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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Powerball players will get another chance to become instant millionaires as the jackpot ballooned to $925 million following Wednesday night’s drawing that yielded no grand prize winners. Wednesday night’s winning numbers were 1, 7, 46, 47, 63, and the Powerball was 7, the lottery said. After no ticket matched

By Holly Yan, Sara Smart, Raja Razek, Omar Jimenez and Lauren Koenig, CNN (CNN) — The 26-year-old tech executive whose body was found on the rooftop of her Baltimore apartment building Monday died of strangulation and blunt force trauma, court documents say. Pava LaPere was killed Friday, but authorities didn’t discover her body for at

By Kevin Conlon and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Three Baton Rouge Police Department officers have been placed on administrative leave as investigations continue into an alleged police “torture warehouse” in Louisiana dubbed the Brave Cave. Among the three now on leave is Deputy Chief Troy Lawrence, Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul announced Wednesday.

CNN, WBFF By Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A convicted felon suspected of killing tech executive Pava LaPere in Baltimore this week has been arrested, ending a dayslong manhunt across the city, police said early Thursday. Jason Dean Billingsley was wanted on first-degree murder and other charges in connection with

By Steve Almasy, Andi Babineau and Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — The remains of Suzanne Morphew, a Colorado woman who went missing on Mother’s Day 2020 while on a bike ride, have been found, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Morphew, 49, vanished after going cycling in the area of County Road 225 and

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — And the winner is … anonymous. The lucky player who won the $1.6 billion Mega Millions prize last month has stepped forward to claim the winnings, the Florida Lottery told CNN. The winning numbers were announced on August 8. The ticket was bought at a Publix supermarket in Neptune

By Rachel Ramirez and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Water barges and salt-filtering reverse osmosis units will not be enough to prevent saltwater from contaminating New Orleans’ largest water facility, officials said at city council meeting on Wednesday. Instead, a pipeline will be needed to deliver freshwater from upstream — not just for New Orleans,

By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Three people, including two minors, were arrested after multiple 3D-printed firearms were found inside a Manhattan day care, New York City officials said Wednesday. The arrests come nearly two weeks after a 1-year-old boy died of suspected fentanyl exposure and two other children overdosed at a Bronx day care.

By Raja Razek and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A homicide suspect who was mistakenly released from a detention center in Indianapolis two weeks ago due to a clerical error was captured Wednesday in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said. Kevin Mason, 28, was apprehended at about 2 p.m. ET by the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Emmy-winning actor and writer, Chevy Chase. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1943 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Cornelius Crane Chase Father: Edward Tinsley Chase, book editor Mother: Cathalene (Crane) Chase, concert pianist Marriages: Jayni (Luke) Chase (1982-present); Jacqueline Carlin (1976-1980,