News of the Day From Across the Nation
People in New Hampshire are eager to learn who among them holds the winning ticket to a $487 million Powerball jackpot.
State lottery officials said someone bought the winning ticket at a supermarket in Raymond, a town of about 10,000.
The jackpot winner in Saturday night’s drawing did not immediately come forward to claim the eighth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot.
2 Fatal shooting: A shooting in a crowded entertainment district in downtown Austin, Texas, early Sunday created a chaotic scene, leaving a woman from the Bay Area dead and three others wounded and police searching for a suspect.
Police received reports of gunshots shortly after 2 a.m. The Austin American-Statesman identified the woman as as 30-year-old Teqnika Moultrie, a bus driver from San Carlos.
Historic Ellicott City, Md., was ravaged by floodwaters late Saturday, killing two people and causing devastating damage to businesses, officials said.
4 Murder-suicide: A former police officer fatally shot himself late Saturday after a highway chase with New Jersey authorities, who later discovered the body of the officer’s wife in the vehicle’s trunk.