serve dozens of consecutive life sentences for the August 2019 shooting.
1970-01-01 08:00
Suspect accused of killing 5 in Philadelphia shooting set for arraignment today
A suspect held on suspicion of killing five people in a shooting where pedestrians and vehicles were fired at in southwestern Philadelphia on Monday night is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on murder charges, a district attorney said.
1970-01-01 08:00
Jury to resume deliberations of ex-Parkland school resource officer's fate in a rare trial over police conduct in a mass shooting
Jurors are due to begin a third day of deliberations Wednesday to mull a verdict in the trial of the former school resource officer who stayed outside during the 2018 massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school in a rare trial focused on law enforcement response to a mass shooting.
1970-01-01 08:00
State rests in trial of former school resource officer who stayed outside during Parkland shooting
The prosecution rested its case Wednesday in the trial of the former school resource officer who stayed outside a Parkland, Florida, high school while 17 people were killed and 17 others were wounded during a February 2018 mass shooting.
1970-01-01 08:00
Tropical storm watches and warnings cover parts of the Caribbean as Bret is forecast to bring strong winds and flooding
Tropical Storm Bret strengthened slightly overnight and is forecast to reach the Lesser Antilles on Thursday morning as a strong tropical storm.
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