The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at $138 million for the lottery on Tuesday, Dec. 30, the last drawing of 2025. If one lucky person hits the jackpot, they'll have two options: take home a one-time ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...

Works from 1930 can now be used widely for free LMPC via Getty; Rachel Wisniewski/For the Washington Post Cartoons like Betty Boop, books like the Nancy Drew series, movies like All Quiet on the ...

New Year's Day commemorates the passing of time and the start of a new chapter, so it is fitting that the same day also presents an opportunity to breathe new life into thousands of creative works ...

A look at some of the works going into the public domain in 2026, like the characters Betty Boop and Miss Marple, the first film adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front" and many classic songs ...

PAUL SMALL: (Singing) I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man. Who could ask for anything more? LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: At the beginning of every year, a new crop of copyrighted works goes into the ...

Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of intellectual ...

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday, Dec. 30, is an estimated $135 million. No one won the jackpot in the previous drawing on Friday, Dec. 26. Mega Millions drawings are held twice a week on ...

A new year means a new parade of classic characters and works entering the public domain. Under U.S. law, the copyright on thousands of creations from 1930 — including films, books, musical ...

Lottery jackpots have exploded in size over the last decade. When Powerball launched in 1992, the first jackpot was $5.9 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. Now, the largest ...

Player can pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers — five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Mall). Players can also select the ...

The estimated jackpot for the drawing is $100 million. The cash option is about $45.5 million. If no one wins, the jackpot climbs higher for the next drawing. According to the game’s official website, ...