Mega Millions $654M Is Nation’s 4th-Largest
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The fourth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history will be on the line as numbers are drawn for the Mega Millions game's $654 million jackpot. The grand prize for Tuesday night's drawing has grown so enormous because no one has won the jackpot since July 24. Although the jackpot is massive, the odds…
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Families Search For The Missing In The Hurricane’s Aftermath
By RUSS BYNUM and KELLI KENNEDY , Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Joanne Garone Behnke has replayed every possible scenario in her mind a hundred times. Maybe her 79-year-old aunt sought shelter at the sturdy condo nearby that withstood Hurricane Michael's devastating winds. Maybe she was rescued and is lying in a hospital…
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California Utility Shuts Off Power Amid Wildfire Concerns
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP) — Concerned about downed power lines sparking wildfires, a major California utility for the first time cut power to tens of thousands of customers amid high winds — and other power providers were considering similar action. Pacific Gas & Electric began cutting power Sunday night in Northern California after the National…
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Trump Gets Bird’s-Eye View of Devastated Florida Communities
PANAMA CITY, FL (AP) — President Donald Trump got a bird's-eye view Monday of Florida communities left in ruins by Hurricane Michael, including houses without roofs, a toppled water tower and 18-wheel trucks scattered in a parking lot during a nearly hour-long helicopter tour of portions of the Panhandle. Trump initially saw uprooted trees and…
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Saudi-Turkish Team to See Consulate Where Writer Vanished
By FAY ABUELGASIM, SUZAN FRASER and JON GAMBRELL , Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish and Saudi investigators on Monday were to begin conducting what Turkish officials called a joint "inspection" of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing nearly two weeks ago. A team arrived by unmarked police cars at…
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