By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A Powerball ticket sold in Oregon has won the nearly $1.33 billion jackpot – the fourth-largest jackpot in the history of the game, according to Powerball. Saturday’s winning numbers are 44, 27, 52, 22, 69 and Powerball 9. A single ticket sold in Oregon matched all six numbers drawn
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By David G. Allan, CNN (CNN) — “Do you know where IPAs come from?” I have asked many a friend, with my elbow angled upon the bar holding “exhibit B” in a pint glass, and hoping they don’t already know the answer. Heaven? The hop fairy? My dreams? All good guesses, but no. “When the
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, April 6, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL KIRKSVILLE (0) SOUTHERN BOONE (11) FINAL GATEWAY LEGACY (5) FATIMA (11) FINAL TROY BUCHANAN (4) FATIMA (0) FINAL ST. CHARLES WEST (0) HELIAS (6) FINAL UNION (5) HELIAS (4) FINAL
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll released after Poland’s local and regional elections Sunday showed Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-EU party trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight years until December. But the socially liberal mayor of Warsaw, a Tusk ally, easily won another term in
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Kristen Wiig got inducted into the coveted “Saturday Night Live” five-timers club in style this weekend when she hosted the long-running NBC sketch show for the fifth time, and she had a little bit of help from some huge stars. Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling, Jon Hamm, Martin Short, Paul
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on its curved, glossy surface. You’re likely to pinpoint a spot in the water, which covers 71% of the planet. Maybe you’ll alight on a
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — They prowl through palace gardens stalking pigeons and make cameos on televised press briefings. Some greet tourists at the doors, while others take a sneaky lick of ice cream from staff. Nineteen feral cats have free rein of Mexico’s National Palace, long roaming the lush gardens
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By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Abeer Salman and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — The courtyard of Um Ihab’s family home in Jabalya, northern Gaza, once bloomed with citrus trees. On most weekends, dozens of relatives would gather for a birthday party or a university graduation. The Palestinian grandmother would decorate the house with gold streamers and multi-colored
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sophomore Christian Adams expected he would be studying Chinese when he enrolled at West Virginia University, with a dream of working in labor or immigration law. He didn’t foresee switching his major to politics, a change he made after West Virginia’s flagship university in September cut
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rockets streaked through the morning sky in Gaza on Oct. 7 as Amal Al-Taweel hurried to the hospital in the nearby Nuseirat refugee camp, already in labor. After a difficult birth, she and her husband, Mustafa, finally got to hold Ali, the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as they hauled the contaminated material from a mountaintop mine through the northwestern Montana town
Continue Reading CNN By Fidel Gutiérrez, Heather Chen and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Mexico is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police raided its embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been seeking asylum there. Confirming the move in a statement to CNNE, a foreign ministry spokesperson said all Mexican
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers are meeting at the Capitol for a session that will focus on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ $6.3 billion proposed budget for the coming year. The budget is the top agenda item for the session that kicks off Wednesday with Sanders addressing the Legislature.
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has so far created a mixed legacy. Some churchgoers say he has made the church’s global membership feel more included while leaving LGBTQ+ members feeling unsupported. Russell M. Nelson is nearing his 100th
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By MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden ticked through several things that he needed to see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do immediately: open up the Erez crossing into northern Gaza and the port of Ashdod in southern Israel for humanitarian aid; significantly ramp up the supplies getting in through Kerem Shalom. A
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KMIZ) After scoring just two runs on five hits in game one of its three-game series with No. 19 Arkansas, No. 11 Mizzou Softball posted a stellar afternoon at the dish on Saturday. The Tigers cruised to a 12-3 run-rule win over the Razorbacks to force a rubber match on Sunday afternoon. Larissa
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball lottery drawing scheduled for Saturday night has been delayed to complete procedures required before the numbers are announced, the game’s organizers said. The drawing for the game, including an estimated $1.3 billion jackpot, was delayed to enable one of the organizers to complete required procedures before the scheduled
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Days after the Iowa Hawkeyes set the all-time ratings record for a women’s college basketball game in their Elite Eight win over the Louisiana State University Tigers, the team set yet another record. The Hawkeyes’ 71-69 victory on Friday over the UConn Huskies in the Final Four averaged 14.2
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a message of mutual cooperation at a meeting Sunday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, highlighting the improvement in relations since her visit to China last year while recognizing that major differences remain. After focusing on trade and economic
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — UConn kept its bid to repeat as national champion intact by surviving its first true test of the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies got 21 points from freshman Stephon Castle while clamping down defensively in the second half of an 86-72 win over Alabama in the
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