One of the winning tickets to Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Fort Myers, Florida, weeks after Hurricane Ian devastated the area. Ticket holders in California and Florida matched all six numbers on Friday night, winning $494 million on Friday, lottery officials said in a news release. Friday’s jackpot […]
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Official: China mining more coal but increasing wind, solar
BEIJING — China plans to boost coal production through 2025 to avoid a repeat of last year’s power shortages, an official said Monday, adding to setbacks in efforts to cut climate-changing carbon emissions from the biggest global source. China is a big investor in wind and solar, but jittery Communist […]
Ukraine: Explosions rock Kyiv a week after Russian strikes
KYIV, Ukraine — Several loud explosions rocked the center of the Ukrainian capital Monday, a week after Russia orchestrated a massive, coordinated air strike across the country. Kyiv city mayor Vitaliy Klichko said the central Shevchenko district of the capital had been hit, and urged residents to take shelter. No […]
Landmark trial begins over Arkansas’ ban on trans youth care
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The nation’s first trial over a state’s ban on gender-confirming care for children begins in Arkansas this week, the latest fight over restrictions on transgender youth championed by Republican leaders and widely condemned by medical experts. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody will hear testimony and evidence […]
Former employee claims Trump media company committed ‘fraudulent misrepresentations’
A former executive has claimed to the government that Donald Trump’s eponymous media company — which sources say is under federal investigation — committed “fraudulent misrepresentations” regarding possible mergers with two other firms as it sought to raise money. The complaint from Will Wilkerson, a former executive at Trump Media […]
Bodycam shows wounded Connecticut cop shoot ambush suspect
BRISTOL, Conn. — In agony due to a gunshot wound from an ambush that had just killed two comrades, a Connecticut police officer’s bodycam shows him hobbling back behind a police cruiser and firing a single bullet at the suspect. Investigators say the shot was fatal. “Shots fired, shots fired, […]
Turkey calls Greek claims on migrant mistreatment fake news
ISTANBUL — Turkish officials on Sunday shot back at Greek allegations that Turkey forced 92 naked migrants into Greece, calling it “fake news” and accusing Greece of the mistreatment. Greek migration minister Notis Mitarachi was “sharing false information” after the official tweeted a photo of the naked migrants on Saturday […]
California baker creates life-sized Han Solo out of bread
BENICIA, Calif. — Han Solo may be a hunk. But “Pan Solo” is a hunk of bread. That’s what a bakery in the San Francisco Bay Area has dubbed its 6-foot (1.8 meter) bread sculpture of the “Star Wars” character as he appeared after being frozen in carbonite in “The […]
1 killed, 12 injured after car crashes into Los Angeles taco stand
Police arrested a 26-year-old woman accused of crashing into a taco stand on Friday, killing one person and injuring 12 others, authorities said. The suspected driver was traveling eastbound when she lost control of the vehicle and ended up in the westbound lane, crashing into a group of people at […]
98 migrants rescued from boat off Florida coast lacked food
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Almost 100 people, mostly from Haiti, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A Coast Guard helicopter spotted the 96 Haitians, as well as a passenger each from […]