DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's all about the odds.With four out of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes. Saturday night's winning numbers were 10, 13, … [Read more...]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot.The numbers drawn Saturday are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of 11.Officials estimate the jackpot at $590.5 million.With four of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, … [Read more...]

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the second one.The 712-acre fire was contained late Saturday after breaking out Friday and briefly … [Read more...]

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.Junior public relations major Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head … [Read more...]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and prisons.The report by the U.S. Department of Justice found that … [Read more...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say the man charged with killing a gay man on a Manhattan street in an apparent hate crime has a previous arrest for attempted murder.New York City police say 33-year-old Elliot Morales used anti-gay slurs before fatally shooting 32-year-old Marc Carson early Saturday in Greenwich … [Read more...]

DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a parade. Several people appear to be hurt, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.The accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. Saturday during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival. The event is … [Read more...]

DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — Witnesses said a car drove into a crowd at a parade in a small southwestern Virginia mountain town Saturday and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.It happened around 2:30 p.m. during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival, an annual … [Read more...]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's all about the odds.With four out of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes.The problem, of course, is those same odds just … [Read more...]

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.Few details have been released in the case, and no arrests have been made. Federal investigators have been … [Read more...]