A Tennessee resident and his father recently hit the jackpot when he uncovered a seven-figure prize on a Kentucky Lottery scratch-off ticket. Jody, who the Kentucky Lottery said requested not to share his last name, claimed the prize after his father purchased a $1,000,000 Casino Nights scratch-off ticket at a Logan County convenience store in […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A lucky Tennessee man vowed to never eat bologna again after he turned a $20 lottery ticket into a $1 million jackpot earlier this month. According to the Kentucky Lottery, Jody, who requested not to share his last name, claimed the first top prize from the “$1,000,000 Casino Nights Kentucky Lottery […]
Originally posted at mynorthwest.com There is money left on the table after the Muckleshoot Casino Resort in Auburn sold the winning ticket for the $1.3 million Lotto jackpot. On Friday, Washington Lottery stated via a blog post that the drawing was a few days ago and the prize remains unclaimed. This is the third time the Muckleshoot […]
Indian author Arundhati Roy has said that she is “delighted” to have been awarded this year’s PEN Pinter Prize. Set up in memory of playwright Harold Pinter, the award is for writers of “outstanding literary merit” who take an “unflinching” look at the world. The announcement comes weeks after officials in India approved action against […]
The McCamish Pavilion at Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. It is the site of the press center for media covering the CNN debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Thursday. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder) President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will get a crucial […]
The McCamish Pavilion at Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. It is the site of the press center for media covering the CNN debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Thursday. (Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder) President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will get a crucial opportunity to […]
ADRIAN — A Lenawee County woman had a hard time falling back asleep after waking up in the middle of the night and finding out she’d won a $25,000 a year for life prize through the Michigan Lottery. Mary Edwards, of Adrian, won the prize when her Lucky For Life ticket matched the five white balls drawn […]
Logan Zabarkes, a student at Red Lion Area Junior High School, recently won the grand prize in a national history competition with his Lego stop motion video about Harry Truman. The teen from Windsor borough learned about Project POTUS, a middle school program from the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis, Indiana, through his social […]
After discovering he had won a scratch-off game’s grand prize an Upstate man immediately told his wife — and no one else — South Carolina Education Lottery officials said in a news release. While the winner is trying to keep his $2 million jackpot secret, his plans for the newfound windfall might make him more […]
June 20 (UPI) — A Maryland woman having a slow day at work at a grocery store bought some lottery tickets to pass the time and scratched off a $150,000 prize. The Eastern Shore woman told Maryland Lottery officials it was a slow day at work at the Union Latina store on Beaglin Park Drive […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to another year in prison over her activism, her lawyer said Wednesday. Mostafa Nili, Mohammadi’s lawyer, told The Associated Press that his client was convicted on a charge of making propaganda against the system. Nili said the sentence […]
Ukraine has vowed to destroy the strategic Kerch bridge linking Russia with occupied Crimea. Russia has attempted to protect the bridge with barges and floating boom defenses. But Ukraine has demonstrated that it can innovate and adapt to defensive measures in the Black Sea. Russia has placed multiple barges and other defenses around a major […]