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Powerball draws numbers as Mega Millions jackpot soars to $900 million

Wednesday, October 17

Emilie Richardson/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Powerball pulled its numbers on Wednesday as the prize for Friday's Mega Millions jackpot has crept past $900 million earlier in the day.The winning numbers for Powerball, a... Read More.

Twitter releases ‘motherlode’ of data on alleged Russian, Iranian influence operations

Wednesday, October 17

Twitter(NEW YORK) -- Twitter has released data on more than 10 million tweets from nearly 4,000 accounts it said were linked to Russia and Iran, which paint a more nuanced portrait of the nations’... Read More.

Friday Mega Millions jackpot soars above $900 million

Wednesday, October 17

Emilie Richardson/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The prize for Friday's Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to more than $900 million after no one won it Tuesday.The projected prize would be the second-largest payout in... Read More.

Uber driver who allegedly groped customer charged with kidnapping, wire fraud

Wednesday, October 17

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- An Uber driver has been charged in federal court after allegedly kidnapping a woman, groping her after she fell asleep and then charging more than $1,000 for the ride after abandoning... Read More.

Anheuser-Busch sending 300,000 cans of drinking water to areas ravaged by Hurricane Michael

Tuesday, October 16

Anheuser-Busch(MEXICO BEACH, Fla.) -- As communities in Florida and Georgia began to rebuild after Hurricane Michael, Anheuser-Busch said it would be shutting down some of its beer lines to get more than 300,000 cans... Read More.

Mega Millions and Powerball have combined jackpot of more than $1 billion

Tuesday, October 16

Emilie Richardson/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- More than $1 billion in combined potential prize money is up for grabs between the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries.The jackpot for the Mega Millions has reached a... Read More.

Beer shortage due to climate change? Yes, it could happen

Tuesday, October 16

iStock/Thinkstock (IRVINE, Calif.) -- This is not a drill: As climate change worsens, there could be a beer shortage.A study published Monday that looked at beer's growing popularity and a potential decline in... Read More.

An iPhone app that breaks down jump shots like you’re LeBron

Tuesday, October 16

Homecourt(NEW YORK) -- An iPhone app that uses artificial intelligence to give any basketball player a professional-level breakdown by tracking the speed, height and angles of, say, a jump shot, launched Tuesday.HomeCourt is... Read More.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dead at 65

Monday, October 15

Kim Kulish/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, died Monday afternoon in Seattle from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his family said. He was 65.Allen's sister, Jody Allen, released a... Read More.

Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries now have $1 billion combined jackpot

Monday, October 15

Emilie Richardson/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Almost $1 billion in combined grand prize money could await lottery players with tickets for the Mega Millions and Powerball lottery games this week.The jackpot for Mega Millions... Read More.