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The fifth-largest Mega Millions jackpot worth $1.13 billion was won following the March 26, 2024, drawing, in which one winning ticket was sold in New Jersey. The sixth-largest Mega Millions jackpot advertised as $640 million at the time of the drawing (annuitized) or $462 million (cash value), was drawn on March 30, 2012.
A 2024 report for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority found that the average temperatures in New York State have increased almost 2.6°F since 1901. Depending upon the emissions scenario, the temperature is predicted to increase 3.8–6.7°F by the 2050s, and 5.1–10.9°F by the 2080s (relative to 1981-2010 baseline).
Future global warming potential for long lived drivers like carbon dioxide emissions is not represented. The scientific community has been investigating the causes of climate change for decades. After thousands of studies, it came to a consensus, where it is "unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land since pre ...
5. $1.08 Billion (California) in 2023. Yanira Alvarez came forward as the lucky winner of the $1.08 BILLION dollar Powerball jackpot on July 19, 2023. Her ticket was purchased at the Las Palmitas ...
The last time someone went home with the Powerball jackpot was Jan. 1, when a lottery player in Michigan won $842 million. ... Two winners in Iowa, New York. $656 million, Mega Millions, March 30 ...
The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse by human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis by climate scientists found Tuesday. The ...
New York City's high rate of transit use saved 1.8 billion US gallons (6,800,000 m 3) of oil in 2006 and $4.6 billion in gasoline costs. New York saves half of all the oil saved by transit nationwide. The reduction in oil consumption meant 11.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution was kept out of the air. [27]
These changes were made to increase the frequency of nine-figure jackpots; a Powerball spokesperson believed a $500 million jackpot was feasible (it became a reality within the year, [20]) and that the first $1 billion jackpot in US history would occur by 2012 (though it didn't occur until 4 years later.) [21] Less than three months after the ...