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Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball jackpot has soared to one of the largest in the lottery game’s history. The current jackpot is estimated to be $1.6 billion ahead of Monday night’s drawing. That would make it the fourth-largest in Powerball history and the fifth-largest among U.S. lottery jackpots. The estimated cash value […]

Waters of Monterey Bay, Monterey, California, August 5, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) (MONTEREY, Calif) — A search is ongoing in California for a missing swimmer who may have been attacked by a shark, officials said. The swimmer was reported missing just after noon on Sunday at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove in Monterey […]

Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a rally for him as he arrives for his first check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office the day after a federal judge ordered his release from a detention in Pennsylvania, on December 12, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The […]

Travelers at airport (martin-dm/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) —  This Christmas and New Year’s holiday period is expected to be the busiest on record. More than 122 million people are expected to travel between Dec. 20 and Jan. 1 — a 2.2% jump from last year’s record high of 119.7 million travelers, according to AAA. Here’s […]

An undated photo from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein is part of a collection of images released Dec. 18, 2025, by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. (House Oversight Committee Democrats) (NEW YORK) — A group of alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein accused the Department of Justice of missteps, including violations of the law, in […]

Cities across Northern California on Sunday saw roadways inundated with flooding, leaving vehicles stranded. (Placer County Sheriff’s Office) (LOS ANGELES) — Heavy rain and dangerous flooding left one person dead in Redding, California, the mayor announced on Sunday. It comes as flood watches are in effect for more than 30 million across California due to […]

Shoplifting suspect Shane C.L. Newman (left) is captured on security video inside a Walmart loss prevention office in Canton, Ohio, December 18, 2025. (Canton Police Department) (NEW YORK) — Dramatic police body-camera video released by officials captured the moment an accused shoplifter allegedly pulled a handgun on a police officer inside a Canton, Ohio, Walmart […]

South Carolina pastor John Paul Miller (right) was indicted, December 18, 2025, on federal charges of cyberstalking his estranged wife, Mica Miller(left), who authorities said died from suicide in April 2024. (Robeson County Sheriff’s Office) (NEW YORK) — A former South Carolina pastor has been indicted on federal charges of cyberstalking his wife, including allegedly […]

In a screen grab from a video released by Secretary Kristi Noem, the US Coast Guard apprehends an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela, on Dec. 20, 2025. (@Se_Noem) (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. official tells ABC News that the U.S. Coast Guard is “in active pursuit of a sanctioned dark fleet vessel that […]