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The State Department has pronounced itself optimistic. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, after all, declared progress toward an Israeli-Palestinian settlement to be her primary goal. It’s the only substantive goal—other than negotiating a more-or-less-orderly withdrawal from Iraq—that the Bush administration seems to have left. So the line from Foggy Bottom is that the Palestinian split offers an opportunity. A “senior American official” briefs: “We are trying to push the restart button”—i....

First Five: 07-09-12-31-62Powerball: 22Power Play: 2x Monday night’s 01/02/23 Powerball jackpot was worth $265 million, with a cash-value option worth $134.7 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers last Saturday (12/31/22) for the $246 million jackpot were: 18-37-44-50-64 with a Powerball of 11. The Power Play was 3x. There was no grand prize winner on Saturday but there were two tickets sold, one each in Florida and Pennsylvania, that matched the first five white balls, and minus the red Powerball, for the game’s second prize....

First Five: 20-21-36-60-65Powerball: 13Power Play: 10x Saturday night’s 01/08/22 Powerball jackpot was worth $20 million, with a cash-value option worth $14.2 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers on Wednesday (01/05/22) for the $630 million jackpot were: 06-14-25-44-36 with a Powerball of 17. The Power Play was 2x. There were two grand prize winners on Wednesday who will split the $630 million jackpot....

First Five: 10-12-33-36-41PowerBall: 02Power Play: 3x Wednesday night’s 04/15/20 Powerball jackpot was for estimated at $22 million, with a cash option of $17.7 million. The jackpot could increase if sales further lottery projections, according to officials. The winning numbers on Saturday (04/11/20) for the $20 million Powerball jackpot were: 22-29-30-42-47 with a Powerball of 17. The Power Play was 3x. There was no grand prize winner on Saturday, nor was there a ticket sold that matched all five white balls, and just missing out on the red Powerball, for the game’s second prize of $1 million....

First Five: 16-28-36-39-59Powerball: 04Power Play: 2x Saturday night’s 08/21/21 Powerball jackpot was estimated at $290 million, with a cash option worth $209.2 million. There was no grand prize winner from Saturday, so the Powerball jackpot for Wednesday 08/25/21 will increase beyond $300 million. Here are the winning numbers from last Wednesday night’s drawing: First Five: 35-36-51-55-61 Powerball: 26 Power Play: 2x The Wednesday 08/18/21 Powerball jackpot was worth $274 million. There was no grand prize winner, but there were three tickets sold that matched all five white balls, and minus the red Powerball, for the game’s second-prize....

The winning numbers were 10, 24, 27, 35 and 53 with the Powerball being 18. There was also a 2X Power Play, multiplying the amount players could win outside the main jackpot by two. The value of the jackpot for Wednesday’s draw has now increased to $363 million with a cash option of $279.2 million. The Powerball jackpot was last won on September 16, when a ticket purchased in Ballston Spa, New York, returned a $94....

No More’s 60-second commercial addresses the need to end domestic violence and sexual assault, a topic that has been at the forefront of the NFL this season. The ad shows stills of a disrupted house with a voiceover, based on a real case, of a woman seeking help from 911 by ordering a pizza. While initially confused as to the woman’s intentions, the operator soon realizes the situation at hand and assures help is on the way....

Following the attacks over the weekend that left three officers dead and three wounded in Baton Rouge, La., Dunn reflected on his mother’s death. The attacks happened in Dunn’s hometown, which makes the killings feel even more personal for him. MORE: LSU’s players could play role in healing process On Sunday, he wrote a Facebook post to tell people his feelings, and to ask the community to “stop the violence, to cool down and to come together to figure this out....

That process begins in Washington this week, as President George W. Bush and Democrats in Congress start what is likely to be a nasty, months-long debate over how to fashion a budget without using Social Security tax money. Bush, who recently turned 55 (making him eligible to live in a Del Webb retirement village), returned from his Texas vacation insisting there was enough cash for all the increases he wants in defense, education and health care....

According to NBC News, Joseph Chernach took his life in 2012 in his mother’s shed. Last year, Debra Pyka filed a $5 million suit against Wisconsin-Michigan Pop Warner claiming her son suffered CTE while playing as a youngster from 1997-2000. Chernach was 11 when he began participating in tackle football. MORE: The faces of football’s head trauma crisis Pyka also sought punitive damages. Settlement terms were not disclosed. Pop Warner issued a statement saying the organization “has been a leader in addressing player safety, including around the concussion issues....

The pope met Friday with First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates at the Vatican, where he asked for forgiveness for the abuses that occurred at the schools. “I want to say to you with all my heart, I am very sorry,” he said," and I join my brothers, the Canadian bishops, in asking your pardon." The apology comes after a series of meetings between Francis and the delegates. These meetings were requested by the delegates, who have long urged the Church to acknowledge the abuses against Indigenous children at residential schools....

Undertaker The Undertaker would probably top any WWE gimmick list ever made. Portraying a dark character, he has terrorized opponents in his vast WWE career. Initially, he was clad as a Western mortician, a zombie-like powerhouse donned in black attire with gray accessories. He then began appearing as a mystic, chilling superhuman represented by cool colours, replacing the gray with purple and using blue fog for the first time. He made more changes later on by appearing as the Deadman who was reborn once again, this time as the gothic “Lord of Darkness”....

Blood Flow Through the Liver: How It Works The liver receives blood from two sources. Fresh blood, coming from the heart, supplies the liver with oxygen and nutrients through the hepatic artery. Because the liver filters toxins and processes nutrients, blood from the intestines and other organs of the digestive system come to the liver via the portal vein. The blood in the portal vein flows directly into the liver and is filtered by the hepatocytes (liver cells)....

“Too many have prematurely ended lives and caused injury. But all shootings cause trauma to our community,” Police Chief Chuck Lovell wrote on Twitter. “I’m happy to work with our partners addressing this terrible problem and do our part. The Enhanced Community Safety Team is working hard to investigate these cases, and I call on the community to share information with them so we can arrest those committing gun crimes,” Lovell added....

Telles converted the spot kick two minutes from time after Alessandro Florenzi had been penalized following a video review for pulling back Fernando. That sent Porto through 4-3 on aggregate and left Florenzi in tears at the final whistle. The Italy defender was consoled by Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas. “We deserve to qualify, we were better. Belief was what made the difference,” Porto midfielder Hector Herrera said. Roma had had several chances to level in extra time and also had a penalty appeal of its own turned down late after the referee decided a silent check by VAR was enough to determine that Moussa Marega had not fouled Patrik Schick....

It’s just as important to understand the limits of a test. The availability of a fast, at-home COVID-19 test is helpful to anyone with symptoms or who’s been exposed to the virus. But an at-home test can give incorrect results too. Notably, the rapid antigen at-home tests can give a false negative, saying you don’t have COVID when you really do. This article explains how at-home COVID-19 tests work, their accuracy, and what to do with a positive test result....

Radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment is the most common form of thyroid ablation. The treatment involves taking radioactive iodine (iodine 131) that is absorbed by the thyroid gland, then destroying (ablating) all or part of the gland. This affects the thyroid’s ability to make enough thyroid hormone to support the body and commonly causes low thyroid function (hypothyroidism). This article explores post-ablative hypothyroidism causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Post-ablative Hypothyroidism Causes The thyroid gland produces and releases thyroid hormones into the bloodstream to help regulate the body’s metabolism....

With pregnancy comes a number of external and internal changes to the body. Some women come out of pregnancy looking as good as they did before and others may not. If you think you need a mom job or a mommy makeover, ​wait for a minimum of six months after the birth of your child before having any body enhancing procedures. Some believe that waiting a year is more appropriate....

GK: Jose Reina Reina has been eternally linked to the Catalan giants but due to twin-factors he could actually end up at Barcelona this summer. With Victor Valdes unsure about his future, Barcelona might want Reina’s services and it seems that Brendan Rodgers is not too keen on retaining Reina. Liverpool have already been keeping an eye on Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. Even if Victor Valdes chooses to give another year to Barcelona, Reina is likely to have enough suitors....