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Hillary Clinton with supporters in Philadelphia.(Photo: Andrew Harnik, AP)
[h=2]We meet again: Clinton to appear on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Fox News Sunday[/h]She's been lapping up the love of liberals at the Democratic National Convention, and now<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Hillary Clinton is headed to the less-friendly environs of Fox News, which she will appear on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Fox News Sunday for<span style="color: Red;">*</span>her first post-convention interview. Clinton has appeared on the network four times since announcing her candidacy, but it's been four years since an appearance on Chris Wallace's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sunday show, which has been sending invites for more than a year.<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>Donald Trump, who launched a new barrage of criticism against Clinton on Friday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>predicted America will become Venezuela if Clinton wins the presidency.
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[h=2]Powerball jackpot hits nearly half a billion[/h]If you don't do it regularly, this may be the time to buy some<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Powerball tickets. The jackpot has grown to an estimated $478 million after Wednesday’s drawing produced no winners.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>You're still unlikely to hit it rich, of course —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>ticket-holders have just a 292.2 million-to-1 odds of winning, according to the Powerball website.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>All this follows major lottery fever in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>January, when<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Powerball broke world records with a near<span style="color: Red;">*</span>$1.6 billion payout. The current jackpot has been growing for three months, and that growth will speed up as more and more people buy tickets in anticipation of the huge payout.
The Powerball drawing on Saturday will give lottery players a shot at a jackpot of $478 million.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Kena Betancur, Getty Images)
[h=2]Potter and friends are back, this time on stage[/h]Every Harry Potter book and ensuing film begins around Harry’s birthday — which is also J.K. Rowling’s— and the eighth story in the series is no exception. The world-premiere of the play<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two<span style="color: Red;">*</span>opens on London’s West End on Saturday, one day before Rowling's birthday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>when<span style="color: Red;">*</span>it is published as a “script book” in the U.S. The play is already a hit among the lucky few who have seen it in previews, and Barnes & Noble expects the book to be the best-seller<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of the year.<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>USA TODAY's Elysa Garner gave<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the play three-and-a-half stars.
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"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is expected to be the best-selling book of the year, according to Barnes & Noble.
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[h=2]Pope Francis finishes trip to Poland[/h]Pope Francis wraps up his visit to Poland this weekend with a youth-oriented<span style="color: Red;">*</span>vigil on Saturday evening<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>attendance is expected to be in the hundreds of thousands —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and a Mass on Sunday morning commemorating World Youth Day.So far during the five-day trip, his first-ever visit to Eastern Europe, the pope<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has met with Polish officials, encouraged European nations to bring in refugees seeking protection from war and visited Auschwitz, the concentration camp where 1.1. million people,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>most of them Jews,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>died during the Second World War.
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[h=2]Wild PGA Championship wraps up<span style="color: Red;">*</span>amid wet weather[/h]After a short weather delay, Jimmy Walker<span style="color: Red;">*</span>?shot a 4-under 66<span style="color: Red;">*</span>at the 98th PGA Championship<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on Friday to retain the lead into the weekend rounds of golf’s fourth and final major of the season.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>However, he isn't alone at the top of the leaderboard. Robert Streb tied the major tournament single round record with a 7-under 63 to tie Walker.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Inclement weather is expected both Saturday and Sunday at New Jersey’s Baltusrol Golf Club, so tee times and play may vary. Follow USA TODAY Sports’ @Steve_DiMeglio for live updates and analysis, and catch the action on PGA.com’s live-stream or on TV from 11 a.m. – 2<span style="color: Red;">*</span>p.m. ET on TNT and 2-7:00 p.m. ET on CBS.
A scoreboard on the 18th hole welcomes fans to the 2016 PGA Championship.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports)
Bonus: Skydiver Luke Aikins plans to jump out of an airplane at 25,000 feet Saturday— without a parachute or wingsuit— and safely land on a 100-by-100 foot net suspended above the ground.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Fox network will broadcast the two-minute jump live as part of an hour-long TV special called Heaven Sent.
[h=2]And the essentials:[/h]Be inspired:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Woman helps thousands of orphans after chance encounter.
Weekend TV: Wondering<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what to watch this weekend? TV critic Robert Bianco looks at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sharknado: The 4th Awakens<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Preacher.
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