Winning Powerball numbers for $793.6M jackpot drawn
With an estimated jackpot of $793.6 million up for grabs Monday night, the winning numbers have been drawn.
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With an estimated jackpot of $793.6 million up for grabs Monday night, the winning numbers have been drawn.
Waldemar "Bud" Tasch was on a backpacking trip in the wilderness with his dog when his winning number was called.
The pot of gold soared after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's estimated $1.1 billion grand prize.
Lottery players will have another shot at a huge Mega Millions jackpot and a chance to break a stretch of more than three months without a big winner of the game.
There have been no Mega Millions jackpot winners since April 18.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about one in 302.58 million.
The winning Powerball ticket was purchased in Los Angeles. The grand prize was the third largest in the game's history since it started in 1992.
The winning numbers were 7, 23, 24, 32, 43 and the Powerball was 18.
No one matched the numbers in Saturday night's drawing, so the jackpot has now grown to a whopping $522 million!
Johnnie Taylor's win is millions of dollars more than the state's last record-setting prize in 2019.
Michael Schlemmer had just $40 in his pocket when he "coasted" into a gas station and bought a scratch-off card while filling his tank.
She plans on buying a house and investing the rest of her money.
Pharris Frank told the lottery he was out of town for work when he bought the ticket.
A woman who won the fifth-largest jackpot in Powerball history is a longtime Boeing worker who was inspired to buy the lucky ticket when she saw the jackpot hit $747 million
The winner was a man named Edwin Castro, said California Lottery Director Alva Johnson.
No one has hit the lottery jackpot since November.
No single ticket matched all the numbers on Saturday's Powerball lottery drawing so the jackpot for Monday has grown to $613 million.
Someone matched all six numbers Friday and won an estimated $1.35 billion Mega Millions prize, overcoming steep odds
Multi-State Lottery Association tweaked the Mega Millions lottery so it would generate large jackpots, one expert said.
Another Mega Millions drawing, another night without a big winner.
Fagervik bought his lucky $2 ticket for the Dec. 28 drawing from the Quality Mart on River Ridge Drive in Winston-Salem. He won his prize by matching all five white balls in the drawing.
Officials say it is the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in 2022, surpassing the $502 million jackpot claimed in October.
How about waking up a billionaire? The Powerball lottery is up to 1.9 billion, that's the highest jackpot in its history.
Financial planners say prospective lottery winners should consider ditching a lump sum payout in favor of a yearly annuity.
No one won Wednesday's pot of gold of about $700 million, which was already the game's largest this year.
A 14-year-old boy was hospitalized after being pulled from a Lauderhill apartment pool, the latest in a string of child drowning and near-drowning incidents across South Florida.
LeBron James' game-worn 2013-14 Miami Heat jersey, from his NBA record 10th straight 25-5-5 season, is up for auction until July 25.
HSI is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
Residents want more DDA funds for police, but officials say millions already go to public safety with Miami police in annual partnerships.
It's expected to continue moving slowly along the northern Gulf Coast during the next several days.
A 14-year-old boy was hospitalized after being pulled from a Lauderhill apartment pool, the latest in a string of child drowning and near-drowning incidents across South Florida.
LeBron James' game-worn 2013-14 Miami Heat jersey, from his NBA record 10th straight 25-5-5 season, is up for auction until July 25.
HSI is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
Residents want more DDA funds for police, but officials say millions already go to public safety with Miami police in annual partnerships.
It's expected to continue moving slowly along the northern Gulf Coast during the next several days.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
HSI is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
Sen. Mark Warner said he'll vote against Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, citing disappointment in his testimony at a confirmation hearing last week despite his previous optimism about the nominee.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
It will be the first meeting between President Trump and Sheinbaum since December after months of verbal sparring. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is also expected to attend.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
The Empire State Building lit up in blue for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Friday night.