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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wife hits $500,000 lottery jackpot after husband forgot to buy tickets
After her husband forgot to buy their lottery tickets, a woman took matters into her own hands — and hit the jackpot. The unidentified woman recently stopped at a Redi Mart gas station in Lyman, South Carolina, and bought herself three Money Madness Extra Play scratch-off game lottery tickets. She told the South Carolina Education Lottery that the 'bright, shiny, and glittery tickets caught my eye.' She didn't win anything from the first two tickets after scratching off the hidden numbers. However, she said her third ticket was 'magical,' since it won her the top prize of $500,000. 'I felt like Jed Clampett when he discovered his bubblin' crude,' she said, referring to the character on The Beverly Hillbillies discovering oil on his land. This resulted in Jed's family's new wealth and their move to California. The woman also shared her plans for her earnings, adding: 'I'll have a little fun, take some trips, and retirement will come sooner rather than later.' As a result of her win, the gas station where she got the lottery ticket received a commission of $5,000. According to the South Carolina Education Lottery, the odds of winning $500,000 in the Money Madness Extra Play game are one in 1.152 million. This isn't the first lottery player in the U.S. who ended up winning big. Earlier this month, school bus driver Russell Ruff, who's based in Connecticut, discovered that his lost lottery ticket was worth $150,000. He lost the ticket shortly after purchasing it on Friday, June 13, at a gas station. So, it was 'miraculous' that his 16-year-old cat was the one who later discovered the Powerball ticket. 'We lost the ticket at home. It went behind a headboard, and we didn't think too much of it,' he said in the release shared by the Connecticut Lottery. 'We didn't really check the numbers.' Ruff said he had to move his bed when he realized the cat was stuck behind it. With the ticket back in his possession, he realized he had four of the five winning numbers, plus the Powerball number. He also had Power Play added to his ticket, which allows you to multiply your non-jackpot winnings by a specific amount. As a result, Ruff's prize increased from $50,000 to $150,000. In June, a Kentucky woman, Pamela Howard-Thornton, also won the state lottery after nearly losing the winning ticket by throwing it in the trash. Howard-Thornton bought four tickets for the Flamingo Bingo scratch-off game at a rest stop store in nearby Lebanon Junction after having a dream about winning a large jackpot. 'The first three were not winners, so I put them in the trash,' she added. 'Then I was like 'Where's my fourth ticket?' I looked in the trash and I was like, 'Oh, my gosh, I threw it away.'' Luckily, Howard-Thornton was able to recover the ticket and won the game's top prize of $80,000, or $57,600 after taxes.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wife hits $500,000 lottery jackpot after husband forgot to buy tickets
After her husband forgot to buy their lottery tickets, a woman took matters into her own hands — and hit the jackpot. The unidentified woman recently stopped at a Redi Mart gas station in Lyman, South Carolina, and bought herself three Money Madness Extra Play scratch-off game lottery tickets. She told the South Carolina Education Lottery that the 'bright, shiny, and glittery tickets caught my eye.' She didn't win anything from the first two tickets after scratching off the hidden numbers. However, she said her third ticket was 'magical,' since it won her the top prize of $500,000. 'I felt like Jed Clampett when he discovered his bubblin' crude,' she said, referring to the character on The Beverly Hillbillies discovering oil on his land. This resulted in Jed's family's new wealth and their move to California. The woman also shared her plans for her earnings, adding: 'I'll have a little fun, take some trips, and retirement will come sooner rather than later.' As a result of her win, the gas station where she got the lottery ticket received a commission of $5,000. According to the South Carolina Education Lottery, the odds of winning $500,000 in the Money Madness Extra Play game are one in 1.152 million. This isn't the first lottery player in the U.S. who ended up winning big. Earlier this month, school bus driver Russell Ruff, who's based in Connecticut, discovered that his lost lottery ticket was worth $150,000. He lost the ticket shortly after purchasing it on Friday, June 13, at a gas station. So, it was 'miraculous' that his 16-year-old cat was the one who later discovered the Powerball ticket. 'We lost the ticket at home. It went behind a headboard, and we didn't think too much of it,' he said in the release shared by the Connecticut Lottery. 'We didn't really check the numbers.' Ruff said he had to move his bed when he realized the cat was stuck behind it. With the ticket back in his possession, he realized he had four of the five winning numbers, plus the Powerball number. He also had Power Play added to his ticket, which allows you to multiply your non-jackpot winnings by a specific amount. As a result, Ruff's prize increased from $50,000 to $150,000. In June, a Kentucky woman, Pamela Howard-Thornton, also won the state lottery after nearly losing the winning ticket by throwing it in the trash. Howard-Thornton bought four tickets for the Flamingo Bingo scratch-off game at a rest stop store in nearby Lebanon Junction after having a dream about winning a large jackpot. 'The first three were not winners, so I put them in the trash,' she added. 'Then I was like 'Where's my fourth ticket?' I looked in the trash and I was like, 'Oh, my gosh, I threw it away.'' Luckily, Howard-Thornton was able to recover the ticket and won the game's top prize of $80,000, or $57,600 after taxes. Solve the daily Crossword
Newsweek
05-07-2025
- General
- Newsweek
Dog Returned To Shelter Is Terrified of Kennel—Then Everything Changes
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The moment a shelter dog realized she had to go back to her kennel, stopping in the hallway, reluctant to move, has broken hearts online. Volunteer Kayla Lyman, 28, shared a video of the moment Pony the dog stopped moving when she realized she was heading back to her kennel at West Valley Animal Services, Utah. "This was the first time she resisted going back," Lyman told Newsweek. "We had just been for a walk and spent time in the meet-and-greet room with a peanut butter lick mat and lots of cuddles. When it was time to return, she just sat there. She knew." Estimated to be around 5 years old, Pony has had a tough life so far. After arriving as a stray, she was quickly adopted—but returned just two months later when the adopter was struggling with Pony's enthusiastic jumping. Pictures of Pony when she realized she was going back to her kennel. Pictures of Pony when she realized she was going back to her kennel. @rosieandtheshelterpups/TikTok "She was with her adopter for about two months. She has been back at the shelter now for around two weeks," Lyman said. "She is such an amazing girl with a very tender heart." In 2024, approximately 7 million animals entered U.S. shelters and rescues, according to Shelter Animals Count—an increase of nearly 3 percent from 2023. By the end of the year, 103,000 more pets had entered shelters than had exited, contributing to an ongoing capacity crisis in U.S. shelters. The video of the moment Pony realized she had to go back to her kennel captured hearts on TikTok where people shared their reactions and good wishes for Pony's future. "Hope she gets adopted," said one commenter. While another wrote: "Poor girl, she doesn't want to go back in there." "Poor baby. Prayers for a permanent forever home," said another viewer. In a most recent update, it seems all of the good vibes have worked. Lyman shared the happy news that Pony has found another adopter and is all set for the happy ending she deserves—and hopefully never having to go back to the kennel again. "I hope Pony's adopter is so in love with her and treats her so well," Lyman said. "I love my Pony girl so much and I'm so happy she is out of the shelter." Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures of your pet you want to share? Send them to life@ with some details about your best friend, and they could appear in our Pet of the Week lineup.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Lyman launches lawsuit claiming Utah is violating national election transparency law
Former gubernatorial candidate Phil Lyman launched another legal battle against Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson on Friday, alleging that Utah voter privacy laws violate federal statute and demanding that he receive access to state voter registration information. The organization representing Lyman, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a national nonprofit firm focused on election transparency, said they filed the lawsuit on Friday morning in the Utah District of the United States District Court. During his race against Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Lyman filed a number of unsuccessful lawsuits, including one he filed by himself asking the Utah Supreme Court — and then the U.S. Supreme Court — to overturn the results of his 2024 election loss to Cox in the primary and general contests. 'I'm not interested in election integrity because I ran for governor, I ran for governor because I'm interested in election integrity,' Lyman said Friday. Lyman was joined by around 150 supporters on the south steps of Utah Capitol Building who repeatedly made statements about Lyman being 'cheated' out of an election and Lyman being the rightful governor of the state of Utah. But whereas Lyman has spent the past year making unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against Henderson, the lawsuit filed Friday takes a narrow approach that the Public Interest Legal Foundation has used several times before to win cases across the country. 'This isn't about the lieutenant governor; this is about the Utah statute that doesn't comply with federal law,' Chris Adams, the president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, told the Deseret News. Utah law allows voters to make their voter registration information private and unavailable for public information requests. Only government employees acting in their official capacity and political parties can access this information. Utah law also classifies the voter registration records of some 'protected individuals' as 'withheld,' meaning it cannot be accessed by political parties; only government employees acting in their official capacity. This designation applies to voters who are public figures, law enforcement officers, members of the armed forces, victims of domestic violence, those with a protection order, and all those who had already opted for their information to be private before the 'withheld' designation was created in 2020. A request for voter registration rolls from Nov. 3, 2020, revealed that nearly 34% of the 610,000 voter registration records in Salt Lake County had either 'private' status (16%) or were 'withheld' (18%), according to the lawsuit. Lyman's lawsuit, obtained by the Deseret News, argues that Utah's opt-in privacy designations, and expanded 'withheld' category from 2020 — which are both unique in the United States — are illegal under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The 32-year-old law requires state DMVs to provide voter registration when individuals obtain a driver's license. But it also mandates that states create a process for members of the public to inspect all 'voter list maintenance records,' including the final statewide voter registration database. 'No other state in the country does what Utah does and block public records from the public simply by marking a box that 40% of the people have hidden records,' Adams told the Deseret News. 'No state in the country even comes close to them.' The case does not allege any 'malfeasance' by state officials, Adams clarified. It argues that the state law allowing for increased voter privacy should never have been passed because, under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, federal statute trumps state authority. The lawsuit states that Lyman reached out to the Lieutenant Governor's Office in September seeking access to the complete statewide voter registration database 'pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act.' Lyman allegedly never received a response. Following a subsequent request in October, Lyman was allegedly directed toward the public version of the statewide voter roll but was denied full access because of the state law. On March 7, the Public Interest Legal Foundation on behalf of Lyman, notified Henderson that they believed she was in violation of the National Voter Registration Act, and that they would file a lawsuit if the state did not comply within 90 days. 'The Office of the Lieutenant Governor has received letters from the Public Interest Legal Foundation. We're working through their requests and will respond according to law,' the lieutenant governor's spokesperson told the Deseret News in a statement. 'We've evaluated state election and privacy law, and the NVRA, and are confident in our compliance with both.' The statement continues: 'While our office does not comment on pending or active litigation, we have not been served a lawsuit and, according to the latest correspondence with PILF and according to the NVRA, the office has until mid August to respond to the requests and to address the concerns raised. The office will submit responses within that statutory timeline.' Over the past few years, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, based out of Alexandria, Virginia, has won a number of lawsuits focused on compliance with the National Voter Registration Act, including in Illinois, Maine and Maryland. They have also experienced victories, which have been appealed, in ongoing cases in Hawaii, South Carolina, Minnesota and Wisconsin. If Lyman's lawsuit is successful, Utah's voter privacy statute would be struck down. The lawsuit also asks the judge to order Henderson to give Lyman 'the full and complete Statewide Voter Registration List, including registrations classified as 'private' or improperly classified as 'withheld.'' This would include the names, addresses, contact information and voter registration dates for all Utah voters except for those who have applied for 'withheld' status since the designation was created in 2020, according to Adams. 'We do this all over the country. We don't lose these cases on the merits,' Adams said. In every state where it obtains voter registration information, the Public Interest Legal Foundation then also conducts a review looking for voter roll issues. A Utah legislative audit report released in December identified 1,400 deceased voters who were still on Utah voter rolls. Of these individuals, 700 likely received ballots and two cast a vote in the November 2023 election. The audit also found 300 duplicate records and 450 records where multiple people were apparently registered using the same driver's license number. 'We identified voters who appeared to cast ballots inappropriately in each of these areas of analysis,' the audit said.
Sky News AU
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Racist babies?': Woke federal education program yet another example of ‘wasteful' spending
The Federalist elections correspondent Brianna Lyman has spoken on a federal education program that warned teachers about babies being racist and changing the lyrics to 'Old MacDonald'. 'Our test scores … have declined since the creation of the Department of Education,' Ms Lyman told Sky News host James Morrow. 'Where is the money actually being put toward? 'This is another example of wasteful federal spending.'
