$1 Billion Powerball Jackpot Sold In Illinois. What You Need To Know - August 13

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The Powerball jackpot drought is over after last night's drawing produced one winner from Illinois for the estimated $1 billion-plus prize. It's the 15th time the Powerball jackpot has topped $1 billion; catastrophic flooding has swamped parts of Indiana after nearly a foot of rainfall; there's growing concern about the mental health of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, nine months into a deployment supporting the war with Iran, including a record 250 straight days at sea; the Trump administration is reportedly planning to spend more than $900 million on White House renovations, mostly funded by taxpayers; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is stepping down at the end of the month; Ford is planning to make more of its vehicles in the U.S., a move expected to create thousands of American jobs; Homeland Security is planning to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves for its agents; pet owners across the country are expressing frustration after an outage impacted

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