The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.04 billion after no players hit it big Saturday night, continuing a stretch of lottery futility that has lasted for more than two months. The winning numbers were: 19, 30, 37, 44, 46 with a red Powerball of 22 and a Power Play of 2x. The jackpot for the next drawing Monday night remains one of the world’s largest lottery prizes of all time, behind earlier prizes in the Powerball and Mega Millions games that all topped $1 billion. The...
A small plane crashed into Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford, New Hampshire, Saturday night, fire and aviation officials said. Initial information was limited but the Gilford Fire Department confirmed that a plane went into the lake off of Ellacoya State Park, Route 11. People at the recreation area reported to officials that they saw the plane crash into the water. Fire officials say the plane was headed to Laconia Municipal Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said in an email to...
A 21-year-old Rhode Island native was one of two people who died in a multi-car crash in Utica, New York, this weekend. Utica police say officers responded to Culver Ave. at Lansing St. around 12:05 a.m. Saturday for a motor vehicle accident and found two cars badly damaged, with both drivers unresponsive. The first driver — Elysia LeBeau, of Bristol, RI — was pronounced dead on scene, police said. The second driver, a 17-year-old boy, was taken to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital where he died...
Families in Lynn, Massachusetts, are pushing back against gun violence in the wake of two deadly shootings that were less than a mile apart earlier this month. The first happened at a graduation party on Essex Street; seven people were shot and two men died from their injuries. Less than 24 hours later, another man was shot and killed on Lincoln Street. Ivelisse Garcia’s 21-year-old son Jandriel Heredia was shot dead at the Essex Street cookout on Saturday, Sept. 2. “My son...
The winning numbers for the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot were announced Saturday night. The winning numbers are 19, 30, 37, 44, 46 with a red Powerball of 22. The Power Play is 2x. The jackpot stands at a whopping $960 million, with a $441.4 million cash option. Jackpot winners have the option of either taking the full jackpot in 30 payments over 29 years or a lump-sum cash option. Most people choose the cash option. The largest jackpot in American history was a $2.04 billion...
Boston College receiver Ryan O’Keefe was wheeled off the field early in the fourth quarter after colliding with Virginia defensive back Malcom Greene during Saturday afternoon’s game in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. O’Keefe gave a thumbs-up just before the gurney he was strapped to reached the tunnel after spending about 10 minutes motionless on the field following the violent collision at
Another Powerball drawing Saturday night, another chance at a jackpot that is inching toward $1 billion. The estimated $960 million prize is the world’s ninth-largest lottery jackpot, behind earlier Powerball and Mega Millions prizes that all topped $1 billion. The prize has grown so large because there have been 30 consecutive drawings without a big winner, dating to July 19. That streak without a jackpot winner is due to the game’s long odds, 1 in 292.2 million, that are designed to make...
The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal. The package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, but increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion, meeting Biden’s full request. The bill funds government until Nov. 17. After chaotic days of turmoil...
We had another soggy start to the day as showers spread across much of southern New England overnight. Improving conditions took over Saturday afternoon as much of the rain activity shifted offshore and exited. The low pressure system south of New England causing the continued rainfall will decrease in coverage, becoming more localized, primarily south to the Massachusetts Turnpike. Cloudy conditions, however, will persist across much of southern New England, resulting in below-normal high...
A Worcester man is dead after a single-car crash in Oxford, Massachusetts, on Friday night. Massachusetts State Police say they responded to a crash on Route 395 southbound, near exit 4, at around 10 p.m. Authorities say a 1998 Jeep Wrangler had left the roadway, struck a tree and caught fire. Thirty-one-year-old Shawn Marengo was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. One lane of Route 395 southbound was closed for almost four hours but has since been reopened. No...
Authorities are investigating a shooting Friday evening in Lexington, Massachusetts. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that a shooting occurred on Keeler Farm Way, but did not say how many people were shot. “The involved parties, who are known to each other, have been transported to the hospital,” the DA’s office said in a statement to NBC10 Boston. The house is a rental and is owned by the Lexington Housing Assistance Board, which rents out 80 homes in the town...
The MBTA announced there would be delays on the Red Line as there is a disabled train at Porter station on Saturday morning. Shuttle buses will replace service between Alewife and Harvard while the disabled train is addressed. Initially the MBTA had said that the delays would last 25 minutes but have corrected since. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.