NPR News: Powerball jackpot jumps to $1.23 billion after another drawing without a big winner

Powerball jackpot jumps to $1.23 billion after another drawing without a big winner
The jackpot, which now ranks as the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery history, has been growing for more than three months, reflecting the long odds of 1 in 292.2 million of winning the top prize.

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NPR News: Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS
The AWS layoffs follow other layoffs that happened at Amazon and its subsidiaries this year, including at Prime Video, the MGM Studios unit and Twitch, the social media platform owned by Amazon.

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NPR News: Deadly severe weather roars through several states, spawning potential tornadoes

Deadly severe weather roars through several states, spawning potential tornadoes
Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia and Georgia were under tornado watches, while Wisconsin was experiencing a spring snowstorm.

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NPR News: Bird flu has been detected at the largest chicken egg manufacturer in the U.S.

Bird flu has been detected at the largest chicken egg manufacturer in the U.S.
Cal-Maine Foods lost about 1.9 million chickens, or 3.6% of its flock, as a result of an outbreak at a Texas plant. However, the CDC says a person is unlikely to get bird flu from eggs.

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NPR News: A strong earthquake rocks Taiwan, collapsing buildings and causing a tsunami

A strong earthquake rocks Taiwan, collapsing buildings and causing a tsunami
Taiwan's earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude as 7.2. The earthquake collapsed buildings in a southern city and created a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands.

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NPR News: The challenges of investigating war crimes in the conflict between Israel and Hamas

The challenges of investigating war crimes in the conflict between Israel and Hamas
Almost six months into the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Justice Department has been nearly silent on the topic of possible war crimes.

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NPR News: Iranian officials accuse Israel of a deadly attack on Iran's consulate in Syria

Iranian officials accuse Israel of a deadly attack on Iran's consulate in Syria
An Israeli airstrike on Iran's consulate in Damascus killed two Iranian generals and five others, Iranian state media said Monday. Israel has not yet commented on the attack.

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