Authorities identified the boy found dead inside a suitcase in rural Indiana earlier this year, according to a news release Wednesday from the Indiana State Police. The body of Cairo Ammar Jordan, of Atlanta, Georgia, was found in rural Washington County inside a hard-sided suitcase with a “distinctive Las Vegas design on its front and…
Year: 2022
Powerball jackpot jumped to $800 million
The Powerball jackpot soared to a whopping $800 million after Wednesday night’s drawing turned up no grand prize winner, the lottery agency said. The jackpot in Wednesday’s drawing was $700 million and the winning numbers were 19, 36, 37, 46, 56 with a Powerball of 24. The $800 million prize is the second largest Powerball…
The US economy recovers in the last quarter of the year
The US economy grew last quarter, recovering after contracting in the first half of the year. Gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic activity — rose at an annualized rate of 2.6% during the third quarter, according to initial estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Thursday. The figure represents growth…
Ash Carter, former Obama defense secretary, dies at 68
Ash Carter, who was former President Barack Obama’s last secretary of defense, has died at the age of 68, his family said Tuesday. The former official died Monday night in Boston, according to the statement. In 2014, then-President Obama nominated Carter for the post of Secretary of Defense, which he held from February 2015 to…