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Powerball jackpot grows to $785 million, fourth-largest prize in history

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:11:44 GMT

(CNN) — Lottery players have another chance to win big on Monday after the Powerball jackpot grew to a record-breaking $785 million.The prize became the fourth largest in history after Saturday’s drawing produced no winners matching all six drawn numbers.White balls 1, 12, 20, 33 and 66 and red Powerball 21 were drawn on Saturday.The large prize is now surpassed only by previous jackpots over $1 billion, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.The largest jackpots were $2.04 billion in November 2022, $1.586 billion in January 2016 and $1.08 billion in July 2023, lottery officials said in a news release.At least one person from California scored a jackpot-winning ticket in each of those three drawings, according to the release.While there were no jackpot winners Saturday, the drawing produced more than 1.5 million winning tickets across the United States, including three tickets matching all five white balls to win $1 million, lottery officials said.There have been 28 consec...

Wake to be held for lifelong Patriots fan who died at Gillette Stadium

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:11:44 GMT

A wake will be held Monday for the New Hampshire man who died at Gillette Stadium earlier this month.Visiting hours for Dale Mooney will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. at the Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home on Exeter Road in Newmarket, New Hampshire.In an update last week, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said Mooney’s autopsy, which occurred shortly after a scuffle in the stands, did not suggest traumatic injury but did identify a medical issue.State police had previously said Mooney, 53, suffered an “apparent medical incident” in the 308/309 section of the stadium. Emergency crews responded and Mooney was taken to an Attleboro hospital where he died, according to state police.Mooney had been married to his wife, Lisa, for more than 20 years and was a father to two sons — Brandon and Aaron — according to a GoFundMe page raising money to support Mooney’s family. The description attached to the page said Mooney was “a loving soul who cared so muc...

DA: Final suspect set to be arraigned in murder of 17-year-old Weymouth HS student

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:11:44 GMT

The last at-large co-defendant in a shooting in Quincy last year that claimed the life of a 17-year-old Weymouth High School student has been returned to Massachusetts and will be arraigned this week, the district attorney announced.Keniel Diaz-Romero, formerly of Quincy, was taken into custody in Puerto Rico and returned to Massachusetts, where he’s set to be arraigned on a murder indictment Tuesday in connection with Nathan Paul’s death on Feb. 15, 2022. “State Police assigned to the Norfolk District Attorney’s office and Quincy Police have been working with the US Marshals Service and the the Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section of the Massachusetts State Police to first locate, then return this defendant to Massachusetts since this indictment issued sixteen months ago,” District Attorney Michael Morrissey said in a statement. “I thank Quincy Police Chief Mark Kennedy, the US Marshals Boston Office and VFAS for their coordination and cooperation here.”

Another Wet Day

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:11:44 GMT

Go figure… another wet day in southern New England. It’s been the theme of the month, the summer, and the year. We’re in quite a water surplus for the month of September, going back to June 1st, and going back to January 1st. Thankfully the rain will wind down today, but it’s not until later so it’s cloudy and wet all day long today. Showers will end north to south late this afternoon and evening.Not only is it cloudy and wet today, but we’ll keep the onshore wind that could get pretty gusty on the coast. So it’s just another raw day today. Thankfully improvements start as soon as tomorrow.High pressure will start to push in from our north. As that happens we’ll see baby steps of improvements through the next couple of days. The first improvement is the rain. The rain will push south overnight and finally dry us out for the rest of the week. Even though the rain pushes south tomorrow, a lot of the clouds will hold tight, especially in ...

Police investigating after vehicle slams into utility pole in Revere

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:11:44 GMT

Emergency crews were called to a crash in Revere overnight after a driver slammed into a utility pole.The crash left a silver car with extensive front-end damage and the pole nearly snapped in half and leaning over the roadway.The cause of the crash remains under investigation.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

A month after shooting inside Sox Park, a mystery persists

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:11:44 GMT

A month after two women were hit by gunfire while sitting in the bleachers during a White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field, the shooting that stunned the city and made news around the country appears no closer to being solved than it was in the hours after the incident, sources said.Rumors and hearsay, peddled largely by content aggregators on social media, have done little to quell speculation about the shooting — which, in the nearly 150-year history of Major League Baseball, is believed to be perhaps just the fourth instance of a fan being shot while inside a big league ballpark.Investigators have been weighing whether the woman who sustained the more severe injuries was somehow able to bring a gun into the stadium that later discharged while she was in the left field bleachers, according to police sources not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation. That woman has not been cooperative with Chicago Police Department investigators in the weeks since she was sho...

Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Turkish president visits Azerbaijan

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:11:44 GMT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Thousands of Armenians streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Azerbaijan Monday in a show of support to its ally. The Azerbaijani military routed Armenian forces in a 24-hour blitz last week, forcing the separatist authorities to agree to lay down weapons and start talks on Nagorno-Karabakh’s “reintegration” into Azerbaijan after three decades of separatist rule. A second round of talks between Azerbaijani officials and separatist representatives began in Khojaly Tuesday following the opening meeting last week. While Azerbaijan pledged to respect the rights of ethnic Armenians in the region and restore supplies after a 10-month blockade, many local residents feared reprisals and said they were planning to leave for Armenia.The Armenian government said that 4,850 Nagorno-Karabakh residents had fled to Armenia as of midday Monday.“I...

Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic in growing tech battle

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:11:44 GMT

Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in Anthropic and taking a minority stake in the artificial intelligence startup, the two companies said Monday. The investment underscores how Big Tech companies are pouring money into AI as they race to capitalize on the opportunities that the latest generation of the technology is set to fuel. Amazon and Anthropic said the deal is part of a broader collaboration to develop so-called foundation models, which underpin the generative AI systems that have captured global attention. Foundation models, also known as large language models, are trained on vast pools of online information, like blog posts, digital books, scientific articles and pop songs to generate text, images and video that resemble human work. Under the agreement, Anthropic is making Amazon its primary cloud computing service and using the online retail giant’s custom chips as part of work to train and deploy its generative AI systems. San Francisco-based Anthropic was founded...

Motorcyclist killed in crash involving transport truck in Brampton

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:11:44 GMT

A man is dead after an early morning crash involving a motorcycle and a transport truck in Brampton.Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Airport Road and Clark Boulevard around 4 a.m. on Monday for reports of a crash.The motorcyclist, a man in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported.Airport Road is closed in both directions at Clark for the investigation. Police say road closures will be in effect for several hours.It’s not clear what led to the crash. The investigation is ongoing.

Russia strikes Odesa, damaging port, grain infrastructure and abandoned hotel

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:11:44 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone and missile strike near Odesa damaged port infrastructure, a grain silo and an abandoned hotel and injured one person, as attacks on Ukraine killed four civilians and wounded 13 in the past day, Ukrainian officials said Monday.Ukraine’s air force reported downing all Russian drones overnight, but one of 12 Kalibr missiles and two P-800 Oniks cruise missiles apparently made it past air defenses the day after the war in Ukraine entered its 20th month.Russia has continuously targeted port and grain storage facilities in Odesa since pulling out of a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports to countries facing the threat of hunger. The attacks have destroyed silos, warehouses, oil terminals and other infrastructure critical for storage and shipping.In the south, Russian forces dropped bombs and launched six heavy artillery strikes on Kherson, destroying a school and factory and damaging residential buildings. Two people were killed and two othe...