DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball players in Missouri and Texas have won the nearly $1.8 billion jackpot, overcoming astronomical odds to end the lottery game’s three-month drought without a big winner. The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61, and 62, with the Powerball number being 17. The prize, which was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot in history,…… MORE
ASSOCIATED PRESS (WBAP/KLIF)- the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our…… MORE
AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces the offering of a ten thousand dollar reward to add to a twenty-five thousand dollar reward offered by the FBI, for information leading to the capture of a suspect on the run, after an alleged attack targeting ICE agents at the ICE facility in Alvarado July…… MORE
KERRVILLE (WBAP/KLIF) – Lt. Governor Dan Patrick says Texas lawmakers will address the danger warning shortcomings apparent in the devastating death toll in six different regions around Central Texas this past weekend. Most of the deaths are in Kerr County’s towns of Hunt, Ingram, Comfort and Kerrville. Latest numbers show 84 killed in the flooding…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of votes, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their own GOP ranks after a turbulent overnight session. Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie to push it over the top. The three…… MORE