Midwest
Snopes admits Biden wore construction hard hat backwards in 'fact check' reversal
The left-leaning fact check site Snopes reversed one of its rulings this weekend to admit that President Biden did, in fact, wear a construction hard hat backwards.
Biden was pictured during a visit to union workers in Wisconsin alongside Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. The photo clearly shows Biden wearing the hard hat backwards, with the strap and tightening knob clearly visible.
Snopes’ initial fact check, published Friday, attempted to explain the appearance.
“The photo is genuine. And it does look, at first glance, like Biden was wearing that hard hat backwards. But after comparing it to other photos and videos of the same event, we were forced to reach the opposite conclusion: The hat on Biden’s head was facing forward, bill to the front, not backward,” Snopes claimed.
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The left-leaning political fact checker Snopes reversed one of its rulings this weekend to admit that President Biden did, in fact, wear a construction hard hat backwards. (Twitter @amyklobuchar)
Social media users blasted the determination, however, as hard hats universally have the tightening strap on the back. After weathering a storm on social media, Snopes offered an update reversing the fact check.
“The prevailing counter-argument is that if the suspension of the hat has been purposely configured by its owner such that the bill and tightening knob are worn to the back (as was the case of the hat Biden wore), to wear that hat with the bill facing forward is, practically speaking, to wear it backwards. Therefore, it’s argued, it’s actually true that, in the photo op discussed below, Biden was wearing it backwards. The strap and tightening knob, which should have been behind Biden’s head, were on his forehead.”
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In other pictures of Biden’s visit to Wisconsin, the owner of the helmet can be seen wearing it properly, with the tightening strap to the rear.
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The owner of the hard hat Biden wore, second from the left, could be seen wearing it properly as he greets the president.
“Thanks to all who argued on behalf of this correction,” Snopes’ note read.
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South Dakota
SD Lottery Powerball, Lucky For Life winning numbers for Jan. 17, 2026
The South Dakota Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Jan. 17, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
05-08-27-49-57, Powerball: 14, Power Play: 4
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Winning Lucky For Life numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
10-17-24-32-34, Lucky Ball: 17
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Winning Lotto America numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
07-28-29-35-39, Star Ball: 08, ASB: 02
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Winning Dakota Cash numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
02-13-24-25-28
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your prize
- Prizes of $100 or less: Can be claimed at any South Dakota Lottery retailer.
- Prizes of $101 or more: Must be claimed from the Lottery. By mail, send a claim form and a signed winning ticket to the Lottery at 711 E. Wells Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501.
- Any jackpot-winning ticket for Dakota Cash or Lotto America, top prize-winning ticket for Lucky for Life, or for the second prizes for Powerball and Mega Millions must be presented in person at a Lottery office. A jackpot-winning Powerball or Mega Millions ticket must be presented in person at the Lottery office in Pierre.
When are the South Dakota Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky for Life: 9:38 p.m. CT daily.
- Lotto America: 9:15 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Dakota Cash: 9 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 results for Jan. 17, 2026
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The Wisconsin Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Jan. 17, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
05-08-27-49-57, Powerball: 14, Power Play: 4
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Winning Pick 3 numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
Midday: 8-4-6
Evening: 6-8-8
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Winning Pick 4 numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
Midday: 9-1-8-7
Evening: 3-2-8-3
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Winning All or Nothing numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
Midday: 01-03-04-07-08-09-11-12-13-15-19
Evening: 01-03-05-06-07-09-14-17-18-19-21
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Winning Badger 5 numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
12-13-18-20-29
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Winning SuperCash numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
07-08-09-12-15-31, Doubler: N
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Winning Megabucks numbers from Jan. 17 drawing
08-17-28-32-43-44
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
- Prizes up to $599: Can be claimed at any Wisconsin Lottery retailer.
- Prizes from $600 to $199,999: Can be claimed in person at a Lottery Office. By mail, send the signed ticket and a completed claim form available on the Wisconsin Lottery claim page to: Prizes, PO Box 777 Madison, WI 53774.
- Prizes of $200,000 or more: Must be claimed in person at the Madison Lottery office. Call the Lottery office prior to your visit: 608-261-4916.
Can Wisconsin lottery winners remain anonymous?
No, according to the Wisconsin Lottery. Due to the state’s open records laws, the lottery must, upon request, release the name and city of the winner. Other information about the winner is released only with the winner’s consent.
When are the Wisconsin Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10:00 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Super Cash: 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 3 (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 3 (Evening): 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 4 (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 4 (Evening): 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
- All or Nothing (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
- All or Nothing (Evening): 9 p.m. CT daily.
- Megabucks: 9:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Badger 5: 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
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Midwest
Minneapolis mayor who told ICE to ‘get the f— out’ now calls for peace after another shooting incident
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday called for peace amid escalating protests, a sharp shift in tone after he demanded days earlier that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “get the f— out” of the city.
Frey appeared at a late news conference after an illegal immigrant from Venezuela was shot in the leg after he allegedly ambushed a federal agent with a shovel.
“I’m calling for peace,” Frey told reporters. “Everybody has a role in achieving that peace, and we’re going to try and do everything we can to keep it.”
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks to the media at City Hall Jan. 9. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Frey has repeatedly condemned ICE’s immigration enforcement operations and again called for ICE to leave Minneapolis.
“There’s still a lot that we don’t know at this time, but what I can tell you for certain is that this is not sustainable,” he said. “This is an impossible situation that our city is presently being put in.
“We’re in a position right now where we have residents that are asking the very limited number of police officers that we have to fight ICE agents on the street,” he added. “We cannot be at a place right now in America where we have two governmental entities that are literally fighting one another.”
He said ICE and U.S. Border Patrol agents were “creating chaos” despite many being confronted, sometimes violently, by protesters upset at the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign.
“I’ve seen conduct by ICE that is disgusting and intolerable,” he said.
He urged protesters not to “take the bait” from President Donald Trump.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called for peace amid violent protests directed toward federal authorities. (Getty Images)
“And for anyone that is taking the bait tonight, stop,” he said. “That is not helpful. … You are not helping the undocumented immigrants in our city. You are not helping the people that call this place home.”
The mayor’s tone was a stark difference from the tirade he unleashed last week following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
“To ICE, get the f— out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here,” Frey said during a press conference after the shooting. “Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite.”
On Wednesday, Frey maintained that he has not engaged in violent rhetoric.
“Show a single place where I have encouraged anything other than peace. Show me a single place where we have encouraged violence,” Frey added.
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The Department of Homeland Security said a federal agent opened fire on an illegal immigrant who allegedly fled a traffic stop and then beat the agent with a snow shovel.
On Thursday, Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if local authorities failed to restore control.
“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of ICE, who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State,” he raged in a Truth Social post.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday pleaded with Trump to “turn the temperature down.”
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ICE responded with a post on X.
“The buck stops with you, Governor,” the post states. “Tone down the hostile, inflammatory anti-ICE rhetoric. Honor our immigration detainers. And work with ICE to remove criminal illegal aliens from MN streets.”
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