A lucky ticket holder in California has won the estimated $1 billion Powerball jackpot, with the winning numbers being 7, 10, 11, 13 and 24, with a Powerball of 24. This is the third time in the game's history that the jackpot has passed the estimated $1 billion mark, and the second time in eight months that a $1 billion Powerball ticket was sold in the Los Angeles area. The ticket holder or holders will get to pick either an estimated lump sum payment of $516.8 million or an annuity.
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Two people have died and six others have been injured in a shooting in Auckland, New Zealand, just hours before the first match of the 2023 Women's World Cup was set to begin. The gunman is also dead, and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has reassured the public that there is no wider national security threat. The tournament will proceed as planned, with Team Norway and Team Canada playing the first match at Eden Park in Auckland.
Rex Heuermann, a New York architect, has been charged with the murders of three women who were believed to be sex workers. His wife, Asa Ellerup, has filed for divorce in response to the news. Heuermann is currently being held without bail and Ellerup is not considered a suspect in the killings.
The Hoover Police Department is investigating the mysterious disappearance of 25-year-old nursing student Carlee Russell, who called 911 to report seeing a toddler on the side of a busy highway. Evidence does not support many details of Russell and her family’s account of her disappearance, and when police arrived minutes later, Russell’s red Mercedes was still running, but she was gone. The Hoover Police Department is asking anyone with information to come forward and is working with local, state and federal authorities to find her and bring her home safely.
On Thursday morning, two people were killed and multiple others were injured in a shooting at a construction site in Auckland, New Zealand. Acting Police Superintendent Sunny Patel said the gunman was killed at the scene, and the incident is under investigation. The New Zealand government has expressed its condolences to the families of the victims.
City Controller Kenneth Mejia is investigating whether Universal Studios has resorted to shady measures to retaliate against writers and actors on the picket lines, after before and after photos of trees outside the studio showed them trimmed down, preventing union members from receiving shade in the hot weather. The incident has sparked outrage among union members and has highlighted the need for better working conditions for writers and actors.
A federal judge has denied Donald Trump's bid to move his hush-money payments case from New York state court to a federal venue, ruling that the payments were not related to his duties as president. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, and the ruling is the latest development in the ongoing criminal case against him. It is unclear how the ruling will affect the case going forward.
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