News in brief
By The Associated Press
Winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Portland, Oregon
DES MOINES, Iowa | A Powerball player in Oregon has won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months. Powerball says the single ticket matched all six numbers drawn early Sunday to win a jackpot worth $1.326 billion. The prize ranks as the eighth largest in U.S. lottery history.
The jackpot has a cash value of $621 million if the winner chooses to take a lump sum rather than an annuity paid over 30 years.
The winning numbers were: 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and the red Powerball 9.
Engine cover on Southwest Airlines plane rips off
DENVER | The Federal Aviation Administration says a Southwest Airlines jet leaving Denver was forced to land after the engine cover fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff. Southwest Airlines says the Boeing 737 landed safely Sunday and the passengers headed to Houston were put onto another aircraft.
It’s the second mishap this week for the airline. A flight from Texas was canceled Thursday after a report of an engine fire. The FAA is investigating both incidents.
Cats roaming Mexican presidential palace given food and care fur-ever
MEXICO CITY | Feral cats have long wandered the gardens and elegant halls of Mexicos’ presidential palace. But this week the 19 palace felines made history when the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared them to be “living fixed assets.” They are the first animals in Mexico to receive the title.
By designating them under the investment terminology, the government has guaranteed that the country’s Treasury feeds and cares for the cats for the rest of their lives — even after the leader leaves office in October.
P&G recalls Tide, Gain, other laundry detergents
NEW YORK | Procter & Gamble is recalling more than 8 million bags of Tide, Gain, Ace and Ariel laundry detergent packets sold in the U.S. and Canada. That’s because there’s a defect in the products’ child-resistant packaging.
According to P&G and regulators in both the U.S. and Canada, the outer packaging meant to prevent easy access to the liquid laundry detergent pods can split open near the zipper track — posing serious risks to children and others who may ingest them.It could also lead to possible skin or eye injuries
Consumers in possession of the now-recalled bags are instructed to keep the products out of children’s reach and contact P&G for a full refund and replacement bag to store the detergent, which itself remains safe to use for laundry purposes.
—From AP reports
