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In this photo illustration, Powerball lottery tickets are displayed on a countertop at the Brew Market & Cafe on September 04, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- The Powerball jackpot is estimated to climb to $1.5 billion for Saturday night's drawing, marking the fifth-largest prize in the lottery's history, after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Wednesday, the lottery said.A $1.25 billion Powerball jackpot […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Wednesday asked a federal court to vacate or correct her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking of minors and other offenses -- a move that could complicate the release of the Epstein files as mandated by a new law.Maxwell has exhausted all of her direct appeals, but filed a petition which contends "substantial new evidence has […]

(BOSTON) -- Nearly two days after a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was shot and killed at his home in upscale Brookline, Massachusetts, investigators have no obvious suspects and no working theory of the case, according to multiple sources briefed on the investigation. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was found at his house on Monday night. He was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead on Tuesday, the […]

Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) signage at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. The US government shutdown became painfully real for tens of millions Americans over the weekend as it hit the one-month mark with food aid disrupted, cuts to child care kicking in, and health insurance premiums spiking. Photographer: Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MASSACHUSETTS) -- Two Massachusetts men trafficked nearly $7 million […]

(SUNRISE, Fla.) -- A Florida man is charged with a felony after allegedly towing a car with a 4-year-old girl inside Sunday, who then fell out of the vehicle and onto the road.The tow truck driver, Sergio Suarez, 34, can be seen in a video driving away from the Bistro Creole restaurant in Sunrise, Florida, where the vehicle had been parked, as the girl's father runs after him and tells him to […]

Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner attend Human Rights Campaign's 2025 Los Angeles Dinner, March 22, 2025 in Los Angeles. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) -- Jake and Romy Reiner, the children of renowned Hollywood director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner, are speaking out for the first time after their brother, Nick Reiner, was arrested for allegedly killing their parents."Words cannot even begin to describe the unimaginable pain we […]

(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump posted to social media early on Wednesday regarding the ongoing search for a gunman who killed two students at Brown University last weekend, criticizing the university for having so few security cameras on campus."Why did Brown University have so few Security Cameras?" the president wrote. "There can be no excuse for that. In the modern age, it just doesn't get worse!!!"Students Ella Cook, 19, […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Nick Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, renowned Hollywood director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner, made a brief first appearance in court on Wednesday.Nick Reiner, 32, appeared quiet and calm, and sat behind the glass and behind his attorney, Alan Jackson -- who helped defend Karen Read in Massachusetts.He waived the right to a speedy arraignment. The arraignment is set for Jan. 7.Nick Reiner was charged […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- New videos appear to show the moments leading up to the arrest of Nick Reiner for the murders of his parents, renowned Hollywood director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner. One of the videos appears to show Nick Reiner, 32, moments before his Sunday night arrest near the University of Southern California. In the video, he's wearing jeans, a striped jacket and a baseball cap. He's seen with a […]