Month: January 2023

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Mega Millions prize has grown again to an estimated $1.35 billion after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest giant jackpot. The numbers drawn late Tuesday night were: 7, 13, 14, 15, 18 and gold Mega Ball 9. The new jackpot drawing on Friday night will be another

PARIS (AP) — French media are reporting that people have been stabbed at a Paris train station and the interior minister says several people were injured before police “rapidly neutralized” the attacker. Media reports, quoting unnamed police sources, say police opened fire early Wednesday morning on the attacker who was armed with a knife and

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization is forming a committee on “formal complaints of abusive conduct.” The announcement came hours after The Associated Press reported that the U.N.’s health agency knew of past sexual misconduct charges against a doctor who was accused of harassing a woman in the

By ROD McGUIRK, NICOLE WINFIELD and NICK PERRY Associated Press ROME (AP) — Cardinal George Pell, a onetime financial adviser to Pope Francis who spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia before his child sex abuse convictions were overturned, has died at age 81. He was a divisive figure. He lived to

By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan women and girls who once played a variety of sports say they have faced intimidation from the Taliban, including visits and phone calls warning them not to engage in their sports. Since they took power in August 2021, the Taliban have banned sports for women and

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press ERKELENZ, Germany (AP) — The fate of a tiny village has sparked heated debate in Germany over the country’s continued use of coal and whether tackling climate change justifies breaking the law. Environmental activists have been locked in a standoff with police who started eviction operations on Wednesday around the