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Joe Biden will become U.S. president in a few hours. Donald Trump waited until after midnight ET to announce a long list of pardons and commutations, and added a particularly controversial name to the list. We are set for unseasonably warm temperatures today. And the Winnipeg Jets won in their second road game of the season. Adam Treusch, assignment editor
Biden era set to begin
The U.S. Capitol and a stage are lit as the sun begins to rise before the presidential inauguration. (Patrick Semansky / The Associated Press)
Set to be sworn in: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. will become the 46th president of the United States when he is sworn in at noon ET. After a pared-down ceremony at the U.S. Capitol amid security concerns and pandemic protocols, Biden will sign 15 executive orders as he quickly begins the work of dismantling Trump’s policies.
Man waits almost an entire year to collect lottery jackpot
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John Michalski of Gladstone, Manitoba, said he was not in a rush to collect his lottery jackpot of nearly $200,000, so he waited almost an entire year before visiting lottery headquarters. Photo by Robert Lessmann/Shutterstock
Dec. 16 (UPI) A Canadian man said he was in no rush to collect his nearly $200,000 lottery jackpot, so he waited almost an entire year to visit lottery headquarters.
John Michalski of Gladstone, Manitoba, told Western Canada Lottery Corp. officials he found out the day after the drawing that the Extra he added to his Lotto Max ticket for the Dec. 17, 2019, had matched all seven of the numbers drawn.