Tag: find
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North Carolina man’s lucky $20 find turns into $1 million scratch-off win
A North Carolina man’s used a $20 bill he discovered on the ground to purchase a lottery scratch-off ticket that won him a $1 million top prize, officials said. NC Lottery The find was made Oct. 22 outside a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Boone, North Carolina, the NC Education Lottery said in…
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2,584 ancient silver pennies become Britain’s most valuable treasure find at more than $5 million
A hoard of 2,584 silver pennies from the time of the Norman Conquest has been bought in the United Kingdom for more than $5 million — making it the country’s highest-value discovery ever made by treasure hunters. Adam Staples and Lisa Grace found the bulk of the coins, estimated to be from the years 1066-68,…
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One year later, is the Ebony Alert successfully helping find missing black youth?
But, Banks said, “I just kept putting pressure on them.” With the help of an advocate, Banks asked authorities to issue an Ebony Alert, California’s new notification system to inform the public about missing Black youths. Two hours after issuing the Ebony Alert, officers pinged the teen’s phone, allowing them to geolocate the device. An…
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On the October 7 anniversary of the Hamas attacks, families share how they find comfort and hope for loved ones
He struggles with the sense that there is “no structure” to his days: “In most professions you can identify progress. The journalist tracks the number of articles they’ve written. The dentist tracks how many patients they have. But with us, the hostage families, how do you measure progress? It’s elusive because we just don’t know.”…
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She wants to start a College Republicans chapter at a HBCU — but can’t find an adviser
Charrise Lane, a senior at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, wants to re-establish what would be the only active chapter of College Republicans at a historically Black college or university. There’s just one roadblock: She can’t find an adviser for the group to be recognized on campus. According to FAMU guidelines, no student organization can…
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Helene rainfall boosted by human-driven climate change, studies find
Two rapid-attribution studies released Tuesday found that human-caused global warming made Hurricane Helene stronger and wetter, elements that contributed to the storm’s destructive power. A report from ClimaMeter, a consortium that analyzes extreme weather events, found that Helene’s rainfall totals and winds were strengthened by human-driven climate change, with the rainfall up to 20% heavier…
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Why an Alaska island is trying to find a rat that might not exist
JUNEAU, Alaska — On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside their home saw — well, did they see it? They were pretty sure they saw it. A rat. The purported sighting would not have gotten attention in many places around the world,…