The Mega Millions jackpot ticket, worth $1.337 billion, has been sold in the state of Illinois, US lottery organizers said on Saturday. This is the second largest lottery prize in US history.
“Congratulations to the Illinois Lottery on the sale of the $1.28 billion jackpot ticket,” Ohio Lottery Director Pat MacDonald said in a statement.
The ticket was sold at a Speedway fuel and goods store in Displeas, Illinois. The ticket price is only two dollars. Upon entering the draw on Friday, the prize was estimated at $1.28 billion, but it swelled as more participants entered to try their luck until it reached $1.337 billion.
This is the second largest jackpot in the lottery’s twenty-year history. The largest prize, worth $1.537 billion, was the winner of the state of South Carolina in October 2018.
The latest Mega Millions jackpot draw took place in 45 states, Washington DC and the US Virgin Islands.
The identity of the grand prize winner has not yet been revealed. The Mega Millions website said that the winner will have two options, either to receive the amount in one go, or to receive the prize in annual payments over a period of 30 years. Most of the winners choose to get the amount in one go, in which case a huge tax bill will be deducted from it.
Half of the proceeds from the sale of each Mega Millions ticket remain in the state in which the ticket was sold, with funds supporting lottery recipients such as education, government employee pensions and retailer commissions.
Source: agencies
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A man’s body was found on Friday night following he decided to jump out of a mid-air plane during an emergency landing in North Carolina, United States.
According to authorities, the plane had a pilot and a co-pilot on board during takeoff. However, there is only the pilot who landed, his sidekick missing.
The body of the alleged co-pilot was found shortly following 7 p.m. Friday in the Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina area. He has been identified as 23-year-old Charles Hew Crooks of Raleigh, according to information from CNN.
Police are still unaware of the circumstances of the incident and it is unclear whether the man jumped from the plane himself or fell from it. As for the pilot, his condition has not been confirmed by the police.
The investigation is ongoing.
GENEVA – More than 19,600 cases of monkeypox have been detected worldwide since the beginning of May, outside endemic areas in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday in its latest report of the situation, noting that the United States and nine European countries accounted for nearly 90% of the cases.
“Since January 1, 2022, cases of monkeypox have been reported in all six WHO regions,” the UN world health agency said, noting that as of July 29, a total of 19,691 Laboratory-confirmed cases, including five deaths, have been registered at WHO.
The disease has been reported in 78 countries so far and 70% of cases are concentrated in Europe, i.e. 13,800 cases and 30% in the Americas (5,400 cases).
Overall, the number of new cases reported each week worldwide increased by 60% during the week of July 18-24, with 4,407 cases compared to the week of July 11-7 (2,744 cases) . The global health agency considers the overall risk to be “moderate”.
Regionally, WHO considers the risk to be high in the European Region. This appears to be moderate in the African Region, the Americas, Eastern Mediterranean and South-East Asia, while the risk in the Western Pacific Region is assessed as “low-moderate”.
According to the UN agency, this is the first time that cases and long-lasting chains of transmission have been reported in countries with no direct or immediate epidemiological link with endemic areas in West or Central Africa.
Over the past seven days, 35 countries have had an increase in the weekly number of cases. With more than 380 cases in a week, the biggest increase was reported in France. A dozen countries have not recorded any new cases in the past 21 days.
Meanwhile, seven countries listed their first case last week. These are the French island of Martinique, Costa Rica, Qatar, Thailand, Bermuda, Andorra and Japan.
According to the WHO, with 3,738 cases, Spain leads the ten most affected countries in the world. This is followed by the United States of America (3,581), Germany (2,540), the United Kingdom (2,432), France (1,837), the Netherlands (818), Canada (744), Brazil ( 696), Portugal (588) and Italy (426). Together, these ten countries account for nearly 90% of reported cases worldwide.
Since 1970, human cases of monkeypox have been reported in 9 countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. In 2022, as of July 27, 2022, 328 confirmed cases have been recorded in these countries with five deaths.
The monkeypox virus is transmitted to humans through close contact with an infected person or animal, or with materials contaminated with the virus. The disease is usually manifested by fever, rashes and swollen lymph nodes and can cause a range of medical complications.
Attempt to capture footage by hiding mobile phone in bathroom; Young man arrested- Arrest, Mobile camera in Bathroom, Crime, Manorama News
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Kozhikode – A young man was arrested for hiding a mobile phone camera in the bathroom to capture the footage. Rijesh (31) was arrested by the police at Balushery Karumala Math.
The woman who went into the bathroom was making noise following seeing the camera. Meanwhile, people caught the young man who came to take the phone and handed him over to the police.
The police suspect that many such scenes were recorded using mobile phones. The phone has been sent to Cyber Cell for testing. The accused was produced in court and remanded.
English Summary: Youth arrested for setting up camera in bathroom