Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball jackpot just keeps getting bigger. There was no winner that matched all six numbers after Monday’s drawing, and now the estimated jackpot for Wednesday is $1.2 billion, with a cash value of $596.7 million, Powerball said. The winning numbers in Monday night’s […]
Alysha Webb/ABC News (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — It should have been one of the proudest days as a parent for John Persons. But 90 seconds before the president of Tops Friendly Markets was to watch his son receive his college diploma, his cellphone started buzzing with the worst news imaginable. His […]
Hans Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A corrections officer at Rikers Island has been stabbed at least 15 times by an inmate in what officials are calling an “unprovoked, heinous and callous attack” on one of their officers. The incident occurred at approximately 4:45 p.m. on Monday afternoon when a […]
U.S. Department of Justice (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, testifying Monday in the Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy trial, disputed claims by defense attorneys that members of the militia group were seen assisting and protecting him during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Five members of […]
Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Five people, including a 1-year-old girl, were killed in a near-head-on collision on a Florida highway Sunday night, authorities said. A 2015 Ford Explorer traveling north crossed the center line of the highway and collided nearly head-on with a 2021 Nissan Frontier, the Florida Highway […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (RALEIGH, N.C.) — Two South Carolina sheriffs are pushing back against claims that officers targeted a bus full of students from a historically Black university earlier this month. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright and Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller said at a joint press conference Monday that […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Houston at Philadelphia (Postponed) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 118, Washington 111 Sacramento 115, Charlotte 108 Toronto 139, Atlanta 109 Brooklyn 116, Indiana 109 Milwaukee 110, Detroit 108 Utah 121, Memphis 105 LA Clippers 95, […]
