Groundskeeper wins jackpot in MD lottery — and will use it to take care of mom
A groundskeeper won the top prize in a Maryland lottery game and knew immediately how he’d use half a million dollars, ...
Powerball player’s ‘heart just dropped’ when she checked numbers. She won big
“My heart just dropped,” she told lottery officials when she realized she had won. She said she used some of her favorite numbers to play and she plans to use her windfall to pay her bills. Butler was ...
Railroad workers find human remains with ‘distinct’ tattoo in bag, Utah cops say
Railroad workers cleaning up a construction area in Utah found a black plastic bag with human remains, police said.
Vibrant, scaly creatures discovered in Alabama river. See colorful new species
One of the study’s authors named the two new species, Etheostoma kimberlae and Etheostoma michellae, after his daughter, ...
Thunderstorms with pea-sized hail in Western North Carolina Friday – wind gusts up to 40 mph
The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a report at 5:37 p.m. on Friday for strong thunderstorms until 6 p.m. The alert is ...
California v. Florida: Two governors seek relevance, only one is succeeding | Opinion
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are from different ends of the political spectrum but they have ...
29-year-old shoots and kills mom, then shoots passing cars, killing 1, ME cops say
As he was sitting in the passenger seat of a car his mom was driving, a 29-year-old man pulled out a gun and fatally shot her, Maine police said. Then, James Davis III shot at three more random cars ...
NC Supreme Court race ruling is a dangerous attack on voters who followed the rules | Opinion
The stunning ruling places an extraordinary burden on voters who must now defend their legitimacy despite the fact that they ...
Critically endangered tortoise becomes oldest first-time mom in world. See babies
One nearly century-old tortoise has been a fixture of the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932 — and now she’s living up to her name. Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, ...
Will Trump tariffs hurt ‘the average American?’ Here’s what a new poll found
Majorities of Democrats and independents — 85% and 56%, respectively — said jacking up tariffs will hurt Americans. But, Republicans were split, with a plurality, 39%, saying they will help and 29% ...
Reef predator — with ‘electric blue’ lines — found as new species off Mexico
The new species was identified off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. The body of water was renamed as the Gulf of America by executive order on Jan. 20 by ...
Dad becomes millionaire in MA lottery — and can now pay for daughter’s education
A father became a millionaire by playing the Massachusetts lottery and can now afford to pay for his daughter’s education, officials said. The dad, Erik Arsenault, won $4 million in the lottery’s ...