{"id":471231,"date":"2025-12-25T18:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/471231\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T18:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:21:29","slug":"powerball-player-wins-big-jackpot-crash-in-phoenix-sends-man-to-hospital-morning-news-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/471231\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball player wins big jackpot; Crash in Phoenix sends man to hospital | Morning News Brief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ksaz-morning-news-brief-122525.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>PHOENIX<\/strong> &#8211; 1 ticket wins $1.817 Billion lottery jackpot; 3-car crash in Phoenix sends man to the hospital; and more &#8211; here&#8217;s a look at your top headlines for Christmas morning, December 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p> 1. Someone won the big Powerball jackpot   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/KSAZ-powerball.jpg\" alt=\"powerball\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Someone who bought a lottery ticket in Arkansas will most likely have a very memorable Christmas, as that ticket won the $1.817 billion Christmas Eve drawing for the Powerball.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">By the numbers:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Besides the top prize, officials with the lottery said 114 tickets won $50,000 prizes, while 31 tickets won $100,000 prizes.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/winning-powerball-ticket-sold-arkansas\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> 2. What&#8217;s open and closed today <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/KSAZ-merry-christmas.jpg\" alt=\"merry christmas\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">If you\u2019re in need of some last-minute groceries or gifts on Christmas Day, your options will be limited.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Most stores and restaurants are closed on the major holiday so employees can be with their families and loved ones. There are a few, however, with Christmas hours for those who need to shop.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/whats-open-closed-christmas-day-2025\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> 3. Man hospitalized following stabbing <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ksaz-phoenix-stabbing-122525.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">A Christmas Day stabbing has sent a man to the hospital, according to Phoenix Police.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Police say officers were sent to the area of 13th Avenue and Van Buren Street at around 9:05 a.m. for a stabbing call.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/christmas-day-stabbing-phoenix-sends-man-hospital-pd\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> 4. Overnight multi-car crash sends man to the hospital <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/b7a28a0e-sk2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Phoenix Police say a man is in the hospital following a multi-vehicle crash that happened overnight.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Per a statement, the incident happened at around 12:35 a.m., and the injured man had to be extracted from the car that he was in.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/3-car-crash-sends-man-hospital-phoenix-pd\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> 5. Pope Leo XIV celebrates 1st Christmas mass as Catholic pontiff <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gettyimages-2253490758-scaled.jpg\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">For the first time in his papal reign, Pope Leo XIV celebrate the Christmas Mass at St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica in Rome.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What He Said:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">In his homily, Leo underlined that peace can emerge only through dialogue.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;There will be peace when our monologues are interrupted and, enriched by listening, we fall to our knees before the humanity of the other,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/pope-leo-xiv-christmas-mass\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/morning-brief\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morning Brief<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/phoenix\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article PHOENIX &#8211; 1 ticket wins $1.817 Billion lottery jackpot; 3-car crash in Phoenix sends man to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":471232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1588,9735,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-471231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-maricopa-county","12":"tag-morning-brief","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-phoenix","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115781599473488675","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}