Verlaan has been walking backwards for 11 years. He is one of 300,000 Canadians living with schizophrenia, having been diagnosed with the condition after his mental health began deteriorating in 1995, at the age of 35. Not long after, Verlaan found himself unemployed, homeless and facing divorce with his wife taking custody of their children. It was around this time that he began to hear voices and to walk backwards....

Nearly a decade later, the sadness Osama bin Laden’s siblings may have once felt for their wayward brother has hardened into anger. The family “feels shattered, feels abused, feels tortured” by Osama’s crimes, says friend Mouldi Sayeh. In recent years his relatives tried repeatedly to persuade him to give up his holy war on the West and return to the family fold. He angrily rebuffed the pleas. Just as Osama’s siblings lamented his narrow fundamentalism, he certainly despised their modern Saudi cosmopolitanism....

North Dakota State and quarterback Lance host Central Arkansas on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET in their only game of the fall season. It’ll provide Lance, a potential top-10 NFL draft pick, a shot to put new game film out after his first year as a starter ended in a 2019 FCS national championship. But then while Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields continue to put up more highlights, it’ll be one game of Lance’s in 2020 on a loop in NFL front offices everywhere....

Friday’s drawing, which was estimated at $685 million, produced no jackpot winners, although one ticket sold in Ohio did win the $1 million second-tier prize. According to a Saturday press release from Mega Millions, the jackpot has eventually grown to over $1 billion in each of the three times the grand total made it past the $700 million mark. The first Mega Millions billionaire won in October 2018 when a South Carolina player took home a $1....

The numbers drawn were 7, 16, 34, 44 and 61 for the white balls, while the yellow Mega Ball was 24, and the Megaplier was 4, according to the Mega Millions website. No one matched all five white balls and the Mega Ball to win the jackpot, nor did anyone pick the five white balls to win the $1 million. It meant that the biggest prizes won on the night were $40,000, by two players who used the Megaplier and picked four white balls and the Mega Ball....

First Five: 38-45-46-55-67Mega Ball: 18Megaplier: 2x Friday night’s 01/21/22 Mega Millions jackpot was worth $376 million, with a cash-value option worth $256.4 million. There was no grand prize winner on Friday, so the Tuesday 01.25.22 jackpot increases to an estimated $396 million. The winning numbers on Tuesday (01/18/22) for the $347 million jackpot were: 04-19-39-42-52 with a Mega Ball of 09. The Megaplier was 4x. There was no grand prize winner on Tuesday, but there were four tickets sold that matched the first five white balls, and minus the gold Mega Ball, for the game’s second prize....

First Five: 04-08-13-34-64Mega Ball: 18Megaplier: 2x Tuesday night’s 03/02/21 jackpot was worth $43 million, with a cash-value option of $29.7 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers last Friday (02/26/21) for the $30 million jackpot were: 11-15-37-62-64 with a Mega Ball of 05. The Megaplier was 2x. There was no grand prize winner from Friday’s drawing, nor were there any tickets sold that matched the first five white balls, and minus the gold Mega Ball, for the game’s second prize....

First Five: 15-25-26-38-47 Mega Ball: 22 Megaplier: 4x Tuesday night’s 09/01/20 jackpot was for $78 million, with a cash-value option of $61.1 million. The total jackpot could have increased, depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers on Friday (08/28/20) for the $68 million jackpot were: 03-09-50-53-64 with a Mega Ball of 01. The Megaplier was 3x. There was no grand prize winner from Friday’s drawing, but there was a ticket sold that matched the first five white balls, and minus the gold Mega Ball, for the game’s second prize....

First Five: 12-20-31-43-45Mega Ball: 20Megaplier: 3x Tonight’s 09/27/19 jackpot was $40 million, with a cash-value option of $27.9 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers on Tuesday (09/24/19) were: 06-14-24-42-46 with a Mega Ball of 09. The Megaplier was 4x. The grand prize winner Tuesday was a ticket purchased in the city of Cedar Park, Texas—a suburb north of Austin....

First Five: 07-24-54-57-58Mega Ball: 06Megaplier: 3x Tuesday night’s 11/23/21 Mega Millions jackpot was worth $83 million, with a cash-value option worth $59.3 million. There was no grand prize winner, so the jackpot for Friday 11/26/21 rolls over to an estimated $94 million, with a cash option of $66.3 million. The winning numbers last Friday (11/19/21) for the $74 million jackpot were: 05-23-52-53-59 with a Mega Ball of 18. The Megaplier was 5x....

Nobody won $1 million and 23 people won $10,000, with six of those winners tripling their prize to $30,000 with the Megaplier. Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET. Five white balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 70; one gold Mega Ball is drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 25. You win if the numbers on one row of your ticket match the numbers of the balls drawn on that date....

Nobody won the jackpot, so the Mega Millions grand prize will roll over to the next drawing on Friday. However, three players from Georgia, North Carolina, and New Jersey each matched five numbers and won $1 million each. Additionally, 28 players matched four numbers and the Mega Ball and won $10,000 each, while three of these winners used the Megaplier to double their prizes, winning $20,000 each. More than 570 players matched four numbers and won $500 each, while more than 100 of these winners won $1,000 by using the Megaplier....

The numbers drawn on were 14, 2, 3, 41, 64 for the white balls and the yellow Mega Ball was 17, according to the Mega Millions website. No one managed to bag the top jackpot prize or second prize of $1 million. But nine lucky winners did match the first four white balls and the yellow Mega Ball correctly. This win earned them each $10,000, while one managed to get the Megaplier prize, which doubled their prize value to $20,000....

The actress, 35, said that when she and her musician beau, 31, imbibed the psychoactive tea—which is used as a ceremonial medicine and can cause hallucinations—she went to “hell for an eternity.” Recounting the experience during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! she told guest host Arsenio Hall, per Entertainment Tonight: “So we went to Costa Rica to do ayahuasca in, like, a proper setting, with indigenous people.” “So I was thinking it was like glamping, like it was gonna be some kind of five-star experience,” she continued....

The Duchess of Sussex took over the fashion bible’s September edition, creating the fastest-selling issue in the publication’s 104-year history. Her Forces for Change issue took just ten days to sell out and highlighted the work of inspirational women from arts and activist backgrounds. Her work was recognized last night with The Diversity Initiative of the Year Award, given by respected industry body the PPA. British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful was also named “Best Editor” during the same ceremony....

Both Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle have followed the queen’s example over the course of their married lives—particularly when it comes to classic style and dressing— and both duchesses share two particular favorite handbag designers. Though the Duchess of Cambridge is known to favor clutch bags, Meghan arrived on the royal scene at her first royal engagement wearing a structured handbag, like those used by the queen, from the Scottish brand Strathberry....

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex began a new life outside the royal family just ten months after their son was born. And his arrival spurred them to take action over the “complications” in their lives leading to them “upping sticks and leaving Britain,” biographer Robert Lacey claims. In Battle of Brothers, published today by William Collins, Lacey argues the couple “see the world as hostile and start behaving in self-destructive ways that make that hostility come to pass....

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex wanted to change the “royal rota” system, which sees U.K. journalists given access to royal events. The couple wanted to invite U.S. journalists to cover their projects but the palace stopped the plan, Finding Freedom co-author Omid Scobie said. He told Newsweek that moment set in motion plans that ultimately led to them stepping back from royal duties and beginning a new life in America....

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are signed to the Harry Walker Agency (HWA), one of the top representation firms for public speakers in America, with the Clintons and Obamas among their world=famous clients. With that prestige comes a rigorous booking process, with clients expected to present a list of sponsors and guests in advance of “virtual” events, the Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper claims to have seen a four-page “Virtual Event Request Form” issued by HWA that reveals wide-ranging demands....