Lottery Winner Can Remain Unidentified, Judge Rules

Lottery Winner Can Remain Unidentified, Judge Rules

A New Hampshire woman who won $560 million in the multi-state Powerball lottery can remain anonymous but the town she lives in must be disclosed, a judge ruled.

The woman signed the back of her ticket, which the state lottery commission argued means her name has to be made public, under state law. A New Hampshire assistant attorney general also recently argued that it's in the public interest to disclose the woman's identity, saying "The lottery thrives on transparency," according to The Union Leader.

Elizabeth Warren’s Dodgy Weekend
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Elizabeth Warren’s Dodgy Weekend

Evan Lips

Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren dodged questions about a Native American ancestry test and insisted she has no Oval Office plans for 2020 during a whirlwind interview tour spread out across several major cable news networks Sunday.

The first inkling of Warren's media barrage surfaced Saturday, when a transcript of the Cambridge Democrat's interview with NBC's Chuck Todd of Meet the Press hit journalists' inboxes. The interview saw Todd press Warren, who is up for re-election in November, with questions about her self-professed Native American ethnicity, fund-raising ability, and White House aspirations.

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