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A patron, who did not want to give his name, uses the lottery ticket vending kiosk at a Smoker Friendly store to purchase tickets for the Mega Millions lottery drawing Friday in Cranberry Township, Pa.

Who Wants To Be A Billionaire? $1 Billion Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Michigan

It's the third-largest lotto jackpot in U.S. history. The odds of winning the top prize were 1 in 302.5 million.

A container ship is unloaded at the Port of Oakland in California. A drop in exports contributed to a slowdown in U.S. economic growth in the second quarter.

U.S. Economy Slows: Trump's 3% Growth Pledge Now In Rearview Mirror

The U.S. growth rate fell to 2.1% in the second quarter amid a slowdown in exports. The Trump administration has targeted a growth rate of 3% or above, citing the Republican tax cuts passed in 2017.

Boeing says it is replacing Kevin McAllister (shown in 2017) as the head of its commercial airplanes unit, as repercussions continue from two 737 Max crashes that killed hundreds of people.

Boeing Exec Out As Company Prepares To Report More Post-Crash Losses

The news comes on the eve of Boeing's release of third-quarter financial results, continuing the repercussions from two 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people.

The number of job openings topped 9 million on the last day in May, according to the Labor Department. The number of people quitting their jobs fell slightly from April — to 3.6 million.

U.S. Job Openings Remain At A Historic High, Giving Job Seekers Options

The number of job openings in the U.S. topped 9 million in May, according to Labor Department. The number of people quitting their jobs eased slightly from April but remains high.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives applause during the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) election event on Sunday in Berlin. Voters have gone to the polls nationwide in elections that herald the end of Merkel's 16-year chancellorship.

Early Results Show The German Election Is Too Close To Call

Germany's two largest parties have emerged from Sunday's election in what amounts to a dead heat, according to preliminary results.

Top: St. Andrews Bay on remote South Georgia island, en route to Antarctica from the Falkland Islands, is home to 250,000 pairs of king penguins, the island's largest colony. Below: A crew member of the National Geographic Explorer ship walks on "fast ice," or thick sea ice that's held fast to the shore at Wilhelmina Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Photographer Captures The Contradictions Of Otherworldly Antarctica

WAMU's Tyrone Turner was mesmerized by the majestic ice and surprised by how he felt in the presence of these massive structures.

Abe Hamedeh, seen here in a 2022 photo, beat out a crowded field in the Republican race for Arizona's 8th Congressional District with Trump's endorsement, even after Trump also backed his rival Blake Masters.

Trump-backed candidate wins in Arizona primary race

With former President Donald Trump’s blessing, Abe Hamadeh beat a crowded field in the Republican race for Arizona's 8th Congressional District — even after Trump endorsed his top rival, too.

A 13-year-old in Oklahoma may have just become the 1st person to ever beat Tetris

Before last month, no human had ever been known to beat the original Nintendo version of Tetris. Artificial intelligence had done so, but then came Willis Gibson, who only needed 39 minutes.

BBC director resigns after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a Trump speech

The BBC said that director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.

BBC director resigns after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a Trump speech

The BBC said that director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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