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Economists for a California task force on potential reparations for Black residents estimate payouts could reach more than $800 billion for harm caused by policing and housing discrimination SAN FRANCISCO -- It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, economists have told a state panel considering reparations. The preliminary estimate is more than 2.5 times California's $300 billion annual budget, and does not include a recommended $1 million per older Black resident for Health disparities that have shortened their average life span. Nor does the figure count compensating people for property unjustly taken by the government or devaluing Black Business es, two other harms the task force says the state per Pet uated. Black residents may not receive cash payments anytime soon, if ever, because the state may never adopt the economists' calculations. The ...

Mega Millions jackpot prize surges to $1.35 billion, the second-largest prize in the game's history. The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to $1.35 billion for Friday's drawing, the second-largest in the Game 's History . The only Mega Millions jackpot larger than Friday's prize is the $1.537 billion prize won in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018. The prize is also now the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Last November's $2.04 billion prize, taken by a single winner in California, is the largest in U.S. history. MORE: What you should do next if you win a huge lottery prize? The lump sum cash option payout for Friday's drawing is $707.9 million -- before taxes. Tuesday night's winning numbers were 7, 13, 14, 15 and 18 and the Mega Ball number was 9. A customer at the Cranberry Super Mini Mart shows her Mega Millions ticket, Jan. 12, 2023, in Cranberry, Pa. Gene J. Puskar/AP The most recent Mega Millions jackpot win was at $502 million, sh...