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WABC A single ticket sold in Oregon won Saturday’s $1.326 billion Powerball jackpot, the lottery said. The numbers drawn for Saturday night’s jackpot were 22, 27, 44, 52 and 69, with a powerball of 9, the lottery said. The winner will have the option to take a cash payment of $621 million, Powerball said. The […]
CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Global households are discarding an exorbitant amount of food every year, despite food insecurity remaining one of the top concerns in several regions around the world, according to a new report by the United Nationals Environment Programme. Households across all continents wasted more […]
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An estimated $1.4 billion jackpot is up for grabs in the next Powerball drawing on Saturday night. It’s the third-largest purse in the American lottery game’s history. It’s also the fifth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever, according to a press release from Powerball. The grand prize, which has an estimated […]
IronHeart/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal government squandered more than $200 billion in potential fraud in its aggressive rush to prop up small businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to shatter the U.S. economy, according to a report published Tuesday by the inspector general of the Small Business Administration. The hefty sum, which amounts to approximately […]
IronHeart/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal government squandered more than $200 billion in its aggressive rush to prop up small businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to shatter the U.S. economy, according to a report published Tuesday by the inspector general of the Small Business Administration. The hefty sum, which amounts to approximately 17% of […]
Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon on Tuesday announced a new commitment of $1.2 billion in military aid for Ukraine. The package includes air-defense systems to help Ukrainian forces defend against a near-constant barrage of Russian strikes. The aid also includes equipment to help “integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radars […]
Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has announced another huge military aid package for Ukraine, totaling $2.5 billion and including close to 150 more armored vehicles — but not the tanks that Ukraine has been requesting. The U.S. believes its Abrams tanks are not suited for Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion, but America’s […]
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