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A Powerball lottery ticket is printed on a lottery machine at a convenience store in Dallas Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017.

1 Winning Ticket Sold For $758.7M Powerball Jackpot

A single winning ticket has been sold for the massive Powerball $758.7 million jackpot in Wednesday night's drawing. The winning ticket was sold in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

'The Red-Haired Woman' Is A Minor Work From A Major Author

Orhan Pamuk is almost synonymous with Turkish literature; he's won the Nobel Prize for his work. But his latest, about a well-digger and his apprentice, doesn't reach the heights of his earlier books.

On Jan. 13, 2016, a cashier sells Powerball tickets in San Lorenzo, Calif. Later that day, three winning tickets split the record $1.6 billion jackpot. Wednesday's $758 million jackpot is the largest grand prize won by a single lottery ticket in U.S. history.

Convenience Store In Massachusetts Sells Winning Powerball Ticket

At $758.7 million, the largest prize won by a lottery ticket in U.S. history was sold at a store in Chicopee, Mass. — not at the Handy Variety in Watertown, as state lottery officials initially said.

The new pound coin inspired the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, this year.

Ready, Set, Groan: Here's The Best Joke From The Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Every year, a panel of British citizens determines the funniest one-liner of the festival. This year, Ken Cheng took home the prize, with a quip about a coin. A burn of President Trump placed second.

Wahida, 20, sits on her bed inside the female ward of a prison in Herat, Afghanistan. She was arrested when she was seven months pregnant, convicted for helping her sister-in-law murder her husband. Her daughter, Mahtab, who is now 10 months old, was born inside the prison. Wahida's biggest fear is the future, when her sentence is over and she will have to face the outside world.

PHOTOS: Single Mothers Of Afghanistan Live On The Fringe

In the Dari language, there's no word to describe these women. Photographer Kiana Hayeri captures their daily struggles.

'Stay With Me' Is A Novel Of Commitment, Culture And The Struggle To Conceive

Set in Nigeria in the 1980s, Ayobami Adebayo's debut novel tells the story of a couple who desperately want to have a child, in a society where that's what's expected of them.

A 2017 photo of Marisa Matthews as Eva Perón, and the cast of San Diego Rep's "Evita."

San Diego's Top Weekend Events: Latin Sounds, Icons And Flavors

This weekend brings a celebration of Latin food, music — even an iconic Argentinian leader — plus a salute to "Fiddler on the Roof."

Malala Yousafzai is congratulated after collecting her A-level exam results at Edgbaston High School for Girls in Birmingham, England.

Once Shot For Advocating For Girls' Education, Malala Is Going To Oxford

The young Pakistani-born woman shot by the Taliban because she advocated for girls' education is now headed to Oxford. Malala Yousafzai is also the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Could Chocolate Milk Sour Chula Vista’s Progress On Childhood Obesity?

It’s back to school for many San Diego County students this month. In Chula Vista, it’s also back to school for chocolate milk. The Chula Vista Elementary School District has lifted a 5-year-old ban on the beverage.

Narrated by Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, "The Editor And The Dragon" tells the story of Pulitzer Prize-winning publisher Horace Carter (1921-2009) (pictured) and his bold reporting on the Ku Klux Klan in the pre-Civil Rights era.

The Editor And The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights The Klan

Airs Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

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