A Powerball ticket purchased at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, won a $1.817 billion jackpot just before Christmas. | AP

The director of ABC Learning Center says the viral video alleging fraud by right-wing influencer Nick Shirley is part of a political campaign against Somali Minnesotans. | AP

At the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy is nowhere to be found. About 100 members of Congress have mounted replicas outside their office doors. | AP

A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, sending people into the streets. The epicenter of the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5, was about 60 miles from Acapulco in the state of Guerrero. | AP