5 Things to Know This Morning

— -- Your look at the five biggest and most buzz-worthy stories of the morning.

1. 3 Winning Tickets in $564M Powerball Drawing

Winning tickets were sold in North Carolina, Texas and Puerto Rico in Wednesday's $564 million Powerball drawing, lottery officials confirmed.

The three tickets matched the numbers 25, 11, 54, 13 and 39, with a Powerball of 19.

According to the Texas Lottery, one of the winning tickets was sold at an Appletree Food Mart in Princeton, which is located about 50 miles northeast of Dallas. The stores where the tickets were sold in North Carolina and Puerto Rico aren't known.

2. '60 Minutes' Correspondent Bob Simon Killed in Car Crash

Bob Simon, a longtime correspondent for CBS' "60 Minutes," was killed in a car crash in New York City, the network announced.

He was 73 years old.

Simon was riding in a town car that hit another car at 6:44 p.m. Wednesday, sending it into metal stanchions separating north and southbound traffic, according to the New York City Police Department. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

3. Chapel Hill Shooting: Murdered Newlyweds Clashed With Neighbor Before, Victim's Brother Says

A man charged in the shooting death of three honors students in North Carolina had clashed with the victims before, a relative said.

Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and ordered held without bail Wednesday. His wife, Karen Hicks, said she was shocked at the news of the event and that she believed the incident was not religiously motivated.

“We were married for seven years and that is one thing that I do know about him," Karen Hicks told reporters. "He often champions on his Facebook page for the rights of many individuals -- for same-sex marriages, abortion, race. He just believed -- I know that’s just one of the things I know about him is that everyone is just equal.”

4. Marathon Ukraine Talks End With Peace Deal

Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany on Thursday emerged from marathon 16-hour talks to announce a comprehensive peace deal for eastern Ukraine, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on all of its terms.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that the agreement envisages a cease-fire that will be effective starting from the start of the day Sunday (21000 GMT or 4 p.m. EST Saturday) as well as a special status for the rebel regions, provisions on border controls and humanitarian issues.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, however, denied that there was any agreement about autonomy in eastern Ukraine.

5. Surprise! Netflix Releases 'House of Cards' Early

Netflix surprised fans by releasing the new season of "House of Cards" Wednesday.

The third season of the award-winning show has been teased for weeks and was scheduled to go live later this month on Feb. 27.

Instead, all ten episodes were available on the online streaming site, throwing a wrench into die-hard fans' evening plans. The episodes were later pulled, with Netflix blaming the situation on a technical glitch.