Jamal Khashoggi case, Powerball jackpot, Canada legalizes marijuana: 5 things you need to know Wednesday

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Pompeo in Turkey amid missing journalist mystery

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet with Turkish officials Wednesday about the case involving a missing Saudi journalist. Turkish officials say they have evidence U.S. resident and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished two weeks ago while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, was killed and dismembered inside the diplomatic compound. In a tweet Tuesday, President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "totally denied any knowledge." Unhappy with the Trump administration’s handling of the situation, Congress took its own action last week — using a 2012 international sanctions law to force the White House to open an investigation into Khashoggi’s fate.

Marijuana now legal in Canada

Canada on Wednesday becomes the largest and highest-profile country to legalize marijuana sales, a move experts predict will give a huge boost to pot investment and research. While a majority of U.S. states have adopted some form of legal weed, marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, leaving cannabis entrepreneurs fearful the Justice Department may swoop in. By contrast, Canada's national approach means pot businesses can use banks, trade stocks and sponsor peer-reviewed medical studies like other pharmaceutical operations.

Powerball jackpot highlights Day 2 of lottery fever

Even though you didn't win the Mega Millions jackpot, don't despair: You've got another shot at being crazy rich. Wednesday's Powerball drawing is worth an estimated $345 million. Take the cash option, and the Powerball prize comes to a cool $199 million. The Mega Millions game, now pushed to an estimated $868 million, became the second-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history after no ticket matched all six numbers Tuesday night. The winning numbers were 3, 45, 49, 61, 69 and Mega Ball 9.

Atlas V rocket with Air Force satellite launched from Cape Canaveral

A nearly $2 billion Air Force satellite designed to keep the president and top military commanders connected even during a nuclear conflict blasted off early Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, riding United Launch Alliance’s most powerful Atlas V rocket. The Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft will add to the military’s most secure satellite communications network, using radio frequencies able to function in clouds of radiation that would stymie signals from most communications satellites. Wednesday’s launch was ULA’s eighth this year and last of 2018 from the Space Coast, with one more anticipated from California.

Atlas V launches Air Force's AEHF-4 satellite from Cape Canaveral A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches the Air Force's AEHF-4 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018.

Search for Wisconsin girl whose parents were found dead

Wisconsin authorities are still trying to locate a teenage girl whose parents were discovered murdered in their home early Monday in Barron, about 90 miles east-northeast of Minneapolis. Police fear Jayme Closs, 13, is in danger after officers were summoned to the residence by a mysterious 911 call from the house in which there was "no interaction with the dispatcher" as noises were heard. Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said authorities have received a number of tips —including one from Miami — that they are following and do not consider Jayme a suspect in her parents’ deaths.