Skip to Content

National-World

Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s drawing grows to $615 million – the 10th largest prize in history

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Feeling lucky? The potential prize for the massive Powerball jackpot just made history, lottery officials announced Friday. A fortunate player could end up taking home $615 million in Saturday’s drawing – the 10th-largest Powerball prize ever. The jackpot has a $310.6 million lump-sum cash value, according to a

Continue Reading

Manson family member Leslie Van Houten is another step closer to parole as governor will no longer challenge release

By Natasha Chen and Virginia Langmaid, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office on Friday announced it will not challenge a May state appellate court’s panel ruling that opened the possibility of parole for Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer. Van Houten is serving concurrent sentences of seven years

Continue Reading

SpaceX launched the most powerful rocket ever built. Its impact is still felt in this Texas community

By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, Jackie Wattles and Maya Blackstone, CNN Boca Chica, Texas (CNN) — With the towering SpaceX launch site behind him, Justin LeClaire spotted something astonishing in a grassy, sandflat mosaic of protected wilderness on the southern tip of Texas, near the Gulf of Mexico. “We’ve got a bird that’s acting really distressed,”

Continue Reading

Attorney disciplinary committee recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred for 2020 election legal work

Originally Published: 07 JUL 23 13:48 ET Updated: 07 JUL 23 14:44 ET By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — An attorney disciplinary committee has recommended Rudy Giuliani be disbarred in Washington, DC, for his efforts on behalf of then-President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results. The committee, which weighs

Continue Reading

Chicago Police Department investigating allegations that officers had improper sexual relations with migrants

By Bill Kirkos and Camila Bernal, CNN CHICAGO (CNN) — The Chicago Police Department says it is investigating an unspecified number of officers for misconduct following allegations they engaged in improper sexual relations with newly arrived migrants. “These allegations are under investigation with CPD’s Bureau of Internal Affairs and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability,”

Continue Reading

Israeli Border Police officer acquitted of charges in the fatal shooting of autistic Palestinian man

By Kareem Khadder and Ingrid Formanek, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A Jerusalem court acquitted an Israeli border police officer of “involuntary reckless manslaughter” in the fatal shooting of Eyad al-Hallaq, an unarmed Palestinian man. The unnamed police officer was charged in the fatal shooting of al-Hallaq that took place on May 30, 2020 in Jerusalem’s

Continue Reading