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Purchased Powerball and Mega Millions tickets are shown at Mares Mart in Chicago, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion

The Powerball jackpot is up to $1 billion for the sixth time in the lottery's 33-year history ahead of Saturday night's drawing.

August 29, 2025
Two Waymo driverless taxis stop before passing one another on a San Francisco street on Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

Waymo to test autonomous cars in New York City

Alphabet subsidiary Waymo is testing up to eight of its autonomous cars, albeit with a person inside, in Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn through late September, marking a first for New York.

August 23, 2025
A diver celebrates after one of the ancient relics was lifted out of the water in the Abu Qir Bay in the Mediterranean Sea city of Alexandria, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt recovers ancient sunken artifacts

Egyptian antiquities officials brought up artifacts from the Mediterranean seafloor that date back to the country's Ptolemaic and Roman periods.

August 23, 2025