By WCCO STAFF, BERET LEONE Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota lottery officials say the state’s verification system caused the delay in reporting the latest Powerball numbers. “After unprecedented lottery interest, Minnesota’s lottery sales verification system caused a processing delay on Monday, Nov. 7,” the Minnesota Lottery said in a
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — ¡Qué noche! Las elecciones a mitad de mandato en Estados Unidos han terminado, aunque el recuento de votos continúa en muchos lugares con varias carreras aún sin determinar, y los resultados, hasta ahora, no fueron lo que la mayoría de los analistas políticos esperaban, con sorpresas entre los ganadores y perdedores.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — It’s too early to call a winning side in the effort to give the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature a bigger say over how the state regulates businesses, protects people’s health and preserves the environment. The proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution on Tuesday’s ballot would make it easier for lawmakers to overturn
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Testing by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found no radioactive contamination at a Missouri school that was shut down last month amid fears that nuclear material from a contaminated creek nearby had made its way into the school, Corps officials said Wednesday. Teams from the
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who killed her rapist was being held in an Iowa jail Wednesday and could face a prison term after she walked away from a Des Moines women’s shelter where she was serving probation for a manslaughter conviction. Pieper Lewis was
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By LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar has unveiled a 6,000-cabin fan village in an isolated lot near its airports, an offering for housing toward the lower end of what’s available for the upcoming World Cup just days away from starting. As journalists toured the cabins Wednesday, desert winds kicked up sand.
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By Tim Lister, Darya Tarasova and Rob Picheta, CNN Russia has ordered a retreat from the key southern city of Kherson, the only regional capital it has captured since February’s invasion, in a dramatic strategic setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin. In the face of Ukrainian advances in the region, Russian troops across the Kherson
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gary Patterson could now play a key role in spoiling what has been a perfect season so far for fourth-ranked TCU. Patterson had as good a run as any Big 12 coach in whipping Texas over the past decade while still in purple. But
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Between warnings of a recession, high inflation and layoff fears, the news is bleak. Why not have some chocolate? Chocolate makers are reporting booming sales as stressed out customers reach for something sweet to take the edge off. In the third quarter, sales of Hershey’s chocolates, which include Reese’s, Kit
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By Jack Guy, CNN Jennifer Aniston has opened up about her failed attempts to get pregnant, saying she has “zero regrets” about a difficult period in her life. Speaking to journalist Danielle Pergament for an Allure magazine cover story, Aniston recounted how she had “gone through really hard sh*t” in her late 30s and 40s,
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow, CNN Business So, you won the lottery. Congrats! What do you do now? Once you’re done screaming and dancing in a shower of Champagne, take a moment to gather yourself and start thinking about the more pragmatic aspects of your new life as a multimillionaire (or billionaire) What will you do with
Continue Reading By Stella Chan, CNN The owner of Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, California, who came to the United States from Syria in 1980 with $14,000 in his pocket, is now a millionaire after selling the sole winning Powerball lottery ticket. California Lottery officials presented the check to Joe Chahayed and his sons Joe Jr. and
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Durante las últimas tres décadas, y especialmente tras los atentados terroristas a las Torres Gemelas en Nueva York en 2001, el grueso de las acciones militares de Estados Unidos en el mundo se ha concentrado en Medio Oriente, y Qatar, la sede del Mundial 2022, ha tenido un rol central
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Redfin is set to shutter its home-flipping business and reduce its workforce by 13%, laying off 862 employees. About 264 of the job cuts will be directly related to the shutdown of RedfinNow, the company’s instant buying, or iBuying, business in which it purchases a home as-is, completes minor improvements
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Carlo Ancelotti has defended Karim Benzema from accusations he is not playing with Real Madrid to be ready for the World Cup. The Madrid coach says the France striker himself is upset about his lack of minutes going into Qatar. The 34-year-old Benzema has been dealing
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By Daniella Diaz, CNN Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin sent a handwritten note of apology to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for comments he made after the assault on her husband Paul Pelosi, her spokesperson told CNN. The speaker has accepted the apology, the spokesperson said. The letter, which was postmarked for November 1, came after the
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow, CNN Business In an abrupt reversal, cryptocurrency exchange Binance pulled out of a deal to acquire its embattled rival FTX, saying the company’s problems were “beyond our control or ability to help.” Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said it reviewed FTX’s finances as part of the due diligence process, and it
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers is forecasting that Europe’s biggest economy will shrink by 0.2% next year after growing by 1.7% in 2022. The five-member panel’s report came after official figures late last month showed unexpected growth in the third quarter, thanks to private spending. But a weak winter,
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban and Chris Stern, CNN Business The German government has blocked the sale of one of its semiconductor factories to a Chinese-owned tech company because of security concerns. Germany’s economic ministry said in a statement that it had prohibited Elmos Semiconductor, which makes chips for the automotive industry, from selling its factory in
Continue Reading STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison claimed victory and a second term on Wednesday as he held a narrow lead over Republican Jim Schultz. The Associated Press had not called the race. With results nearly complete, Ellison led Schultz by about 21,000 votes, or nearly 1 percentage point —
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