Mom, 7 adult children win $429.6 million Powerball jackpot

Mom, 7 adult children win $429.6 million Powerball jackpot

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) — A woman and her seven adult children stepped forward Friday to claim a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot and said they have plans to tithe to their church, go on a family vacation and help their community.

But mostly they're just still letting it sink in.

Boston College students protest ‘Eurocentric’ requirement
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Boston College students protest ‘Eurocentric’ requirement

Derrick Perkins

BOSTON –  Boston College's perceived "Eurocentric" course requirement for graduation has some students up in arms.

Sophomore Elizabeth Waltman is leading the charge, describing the prestigious college's core courses as falling short of the Jesuit institution's goal of producing students capable of "constructing a more just and human world." History requirements are particularly troubling, Waltman wrote in the introduction to an online petition, posted on the Change.org website, that demands a shift of perspective.

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