A single ticket sold in California matched all numbers drawn Monday and was the lucky winner of a Powerball jackpot of nearly $700M, officials said.
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Gas explosion at Dallas apartment complex injures 8, including 4 firefighters
Eight people, including four firefighters, were taken to a hospital after an explosion at a Dallas apartment Wednesday morning, officials said.
Americans are using alcohol to cope with pandemic stress: Nearly 1 in 5 report ‘heavy drinking’
More than 18 months into the pandemic, about 17% of respondents reported “heavy drinking” in the past 30 days, a new survey finds.
At least 2 injured in shooting at high school in Newport News, Virginia; suspect in custody
At least two people were shot and two others injured Monday in a shooting at a Virginia high school, police said.
‘Double trauma’: Back to in-person learning, students confront school shootings once again
Several schools, finally back in person after more than a year of remote learning, have locked down in recent weeks amid reports of active shooters.
For Gen Z, Sept. 11 is history. Here’s how they’ve come to understand the attacks.
Many Gen Zers either weren’t alive or have no memory of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. To many, it’s just history.
Week after Hurricane Ida’s landfall, hundreds of thousands still without power
One week after Ida made landfall in Louisiana, hundreds of thousands are still without power. For some, it may take until the end of September.
Student killed in North Carolina high school shooting; suspect in custody, Sheriff’s Office says
A student was killed in a shooting inside Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Wednesday.
Missouri Marine Jared Schmitz, 20, an ‘American hero,’ killed in Afghanistan airport attack
Jared Schmitz, a Marine from Missouri, is reportedly among the 13 American service members killed in a suicide bombing Thursday in Kabul.
Rylee McCollum, Marine and expectant father from Wyoming, killed in Kabul airport attack
An expectant father from Wyoming was among the 13 Americans and scores of Afghans killed in a suicide bombing Thursday, state officials said.