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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There's never been a lottery jackpot like this one, anywhere in the United States. The prize for this weekend's Powerball drawing has grown to about $700 million. And lottery officials say it could grow even larger by the weekend. The jackpot has been growing today after no one matched all of the numbers in last night's $500 million drawing.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Bill Clinton says there will be "plenty of time" to discuss Donald Trump's criticism of his past transgressions if the billionaire businessman becomes the Republican nominee. Clinton is making his first solo trip to Iowa to campaign for his wife. Asked by a reporter about Trump's recent comments about him, the former president said he doesn't want to do anything now except help his wife's campaign. Trump has been making reference to the former president's impeachment by the House and decades-old sex scandals.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Police are expecting gridlock later today in Burlington, Vermont, where Donald Trump will be speaking at a theater. Police say more than 20,000 tickets were given out for the event, in a theater with just 1,400 seats. They say even people with tickets will be turned away once the theater is full. Police expect counter-demonstrations against Trump.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Officials at Fort Bragg in North Carolina have scheduled two weeks in August for the court-martial of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. The Fayetteville Observer reports that the court-martial is scheduled to begin Aug. 8. Bergdahl, who was held by the Taliban for five years after he walked off a base in Afghanistan, was arraigned during a short hearing last month.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A juror involved in the homicide case that spawned the popular Netflix series "Making a Murderer" says she stands by the verdict. The 10-part series about the convictions of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey casts doubt on the legal process in the case. The jurors have been mostly silent. But one of them, Diane Free, says she's "comfortable with the verdict we reached." Authorities involved in the case say the series omits crucial facts. Free called it "a movie, not a documentary."
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