The owner of Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, California, who came to the United States from Syria in 1980 with $14,000 in his pocket, is now a millionaire after selling the only winning Powerball lottery ticket. California Lottery officials presented the check to Joe Chahayed and his sons Joe Jr. and Danny on a rainy…
Month: November 2022
At least one dead and several people missing in Oklahoma after more than a dozen tornadoes hit 3 states, officials say
At least one person has died and several people are missing after more than a dozen tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas on Friday night, damaging homes and knocking out power to thousands as authorities launch search and rescue efforts. The person who died was in McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma, which suffered significant storm…
At least 38 injured, 2 seriously, after a fire in a Manhattan apartment
At least 38 people were injured in a fire at a Manhattan apartment building on Saturday morning that authorities believe was caused by the explosion of a lithium-ion battery connected to a micro mobility device. Among the injuries, two were critical, five serious and the rest minor, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said at a news…
Iowa teen who killed her alleged rapist and was sentenced to probation escaped custody
Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teen who killed a man she said raped her and was sentenced to probation and restitution to her family, escaped from a correctional facility, according to the Iowa Fifth Judicial District Department of Corrections. Lewis “ran away from the Fresh Start Women’s Center on Friday at 6:19 a.m. after cutting off…