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By Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA, Florida (WALA) — A Pensacola man beat the odds and won big-time…in a scratch off! Bryan Allen took home the top prize in the Billion Dollar Gold Rush Supreme scratch off and walked away a much wealthier man at $15 million. He chose to
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By JAMEY KEATEN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of countries and international institutions have pledged more than $9 billion to help Pakistan recover and rebuild from this summer’s devastating floods. That’s to help the country through what the U.N. chief called “a climate disaster of monumental scale.” The flooding killed more
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The Securities and Exchange Commission is charging McDonald’s former CEO Stephen Easterbrook with making false and misleading statements to investors about the circumstances leading to his firing in November 2019. Easterbrook was ousted for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a McDonald’s employee in violation of company policy.
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By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Rob Gronkowski will be back on a football field for the Super Bowl. The four-time All-Pro tight end will attempt to make a field goal in Arizona on Feb. 12 during a live Super Bowl television commercial for FanDuel. It will be a high-stakes kick for Gronkowski, a
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an Israeli spyware maker’s bid to derail a high-profile lawsuit filed by the WhatsApp messaging service. The justices on Monday left in place lower court rulings against the Israeli firm, NSO Group. WhatsApp claims that NSO targeted some 1,400 users of the encrypted messaging service with highly
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service says it delivered more than 54 million ballots during the midterm elections, with nearly 99% of ballots delivered to election officials within three days. The Postal Service’s post-election analysis shows that on average it took under two days to deliver completed ballots. There were no major complaints compared
Continue ReadingBy Aqeel Najim and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Iraq is holding its first international soccer tournament in more than four decades, hosting its Gulf Arab neighbors for a two-week competition as it emerges from its worst and longest political deadlock in years. The tournament, analysts say, is a glimmer of hope for a struggling population, but
Continue Reading By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Officials at a vocational school in an eastern Ukraine city dismissed claims by Russia that hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed in a missile strike there, saying Monday that a rocket merely blew out windows and damaged classrooms. Russia specifically named the vocational school in Kramatorsk
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street, extending gains from last week when the market posted its first weekly gain in five weeks. Energy stocks were among the biggest winners as crude oil prices rose about 3%. Technology stocks were also higher. Macy’s sank after tempering its sales forecast for its
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street, extending gains from last week when the market posted its first weekly gain in five weeks. Energy stocks were among the biggest winners as crude oil prices rose about 3%. Technology stocks were also higher. Macy’s sank after tempering its sales forecast for its
Continue Reading By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities vowed Monday to protect democracy and punish thousands of supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed and trashed the nation’s highest seats of power in chaos with striking similarities to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The protesters swarmed into
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Journalists from Belarus’ top independent news outlet have gone on trial in the country’s capital as a relentless crackdown persists on critical voices in the ex-Soviet nation. The editor-in-chief of TUT.BY online news portal, Maryna Zolatava, and its director general, Lyudmila Chekina, face charges of “hurting
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By Katie Hunt, CNN A defunct NASA satellite has fallen back to Earth after 38 years orbiting the planet. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, known as ERBS, was launched in 1984 aboard space shuttle Challenger. Until 2005, data from ERBS helped researchers investigate how Earth absorbed and radiated energy from the Sun, and measured ozone,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week. MOVIES — In “I Didn’t See You There,” filmmaker Reid Davenport captures his perspective navigating the world in a wheelchair as a disabled man with cerebral
Continue Reading BY JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer New guidelines suggest children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively. The American Academy of Pediatrics says treatments can include medication for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13. The group said Monday delaying treatment to see whether children
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A tweet from Elon Musk indicating that Tesla might allow some owners who are testing a “Full Self-Driving” system to disable an alert that reminds them to keep their hands on the steering wheel has drawn attention from U.S. safety regulators. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN After a history punctuated by dysfunction and scandal, the Golden Globes struck a TV deal with NBC in the 1990s that solidified their place as a major TV and awards event. Now, after another controversy drove the ceremony off the air in 2022, the Globes return to NBC for an 80th
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos (CBP por sus siglas en inglés) confirmó la incautación en Puerto Rico de 398 kilogramos de cocaína escondida abordo de un barco de pasajeros proveniente de República Dominicana. Según confirmó a CNN el portavoz del CBP, Jeffrey Quiñones, durante el
Continue Reading CNN, WCVB By Eric Levenson and Amanda Watts, CNN Ana Walshe, a Massachusetts mother of three, has not been seen since at least the New Year, and investigators have searched areas north and south of Boston to uncover her whereabouts and status. Her husband, Brian Walshe, 47, told police he last saw her on January
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Hande Atay Alam and Rhea Mogul, CNN Prince Harry has added to his allegations about the inner workings of the British royals ahead of the publication of his memoir “Spare” on Tuesday, setting the stage for an explosive week for the estranged family as they navigate his highly publicized
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