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By Amanda Jackson and Travis Nichols, CNN The grocery store in Washington that sold the winning Powerball jackpot ticket of $754.6 million, the fifth largest in its history, is donating its lottery reward to charity. The Fred Meyer store in Auburn was rewarded with a $50,000 check from the lottery commission for selling the winning

By Brynn Gingras and Linh Tran, CNN At least once a week, Richard Glossip’s defense team connects on the phone — sometimes to catch up, and other times to strategize on how to save the life of the Oklahoma man on death row. Glossip, who’s been behind bars for 26 years on a capital murder

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of Americans will be watching the Super Bowl this Sunday, accompanied by loved ones and alluring snacks. Excitement is also building for another big game happening that day: the Puppy Bowl. This year’s televised event will help 122 puppies get adopted into their forever homes while promoting shelter and foster

By Sara Smart, Elizabeth Wolfe and Emma Tucker, CNN Body camera footage from Wednesday’s arrest of a NewsNation correspondent shows the Ohio National Guard’s adjutant general pushing the reporter during an argument at a press conference that state authorities held about a train derailment. The footage, released Thursday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, reveals

By Stephanie Elam, CNN An estimated 36.3 million trees died last year in California, a massive jump from the 9.5 million trees that died in 2021, according to an aerial survey report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The trees, which are on federal, state and private land, were killed by the effects

By Joe Sutton and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A leak of nearly 13,000 barrels of crude oil from the Keystone Pipeline near the Kansas-Nebraska border last year was caused by a flawed weld and stress on the pipe from being bent, the operator said. The massive spill, equating to more than 540,000 gallons of oil, shut

By Sara Smart, Brian Todd and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The families of two students who attend a Virginia school where a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his first-grade teacher last month have filed notices of potential legal action against the school district. The parents of a first-grader at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia,

By Taylor Romine and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The family of a 36-year-old Black man who died after sheriff’s deputies shocked him with Tasers in California’s San Mateo County in 2018 has reached a $4.5 million settlement with the county, the family’s attorneys announced. The settlement between Chinedu Okobi’s family and the Northern California county was

By Jamiel Lynch, Dianne Gallagher and Mallika Kallingal, CNN In newly filed lawsuits, former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre says that sports commentators Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee as well as Mississippi State Auditor Shad White have defamed him. According to the suit against Sharpe, Favre claims the Pro Football Hall of Fame tight

By Phil Gast, CNN Steven Brann was out Wednesday on the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania, sweeping the ground with a metal detector ahead of crews that are rehabilitating a famous part of the Civil War park. Brann usually comes across small stuff like Minié balls, a type of bullet, or percussion caps from firearms. This

By Sara Smart, Michelle Watson and Mallika Kallingal, CNN The family of a 19-year-old Virginia college student who died during a hazing incident in 2021 is suing the Delta Chi fraternity and several others for $28 million, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Adam Oakes, a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University, had been offered a

By Jamiel Lynch, Shimon Prokupecz and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Prosecutors in Memphis, Tennessee, will review all cases that involved the five officers charged in the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop, the district attorney’s office said, as newly released documents show a sixth officer involved in the encounter lied in his

By Justin Gamble, CNN Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan who successfully championed legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, was honored on Wednesday with the unveiling of a portrait at the state Capitol. The portrait of Lee, known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” is the first new portrait to be hung in the state Senate

By Eric Levenson, CNN An attorney who said he was Alex Murdaugh’s best friend testified at his murder trial Thursday that Murdaugh admitted he had a drug addiction and had been stealing money from his law firm and clients. “He said, ‘I’m sorry I’ve had a drug problem, I’m addicted to opioids … for something