Israel turnout hits record; Powerball at $716M; Swalwell raid

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIsrael votes today, and turnout is the highest since figures were first recorded in nineteen seventy-three, according to the Central Elections Committee.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAt four p. m. local time, fifty-five point seven percent of voters had cast a ballot, against forty-seven point five at the same hour in twenty twenty-two.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNetanyahu issued an emergency call to right-wing supporters on X, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called high Arab turnout an emergency for his coalition.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNeither bloc is expected to reach sixty-one seats, and forming a government can take weeks or months.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe FBI raided a California home tied to former Congressman Eric Swalwell, US media report.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe California Democrat has faced multiple sexual misconduct allegations, which he has denied.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorComedian Russell Brand has been found not guilty of indecent assault.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIn other news, the Powerball jackpot is up to seven hundred sixteen million dollars after another drawing with no winner.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe cash value is three hundred seven point two million, and Wednesday's draw is the thirty-third of this run.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThirty-two drawings without a winner. That's thirty-two groups of strangers doing math on a gas station counter.