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Lottery officials say the Mega Millions jackpot has hit a staggering $1 billion for Friday night's drawing

The White House Correspondents' Association is accusing President Donald Trump of celebrating a crime when he praised a Republican Montana congressman who body-slammed a reporter before his election last year

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Liberty Vittert, Washington University in St Louis(THE CONVERSATION) The Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Oct. 19 has soared to US$970 million, creeping closer to the biggest jackpot in history, the 2016 $1.6 billion Powerball.In the middle of the 20th century, when lotteries first started in the U.S., they were sold to states as a way to benefit the American public. That suggests

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher Devine, University of Dayton(THE CONVERSATION) Al votar, en realidad no importa en qué partido estemos inscritos.Además, en 18 estados los votantes ni siquiera están registrados por partidos. Lo que realmente importa es lo que los politólogos como yo llamamos la “identidad política”. Es decir, el apego psicológico hacia un grupo político, como un partido o un movimiento

If it seems lottery jackpots are getting larger and larger, it's because they are getting larger and larger

The editor of a Maryland newspaper where five people were killed in a mass shooting in June has won the Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year Award

A political action committee says it's not pulling a widely condemned radio ad that suggests white Democrats will lynch African-Americans if they win in midterm elections in Arkansas next month

AP Interview: The wife of the former Interpol president who is being held in China on bribery charges says she has been contacted by Chinese diplomats, who have told her they're holding a letter from him for her

A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday, killing at least 50 people