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A woman learns 3 million reasons for checking your spam folder, plus, Julian Assange wins right to fight US extradition, trial starts for three cops in George Floyd case, EU and US issue warnings to Russia over Ukraine.
A Michigan woman just gave us all 3 million reasons why it’s a good idea to check your spam folder. On December 31, Laura Spears of Oakland County, Michigan, purchased a Mega Millions ticket, CNN reported. She got on her account and bought a ticket online. Then promptly forgot about it.
“A few days later, I was looking for a missing email from someone, so I checked the spam folder in my email account,” Spears, 55, said. “That’s when I saw an email from the Lottery saying I had won a prize. I couldn’t believe what I was reading, so I logged in to my Lottery account to confirm the message in the email. It’s all still so shocking to me that I really won $3 million!”
Spears had one $1 million, which tripled because she had the Megaplier to multiply her prize by three. She says she plans to share her winnings with her family and retire early.
The High Court of London ruled that Julian Assange, 50, has one arguable point of law and granted the Wikileaks founder permission to ask the UK Supreme Court to consider an appeal related to his extradition to the US, the Daily Mail reported. In the United States, Assange faces a 175-year prison term if found guilty of hacking. The US won a challenge to overturn a UK ruling to block his extradition in December.
Separately, the United States and the European Union have both issued stark warnings to Moscow if Russia invades Ukraine.
On Monday, the European Union said it is ready to impose “never seen before” economic sanctions on Moscow if it attacks Ukraine, Reuters reported.
On Sunday, during an interview, Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced a similar warning to Moscow, The Hill reported.
“If a single additional Russian force goes into Ukraine in an aggressive way, as I said, that would trigger a swift, a severe and a united response from us and from Europe,” Blinken said.
A trial date has been set for the three former Minneapolis police officers who assisted now-convicted former officer Derek Chauvin in the arrest of George Floyd, which led to the suspect’s death.
On Monday at 10 AM CT, opening statements will be heard in the trials of J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao. According to the indictment, CNN reported, they pled not guilty and are charged with deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly failing to give Floyd medical aid on May 25, 2020. Chauvin was convicted last year on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
