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A 20-year-old Canadian lit up social media after she won the lottery in the summer of 2025 and (gasp!) chose to accept her winnings in an annuity rather than a lump sum. Instead of taking a tax-free ...

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Edwin Castro of Altadena, California, won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022. Edwin Castro is the largest lottery winner ever, as of Jan. 9, 2026. What would you do if you won a $1.586 billion ...

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X will open to the public its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, in seven days ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference in Bartow on Friday morning to announce the results of baby formula testing the state has been conducting. He was joined by First Lady ...