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(NEW YORK) -- The Powerball jackpot has soared to one of the largest in the lottery game's history.The current jackpot is estimated to be $1.6 billion ahead of Monday night's drawing. That would make it the fourth-largest in Powerball history and the fifth-largest among U.S. lottery jackpots.The estimated cash value of the current jackpot is $735.3 million.Both figures are before taxes.A player who wins the Powerball jackpot can choose between […]

(NEW YORK) -- A former South Carolina pastor has been indicted on federal charges of cyberstalking his wife, including allegedly posting a nude photo of her online, before she died by suicide in 2024, authorities said.A federal grand jury in Columbia, S.C., returned a two-count indictment on Thursday, charging 46-year-old John-Paul Miller with cyberstalking and making false statements to federal investigators, stemming from the investigation into his wife's death."This case […]

Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a rally for him as he arrives for his first check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office the day after a federal judge ordered his release from a detention in Pennsylvania, on December 12, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- The federal judge overseeing Salvadoran native Kilmar Abrego Garcia's immigration case is scheduled to hear arguments Monday over […]

(NEW YORK) -- A group of alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein accused the Department of Justice of missteps, including violations of the law, in its partial release of files related to the disgraced financier's abuse of young women and girls. The DOJ faced a Friday deadline imposed by Congress to release a massive cache of records gathered during government investigations into the sex offender, who died in jail in 2019. Justice officials released thousands […]

Waters of Monterey Bay, Monterey, California, August 5, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) (MONTEREY, Calif) -- A search is ongoing in California for a missing swimmer who may have been attacked by a shark, officials said.The swimmer was reported missing just after noon on Sunday at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove in Monterey Bay, according to a joint statement from the Coast Guard and the cities of Pacific Grove […]

(NEW YORK) -- A former South Carolina pastor has been indicted on federal charges of cyberstalking his wife, including allegedly posting a nude photo of her online, before she died by suicide in 2024, authorities said.A federal grand jury in Columbia, S.C., returned a two-count indictment on Thursday, charging 46-year-old John-Paul Miller with cyberstalking and making false statements to federal investigators, stemming from the investigation into his wife's death."This case […]

(NEW YORK) -- Dramatic police body-camera video released by officials captured the moment an accused shoplifter allegedly pulled a handgun on a police officer inside a Canton, Ohio, Walmart before he was tackled by a store employee.The incident unfolded on Thursday after the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Shane C.L. Newman, and a female companion were being held in a back office by an off-duty Canton police officer, who was a […]

Cities across Northern California on Sunday saw roadways inundated with flooding, leaving vehicles stranded. (Placer County Sheriff's Office) (LOS ANGELES) -- Heavy rain and dangerous flooding left one person dead in Redding, California, the mayor announced on Sunday.It comes as flood watches are in effect for more than 30 million across California due to the threat of heavy rain and flash flooding in the coming days.Redding Mayor Mike Littau said […]

In a screen grab from a video released by Secretary Kristi Noem, the US Coast Guard apprehends an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela, on Dec. 20, 2025. (@Se_Noem) (WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. official tells ABC News that the U.S. Coast Guard is “in active pursuit of a sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal sanctions evasion.”“It is flying a false flag and under a […]