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Wednesday, May 8, 2024 7:54PM David Atwell’s sister had a dream that he would find a bunch of gold. Then, he won $837,187 from a $1 lotto ticket. KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — Dreams do come true sometimes! A North Carolina man won the lottery after his sister had a dream that he would find a bunch of gold. David Atwell won $837,187 from a $1 lotto ticket he bought in late April at a Jiffy Quik store in Kannapolis. After taxes, he will take home about $600,000. Atwell, who said he’s always been the lucky one in the family, plans to give some of the money to his church and also use the funds to pay some bills. WATCH | How does the lottery jackpot grow? Each jackpot starts at $40 million, but how does it grow to hundreds of millions or more? Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

NEW YORK — Federal highway safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company’s Autopilot partially automated driving system. Investigators with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have concerns about whether the recall remedy worked because Tesla has reported 20 crashes since the remedy was sent out as an online software update in December. The recall fix also was to address whether Autopilot should be allowed to operate on roads other than limited access highways. The fix for that was increased warnings to the driver on roads with intersections. But in a letter to Tesla posted on the agency’s website Tuesday, investigators wrote that they could not find a difference between warnings to the driver to pay attention before the recall and after the new software was released. The agency said it will evaluate whether driver warnings are adequate, especially when a driver-monitoring camera is covered. The agency asked for volumes of information about how Tesla developed the fix, and zeroed in on how it used

Lacey Pfalz | (TNS) TravelPulse Pinterest is home to over 1 billion travel-related searches and 10 billion travel saves in one year, making it an interesting playground for discovering the year’s new trends. A new report by Pinterest identified the new summer travel trends that travelers — and especially younger Gen Z travelers — are seeking out more than ever before. Adventure travel is here to stay Travelers are seeking out ways to satisfy a craving for adventure. Searches for adventure activities on Pinterest increased 45 percent from 2023, and the natural world is once again top-of-mind for many travelers. Adventure travel also brings a sense of personal growth and presents a different sort of challenge for many, making it a fun, bucket-list travel experience. Luxury safari lodge interest has grown 110%, with trending adventure travel destination Tanzania growing 60% year over year, largely in part due to its safari adventures. Water park rides rose 170 percent, while train journeys and hiking trails also rose 900 and 94 percent, respectively. Additionally, activities like mountaineering, trekking, adventure camping and caving grew in interest by around 40

Political satire, it wasn’t. The headlines from CNN, The Hollywood Reporter and many other media outlets — “‘SNL’ Takes Aim at Pro-Palestine Campus Protesters in Cold Open” reported The Daily Beast — framed it all wrong. It’s not political satire if you leave politics as well as satire out of it. The sketch presented a community affairs panel TV show on NY1, featuring worried, conflicted parents talking about their confusion regarding the protests, police and administration retaliation, and encampments nationwide on higher-ed campuses. “SNL” veteran Kenan Thompson, playing the father of a Columbia University undergrad senior, was the Black exception to the white panelists, busting his Uber-driving hump to cover the near-$70,000 in tuition charged by his daughter’s school. “Nothing makes me prouder than young people using their voices” for dissent, Thompson’s character said. Then, the punchline: Not his daughter, of course! Protesting the war on Gaza, or the Hamas assault on Israel, or anything, really — those are white-people problems, which of course they’re not, but … Topical humor? Sort of. Satire? AWOL. And in 2024 America, says Anne Libera, associate professor of comedy

Beth Dooley | (TNS) Star Tribune Here are two great reasons to cook chicken thighs in a heavy skillet: the crisp skin and the fabulous fat it leaves behind. That fabulous fat is the base for a lush sauce that has endless variations; using this method, you’ll never eat the same dish twice. The only things you need are a heavy skillet, quality chicken and patience. First, cast iron is perfect because it will distribute the heat evenly and help keep the chicken skin from burning. It also ensures that the meat cooks slowly and all the way through. For the chicken, please choose one that’s free-range, or pastured. These healthy birds are free from antibiotics and have been raised outside in fresh air. Their thighs are meatier and tastier, and the meat is high in omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins. Take your time when cooking skin-on chicken in a skillet. Keep the heat low and an eye on the pan. You want the skin to turn a lovely deep brown while it releases the fat that will baste the meat so it becomes tender

“Interview with the Vampire” might be one of the best TV shows of the decade in part because it understands certain basic tenets of solidly crafted television in a way that too many series (especially those based on books) simply do not. Related Articles Entertainment | Column: An ode to failure: Some classic movies were flops when they first came out Entertainment | Photos: Best and worst looks from the 2024 Met Gala Entertainment | How the Cat King in ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ captures a familiar queer dynamic Entertainment | ‘Hacks’ review: Jean Smart’s Deborah Vance sets her sights on a late-night talk show gig in Season 3 Entertainment | What to stream: Crank up the adrenaline with these stunt-filled action films It’s also probably one of the most under-watched by Emmy voters; the first season received zero nominations. That’s one of the more head-shaking omissions I’ve seen in recent memory, because AMC’s adaptation of the Anne Rice novels is just so richly written, so thrillingly inhabited by its cast, so effortlessly funny. The first season premiered two years ago and if you missed it

Nada Hassanein | (TNS) Stateline.org A new policy that allows states to provide Medicaid health care coverage to incarcerated people at least a month prior to their release has drawn bipartisan interest and a slew of state applications. Federal policy has long prohibited Medicaid spending on people who are incarcerated in jails or prisons, except for hospitalization. As a result, when people are released, they typically don’t have health insurance and many struggle to find health care providers and get needed treatment. In a population that is disproportionately likely to have chronic conditions such as heart disease and substance use disorders, that can be deadly. Some states terminate residents’ Medicaid coverage when they’re incarcerated, while others just suspend it. Either approach can cause delays in seeking health care for people recently released from incarceration, with sometimes disastrous outcomes: A seminal 2007 study found that former prisoners in Washington state were 12 times more likely to die from all causes within two weeks of release, compared with the general population. The leading causes were drug overdoses, cardiovascular disease, homicide and suicide. Because a disproportionate number of Black, Native and Hispanic people are incarcerated

“Grotesquerie” star Niecy Nash took to social media to show off her new co-worker, Travis Kelce, on the new horror-drama TV series by “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy.

Kennedy campaign spokesperson Stefanie Spear said in a statement that “the issue was resolved more than 10 years ago, and he is in robust physical and mental health.”

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The cost to buy a home is historically high, but Congress and the administration can do much more, experts say.

If it feels like everyone in New York City is richer than you, it might be because they probably are.

The Olympic flame arrived in France aboard a 19th century tall ship to kick off a 7,500-mile journey to the Paris Summer Games.

Brian Fox, a fellow producer and engineer at Albini’s Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, confirmed Albini passed away Tuesday night from a heart attack.

By JENNIFER PELTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump squirmed and scowled, shook his head and muttered as Stormy Daniels described the unexpected sex she says they had nearly two decades ago, saying she remembered “trying to think of anything other than what was happening.” It was a story Daniels has told before. This time, Trump had no choice but to sit and listen. Years in the making, the in-person showdown between the former president and the porn actor who has become one of his nemeses happened Tuesday in a New York courtroom that has become the plainspoken stage for the historic spectacle of Trump’s hush money trial, where the gravitas of the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. commander-in-chief butts up against a crass and splashy tale of sex, tabloids and payoffs. It’s often said that actual trials are not like the TV drama versions, and in that way, this one is no exception — a methodical and sometimes static proceeding of questions, answers and rules. But if Tuesday’s testimony wasn’t an electric scene of

So, does winning the draft lottery and using the No. 1 overall selection next month on center Macklin Celebrini affect the San Jose Sharks’ rebuild? The short answer? Maybe a little bit. General manager Mike Grier confirmed, for all intents and purposes, that he’ll take Celebrini with the No. 1 overall selection at the NHL Draft next month in Las Vegas. However, he continued to stress that he’s not interested in skipping steps when assembling a team that can compete for the long term. It’s just that he’ll soon have a player who can help the Sharks get to that point a bit quicker than some others in this year’s draft would have. “We’ll probably try and stay the same,” Grier said of the rebuild on the Sharks Audio Network just a few minutes after the draft lottery concluded. “But we also have to be cognizant of surrounding Macklin with good veterans and people he can play with and make plays with. It’s a little bit of a juggling act. “But if you look at it maybe a couple years down the road, it probably

TikTok is suing the U.S. government over a new law that would ban the app nationwide if it doesn’t divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance. In its lawsuit, TikTok points out that many of the lawmakers who passed the law still use the app. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.

The handheld Switch could be used both as a console for a television at home, and also be thrown into a bag and played on the go. By Jerome Taylor , CNNWire Wednesday, May 8, 2024 2:32PM Nintendo says it plans to announce the follow-up to its popular Switch console by March 2025. HONG KONG — Nintendo says it plans to announce the follow-up to its popular Switch console by March 2025. “We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year,” Shuntaro Furukawa, the company’s president, wrote on X on Tuesday. “It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015.” The announcement will be welcome news to fans who have been salivating for years over the prospect of a potential Switch successor, which Nintendo bosses have remained tight-lipped about. Sales have been flagging recently. The company expects to sell 13.5 million Switch units in the current financial year, according to Reuters, compared to sales of 15.7 million units last year. Nintendo has a long and storied track record of

By Jordan Valinsky , CNNWire Wednesday, May 8, 2024 3:08PM Panera Bread is eliminating Charged Lemonade, the beverage that has sparked multiple lawsuits and caused a public relations nightmare for the company. NEW YORK — Panera Bread is eliminating Charged Lemonade from its menu, the caffeinated beverage that has sparked multiple lawsuits and caused a public relations nightmare for the company. The Charged Lemonades will come off the menu in the next two weeks, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the news. The chain declined to comment to CNN on the timeline of the drinks’ removal. Panera has faced at least three separate lawsuits over the lineup of controversial drinks in recent months, claiming that the high levels of caffeine in the product has led to the deaths of two customers and irreversible health complications in another. A Panera spokesperson said new drinks will replace it, including low-sugar and low-caffeine options, including a new blueberry lavender lemonade, pomegranate hibiscus tea, citrus punch and a tropical green smoothie. The lineup of Charged Lemonades was introduced in April 2022, tied with the release of its beverage subscription

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 2:40PM A man has been arrested after Sanger Police say he told them he killed his father. SANGER, Calif. (KFSN) — A man has been arrested after Sanger Police say he told them he killed his father. An employee at a Fastrip gas station on Academy Avenue called 911 about a man who wasn’t coming out of the restroom. When officers arrived, they found a man with blood on his clothes. He then reportedly told police that he killed his father. That led police to a home on Diamond near DeWitt at about 3:30 am Wednesday. Police found an 80-year-old man dead with several wounds. They could not specify what kind of wounds. Authorities found a weapon at both the gas station and the home. The man was taken into custody. This is Sanger’s first homicide of the year. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

By Amanda Brady Wednesday, May 8, 2024 2:33PM Train & Nourish is specially curated wellness space where ladies can feel comfortable and catered to. PHILADELPHIA — Jenna Fisher created Train & Nourish, a specially curated wellness space where ladies can feel comfortable and catered to. “A lot of women, when you talk to them about weight training and building muscle, it’s kind of scary and intimidating just because building muscle, you think you’re going to be like bulky,” she explained. “The gym is intimidating to walk in and not know where everything is or there are machines with all these instructions on it. It’s better to have someone like one of our trainers tell you what to do and continue to program what works for your body.” Fisher offers classes, training sessions and nutritional services. The studio focuses on strength training and each session is by appointment only. “We’re not a transformation studio,” says Fisher. “We’re not results driven. We really work with you to build strength and get stronger and build confidence.” Train & Nourish now has four locations in the Philadelphia area. For