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Lottery jackpot soars to $1.2 billion

There were no big treats from the Halloween night Powerball drawing, as none of the tickets sold matched all six numbers. The lack of a winner means the next drawing Wednesday night will be for a massive $1.2 billion jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Monday were: white balls 13, 19,… Read More

Twitter to start charging money for these accounts

Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter — and faces major hurdles as he begins his first week as owner of the social-media platform. Twitter’s new owner fired the company’s board of directors and made himself the board’s sole member, according to a company filing Monday with… Read More

Major Fox News shakeup at primetime

In a major ratings shakeup, there’s a new king of primetime on Fox News channel. Move over, Tucker Carlson. Jesse Watters’ 5:00 p.m. show he co-hosts, “The Five,” and his 7:00 p.m. Eastern primetime show, “Jesse Watters Primetime” and the number one and two shows on cable television, respectively. Sponsored:… Read More

Recipe: Caramel apples make for a different kind of treat

There is a slightly weird irony to the fact that around Halloween, we tend to look for recipes for seasonal sweets, even as we prepare for an onslaught of candy. My kids are way beyond trick-or-treating age, but that doesn’t mean we don’t lay in a supply of mini candy… Read More

‘Brazilian Trump’ ousted in Saturday election

Brazilians delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s conservative politics. Da Silva received 50.9% of the vote and Bolsonaro 49.1%, according to the country’s election… Read More

Prosecutors take the reins in Alec Baldwin’s shooting case

A sheriff’s department submitted on Thursday its investigative findings to prosecutors in the death of a cinematographer shot and killed by Alec Baldwin on a film set in New Mexico in October 2021. Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office spokesman Juan Ríos said that two binders of information were turned over to… Read More

Musk brings the kitchen sink into Twitter

Elon Musk, the billionaire poised to acquire Twitter later this week, strolled into the company’s headquarters Wednesday carrying a porcelain sink and tweeting “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!” Musk’s $44 billion deal to take Twitter private faces a Friday deadline, although the video he posted offered no… Read More

Observer ejected for outburst during Darrell Brooks conviction

On Wednesday, Wisconsin resident Darrell Brooks Jr. was convicted of first-degree reckless endangerment, in addition to six counts of homicide. Brooks was accused of killing six people by driving his SUV through a Christmas parade. After this conviction, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison. An observer… Read More

Megyn Kelly just broke down and cried on-air

Megyn Kelly couldn’t contain her emotions during her podcast The Megyn Kelly Show on Thursday when she was discussing a family tragedy: the recent death of her sister. “I gotta tell you that something really sad happened in my family over the weekend,” Kelly said on-air. “My sister died. She… Read More

Ash Carter, Obama’s defense secretary, dies at 68

Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who opened combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in the military, has died at age 68. Carter died Monday evening after suffering a heart attack in Boston, his family said in a statement Tuesday. Known as a defense thinker… Read More