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$699.8M Powerball jackpot won, ticket sold in California
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After 40 drawings without a big Powerball winner, a single ticket sold in California matched all six numbers and was the lucky winner of the nearly $700 million jackpot prize. The winning numbers drawn Monday night were 12, 22, 54, 66 and 69. The Powerball was 15. The Powerball jackpot…
Police search for missing 12-year-old girl
**Update: Suffolk County Police say Baaba Crayner has been found, unharmed. Brentwood, NY- Police in Suffolk County are asking for help to find a missing 12-year-old girl. Officials say, Baaba Crayner, left her home on Conerty Street, Brentwood, around 5pm on Monday night. A family member reported her missing at 10:30 p.m. Baaba Crayner has…
Trump faces deadline for questioning in defamation suit
NEW YORK (AP) — A court has set a Dec. 23 deadline for former President Donald Trump to undergo questioning in a former “Apprentice” contestant’s defamation lawsuit over what he said in denying her sexual assault allegations. Lawyers for Summer Zervos and Trump discussed the case during a Manhattan court teleconference Monday. Zervos appeared on…
1 shot near Times Square, 3rd shooting in area this year
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a person was shot in the leg Monday near New York City’s Times Square. It was the third shooting this year in an area that is a top destination for Big Apple tourists. The shooting happened shortly after noon near the entrance to a subway station at 40th Street…
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
(AP)- Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours. Facebook said late Monday that “the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change” and that there is “no evidence that…
Mets let manager go
NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Rojas has been let go as manager of the New York Mets after two losing seasons. The team declined its option on Rojas’ contract for 2022, making the announcement one day after finishing third in the NL East at 77-85 in Steve Cohen’s first year of ownership. Monday’s move was…
Sunrise Highway closed WB in Patchogue due to serious crash at Waverly Avenue
Patchogue, NY- The westbound travel lanes of Sunrise Highway remain closed at Waverly Avenue Exit 52 because of a serious accident. Police have confirmed at least one fatality and say the investigation is ongoing. Photo: Sunrise Highway Westbound at Waverly Avenue in Patchogue, NY. Photo: courtesy of INFORM/DOT
George Floyd memorial statue in New York City defaced again
NEW YORK (AP) — A statue memorializing George Floyd in New York City’s Union Square Park has been vandalized. Police say video shows an unidentified person on a skateboard throwing paint on the statue at approximately 10 a.m. Sunday morning before fleeing. Nearby statues of late Congressman John Lewis and Breonna Taylor, a Louisville, Kentucky…
Supreme Court begins new in-person term with high profile cases on the docket
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is beginning a momentous new term with a return to familiar surroundings, the mahogany and marble courtroom that the justices abandoned more than 18 months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. Abortion, guns and religion all are on the agenda for a court with a rightward tilt, including three…
Crews race to clean up California oil spill
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history. An underwater Southern California pipeline started leaking oil late Friday or early Saturday. The pipeline is owned by Amplify Energy. CEO Martyn Willsher said Sunday that…
Report: 9 NYC firefighters suspended over racist messages
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have suspended nine firefighters without pay in connection with a string of racist messages and memes they shared on their phones, including ones that mocked the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. That’s according to a report in The New York Times’ Friday editions.…
COVID vaccine mandate takes effect for NYC teachers, staff
NEW YORK (AP) — Teachers and other school staff members are supposed to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when the bell rings Monday morning for New York City’s sprawling school system. Mayor Bill de Blasio has warned that unvaccinated school staffers will not be allowed to work Monday. De Blasio said 90% of Department of Education…