Powerball jackpot, already at a record level, could reach $1 billion  —  The Powerball lottery jackpot has already jumped to $700 million.  Could it reach $1 billion?  —  By midday Thursday, lottery officials said the new high came as sales of tickets continue to skyrocket.

Cops: Suspect Says He Shot Officer In Name Of Islam  —  By Justin Finch, Rahel Solomon, Walt Hunter  —  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer is recovering after he was shot several times during an ambush late Thursday night in West Philadelphia.

Exclusive: Birth Certificate for Ted Cruz's Mother  —  Eleanor Darragh, mother of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), was born in Delaware on Nov. 23, 1934, establishing her citizenship by birth-and, according to U.S. law, that of her son, even though he was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Dec. 22, 1970.

Whoa: Hillary e-mail instructs aide to transmit classified data without markings  —  Has the State Department released a smoking gun in the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal?  In a thread from June 2011, Hillary exchanges e-mails with Jake Sullivan, then her deputy chief of staff …

Muslim Woman Gets Kicked Out Of Donald Trump Rally For Being Muslim  —  A Muslim woman was kicked out of a Donald Trump rally on Friday night for no apparently reason.  The woman, Rose Hamid, told CNN that she “came to the rally to let Trump supporters see what a Muslim looks like.”

Unprecedented sex harassment in Helsinki at New Year, Finnish police report  —  Finnish police ‘tipped off’ about plans by groups of asylum seekers to sexually harass women  —  Asylum seekers who gathered in central Helsinki on New Years's Eve “had similar plans” to commit sexual assault …

Fox poll: Sanders soars in New Hampshire  —  Bernie Sanders has soared to a 13-point lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire in a Fox News survey out Friday, nearly a month to the day that primary voters will make their decision at the polls on Feb. 9.  —  Sanders, who in November held …

ISIS militant Ali Saqr al-Qasem publicly executes his own mother in Raqqa after accusing her of ‘apostasy’  —  LONDON: In a shocking low even by the standards of the Islamic State, a militant has publicly executed his own mother after accusing her of apostasy.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for Convention of States to take back states' rights  —  Gov. Greg Abbott called Friday for a convention of states to amend the U.S. Constitution.  (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) … Gov. Greg Abbott, aiming to spark a national conversation about states' rights …

GOP heads into 2016 fight with no clear ObamaCare plan  —  The GOP has failed to put forward a full ObamaCare replacement plan, a significant political liability in an election year that stands to permanently cement the law.  —  Republicans this week made good on a five-year-old promise …

Militants in Oregon standoff persist with small donations, spaghetti dinners and financial sacrifice  —  Hunkering down for days, weeks or months in a building in rural Oregon is unlikely to be a lucrative occupation.  —  So how can the people that make up the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom …

EXCLUSIVE: NYC high school teacher claims she was fired for Central Park Five lessons that administrators feared would create ‘riots’  —  A teacher at an Upper West Side high school was fired for creating a curriculum with lessons about the Central Park Five that administrators feared would …

Melbourne man faces stiff opposition to penis signature  —  Jared Hyams' signature started as a joke.  —  Suspecting that no one at the Australian Electoral Commission would scrutinise the application to change his address, he scribbled a caricature of a penis in the box that asked for a signature.

Jeb Bush's Image Among Republicans Deteriorates  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's image among Republicans has steadily worsened over the past 5 ½ months.  His current net favorable rating of -1 (44% favorable, 45% unfavorable) …

Beaverton plumber fired after racist road rage rant  —  Video of Beaverton racist driver goes viral … BEAVERTON, Ore. — A Beaverton plumber was fired after he was caught on cell phone video yelling racial slurs at a driver in traffic Tuesday.  —  The video (shown above …

Sheriff to Tonya Couch: 'It's jail, not a resort'  —  TARRANT COUNTY — Tonya Couch appeared in a yellow jail jumpsuit in her first court appearance Friday morning and told District Judge Wayne Salvant she understood the charges against her.  —  Couch stood amid eight deputies …

Teenage student, 18, is fined £90 after lying that she was punched in the face because she wore a hijab in the days after the Paris terror attacks  —  A Muslim teenager has been fined after she lied about being punched in the face because she wore a hijab in the days after the Paris terror attacks.