A North Carolina woman is $1.4 million richer after buying a lottery ticket for a drawing she was not trying to enter.Elizabeth Johnson of Lucama, about 50 miles east of Raleigh, rushed to get her numbers into a Wednesday night…
The search for 10 Cuban migrants, who were declared missing after their boat flipped over off the coast of Key West, Florida, last week has been suspended, according to the US Coast Guard (USCG).USCG and other partner agencies, including personnel…
Here's your shot at getting paid to play video games.Internet provider FrontierBundles is offering $2,000 to pairs of friends willing to play 21 hours of video games together and report back on their experience.The company wants to know if people…
The three Tacoma Police Department officers charged in the death of Manuel Ellis are out of jail after posting bail Friday.Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine all face a first-degree manslaughter charge, while Burbank and Collins also are…
The 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 takes place Sunday.Last year, the event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was postponed and held without spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year, it's expected to be the most-attended sporting event since the…
An Indianapolis police officer and a suspect in a separate shooting were wounded in an exchange of gunfire following a vehicle chase Saturday afternoon, authorities said.The female officer, who was shot several times, was released from a hospital after treatment,…
One of Charlton Heston's greatest performances came not in a Hollywood film but on a convention stage where he electrified a crowd of gun-rights enthusiasts.Heston was president of the National Rifle Association in May 2000 when he spoke at the…
We are here to make sure you don't embarrass yourself.Inevitably, someone says something demonstrating confusion over the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Allow us to explain it to you.Related: Veterans reveal personal stories about why they serveMemorial Day:…
Black athletes at a high school in Georgia received the gift of a lifetime when an anonymous donor offered to pay their college tuition if they made straight As.The donor, a community member who didn't want his identity revealed, was…
Despite their portly frame and inherent meekness, Florida's manatees are survivors.When power plants began popping up along Florida's East and West coasts, manatees learned to follow the flow of the unseasonably warm water.When boats with sharp motors increasingly flooded their…
Police are asking for the public's help in finding whoever opened fire at a Florida club early Sunday, killing at least two people and wounding at least 20 more, Miami-Dade Police Department Director Alfredo Ramirez III said.Shortly after midnight, a…
Changes announced last week at Georgia's Stone Mountain Park, home to the nation's largest Confederate monument, are "the boldest step that has been taken" at the park since the state bought it decades ago, according to a park official.Critics, though,…
It's hard to see art in the smoldering aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when White Americans destroyed a wealthy Black community in 1921, killing dozens and leaving entire city blocks in ashes. It's hard to see triumph in the…
Dixie Lewis, the daughter of "Moneyball" writer Michael Lewis and former MTV correspondent Tabitha Soren, died in northern California last week, the author said in a statement to a local news outlet.Lewis, 19, and her boyfriend, Ross Schultz, 20, were…
The owner of a Nashville hat store is being accused of anti-Semitism after announcing the sale of yellow Star of David badges, similar to the ones Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust, that read "NOT VACCINATED."Nashville's hatWRKS posted…
Former Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton has died, the team confirmed in a statement on Saturday. He was 64.Eaton was found unconscious near his home in Summit County, Utah, after being involved in what appeared to be a bicycle crash…
Two men are dead after their plane crashed into a mountain near a ski resort in Utah on Saturday.One man died in the crash and the second died from his injuries at a hospital Sunday after suffering burns, Weber Fire…
Seven people are presumed dead after a small plane crashed into a lake near Nashville on Saturday, authorities said.The victims were identified in a press release issued Saturday night by the Rutherford County Government as William J. Lara, Gwen S.…
Los Angeles County authorities say the quick thinking of inmates at the North County Correctional Facility helped save at least two lives earlier this week.On Wednesday evening, deputies and staff in the facility responded to two inmates in medical distress…
A 9-year-old girl has died nearly two weeks after she was shot while jumping on a trampoline in Brooklyn Center, according to Minneapolis Police.A report from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner said Trinity Rayne Ottoson-Smith died Thursday afternoon at the…
