U.S. gets lottery fever as jackpots climb to $2.2 billion
Gregory Baron, 24, and Ben Nelson, 27, on Monday were eagerly purchasing $2 tickets for the Mega Millions jackpot in hopes of winning the record-setting $1.6 billion prize and becoming among the richest people in the world.
Actress Amber Heard says birth on U.S.-Mexico border sparked rights activism
U.S. actress Amber Heard, a star of the upcoming “Aquaman” superhero movie and a U.N. human rights champion, said on Monday her childhood in Texas near the Mexican border helped spark her activism.
State of Play: Tightening Arizona race threatens Democrats’ slim Senate hopes
For most of this year, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has run what has been viewed widely as one of the best races in the nation. But with less than a month to go to Election Day, there are doubts whether she can make it acr…
State of Play: Democrats threaten Trump’s grip on the Great Lakes
Two years ago, Ohio and other states in the former industrial heartlands of the Great Lakes region catapulted Donald Trump into the White House.
U.S. regulator suspends trading in company for ‘false’ cryptocurrency claims
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it temporarily suspended trading in shares of American Retail Group after the company claimed SEC approval as a custodian for cryptocurrency trading.
U.S. lottery jackpots climb to combined $2.2 billion
For $2 a ticket, lottery players have a chance to be among the richest people in the world if they beat the long-shot odds of 1 in 303 million to win the Mega Millions jackpot of $1.6 billion Tuesday night.
U.S. lottery jackpots climb to $2.2 billion combined after no winners
For $2 a ticket, you have chance to be among the richest people in the world if you beat the longshot odds of 1 in 303 million to win the Mega Millions lottery jackpot of $1.6 billion Tuesday night.
Medtronic co-founder Earl Bakken passes away
Medtronic Plc’s co-founder Earl Bakken has passed away at the age of 94, the medical device maker said on Sunday.
Trump administration trying to define transgender out of existence: NY Times
The government of U.S. President Donald Trump is attempting to strip transgender people of official recognition by creating a narrow definition of gender as being only male or female and unchangeable once it is determined at birth, The New York Times r…
Lioness kills father of her cubs at Indianapolis zoo
A lioness has killed the father of her three offspring, suffocating her mate by locking her jaws onto his neck at the Indianapolis Zoo in an attack not fully understood by zoo staff.
