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Powerball Jackpot Grows To $747 Million After No Winner

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated $747 million after no one beat the odds and won the top prize in Saturday night’s drawing. The numbers drawn w...

Skull Found In ’97 In Remote Alaska Belongs To New York Man

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A skull found in 1997 in a remote part of Alaska's Interior belongs to a New York man whose death was likely caused by a bear mauling, according to the Alaska...

Finance Minister Smotrich Invites Costco To Israel: ‘Mutually Beneficial Opportunity’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an attempt to battle the rising cost of living in Israel and increase competition in the food market, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has requested from ...

California Won’t Require Covid Vaccine To Attend Schools

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Children in California won't have to get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools, state public health officials confirmed Friday, ending one of the last...

Jury: Musk Didn’t Defraud Investors With 2018 Tesla Tweets

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SAN FRANCISO (AP) — A jury on Friday decided Elon Musk didn’t defraud investors with his 2018 tweets about electric automaker Tesla in a proposed deal that quickly unraveled and ra...

Arrest Made In Shooting At San Francisco Chabad Synagogue

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police have arrested a man suspected of firing a gun loaded with blanks inside a San Francisco synagogue. The man was arrested Friday evening in the Richmon...

50-Car Train Derailment Causes Massive Fire, Evacuations In Ohio

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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A freight train derailment in Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line left a mangled and charred mass of boxcars and flames Saturday as authorities launch...

Eyes On The Sky As Chinese Balloon Shot Down Over Atlantic

(AP) - Eyes were locked on the Carolina skies Saturday as the suspected Chinese spy balloon that traversed the U.S. over the past week drifted over the Atlantic Ocean and was shot ...

WATCH: US Downs Chinese Balloon, A Flashpoint In US-China Tensions

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on orders from President Joe Biden after it traversed sensitive mil...

New Rules Would Limit Sugar In School Meals For First Time

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WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened food...

New York State Trooper Arrested For Issuing Falsified Traffic Tickets

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NEW YORK (VINnews) - Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced today that a New York State Police Trooper, responsible for patrolling the Sprain Brook and Taco...

Shlomo Perel, Holocaust Survivor, Film Subject, Dies At 98

JERUSALEM (AP) — Shlomo Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and an internationally renowned film...

Missing Florida Lyft Driver’s Car Found With Slaying Suspect

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The car owned by a missing 74-year-old Florida Lyft driver was found in North Carolina and the man who was driving it is wanted in connection with a ho...

Trump Campaign Staff On 2020 Election Lies: ‘Fan The Flame’

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A newly released audio recording offers a behind-the-scenes look at how former President Donald Trump’s campaign team in a pivotal battleground state knew they...

Pentagon Says China Balloon Is Over Central US, Heading East; Rejects China Claim It Wasn’t For Spying

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said at midday Friday that a Chinese spy balloon had moved eastward and was over the central United States, and that the U.S. rejected China's claims...

DeSantis Eyes 2024 From Afar As GOP Rivals Move Toward Runs

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may be months away from publicly declaring his presidential intentions, but his potential rivals aren't holding back. No fewer ...

Michigan Man Says Son, 6, Ordered $1K In Food From GrubHub

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CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man says he was left with a $1,000 bill after his 6-year-old son ordered a virtual smorgasbord of food from several restaurants last ...

Florida Woman Arrested for Ripping Off Holocaust Survivor for 2.8 Million Dollars

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FLORIDA (VINnews) - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Fie...

US Adds A Surprisingly Strong 517,000 Jobs Despite Fed Hikes

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WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a sizzling 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain in the face of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive drive to slow growth and ...

Police: Blanks Fired By Man Inside San Francisco Chabad Synagogue – Video

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police in San Francisco are investigating a shooting inside a synagogue during which the unidentified suspect may have fired blanks rather than live rounds Wed...