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Miami Herald
23-06-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
These five lottery players tried their luck — and won big. See their stories
National These five lottery players tried their luck — and won big. See their stories A postal worker in Maryland changed his usual ticket routine and landed a $50,000 Powerball prize. In California, a Mega Millions player bought a ticket at a local liquor store and won $285,828 but missed the grand jackpot. Read the stories below. A Mega Millions ticket sold in California matched five numbers to win $285,000, just missing the $560 million jackpot. Getty Images/iStockphoto NO. 1: MEGA MILLIONS PLAYER WINS BIG IN CALIFORNIA. WHERE WAS THE LUCKY TICKET SOLD? The winning ticket just missed the $560 million jackpot, lottery officials say. | Published June 5, 2024 | Read Full Story by Don Sweeney A US Postal worker landed a huge prize after buying a $3 ticket, Maryland officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto NO. 2: POSTAL WORKER SWITCHES ROUTINE TO BUY LOTTERY TICKET. PRIZE LEAVES HIM IN 'DISBELIEF' The lucky winner usually used personal sets of numbers when playing lottery games, officials said. | Published June 11, 2024 | Read Full Story by Paloma Chavez Powerball tickets sold in Arizona and Tennessee matched five numbers to win big, just missing the $92 million jackpot. Getty Images/iStockphoto NO. 3: POWERBALL PLAYERS JUST MISS $92 MILLION JACKPOT — BUT STILL WIN BIG The winning tickets matched five numbers but not the Powerball, lottery officials say. | Published July 21, 2024 | Read Full Story by Don Sweeney Michigan man checks spam folder and finds out he won huge lottery prize. Getty Images/iStockphoto NO. 4: LOTTERY PLAYER CHECKED SPAM FOLDER AND FOUND OUT HE WON HUGE PRIZE IN MICHIGAN The man broke out into a 'happy dance' when he saw how much he won. | Published July 23, 2024 | Read Full Story by Jennifer Rodriguez His family had originally planned to go to the fair a day earlier, but the event was sold out, lottery officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto NO. 5: MAN THINKS HE WON $100,000 ON LOTTERY SCRATCHER. 'THAT'S A COMMA,' HIS WIFE SAYS He won $1 million on the scratcher bought at a county fair in California, officials say. | Published November 26, 2024 | Read Full Story by Don Sweeney The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
Miami Herald
20-06-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
These 7 lottery players tried their luck — and won big prizes. See their stories
National These 7 lottery players tried their luck — and won big prizes. See their stories Ordinary errands, lucky instincts and sudden splurges led these everyday folks to jaw-dropping lottery prizes. This list of stories outlines how a man's spontaneous stop at a Sheetz in Maryland landed him $250,000, while another player in Florida turned a $5 Cash Wheel ticket bought at a 7-Eleven into $1 million. Read the stories below. A man won big after buying a last-minute lottery ticket in Maryland, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto NO. 1: 'THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT.' MAN BUYS LAST-MINUTE LOTTERY TICKET AND WINS BIG IN MARYLAND 'I was about to leave when I thought to myself, 'Why not?'' | Published May 16, 2024 | Read Full Story by Paloma Chavez A record-breaking lottery ticket was sold in South Carolina. Getty Images/iStockphoto NO. 2: LOTTERY PLAYER WINS HISTORIC JACKPOT PRIZE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. WHERE WAS TICKET SOLD? The lucky player's ticket matched all numbers picked in a recent drawing. | Published May 21, 2024 | Read Full Story by Simone Jasper Pamela Arscott won a $1 million lottery prize, but thought it was a mistake. Illinois Lottery NO. 3: GREAT-GRANDMA CREDITS LATE HUSBAND IN BIG ILLINOIS LOTTERY WIN. 'A BLESSING FROM HIM' 'I thought it was a mistake,' the woman said of her big win. | Published July 1, 2024 | Read Full Story by Mike Stunson A Powerball player in Georgia scored a life-changing win in the lottery game's latest drawing, officials say. Photo by Giorgio Trovato via Unsplash NO. 4: POWERBALL PLAYER WINS $2 MILLION PRIZE IN GEORGIA. WHERE WAS THE LUCKY TICKET SOLD? Check your numbers! | Published July 25, 2024 | Read Full Story by Tanasia Kenney A man won a huge prize after buying a $50 scratch-off in Idaho, lottery officials said. NO. 5: MAN SWITCHES IT UP AND PLAYS 'BIG TICKETS' LOTTERY GAMES. IT LED TO A 'SURREAL MOMENT' 'Brain. Blown! Pwooff,' the Idaho winner said. | Published October 10, 2024 | Read Full Story by Paloma Chavez A Missouri man thought he won $50,000, but his prize was worth much more. Getty Images/iStockphoto NO. 6: LOTTERY PLAYER THINKS HE WON $50K. THEN HE LEARNS MISSOURI TICKET IS WORTH A LOT MORE He turned out to be 40 times as lucky. | Published January 17, 2025 | Read Full Story by Rhiannon Saegert An Orlando man won a jackpot prize of $1 million in a scratch-off game he bought at a local 7-Eleven, the Florida Lottery announced. Getty Images/iStockphoto NO. 7: LOTTERY PLAYER TURNS $5 INTO LIFE-CHANGING PRIZE AT FLORIDA 7-ELEVEN. HERE'S WHERE The odds of winning jackpot in the game are 1-in-2,963,170. | Published February 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Olivia Lloyd The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
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Miami Herald
07-05-2025
- Science
- Miami Herald
Sea creatures put on ‘quite a show' off California coast. See ‘gentle giants'
National Sea creatures put on 'quite a show' off California coast. See 'gentle giants' Massive sea creatures were spotted off California coast, onlookers said. Unsplash Massive sea creatures were spotted off the coast of California, and bystanders are calling the sight 'amazing.' On May 2, humpback whales sprung into 'action' by breaching and exhibiting feeding behaviors, according to a Facebook post by Monterey Bay Whale Watch. The whales spotted, ranging from smaller calves to big adults, put on 'quite a show,' the group said. The 'gentle giants' were spotted pec-slapping, which is when a whale will lay on its side and raise its pectoral fin into the sky before slamming it into the water, according to the group. 'Humpback whales reach sexual maturity between the ages of 4 and 10 years,' according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Calves stay near their mom for up to a year before weaning, with the mother being 'protective' and 'swimming closely and often touching them with their flippers,' according to NOAA. Along with the 41 humpbacks, bystanders throughout the day also got the chance to see 20 Risso's dolphins, the group said. Monterey is about a 120-mile drive south from San Francisco. PC Paloma Chavez McClatchy DC Email this person Paloma Chavez is a reporter covering real-time news on the West Coast. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California.
Miami Herald
07-05-2025
- Miami Herald
Man posed as kid on TikTok to ask 9-year-old for ‘sexy' photos in OR, feds say
National Man posed as kid on TikTok to ask 9-year-old for 'sexy' photos in OR, feds say A 44-year-old man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to asking a 9-year-old for sexually explicit photos in Oregon, federal officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 44-year-old man is going to prison after being convicted of asking a 9-year-old for sexually explicit photos in Oregon, federal officials said. In 2020, Shawn Alan Smith, a registered sex offender from Portland, used multiple fake personas online to message with a girl on KIK and TikTok, according to a May 6 news release by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon. While posing as a minor, Smith told the girl to take photos of her 'whole body' and to make them 'real sexy,' officials said. Smith also posed as a minor's dad and video chatted with the girl, officials said. He asked her to move the phone farther away from her so he could see her whole body and attempted to plan another call before the girl hung up, officials said. In 2022, officials went to execute a search warrant at Smith's apartment and saw the door was barricaded as he attempted to throw his phone and computer out of the bathroom window, officials said. McClatchy News reached out to Smith's lawyer for a statement on May 7 and was awaiting a response. On Jan. 21, he pleaded guilty to online enticement of a minor and receipt of child pornography, prosecutors said. He was sentenced to 24 years in prison with a life term of supervised release and must pay restitution to the victim, officials said. PC Paloma Chavez McClatchy DC Email this person Paloma Chavez is a reporter covering real-time news on the West Coast. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California.
