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Lottery Winner: Clerk's 'Mistake' Paid Off for Me

Iowa's Josh Buster won $1M

(Newser) - An Iowa man says a miscue made by a convenience store clerk led to his $1 million jackpot. Josh Buster asked for five "easy-pick" plays at a store in West Burlington, but the clerk mistakenly printed just one, reports CNN . The clerk asked the 40-year-old chef if he wanted...

Guy Repairs Guitar for Free, Gets Half $1M Lottery Jackpot

After he wouldn't take payment, his friend spent the money on scratch cards

(Newser) - "A good deed is its own reward," the saying goes—but for a northern Massachusetts man, a massive financial reward for helping a friend arrived within an hour. State lottery officials say Methuen guitar store owner John Galvin refused to accept payment when his friend Eric Cochrane brought...

A Dad's Emotional Plea: 'We Left All Our Lego in Ukraine'

Donations pour in after Igor Sidorov's ask on Facebook for his 11-year-old son

(Newser) - While much of the coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has focused on the destruction and carnage, there've also been some more "poignant [glimpses] of what people have lost and left behind," per Irish broadcaster RTE. Case in point: 11-year-old Andrii Sidorov, who had to abandon...

Young Crypto Billionaire: I&#39;m Giving Away Most of My Money
He's 30, Worth $24B, Drives
a Corolla, Sleeps in a Beanbag
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He's 30, Worth $24B, Drives a Corolla, Sleeps in a Beanbag

'I don't want a yacht,' crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says of plan to give away most of his money

(Newser) - Sam Bankman-Fried wants FTX, the Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange he co-founded, to become the "biggest source of financial transactions in the world." In the meantime, he has a plan for the fortune he's already raking in: He wants to give most of it away. The 30-year-old tech entrepreneur,...

This Teen's Honesty Yields Next-Level Rewards

Emmanuel Tuloe's is a hero to many in one of the world's poorest, most corrupt places

(Newser) - In Liberia, where the gross national income per capita works out to just $530, it might have taken motorbike taxi driver Emmanuel Tuloe nearly a century to earn $50,000. One day last October, he found that amount in a plastic bag on a street. By then, the teen had...

Spielberg's 'Red Coat' Girl Has a Real-Life Role Now

Oliwia Dabrowska of Poland is helping Ukrainian refugees

(Newser) - The world knows her as the girl in the red coat from Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. But Oliwia Dabrowska—who was just 3 when she provided the only splash of color in the Holocaust film—is now 32 and helping Ukrainian refugees, reports Deadline . Dabrowska lives in Poland,...

'Life-Changer' Program Frees Inmates to Train Shelter Dogs

Canine CellMates' Beyond the Bars pretrial diversion program underway in Atlanta

(Newser) - A dog's love can change lives, as Susan Jacobs-Meadows, founder of Canine CellMates, well knows. Since 2013, the nonprofit has boosted spirits by placing shelter dogs inside the cells of some 400 male inmates at Atlanta's Fulton County Jail, who agree to train them for adoption , Today reports....

She Realized She Was a $110K Lottery Winner. Then, 'Panic'

Va.'s Mary Elliott had already thrown her ticket in the trash; luckily, she found it

(Newser) - It's not clear why Mary Elliott threw away a lottery ticket before finding out whether she'd won, but what is clear is that she'll probably never prematurely toss such a ticket again. The woman from Buckingham County, Va., won $110,000 in her state's Cash 5...

She Made 'Profound Impact' on NPS. Now, Retirement at 100

Betty Reid Soskin, US' oldest active park ranger, clocked out for last time at Calif.'s Home Front park

(Newser) - The nation's oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100. Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif., the National Park Service announced, per the AP...

Texas A&M to Waive the Bill for Its Ukrainian Students

Chancellor made the announcement to university presidents Tuesday

(Newser) - Starting next semester, it will be nearly free for Ukrainian students to attend school at one of Texas A&M University's 11 campuses and research centers across the state. The school will waive all tuition and fees, as well as certain living expenses including room and board, the Texas ...

Bids on This Banksy Art 'Escalated Quickly,' for a Cause

Proceeds from 'CND Soldiers,' which sold for $106K, will all go to Kyiv children's hospital

(Newser) - An unknown donor has sold off a piece of anti-war Banksy art, with the funds raised from the sale earmarked for Ukraine's largest children's hospital. The BBC reports that the UK artist's "CND Soldiers" was auctioned off for just north of $106,000, which will be...

Golf's New No. 1 Has Snuck Up on Everyone

Scottie Scheffler was ranked No. 824 just 2 years ago

(Newser) - There's a new No. 1 in the world of golf this week, but don't be surprised if you haven't heard the name Scottie Scheffler before. The 25-year-old has caught much of the golfing world by surprise as well. Reuters points out the astonishing stat that Scheffler has...

Taylor Swift Is Getting Her First College Degree

NYU is bestowing an honorary doctorate on the performer

(Newser) - That will be Doctor Taylor Swift, kind of. New York University is bestowing an honorary doctorate of fine arts on the performer, reports Variety . What's more, Swift will speak at the school's commencement on May 18. As Billboard notes, this will be the first college degree for the...

Ukraine's 'Let It Go' Girl Now a Refugee in Poland

Amelia Anisovych, 7, sang her national anthem at a charity concert

(Newser) - The young Ukrainian girl who went viral for singing a hit song from the movie Frozen in a Kyiv bomb shelter has performed her country's anthem live on stage at a charity concert in Poland, where she's now a refugee. Thousands of people waved lights in the darkened...

Beckham Lets Ukraine Doctor Use His Instagram

Soccer legend's 71M followers get first-hand accounts of the war

(Newser) - Soccer great David Beckham has more than 71 million followers on Instagram , and on Sunday they got an unexpected inside look at the Ukraine war. Beckham turned over his account on Sunday to a doctor in Kharkiv, reports the BBC . The woman identified only as Iryna is a child anesthesiologist,...

Poles Fixing Century-Old Railroad Tracks to Help Rescue Refugees

'Poland cannot be indifferent to the tragedy of the Ukrainian people,' says nation's infrastructure chief

(Newser) - Poland is receiving praise the world over for embracing refugees fleeing Ukraine as Russian forces continue their assault . Now, Poles are supplementing this "tidal wave of support" for their desperate neighbors by rebuilding a long-abandoned railroad line, placed more than a century ago, to help expedite rescue efforts at...

'Saint Javelin' Campaign for Ukraine Gets Huge Response

Man who thought it would raise $500 says effort has now brought in nearly $1M

(Newser) - Canadian man Christian Borys says that when refugees started leaving Ukraine before the Russian invasion, he thought he would be able to raise a few hundred dollars by selling stickers. The Saint Javelin campaign has now raised close to $1 million, with more orders for stickers, flags, and clothing flooding...

Trooper Puts Herself in Path of Car Speeding Toward Race

Florida Highway Patrol's Toni Schuck is being hailed for her 'self-sacrifice'

(Newser) - Florida Highway Patrol Master Trooper Toni Schuck steered her vehicle to the left to block the lane in which a driver was speeding toward her. Then, just as the driver steered to go around her, Schuck turned to the right. The result was an ear-splitting crash as the car slammed...

Man's COVID Battle Involved 550 Days in Hospital

But Donnell Hunter is home now

(Newser) - Donnell Hunter came down with COVID-19 in September 2020, and was quickly admitted to the hospital due to breathing struggles. He's now back in his New Mexico home—550 days later, KOB-TV reports. During those 550 days, he was in nine different hospitals and medical facilities, sometimes as many...

Would-Be Cat Rescuer Needs His Own Rescue

Firefighters bring down teen from high tree, and the cat was brought down later

(Newser) - A teenager who scaled a tree at an Indianapolis park to rescue a cat he spotted high up in the branches ended up stuck himself and in need of a rescue, officials said. The 17-year-old boy was at Holliday Park on Indianapolis' north side Saturday afternoon when he saw the...

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