Daniella Segura

6 days ago | miamiherald.com | Daniella Segura

For his entire life, a Maryland man had shied away from playing lottery games. So when he bought his first lottery ticket and won a big prize, it came as a “shock,” Maryland Lottery officials said in an April 18 news release. The postal worker was shopping with his mother at a Waldorf store when something caught their eye, lottery officials said. “My mom plays the lottery, so when we walked past the vending machine she suggested that I finally try one,” he told lottery officials.

6 days ago | sacbee.com | Daniella Segura

A man accused of posing as his wife’s ex-boyfriend to stalk her for months before her death has been convicted, Colorado prosecutors say. Daniel Krug, 44, was convicted of multiple charges in the 2023 killing of his wife, Kristil Krug, Colorado’s 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in an April 17 news release. After the verdict was read, an officer placed Daniel Krug in handcuffs while his wife’s family sat across the courtroom, the Associated Press reported“He didn’t love her.

6 days ago | idahostatesman.com | Daniella Segura

A postal worker and her husband spent months bilking people out of money with the help of stolen financial statements, according to investigators in the Florida Panhandle. Amanda McPherson, 38, and Johnathon McPherson, 27, were caught when detectives discovered seemingly unrelated cases of fraud shared the same postal routes, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 17 news release. The mail carrier for those routes was Amanda McPherson of Callaway, officials said.

1 week ago | havasunews.com | Helena Wegner |Daniella Segura

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday, April 14, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 8.3-mile-deep quake hit 2.4 miles south of Julian in San Diego County at 10:08 a.m., according to the USGS. kAm|@C6 E92? ba[___ A6@A=6 7C@> 2D 72C 2H2J 2D {@D p?86=6D 2?5 $2? !65C@ C6A@CE65 766=:?8 E96 EC6>@C]k^AmkAm(:E9:? =6DD E92? `_ >:?FE6D[ D6G6?

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Daniella Segura

Last Christmas, Jerry Herrejon didn’t receive a gift from his father. “To make up for it,” his father brought him a gift in North Hollywood the next day: a Crossword Xtreme Scratchers ticket, California lottery officials said in an April 4 news release. “Here, here’s your gift for Christmas,” Herrejon told lottery officials his father said upon handing him the ticket. Turns out, his father’s last-minute gift would prove to be life-changing.