CNN — [Breaking news update, published at 11:03 p.m. ET] The winning numbers for Friday’s Mega Millions draw worth $1.28 billion were 13-36-45-57-67 with a Mega Ball of 14. [Previous story, published at 4:26 p.m.] The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday reached around $1.28 billion, according to the game. website – and would be the … Read more
While Pelosi – an outspoken critic of Beijing – has so far refused to confirm the reports, she said it was important the United States showed support for Taiwan, and lawmakers on both sides of the political divide from Washington urged her to leave. China, meanwhile, lashed out at the idea, vowing to take “resolute … Read more
Just a day after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate, mortgage rates fell sharply. The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 5.22% on Thursday from 5.54% on Wednesday, when the Fed announced its latest rate hike, according to Daily Mortgage News. The rate fell further on Friday to 5.13%. Rates … Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is traveling to Asia and may make a controversial visit to Taiwan. Experts say such a visit could increase the risk of an “accident” that would lead to a military crisis in the region. “If she goes, the prospect of a crisis increases because China will have to respond,” a former … Read more
ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a Black Sea port on Friday to watch crews prepare to export grain trapped by Russia’s Five Month Wara week after an agreement was reached to allow the delivery of essential food to millions of poor people facing hunger worldwide. “The first ship, the first ship … Read more
Earlier this month, Secret Service officials told congressional committees that DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, the department’s independent watchdog, was aware the texts were scrubbed in December 2021. But sources told CNN the Secret Service informed Cuffari’s office of the missing text messages in May 2021, seven months earlier. The source added that key Secret … Read more
JULY 29: The Bucs are indeed concerned that Jensen will be out for the season, Rapoport adds. Todd Bowles confirmed on Friday that the team’s starting center will be seriously short of time (video connections). New Tampa Bay HC didn’t say Jensen would miss the entire season, citing a potential schedule of several months. The … Read more
National Guard-backed search and rescue teams on Friday searched for people missing in record flooding that wiped out entire communities in some of America’s poorest places. KentuckyThe governor said at least 16 people had died, a toll he expected to rise as the rain continued to fall. Governor Andy Beshear said at least six children … Read more