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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5. The next drawing for what would be the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. history is Wednesday. The odds of winning are roughly 1 in 292.2 million….

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Amid the shambolic fracas in the British government and Parliament over how and when Brexit should take place, it’s important to step back and remember the why. The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union is not ultimately about trade or regulations. It’s about something more fundamental: the natural right of people to form and control their government. At its core, Brexit is about democracy and self-rule. Britons wanted their…

Parkland is feeling more pain. A week after the suicide of a former student, a Marjory Stoneman High School student has taken his life, Coral Springs police confirmed Sunday. The news of the double tragedy comes just as students are out of school this week for spring break. Investigators told the Miami Herald that the male student died in “an apparent suicide” on Saturday night. He was a sophomore and…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Advisor Insight The Powerball jackpot just won’t quit. After no one hit all winning numbers in Saturday night’s drawing, the top prize has jumped to a whopping $750 million. And while players daydream about what they’d do with such a windfall, they should remember they wouldn’t really end up with the advertised amount. Whether you take the prize as an annuity spread out over three…

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who chairs the House Democratic Caucus, said an “overwhelming majority” of that caucus supports Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s position against impeaching the president. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Congress By VICTORIA GUIDA 03/24/2019 12:04 PM EDT Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday said Democrats would try to find ways to work with President Donald Trump in key policy areas, even as he and others in Democratic leadership call for continued…

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HELSINKI — A cruise ship with engine problems sent a mayday call off Norway’s western coast on Saturday, then began evacuating its 1,300 passengers and crew amid stormy seas and heavy winds in a high-risk helicopter rescue operation. The Norwegian newspaper VG said the Viking Sky cruise ship ran into propulsion problems as bad weather hit Norway’s coastal regions on Saturday and started drifting toward land. Police in the western…

LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union was in disarray on Sunday as Prime Minister Theresa May faced a possible plot by ministers to topple her and parliament prepared to grab control of Brexit from the government. At one of the most important junctures for the country since World War Two, British politics was at fever pitch and, nearly three years since the 2016 referendum, it…

Separate estimates, including one by the United Nations in February, put the group’s strength even higher. James F. Jeffrey, the American special envoy for Syria, said this month that there are 15,000 to 20,000 armed Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, “although many are in sleeper cells.” American officials said that the Pentagon was concerned about Islamic State fighters returning from the front lines to stoke violence in their…

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5. The next drawing for what would be the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. history is Wednesday. The odds of winning are roughly 1 in 292.2 million. No…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Attorney General William Barr (R) will decide how much of the Mueller report to share with Congress US congressional leaders are awaiting conclusions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, with early findings expected Sunday. The long-awaited report was submitted on Friday to Attorney General William Barr, who spent Saturday at the justice department poring over…

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NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 23: A man walks past advertisements for the Mega Millions and Powerball lottery hanging on a window of the New York Lottery Customer Service Center, October 23, 2018 in New York City. (Photo: Drew Angerer, Getty Images) DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers…

After years of fighting, it was finally time to dance. As their commanders on Saturday declared final victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), the soldiers of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) unfurled their yellow flag atop a bullet-ridden building in celebration. They celebrated the victory with the Dabke, a folk dance, and embracing each other, though with tears in their eyes for the…

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President Trump held off on claiming victory Saturday as the attorney general pored over the Mueller report — but his supporters were happy to declare it for him. About 200 backers rallied outside Trump Tower, wearing MAGA hats and waving American flags, in a previously planned rally for his reelection that turned into a celebration. “I came out to show my love and support for President Trump and to celebrate…

The Powerball lottery jackpot for Saturday’s drawing has surged to $625 million, potentially the seventh-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. The winning numbers are: 66, 52, 60, 24, 25. Powerball: 5. Power Play: 3x. The cash option for the drawing was worth an estimated $380.6 million. The Powerball jackpot was last won by David Johnson, a 56-year-old supermarket worker from Brooklyn, New York. He hit the $298.3 million jackpot on…

A cruise ship with nearly 1,400 passengers and crew members lost engine power in heavy winds and more than 25-foot waves near the coast of Norway on Saturday, injuring several people and prompting a painstaking, hourslong evacuation, the authorities said. The evacuation of the ship, the Viking Sky, began around 2 p.m. local time and stretched through the darkness into the early morning. At 4 a.m. local time, only 280…