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A Mega Millions ticket is seen as a person makes a purchase inside a convenience store, Aug. 7, 2023, in Kennesaw, Ga.

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  • National

Friday's Mega Millions jackpot soars to nearly $1 billion. Here's what to know

Since three months have passed without a winner, the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $977 million. The jackpot ranks as the 10th largest in U.S. lottery history

March 22, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Ghost Army members John Christman, of Leesburg, N.J., second from left standing, Seymour Nussenbaum, of Monroe Township, N.J, in wheelchair at left, and Bernard Bluestein, of Hoffman Estates, Ill., in wheelchair at right, join military and congressional officials as members of their secretive WWII-era unit are presented with the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday.

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  • Politics

After decades of secrecy, the 'Ghost Army' is honored for saving U.S. lives in WWII

The Ghost Army is credited with saving thousands of American lives and helping end WWII in Europe. But its contributions were kept secret for half a century before it was awarded Congress' top honor.

March 22, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
A wooden migrant boat lies grounded on a reef alongside mangroves, at Harry Harris Park in Tavernier, Fla., last year. The U.S. Coast Guard says that since October, has it intercepted and returned about <a href="https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3704408/coast-guard-repatriates-65-migrants-to-haiti/" data-key="28">130 migrants to Haiti</a>.

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  • National

DeSantis is prepping for a wave of Haitian migrants. Advocates say he's grandstanding

Florida's governor is deploying troops and law enforcement officers to intercept any migrants coming by boat from Haiti. Some Haitian-American leaders say it's more about politics than being prepared.

March 21, 2024
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  • Greg Allen
Carlee Russell admitted in court on Thursday that she lied about being abducted in Alabama in July 2023 and about seeing a toddler walking alongside an interstate.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/carlee-russell-pleads-guilty-fake-kidnapping-alabama-rcna144376&cid=article_social_share_facebook" target="_blank"></a>

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  • Law

Carlee Russell pleads guilty, avoids jail after falsely reporting her own kidnapping

During the sentencing, Judge David Carpenter suspended Russell's two six-month sentences, saying it would be a "waste of government resources" to put her in jail for her crime.

March 21, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Fire crosses a road in the Smokehouse Creek fire in February in the Texas panhandle.

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  • Climate

A warm, dry spring has U.S. forecasters worried about the upcoming wildfire season

States in the southern High Plains will be "quite vulnerable to high wildfire risk, especially during high wind events," said Jon Gottschalck of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

March 21, 2024
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  • Michael Copley
Beyoncé performs at the Wolstein Center, Nov. 4, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. Beyoncé is full of surprises — and on March 12, 2024, she announced she is dropping a new album: Act II: Cowboy Carter.

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  • Music

Beyoncé's new album is inspired by backlash to her entering the country music genre

With less than 10 days until the release of her new album, Cowboy Carter, the multiple Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter discusses the moment that inspired her to delve into country music.

March 21, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, talks to Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, during their meeting at Tahrir palace in Cairo, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Blinken will visit Israel at a moment of mounting tension over the war in Gaza

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he arrives in Israel on Friday. The White House wants Israel to pause plans for an attack on Rafah.

March 21, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Nestlé says it is recalling nearly half a million Starbucks mugs that were sold recently after at least a dozen people suffered injuries including burns or cuts while using the product. Shown here is a Starbucks location in Havertown, Pa.

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  • Business

More than 440,000 Starbucks mugs recalled after reports of a dozen injuries

The holiday-inspired mugs were sold online and in stores such as Target and Walmart from November 2023 through January 2024. The injuries included severe burns, blisters and cuts on hands and fingers.

March 21, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
High school students taking part in the University of Washington's annual MisInfo Day earlier this month. They are looking at pictures of faces to tell whether the images were created with generative AI tools or authentic.

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  • Education

AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education

One of the nation's best-known media literacy events for high school students is expanding as demand grows for skills to identify deepfake images and online conspiracy theories.

March 21, 2024
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  • Kim Malcolm
The French bulldog is America's most popular breed, according to the American Kennel Club. This one, Manny The Frenchie, attended Time Inc.'s 2017 PetHero Pet Party to benefit animals impacted by hurricanes.

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  • National

The French bulldog sits, stays at the top of U.S. dog owners' hearts

The dog popularly known as the Frenchie has held its crown as America's most popular dog breed for the second year in a row, according to the American Kennel Club.

March 21, 2024
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  • Rebecca Rosman
People in the U.S. were living longer in 2022 according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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  • Health

U.S. life expectancy rebounded in 2022 but COVID and drug overdoses were still deadly

As the COVID pandemic faded in 2022, U.S. life expectancy rose by more than a year. But the virus and drug overdoses spurred by fentanyl still took nearly 300,000 lives.

March 21, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in support of Proposition 1, a $6.38 billion bond ballot measure, during a news conference at the Los Angeles General Medical Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024.

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  • National

California voters pass Proposition 1 to tackle the state's homelessness crisis

Counties must spend about two-thirds of the money from a tax enacted for mental health services on housing and programs for homeless people with serious mental illnesses or substance abuse problems.

March 21, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
From left: JuJu Watkins, Alissa Pili, Hannah Hidalgo and Te-Hina Paopao.

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  • Sports

These 4 stars are poised for a deep run in March Madness. Here's who to watch

It's been a banner year for women's college basketball. Now, with March Madness upon us, we've talked with some of the star players ready to go big in the NCAA tournament.

March 21, 2024
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  • Jason Fuller,
  • Kathryn Fink,
  • and 2 more
A police vehicle is parked outside Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

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  • National

Idaho police search for escaped inmate and accomplice after ambush at Boise hospital

A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice were on the loose after the accomplice staged an overnight attack to free the inmate as he was being moved from a hospital, police said.

March 21, 2024
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  • Law

2 more former Mississippi 'Goon Squad' deputies sentenced in torture of 2 Black men

Two more white ex-deputies were given significant yearslong prison sentences for their role in the 2023 racist torture of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Parker during a no-warrant house raid.

March 20, 2024
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  • Debbie Elliott and
  • Michael McEwen
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