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1 Jackpot Passes $1-Billion For Second Time Ever

Someone out there could become a billionaire tonight, as the Powerball jackpot once again reaches the ten-figure level. No one's hit the multi-state lottery since August 3rd, so Monday's jackpot will climb past one-billion-dollars for just the second time ever. A top prize of more than one-point-five-billion dollars was awarded back in 2016. The cash value for Monday's upcoming jackpot will be at least 497-million-dollars. Powerball is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Good luck!

2 Nancy Pelosi Speaks Out After Attack On Husband

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says her family is "heart broken and traumatized" after Friday's attack on her husband, Paul Pelosi. To review, police say David DePape entered the San Francisco home early Friday morning and attacked Pelosi with a hammer. According to reports, DePape wrestled the hammer away from Pelosi and used it on him. Investigators say DePape's online footprint has revealed many posts about QAnon conspiracy theories, COVID vaccines, immigrants, and the 2020 election. DePape was apprehended and has since been charged. Meanwhile, Mr. Pelosi has undergone successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands. For her part, Speaker Pelosi addressed the violent assault in a letter to all members of Congress on Saturday. In the letter she thanked first responders "for the life-saving medical care" provided to her husband.

3 South Korea Mourns, Wants Answers After Halloween Crush Kills 153

Shocked family members collected bodies, parents searched for children and a country sought answers on Sunday after at least 153 people were crushed to death when a crowd in South Korea surged in an alleyway during Halloween festivities. President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning and designated Seoul's popularItaewon district a disaster zone after the Saturday night disaster. "This news came like a bolt from the blue sky," said a father who burst into tears as he collected his daughter's body from a morgue in the nation's capital. A huge crowd celebrating in Itaewon surged into an alley, killing at least 153 people, most of them in their 20s, emergency officials said, adding the death toll could rise. The partiers, some still in their teens and many in Halloween costumes, were ready to enjoy the bars, nightclubs and restaurants where the revelry routinely spills over into narrow and often steep side streets.


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