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A customer is handed Powerball lottery tickets to purchased at Lichine's Liquor & Deli in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The jackpot for Monday night's drawing soared to $1.9 billion after no one matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption

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'Predatory gambling' has helped the lottery reach sky-high jackpot, critics say

The game's jackpot has increased to an estimated $1.9 billion — one of the largest in U.S. lottery history.

A view of soybeans being planted on a farm in Balfour, South Africa on Oct. 20, 2021. Regenerative agriculture is a loosely defined term, but generally involves promoting on-farm soil health and carbon sequestration through practices like cover cropping and no-tilling. Phil Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Big food companies commit to 'regenerative agriculture' but skepticism remains

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Local activist and politician Thomas Loeb, 55, in front of the Tesla factory in Gruenheide on Oct. 26. Loeb is concerned that the factory poses a risk to the groundwater, forest and wildlife around it, and that Tesla has not been transparent about its manufacturing processes and developments. Jacobia Dahm for NPR hide caption

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Tesla's first European factory needs more water to expand. Drought stands in its way

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Good Night Oppy is a suspense-filled ride, crammed with brainstorming, trouble-shooting, deadline-pushing, and frequent nail-biting. Courtesy of Prime Video hide caption

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A loving salute to NASA's Mars rover program in 'Good Night Oppy'

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Flooding levee district board member Regan Griffin surveys his farmland in Atchison County, Missouri on Sept. 14, 2022. A pond marks where a levee was breached during the 2019 flood of the Missouri River, flooding Griffin's farmland. The board hopes to set this levee back in the future. Eva Tesfaye/Harvest Public Media hide caption

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Mississippi River Basin adapts as climate change brings extreme rain and flooding

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A customer is handed Powerball lottery tickets to purchased at Lichine's Liquor & Deli in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The jackpot for Monday night's drawing soared to $1.9 billion after no one matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption

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'Predatory gambling' has helped the lottery reach sky-high jackpot, critics say

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