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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The Mega Millions jackpot has jumped to more than $1 billion after Friday night’s drawing ended without an overall winner. This marks the fourth time in a little over four years that the top prize has exceeded $1 billion, Mega Millions said in a release Friday. Friday’s drawing ended with numbers

By Andy Rose, CNN An Iowa woman who was believed to be the oldest person in the US died this week, according to a funeral home. Bessie Hendricks died Tuesday at the age of 115 in Lake City, Iowa, the Lampe and Powers Funeral Home said. Hendricks was born as Bessie Laurena near Auburn, Iowa,

By Mark Morales, CNN Trevor Bickford, the 19-year-old accused of attacking New York Police Department officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve, was indicted Friday on more than a dozen charges, including several terrorism charges, prosecutors announced. Bickford now faces three counts of attempted murder in the first degree, as well as three counts

By Emma Tucker, CNN The largest and oldest nationwide group advocating for the rights of blind people was sued Friday for allegedly failing to protect its students, including minors, from known sexual abusers employed by the organization in a culture the lawsuit claims enabled the abuse to continue for years. The lawsuit against the National

By Shimon Prokupecz, CNN The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is moving to terminate a member of the elite Texas Rangers unit who had been suspended over the actions he failed to take during the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, according to a source familiar with the process. The source

By Amanda Musa, Jennifer Feldman, Christina Maxouris and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A 6-year-old boy was taken into police custody after he shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, Friday afternoon, Police Chief Steve Drew said in a news conference. “The individual is a 6-year-old student,” Drew said. “We have been in

By Alaa Elassar, Paradise Afshar and Ed Lavandera, CNN Federal, state and local officials in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are investigating a fifth shooting that may be connected to a string of shootings involving the homes and offices of local Democratic elected leaders as targets. The New Mexico Attorney General, two state senators, a current county

By Laura Ly, CNN A former athletics official at the University of Southern California was sentenced Friday to six months in prison after pleading guilty in an admissions scandal for allegedly helping students cheat their way into acceptances at the prestigious college. Donna Heinel, who was USC’s senior associate athletic director, had pleaded guilty in

By Chris Boyette and Holly Yan, CNN The Mega Millions drew numbers Friday for a nearly $1 billion jackpot after Tuesday’s drawing yielded no winners. Numbers drawn Friday were 3, 20, 46, 59, 63 and the gold Mega Ball 13. The jackpot is estimated at $940 million ($483.5 million cash), according to the lottery. Friday’s

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The Great Salt Lake in Utah is facing “unprecedented danger,” experts say, as it has fallen to an alarmingly low level amid a climate change-fueled megadrought that’s tightening its grip in the West. Less than two weeks away from Utah’s 2023 legislative session, nearly three dozen scientists and conservationists released a

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Dozens of states across the US are kicking off the new year with a bevy of tax changes for their residents and businesses. In fact, depending on where you live, your income tax rate may have already changed. Sales taxes on common items like gas and groceries have also undergone some

By John Miller and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in November had thoroughly cleaned the interior and exterior of his car and was also seen wearing surgical gloves multiple times before being apprehended, a law enforcement source tells CNN. Bryan Kohberger, 28, is currently the sole suspect

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A 21-year-old sexual assault suspect accused of kidnapping three children over the span of two days was taken into custody Thursday, police in Wichita, Kansas, said. All three children have been located and are safe, Wichita Police Department spokesperson Chad Ditch told reporters during a Thursday news conference. A teenage girl

By Laura Ly, CNN One of the first things you can hear is the sound of someone moaning. The camera is shaky, but in the video, you can see blood on the ground and on the seats. The smoke begins to clear and then, the confusion sets in. “I don’t know — someone’s bleeding,” a