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SOUTH CAROLINA - The anonymous South Carolina winner of a $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot claimed the prize two months before it timed out, The Washington Post reports. The winner opted for a one-time cash payout of…

WASHINGTON - OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma is reportedly weighing a bankruptcy filing after most of its profits ended up in the pockets of the Sacklers, the multibillion-dollar family who control the company, according to…

ARIZONA - Negotiations to keep one of the biggest coal power plants in the U.S. in operation have stalled, officials say, placing hundreds of Native American workers at risk of losing their jobs. Owners of the Navajo Generating…

WASHINGTON - Washington state’s health secretary called for a national education campaign Monday in reaction to a measles epidemic that has spread throughout the Pacific Northeast. Health secretary John Wiesman asked the federal…

WASHINGTON - Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is stepping down in the middle of his fight against “epidemic” teen e-cigarette use, Health and Human Services Sec. Alex Azar announced Tuesday. Sources close to…

WASHINGTON - House Democrats plan on demanding President Donald Trump release his tax returns within the next two weeks, as Democrats ramp up their investigations into the president and allies. “We’re almost ready to go,” said Rep.…

COAL CITY - West Virginia firefighters proclaimed a miracle upon discovering that a blazing inferno burned a church to ashes, but didn’t harm a single bible or cross. The Coal City Fire Department said that the Sunday fire at…

FLORIDA - Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 plea deal that cost the New York financier a stint in county jail and forced him to register as a sex offender was “fair,” Epstein’s legal team wrote in The New York Times. Epstein’s legal team, made…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to combat veteran suicide after a government watchdog report found that Veterans Affairs (VA) needed to step up its suicide prevention outreach. “Just a few…

Utah Rep. Rob Bishop recently joined members of the Western Caucus at a public forum on the Green New Deal where he ate a hamburger in defiance of the sweeping proposal that’s backed by Democratic presidential candidates.Photo: House…