$4.85M winning lottery ticket found in cookie jar

By WGN
Chicago (WGN Web Desk) -- A west suburban man reaches into his cookie jar and pulls out something much sweeter than an Oreo. How about a winning lottery ticket worth $4.85 million dollars?

Tee Ball coach protests accusations of cursing at players in Spanish

By Adam Wright /KBMT
Groves (KBMT) -- Javier Najera is the head coach of the Shetland Dodgers Tee Ball team in the Jefferson County Pony League. He and nearly half of his team walked away from their last game of the season Thursday night.

'Crazy ants' a threat in southern U.S.

By Brad Lendon/CNN
Beware the "crazy ants."

Obama counter-punches in effort to regain political balance

By Tom Cohen/CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Facing a trio of possible scandals that threaten to overwhelm his second term agenda, President Barack Obama on Thursday rejected calls for a special counsel to investigate Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative

Are you paying attention to the IRS and Benghazi controversies?

By CNN
Around half the public is tuned in to the controversies that are consuming the nation's capital, according to a new poll.

Waco PD reports a rise in Craigslist scammers in the area

By Alexis Spears
Waco police say a few "friendly transactions" over Craigslist are leaving some residents short changed. Authorities say they've had a rise in scammers using Craigslist to exchange counterfeit bills for high-end goods.

Papa John's deliveryman accused of selling cocaine with pizza

By Kristen Kiraly/CNN
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A pizza deliveryman is accused of selling more than $45,000 in cocaine, hidden among pizza boxes, to undercover agents in New York.

Cause of catastrophic Texas explosions remains mystery

By Chelsea J. Carter/CNN
Investigators have not ruled out an intentional fire being behind explosions at a fertilizer plant in the small town of West that left 15 people dead, the Texas fire marshal said Thursday.

National Burger Month is celebrated in Waco

By Alexis Spears
National Burger Month has all cow lovers uniting this May, taking a bite out of all the best meat and veggie burgers in town.

Pretzel bag leads feds to child porn suspect in California

By Mike M. Ahlers/CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a fast-moving child abuse investigation that started two weeks ago in Denmark, U.S.