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Someone could win an estimated $716 million in Wednesday's Powerball drawing after no ticket matched all six numbers on Monday. The jackpot has gone for more than 30 drawings without a winner, since Aug. 12, when a single ticket sold in Illinois won $1.04 billion.

Republicans are worried that Libertarian candidates could siphon away votes in some of this year's most consequential U.S. Senate elections, potentially costing them control of the chamber.

A man has been charged with mailing four letters containing a white granular substance to members of Congress, all of which were sent in envelopes containing his name and home address.

The parents of a 3-year-old soccer phenom who went viral say his youth league called police on them because their son is "too good." Now Ms. Rachel is involved.

A 28-year-old convicted murderer serving a life sentence escaped through a Tennessee prison's fence Sunday evening before stealing a truck and driving off — and has not yet been located, according to Tennessee authorities.

A federal judge extended an order blocking tree removal from a Washington, D.C. golf course President Trump is seeking to renovate, while imposing new notice requirements on any other major changes the administration seeks to make on the golf course grounds.

Ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump goes into effect in Russian-occupied town "on the brink of disaster." The agreement would “temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation,” the White House said.

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's late-breaking effort to force California to separate mail-in ballots from 20,000 purported noncitizens.

Israelis surged to the polls at the fastest rate in 45 years on Tuesday, passing wartime judgment on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in what voters described as the most consequential election in their history.

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere rose to new record highs in 2025, locking in climate impacts that will persist for centuries to come, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Is 'ferritin face' a real thing - and can you really spot low iron from looks? Videos in which people claim to spot the signs of low iron have attracted millions of views online.

Israelis entered the final 24 hours of an intense election season on Monday, as reports circulated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have clashed with the Israeli military over initiating a possible escalation with Iran immediately before elections.

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department's newly filed lawsuit to prevent Alaska state officials from certifying election results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in November.

A prisoner on Monday lost his challenge to an Australian state's ban on inmates eating Vegemite after he argued in court that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breached his human right to "enjoy his culture as an Australian."

Anthropic's Claude AI model bypassed a paywall and accessed publicly available voter data in the U.S. state of Georgia without human authorization, Axios reported on Sunday.

U.S. political candidates have been engineering their campaign messages to appeal to the AI chatbots that more voters have been using to answer questions about issues, and documents seen by Reuters have revealed some of their strategies.

Japanese prosecutors have indicted a U.S. Marine on charges of robbery and murder of a Japanese woman in the country's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, local media reported.

U.S. forces in the Middle East are prepared to launch new, potentially major, military operations against Iran "within 96 hours of receiving" an order from President Trump, according to two U.S. officials.

Momentum is building in Illinois to form a new state, with more counties ready to vote on leaving because of Chicago's influence.

Former Rep. Mary Peltola is rescheduling several upcoming campaign events after she and her family sustained "minor" injuries in a car crash, her campaign announced Sunday.

Israel is holding its most important election in years. Here’s what’s at stake.

Breaking News: AI giant Anthropic publicly files for listing on the U.S. stock market, noting strong revenue growth and massive spending.

American R&B singer Chris Brown avoided jail when sentenced by a U.K. court on Monday after pleading guilty to a public order offense during a 2023 brawl at a London nightclub.