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(CNN) -- El premio mayor de Powerball aumentó a US$ 700 millones, y el próximo sorteo está programado para este miércoles a las 10:59 p.m. hora del este.

<b>CNN ESPAñOL</b> — (CNN) -- El premio mayor de Powerball aumentó a US$ 700 millones, y el próximo sorteo está programado para este miércoles a las 10:59 p.m. hora del este.

Los responsables del sorteo aumentaron el premio mayor el miércoles en alrededor de US$ 15 millones debido a la fuerte venta de boletos. El premio mayor ahora conlleva una opción de suma global estimada en US$ 352,3 millones, dijo el operador de juegos multiestatal.

Este gran premio sería el noveno más grande en la historia del Powerball, dijo.

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Según Powerball, en el sorteo del lunes no hubo nadie que acertara los seis números del gran premio. Dos boletos se llevaron a casa el premio Match 5+ Power Play de US$ 2 millones en Colorado y Georgia, y tres obtuvieron el premio Match 5 de US$1 millón en California, New Hampshire y Pensilvania.

El premio mayor del Powerball se ganó por última vez el 11 de octubre, cuando un boleto en California ganó un gran premio de US$ 1.765 millones. Las probabilidades de ganar el gran premio son de 1 entre 292.201.338, según Powerball.

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Los boletos cuestan US$ 2 por jugada y se venden en 45 estados, el Distrito de Columbia, Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes de Estados Unidos.

El premio mayor de Powerball aumenta a US$ 700 millones

Within the span of an hour, two different people were shot within a few blocks of each other in Raleigh.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray.

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Wake County residents will get their first opportunity to voice their opinions on the proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year on Monday. At 2 p.m. Monday, May 20, the county commission is scheduled to have its budget public hearing at the Wake County Justice Center in room 2700.

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A dozen abandoned and derelict boats are finally being cleaned up from coastal waters in our state.

Hundreds of abandoned, storm-ravaged boats float along the NC coast

A dozen abandoned boats pulled from the NC coastal waters

The efforts to repeal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at North Carolina's public universities come amid a broader backlash in conservative circles against affirmative action and other more recent racial justice reforms that passed after the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.

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Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind'Amour is staying in Raleigh. The Canes legend agreed to a contract extension with the team. The details of the extension are currently unknown.

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Fans can now register for a chance to buy tickets for the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.

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Xander Schauffele has won his first major with a thrilling win at the PGA Championship. Schauffele made a 6-foot birdie putt on the last hole at Valhalla for a one-shot victory over Bryson DeChambeau. 

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani's first walk-off hit for the Los Angeles Dodgers was also his first game-ending hit in the majors in nearly four years.

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In a span of four hours, the top-ranked golfer in the world was arrested wearing gym shorts and a tee shirt, dressed in an orange jail shirt for his mug shot, returned to Valhalla Golf Club in golf clothes and made his 10:08 a.m. second-round tee time.