The Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $1.5 billion for Saturday night's drawing, the fifth largest in game history and the seventh highest among all lottery jackpots in the United States.

The jackpot has an estimated cash value of $686.5 million, according to a Powerball news release.

No ticket matched all six numbers drawn ...Read more

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to change the name of the world-famous complex to the Trump-Kennedy Center.

“I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sandwiched between Bel-Air and Santa Monica, the tony Los Angeles neigborhood of Brentwood has long been home to more than its fair share of industry captains, actors, directors, musicians, media moguls and professional athletes.

But despite its tall hedges, multimillion-dollar homes and marquee names, residents say Brentwood ...Read more

For the millions of Americans who buy Affordable Care Act insurance, there’s still time left to enroll for 2026. But premium increases and the expiration of enhanced tax subsidies have led to larger-than-expected costs.

Concerned shoppers, wondering if there’s anything they can do, are consulting insurance brokers or talking to ...Read more

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to change the name of the world-famous complex to the Trump-Kennedy Center.

“I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — An 18-year-old Guyanese U.S. citizen had just finished a quick stop at a gas station near Hamline University in St. Paul when federal immigration agents approached him and demanded identification. His ID had expired, and the encounter quickly escalated into a tense standoff over proof of citizenship.

According to the student’s...Read more

NEW YORK — Marathon proceedings in Luigi Mangione’s state homicide case came to a close Thursday, as Manhattan prosecutors and lawyers for the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson rested without calling any more witnesses.

The parties won’t learn for some time which positions prevailed, with state Supreme Court Justice ...Read more

Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch citizen who has admitted to killing American tourist Natalee Holloway in 2005, appears to have attempted to end his own life in a Peruvian prison.

The 38-year-old murderer was found in critical condition with a sheet tied around his neck Saturday morning, according to local outlet La Republica. He’s serving a 28...Read more

DENVER — Colorado’s program for issuing commercial driver licenses to immigrants with temporary legal status has been shut down for nearly two months and remains indefinitely suspended as state officials conduct an audit in response to a federal government crackdown on illegal trucking.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ordered ...Read more

NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell on Wednesday asked a federal court to throw out her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual exploitation of teenage girls.

In a habeas petition filed in Manhattan Federal Court, the former socialite — representing herself — argued new information arising...Read more

Underlying U.S. inflation rose in November at the slowest annual pace since early 2021, an unexpected improvement in a report muddled by the government shutdown.

The core consumer price index, which excludes the often-volatile food and energy categories, increased 2.6% in November from a year ago, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data ...Read more

Pope Leo XIV has announced fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Ill., will serve as the next archbishop of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has led the state’s 2.8 million Catholics for more than 15 years.

“I am grateful to Pope Leo for appointing such a splendid priest and bishop to serve you, and have pledged to...Read more

China’s top diplomat held separate talks with his counterparts in Thailand and Cambodia as Beijing seeks to mediate a border clash after a new bout of violence between the two countries threatened to derail a ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was briefed by envoys from Thailand and Cambodia ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A group of economists predicts Kentucky will soon see a revenue shortfall, one that is about half of what they projected three months ago for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. From now until the middle of 2028, the state’s income will likely see shy, moderate growth, the economists said.

Optimistic, pessimistic and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and more than 100 other local politicians are putting pressure on some of New York City’s largest private hospitals to settle a labor dispute with their unionized nurses before their contracts expire at the end of the year.

In an open letter shared exclusively with the Daily News on Wednesday, Mamdani ...Read more

CHICAGO — The federal prosecutor who had been heading up a high-profile case alleging a Chicago gang member solicited the murder of Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino is leaving the U.S. attorney’s office just weeks ahead of a scheduled trial.

Bradley Tucker, who joined the U.S. attorney’s office in June 2022 and had been assigned to the ...Read more

MIAMI — A Muslim civil rights group filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his executive order last week that designated it and another organization as “foreign terrorist organizations,” arguing the move was unconstitutional and “discriminatory.”

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, known as CAIR, is a Muslim ...Read more