Powerball Jackpot Has Two Winners

The richest Powerball jackpot ever – and the second-largest top prize in U.S. lottery history – has been won. The question is: Who are the lucky winners waking up to new lives as multimillionaires?

Powerball officials said early Thursday morning that two tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri matched all…

Powerball Winners Share Lessons and Risks

COLUMBIA, Mo. — So you just won the $550 million Powerball jackpot, the second highest in lottery history. Now what?

Perhaps it’s time for a tropical vacation or a new car. There are bills to pay, loans to settle, debts to square.

Past winners of mega-lottery drawings and financial…

Four Men Sue Over 'Gay Conversion Therapy'

Four young men who say they underwent therapy that sought to “convert” them from gay to straight are suing a New Jersey provider known as JONAH, alleging fraud and accusing it of using dangerous sham tactics to try to “fix something that isn’t broken.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center…

Grocer Gives Away Store to Employees

“It’s a Wonderful Life” has come to life in Bemidji, Minn., with a hero as public-spirited as the George Bailey of the Capra classic movie.

Grocery mogul Joe Lueken, 70, literally is giving away the store, to his 400 employees.

After 46 years running Lueken’s Village Foods…

Northern California Family Swept Out to Sea

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon state beach on Saturday, playing fetch with their dog Fran as eight-to-10-foot surf churned the water just feet away like a washing machine.

Kuljian tossed a…