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Powerball and Mega Millions lottery and Florida Lotto jackpots are displayed at a retailer, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in North Miami Beach, Fla.

$2.7-Million-Plus Powerball Lottery Ticket Sold in San Diego

A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, for Wednesday's drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery was sold at a gasoline station in San Diego and is worth $2,768,497, the California Lottery announced.

<strong>Monday, October 26, 1970</strong><em> DOONESBURY © G. B. Trudeau. Reprinted with permission of ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION. All rights reserved.</em>

'I Just Followed My Interests': Garry Trudeau On 50 Years Of 'Doonesbury'

Doonesbury was the first daily comic strip to win a Pulitzer Prize for tackling social issues, politics and war. It all began as an irreverent strip in the Yale Daily News when Trudeau was a junior.

Samantha Power, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Obama administration, has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to run USAID. Power is seen here in 2014.

Biden Nominates Samantha Power To Run U.S. Agency For International Development

Power is "a world-renowned voice of conscience and moral clarity," President-elect Joe Biden said of the former U.N. ambassador. The post will be elevated to become a National Security Council member.

Journalist Neil Sheehan, pictured at the time as a reporter for UPI, died recently at the age of 84.

Opinion: Remembering Journalist And Friend Neil Sheehan

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the life and work of famed reporter Neil Sheehan who obtained the Pentagon Papers. Sheehan died this week at the age of 84.

Grammy award-winning musician and farmer Jason Mraz stands between his coffee and avocado trees at his Oceanside property, Dec. 22, 2020.

Coffee Is Growing, Thriving In San Diego's North County

There are currently 42 farmers in San Diego County who are growing some of the world’s rarest and most expensive coffee varieties.

Just five books have been named finalists for the 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize: Patsy, by Nicole Dennis-Benn; Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli; Lot, by Bryan Washington; Opioid, Indiana, by Brian Allen Carr; and The Beekeeper of Aleppo, by Christy Lefteri.

5 Finalists Still Have A Chance At Aspen Words Literary Prize

The annual award, doled out in partnership with NPR, honors fiction that doesn't shy from grappling with thorny social issues. Just one of the five books remaining will win $35,000 come April.

The final restoration project by the nonprofit Advancing Women Artists group features works by Violante Ferroni, an 18th century prodigy about whom little is known today.

'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists

A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that had been stashed in Italy's public museums and damp churches. It's also supported restoration of 70 works from the 16th to 20th centuries.

Health workers from Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China, share an emotional embrace with their peers from a hospital in Jilin province at the Tianhe Airport. Colleagues who worked on the front lines together bid farewell as Wuhan lifted its coronavirus lockdown in April.

International Stories You Loved In 2020

The coronavirus, the rescue of an abused elephant, harassment of Black diplomats and the hunt for Nazi-looted instruments are some of the subjects of the year's most popular NPR international stories.

International Stories You Loved In 2020

The coronavirus, the rescue of an abused elephant, harassment of Black diplomats and the hunt for Nazi-looted instruments are some of the subjects of the year's most popular NPR international stories.

An official reads the temperature of a woman at the entrance to the Viejas Casino and Resort as it reopens Monday, May 18, 2020, in Alpine, Calif.

Some California Tribal Casinos Ring In 2021 As Virus Spreads

Self-governing tribal casinos have largely kept intact safety rules they adopted since reopening in the spring, though some have canceled New Year's Eve celebrations. “Stay home orders” in effect since Dec. 3 for other businesses prohibit on-site dining, close gyms and cardrooms, restrict hotel reservations and limit capacity to 20% at retail stores.

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