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Yahoo
3 days ago
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13 lucky NJ Lottery winners cash in on Jersey Cash 5, Powerball, more
Two lucky lottery players, one from Middlesex County and another using the Jackpocket app, hit the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Saturday, splitting the $816,218 top prize. Each winner will take home $408,109. The Middlesex County winning ticket was sold at the ShopRite of Spotswood on 380 Summerhill Road. Both retailers will receive a $2,000 bonus for selling the winning tickets. The winning numbers were 22, 35, 37, 40 and 42. The XTRA number was 4 and the Bullseye was 35. This marks the 31st Jersey Cash 5 jackpot won in 2025. Draw Date Game Name Prize Retailer Address Town County 06/09/2025 $50,000 Jumbo Bucks $50,000 7-ELEVEN #38990 643 PATERSON AVE CARLSTADT BERGEN 06/09/2025 Crossword Bonanza $25,000 VILLAGE STATIONERS 51 WEST MAIN ST RAMSEY BERGEN 06/09/2025 Mega Hot 7's $10,000 7-ELEVEN #34524 476 GRAND AVE ENGLEWOOD BERGEN 06/09/2025 Mega Hot 7's $10,000 FIREHOUSE LIQUOR INC 273 PARK AVE NEWARK ESSEX 06/11/2025 Powerball $50,000 STOP & SHOP #828 20 WASHINGTON AVE DUMONT BERGEN 06/11/2025 $50,000 Loaded $50,000 MUNDY'S LIQUORS 912 BRUNSWICK AVE TRENTON MERCER 06/11/2025 Crossword $20,000 7-ELEVEN #36707 82 ROUTE 73 VOORHEES CAMDEN 06/12/2025 $50,000 Jumbo Bucks $50,000 BOBBINK LIQUORS 383 VALLEY RD CLIFTON PASSAIC 06/13/2025 Red Hot 7's $20,000 SOUTH AVENUE LIQUORS 1111 SOUTH AVE PLAINFIELD UNION 06/13/2025 200X Cash Blitz $10,000 FRESHMART 266 TALMADGE RD EDISON MIDDLESEX 06/14/2025 $250,000 Crossword $20,000 VENEZA BAKERY 274 VAN BUREN ST NEWARK ESSEX 06/14/2025 Jersey Cash 5 $408,109 SHOPRITE OF SPOTSWOOD 380 SUMMERHILL RD SPOTSWOOD MIDDLESEX 06/14/2025 Jersey Cash 5 $408,109 JACKPOCKET NA NA NA This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: NJ lotto players split $816,218 Cash-5 jackpot
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Two New Jersey lottery players split $816,218 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot. Here's where
Two New Jersey lottery players split a $816,218 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Saturday, June 14. It's the 31st time the Jersey Cash 5 so far this year. The New Jersey Lottery announced on June 16 that the winning tickets, each worth $408,109, were sold in Middlesex County and through the third-party app Jackpocket. The winning Middlesex ticket was sold at a ShopRite on Summerhill Road in Spotswood. Each retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus for selling the winning tickets. Ten other lottery players matched four balls, the Bullseye and Xtra to win $1,500 a piece. The Jersey Cash 5 winning numbers for Saturday, June 14 were: 22, 35, 37, 40 and 42. The XTRA was 04 and Bulleseye: 35. The NJ Lottery estimates the next Jersey Cash 5 jackpot at $166,000 for the June 16 drawing. Jersey Cash 5 is a daily lottery draw game from the New Jersey Lottery. Players pick five numbers between 1 and 45 and can add the Xtra for a chance to increase non-jackpot prizes by up to five times. The Bullseye gives players another chance to win. Drawings are held seven days a week at 10:57 p.m. Jackpocket is the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network. Gannett may earn revenue for audience referrals to Jackpocket services. Must be 18+, 21+ in AZ and 19+ in NE. Not affiliated with any State Lottery. Gambling Problem? Call 1-877-8-HOPE-NY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY); 1-800-327-5050 (MA); 1-877-MYLIMIT (OR); 1-800-GAMBLER (all others). Visit for full terms and conditions. This article originally appeared on Two NJ lottery players split $816,218 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot
CNET
12-06-2025
- Business
- CNET
How to Save Money on Groceries With an AI Grocery List
Rising costs are at the top of everyone's mind, and the Whole Foods "whole paycheck" joke hits a little too close to home these days. Inflation and higher costs of food items are making even small grocery hauls a sizable expense, no matter where you do your shopping. These days, the costs of eating out and buying ingredients to cook at home are getting closer, especially if you're cooking for only one or two people. And our convenience-driven culture has made food-delivery apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash part of our busy routines, helped along by the exorbitant cost of groceries. If your weekly grocery spend has become a stressor, let's see what artificial intelligence can do about it. AI can help you budget for groceries If AI can write a screenplay, surely it can strategize how to save on eggs, right? I decided to take AI tool Copilot for a spin to see what it could do. Microsoft's Copilot launched in February 2023, two months after ChatGPT's debut. You can read CNET's hands-on review of Copilot, but I chose it over competitor generative AI chatbots ChatGPT and Google's Gemini because it's got a specific "cooking assistant" GPT, which felt like a good sign to save on groceries. Like ChatGPT, there's a free version of Copilot or a paid option for added features. It promises to be my "everyday AI companion." Let's see. Screenshot by Amanda Smith/CNET Ask AI about groceries Before I opened up Copilot, I made a list of my grocery items and how much we usually spend as a household. Here's what I included: Organic coffee Coffee creamer Apples Bananas Sourdough bread Eggs Avocados Mushrooms Arugula Feta cheese Yogurt Granola Veggie chips or pretzels Chicken, salmon, steak Rice and potatoes Asparagus and broccoli Ice cream bars Chocolate We spend $100 to $150 per week, for just two people. I fed this information into Copilot and asked for suggestions to save money on groceries. Screenshot by Amanda Smith/CNET Screenshot by Amanda Smith/CNET While some of the advice was interesting (like adding plant-based proteins that are cheaper), the recommendations weren't helpful for the most part. I doubt matcha or mushroom coffee are cheaper than store-brand organic coffee, and I'm looking for a less expensive way to buy eggs, not for an egg alternative in baking like applesauce. I also don't want to make my own sourdough or eat cottage cheese instead of avocados. Prompt 2: "I prefer to eat organic, fresh produce, with a Mediterranean diet. Whole Foods is my nearest grocery store. How can I save money on the items in my list? I don't want to replace or swap out the items. Is it cheaper to buy in-store at ShopRite or shop online at Whole Foods?" Copilot told me ShopRite is cheaper and could be worth the extra 10-minute car ride. I asked which day and time is best to shop for groceries, and it told me: "The consensus among various sources is that Wednesday is generally the best day to shop for groceries if you're looking for deals. Many stores start their new sales week on Wednesday, so you'll have first access to the week's discounts and promotions." It also told me to wait until late evenings or just before store closing to get markdowns on perishable items including meat and produce. So far, I've learned three valuable takeaways: Add cheaper protein sources such as plant-based items. Switch to ShopRite (a 10-minute drive vs. a 7-minute walk). Shop on Wednesdays, after work if possible -- or ask the store when sales usually start. Using AI recipes to buy groceries I decided to try this a different way and ask for meal recommendations. Prompt 3: "Use my grocery list to plan five lunches and dinners for me and my partner. We like eating an organic Mediterranean diet and you can add tofu as another protein source. Our budget is $75 per week." I run it through both Copilot and Copilot Cooking Assistant. I preferred the Cooking Assistant list, but it was a bit fancy for my liking. Who has the energy to cook bechamel-eggplant moussaka on a Friday night? I asked it to use more items from my grocery list and add chicken, salmon and steak dinner dishes, as well as egg dishes for lunch and specified that I didn't want anything too fancy, time-consuming or expensive. Screenshot by Amanda Smith/CNET Screenshot by Amanda Smith/CNET Copilot has me salivating! Once I was happy with the meal plan, I asked for a shopping list of the ingredients I needed for the week, staying under $75. It gave me a shopping list with exactly how many of each item I'd need, and divided it into sections for produce, proteins, dairy, carbs, pantry and "other." AI Can Save You Money on Groceries AI Can Save You Money on Groceries Click to unmute Video Player is loading. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Next playlist item Unmute Current Time 0:03 / Duration 7:29 Loaded : 7.95% 0:03 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 7:26 Share Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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Although Copilot does have access to the internet, it's unlikely to have the most up-to-date prices, especially for daily sales at your local grocery stores. In other words, take Copilot's advice with a grain of salt. You might need to further personalize the plan depending on your local prices. Expect to drop, replace or switch up items based on your budget once you actually get to the grocery store and see which items are on sale or which have jumped in price. What Copilot does well is help you easily construct and curate a list of meals using your standard ingredients, so you can more strategically grocery shop.
Straits Times
11-06-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
How a Singaporean in the US is grappling with pricey Hainanese chicken rice under Trump's tariffs
Shelves at the local ShopRite grocery store. Spring season means more imported fresh fruit from Latin American markets at relatively cheap prices. PHOTO: GRACE NG Commentary How a Singaporean in the US is grappling with pricey Hainanese chicken rice under Trump's tariffs – There is one catastrophic scenario I worry about with US President Donald Trump's second term in office: bad food. I had read about the unimpressive cuisine associated with Mr Trump's establishments, from Thanksgiving platters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida that resembled frozen TV dinners to gala dishes deemed worse than budget airline food by crypto investors in the President's meme coin. But I was not chuckling during a recent meal at a cafeteria in Pennsylvania, which served pale yellow turds. 'Eggs,' pronounced the server. As I stared in confusion, he whispered: 'Powdered eggs with some tofu. Good stuff – soybeans made in the USA .' This unpalatable swop of protein sources was accepted without controversy – possibly because I was attending an Asian church retreat, where tolerance for tofu and austerity is not in short supply. Expectations of egg substitution may also have been baked into consumers' expectations, since egg prices in the US have risen about 49 per cent in one year and could get nudged up further by tariffs on imports from markets such as Brazil, Mexico and Turkey. But it was also a sign that all of us, from the sheepish server to second-generation Asian-Americans and relative newcomers such as myself, have accepted that higher tariffs and wider price substitution are an unavoidable part of our foreseeable future. Price substitution, as I explained to my two little kids, inevitably takes place when the price of Hainanese chicken rice goes up by about US$3 (S$3.90) to US$15.99 on my food delivery app. So now, instead of that beloved Singaporean dish, we are ordering invented-in-America General Tso chicken with grown-in-America white rice for US$11.99, which increased in price by only $1. Alas, the only lesson learnt about economic trade-offs was this: saving US$4 was not worth the wailing and flailing that ensued. Taking stock of tariffs So we set off for the nearby Asian grocery store, which is the closest to a Sheng Siong supermarket I can find, to stock up on Prima Taste Fragrant Chicken Rice Paste for US$8.99 per packet. We were struck by the rows of unevenly empty shelves that reflect the tariff scenario analyses hoarders before me had undertaken. Hong Kong love letter rolls, Chengdu hotpot paste and Want Want rice crackers were wiped out. Apparently, they sold out soon after US tariffs on China goods reached as high as 145 per cent. But even after those rates were lowered to 10 per cent after a bilateral meeting in Geneva on May 12, restocking was slow. Empty shelves are seen as a woman shops for items at a Dollar Tree store on April 28 in Alhambra, California. PHOTO: AFP It was anyone's guess when they would get restocked, the store owner said in Cantonese. Some small businesses are still waiting for shipments, since larger US companies have rushed to stockpile goods to hedge against tariff volatility. The de minimis exemption for low-value imports from China had expired in May. Fortunately for my young kids, Khong Guan biscuits are fully stocked. That is not surprising, because tariffs of just 10 per cent were imposed on Singapore even before the Trump administration placed a 90-day pause – which expires on July 8 – on reciprocal tariffs, maintaining an interim baseline of 10 per cent on imports. We are also counting our blessings that most food prices have not returned to pandemic peaks. Bulk donations of baked ziti – using imported pasta and cheese – to the local food pantry, for example, still cost a third less than during supply chain snarls in 2021 . Delay, pre-empt or panic buy? Playground chit-chat among parents in our community has recently shifted away from whether to take the 'Wait till Eighth' pledge to hold off giving smartphones to our 'anxious generation' of kids until they are in eighth grade, or 14 years old. We now joke that tariffs of 25 per cent on Apple products might get the parents more eager to sign on, since they might have to wait until their kids are in the eighth grade for iPhones to become affordable again. There is also concern that new 50 per cent tariffs on metal could further hike the price of cars, home renovations, lawn tools and canned drinks. On June 4, tariffs on steel and aluminium imports were doubled to 50 per cent. This applies to nearly all trading partners, except the UK, which secured an exemption. The choice of whether to allocate more budget to pre-emptively stock up on canned beer or school supplies, both of which look likely to get more expensive, can be an agonising one for harried parents. A friend's garage sale: Nintendo and game consoles snapped up, while clothes remain. PHOTO: GRACE NG Coping mechanisms: Hacks and swops Many people wait until the 'back-to-school' sales tax holidays in August and spend an hour or two in stores hunting for, say, 18 highly specific items, from Crayola 12-count markers to composition books with marbled black covers – and some beer to tide them over the tedium. Until 2025 , I just paid a premium for pre-packaged school supply kits to save time and hassle. A few days ago, I experimented with adapting a writer's 'AI (artificial intelligence) Grocery Assistant'. Using Google AI chatbot Gemini and Google Shopping , it found the lowest prices for school supplies across retailers such as Walmart and Target, generated links and automatically added the items to shopping carts. The Gemini-generated shopping list saved me about US$12 compared with buying a kit. Not shabby at all for me, but not enough to buy certain toys. A Jurassic World Tyrannosaurus rex plastic toy increased to US$55 on May 21 from US$39.92 on April 27, according to photos circulated by Walmart workers about price hikes of as much as 38 per cent. The photos surfaced in my WhatsApp chat group with a few Singaporeans living in the US. 'Alamak, my boy just started watching Jurassic World cartoons,' moaned one of them. 'That means very soon he will want to buy every dino in the show! Should I start hunting for dinos at the garage sales first or on eBay?' With so much uncertainty around where tariffs will eventually land, most of our talk is just 'swop talk' rather than action plans. We are swopping notes with our families back in Singapore about how to deal with elevated costs of imported foods and how to buy quality second-hand items online without being scammed. Shelves at the Asian supermarket, with Khong Guan biscuits fully stocked. PHOTO: GRACE NG Christmas uncertainty: Naughty or nice prices? The art of price substitution can get one only so far, with limited visibility on where tariff levels will head to after July 8. It is simply impossible to budget for or plan too many purchases ahead. All the supermarkets in my area, from Walmart to Trader Joe's and German-owned discount chains, such as Lidl and Aldi, look fully stocked. But as a May 7 Bloomberg headline warned: Empty Store Shelves Might Be Coming Sooner Than You Think. One spectre is potential shortages of Halloween and Christmas products. The tariffs had earlier choked off production of those festive items in Chinese manufacturing hubs such as Yiwu, but the pause reportedly spurred a partial filling of US orders. But with some of these Chinese factories already diverting goods to European and African buyers, doubts remain about whether the procurement elves for Halloween costumes and Christmas toys can fully fulfil American wish lists in 2025 – and at what spooky price. Thankfully, my kids, who are Star Wars Lego aficionados , are still little enough to be content with makeshift outfits. After watching hacks shared by YouTube creators who specialise in Lego modifications, they 'customised' Star Wars-themed Lego mini-figures with acrylic markers, spare parts and capes made out of red balloons. That saved them the US$11.99 for a custom mini-figure sold on Party supplies at the family-owned Ollin Party Store in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California on April 16. PHOTO: AFP Reinvention to cope with change The ingenuity of the YouTube creators reminded me that the sanest response to unpredictable tariffs may be to train our energies not just on price substitution, but also on reinventing ways to meet immutable consumer priorities: cheap goods, speedy access, diverse choices and personalised offerings. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was quoted as saying: 'People always ask me what's going to change. But what's more important is what's not going to change. 'You can never imagine a world in which consumers don't want cheap prices, fast shipping and big selection. It's impossible to imagine a world where people don't want that. Because of that, you can put so much confidence into investing in those things, knowing they'll always be relevant in the future.' One can only hope that entrepreneurs, communities and families can leverage new ideas, tools and technologies fast enough to outpace price shocks. I am holding my breath on when the tariff turmoil will settle. But in a nod to what is unchanging – our love of Singaporean food – I will be learning how to make decent chicken rice and kaya with egg substitutes. Grace Ng is a Singaporean writer in New Jersey and a former Straits Times China correspondent. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
USA Today
08-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
From lost swing to winner's circle, Jennifer Kupcho's 'insane' ride to victory at ShopRite
From lost swing to winner's circle, Jennifer Kupcho's 'insane' ride to victory at ShopRite Going into the Chevron Championship, past champion Jennifer Kupcho had no idea where the ball was going. That she won not even two months later feels 'insane' to her, but that's exactly what transpired at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. At 6,070 yards, the Bay Course at Seaview still packs a punch, particularly when the weather on the Jersey Shore is as soupy and windy as it was on Sunday. It's become a tradition at the ShopRite that major winners take home the prize in the 54-hole sprint, and Kupcho kept it going with a one-shot victory over Ilhee Lee, a South Korean who made the unlikeliest of charges. Major champions have won 20 of the last 27 editions of the event. 'I think on the first tee she kind of joked with me, 'I haven't played the weekend in two years,' ' said Kupcho of Lee, the part-time player who made her first start of 2025 last week at the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills. Kupcho, 28, hadn't won since she claimed three titles in 2022, including the last major ever contest at Mission Hills Country Club. The ShopRite victory comes one week after a missed cut at Erin Hills. Earlier in the year, Kupcho said she had some tough conversations with her inner-circle, including her husband, swing coach and mental coach. 'I mean, essentially just going to them and being like, I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know how to swing a golf club. I have no idea how to do this anymore,' said Kupcho. 'I felt like I had completely lost what I was doing. I think that's like basically what I went to them with. So essentially them just calming me down and bringing back me to earth, that I was being a bit crazy. I just really needed to dumb it down to the fundamentals basically.' Kupcho's closing 5-under 66 included birdies on three of the last five holes, getting her to 15 under for the tournament. Lee, who made her 200th career LPGA start this week, has played an extremely limited schedule for several years now after a shoulder injury put her on the sidelines. She came into the week ranked 1,426th. After a front-nine 39, Lee came alive on the back nine with five birdies for an inward 29. She birdied the last two holes, coming up just short of forcing a playoff with a solid look at eagle on the 18th. After Lee settled for birdie on the last, Kupcho poured in a 9-foot birdie putt of her own on the 54th hole to claim her fourth LPGA title. 'It was so fun to watch Jennifer playing, and I was always watching her on TV,' said Lee, who won the rain-shortened Pure Silk Bahamas Classic 12 years ago for her lone LPGA title.. 'I was right next to her, and actually, I was cheering for her because it's just golf. I mean, it's not (like I) need to make it happen. We all try our best.' Sei Young Kim finished ace-birdie on her last two holes to take the clubhouse lead as the final group was making the turn. The 32-year-old, a 12-time winner on the LPGA, last won in 2020 and finished solo third at the ShopRite. To find her lost swing, Kupcho said it came down to hitting a lot of golf balls and getting technical with her coach, Ed Oldham, something she's usually not prone to do. The final message: Be an athlete and go hit the shots. Midway through the final round at Seaview, Kupcho said she and her caddie kept things light by trying to figure out the difference between an otter and a beaver. As Lee mounted a back-nine charge, Kupcho said it got a bit nerve-wracking out there in the sea mist. When asked if Lee's more light-hearted approach helped her own disposition down the stretch, Kupcho said not really. 'Honestly, no, I'm pretty like crazy,' said Kupcho. 'Like I can get very angry very quickly. I think that's one thing that this year when I lost my swing and wasn't putting my best, I kind of worked on that, worked with my mental coach to just stay in the present instead of reacting so badly. Obviously, it's okay to react sometimes but just moving on to the next shot and staying in the present.' Couldn't have gone any better this week.
