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Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Felicia Gans Globe Staff  October 20, 2018 The Mega Millions jackpot is up to $1.6 billion, tied for the largest US lottery prize, after no one won in Friday’s estimated $1 billion jackpot.The numbers in Friday’s drawing, announced late Friday night, were 15 23 53 65 70 and Mega Ball 7.The prize has grown so large because no one has hit the jackpot since July 24, when a group in California won $543 million. Advertisement The odds of winning on Friday were one in 302.5 million. Get Ground Game in your inbox: Daily updates and analysis on national politics from James Pindell. Thank you for signing up! Sign up for more newsletters here The amount referred to in the prize money refers to the annuity option. Most winners opt for cash, which for Friday night’s drawing would have been $565 million.The next drawing will be on Tuesday … [Read more...] about No winner in Mega Millions Friday drawing, jackpot up to $1.6 billion

Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Victoria McGrane and Matt Stout Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent  October 20, 2018 The televised face-off Friday night between Elizabeth Warren and her Republican challenger, Geoff Diehl, was ostensibly about a Senate seat, but neither candidate could stop talking about the Oval Office. Warren, seeking her second term on Nov. 6, repeatedly knocked Diehl for his support of President Trump, saying that Diehl has vowed “he will have Donald Trump’s back 100 percent of the time.” Diehl, who served as cochair of Trump’s 2016 campaign in Massachusetts, hammered Warren for her potential presidential ambitions, seeking to paint her as an absentee senator interested only in preparing for a run for the White House — and not tending to home-state needs. Warren has said she would take a “hard look” at a presidential run after the … [Read more...] about Warren and Diehl clash hard in debate

Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Jennifer A. Dlouhy Bloomberg News  October 12, 2018 President Trump’s presidency has inspired massive protests, with hundreds of thousands of women marching on the National Mall and scientists swarming the White House fence.But now the Trump administration is seeking to restrict protests by effectively blocking them along the north sidewalk of the White House and making it easier for police to shut them down. A National Park Service proposal also opens the door to charging organizers for the cost of erecting barricades or reseeding grass.The proposed regulation could curtail demonstrations on some of Washington’s most iconic staging grounds for protests, including the National Mall, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his ‘‘I have a dream’’ speech in 1963. It also includes Lafayette Square, across from the White House, and … [Read more...] about Trump administration proposes restrictions to protests in D.C. public spaces

Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Jay Reeves and Brendan Farrington Associated Press  October 11, 2018 PANAMA CITY, Fla. — The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Thursday with rows upon rows of homes found smashed to pieces, and rescue crews began making their way into the stricken areas in hopes of accounting for hundreds of people who may have stayed behind.At least three deaths were blamed on Michael, the most powerful hurricane to hit the continental U.S. in over 50 years, and it wasn’t done yet: Though reduced to a tropical storm, it brought flash flooding to North Carolina and Virginia, soaking areas still recovering from Hurricane Florence.Under a perfectly clear blue sky, families living along the Florida Panhandle emerged from darkened shelters and hotels to a perilous landscape of shattered homes and shopping centers, beeping security alarms, wailing … [Read more...] about ‘Unimaginable destruction’: Entire blocks of homes obliterated by Hurricane Michael