Powerball prize up to $1.5 billion, 3rd-largest ever in US
Nov 03, 2022
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The bad news is that no one won Wednesday night’s huge $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot. The good news is that means the prize has grown even larger to $1.5 billion…
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Powell likely to be pressed on whether Fed will slow hikes
Nov 02, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Looming over the Federal Reserve meeting that ends Wednesday is a question of intense interest: Just how high will the Fed’s inflation-fighters raise interest rates — and might they slow their rate…
Powerball prize soars to $1.2B after no winners found Monday
Nov 01, 2022
DES MOINES, IA (AP) -- There were no big treats from the Halloween night Powerball drawing, as none of the tickets sold matched all six numbers. The lack of a winner means the next drawing…
Supreme Court takes up race-conscious college admissions
Oct 31, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — The future of affirmative action in higher education is on the table as the Supreme Court wades into the admissions programs at the nation’s oldest public and private universities. The justices are…
AP sources: Musk in control of Twitter, ousts top executives
Oct 28, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP) -- Two people familiar with the deal say that Elon Musk is in control of Twitter and has ousted the CEO, chief financial officer and the company’s chief lawyer. The people…
USDA announces $759M for high-speed internet in rural areas
Oct 27, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is announcing $759 million in grants and loans to enable rural communities to access high-speed internet. It's part of the broader $65 billion push for high-speed connectivity…
Government awarding $1 billion to schools for electric buses
Oct 26, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 400 school districts across the country are receiving grants totaling about $1 billion to purchase 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program. The Biden administration is making the grants…
2 killed in shooting at St. Louis high school; gunman dead
Oct 25, 2022
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An armed former student broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning, fatally shooting a teacher and a teenage girl and wounding seven others before police killed him. The shooting…
Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US
Oct 24, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — New national test results show that the pandemic spared no part of the country as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children. Every single state saw math or reading scores decline…
Judge dismisses effort to halt student loan forgiveness plan
Oct 21, 2022
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states to block the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge…