Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The numbers for the $541.9 million Powerball jackpot were drawn Saturday night -- but there was no winner. The jackpot now jumps to $650 million. Numbers will be drawn Wednesday night. If awarded, it will be the second largest jackpot in Powerball history and the third largest among lottery jackpots in North America. The numbers drawn Saturday were 17, 68, 19, 43 and 39. The […]
The United States thrilled a large crowd at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club by successfully defending the Solheim Cup. The win was secured when Lizette Salas sank a par put at the 18th to win her match against Europe’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff . “This is the best golf I have played all year”, […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa baseball team broke a one-all tie with a two-run eighth inning before holding off Mexico for a 3-2 victory in its World University Games opener Sunday night at Tianmu Baseball Stadium in Taiwan. The Hawkeyes are representing the United States in the tournament. Team USA was held without a hit through the first […]Powered by WPeMatico
A 90-year-old woman from Hampton, Iowa, will see her fifth solar eclipse Monday. The total eclipse will last just three minutes, but Joyce Blum says it’s well worth flying from Mason City to St. Joseph, Missouri to see it. “As it goes into the eclipse, it’s very different from one eclipse to another,” Blum says. “And what happens […]Powered by WPeMatico
Scott Eisen/Getty Images(BOSTON) -- One week after violent protests rattled Charlottesville, Virginia, a scheduled free speech rally in Boston today was met with thousands of counterprotesters, but the day went off mostly smoothly, police said, with 27 arrests but few injuries. The free speech rally was deemed "officially over" by police ahead of its official end time, but thousands of counterprotesters continued to spread out in the city throughout the […]
iStock/Thinkstock(MADRAS, Ore.) -- Two dead after a plane crashed in Willow Creek Canyon in Oregon, this afternoon. The location of the crash is approximately one mile south of the Madras Airport runway.Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Oregon State Troopers, along with Jefferson County Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene. According to emergency responders, the plane was found fully engulfed in flames near the top of […]
iStock/Thinkstock(KISSIMMEE, Fla.) -- Two policemen have died after six law enforcement officers were shot in three different U.S. cities on Friday night, their respective agencies have confirmed. In central Florida, two officers with the Kissimmee Police Department were shot, according to Police Chief Jeffrey O'Dell.Officer Matthew Baxter, a three-year veteran, died from his wound. The other officer, 10-year veteran Sgt. Sam Howard, remains in "grave critical condition," and "the prognosis […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Dressed in a dark blazer and a polka-dot tie, ABC News' Frank Reynolds anchored the network's live coverage of a total solar eclipse 38 years ago.Although the celestial phenomenon on Feb. 26, 1979, was only visible from the Pacific Northwest, it was the last total solar eclipse over the contiguous United States to take place that century. And just like this year, the rare event captured the […]
Prince George's County Police Department(CLINTON, Md.) -- A man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of three girls under age 10 found dead in a home in Maryland, police said. One of the girls was the sister of the man now in custody, authorities said.Antonio Williams, 25, was arrested and is a suspect in the killing of the three girls -- two 6-year-olds and one 9-year-old -- Prince […]
