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A man convicted of playing a key role in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison Wednesday, more than what was meted out to a co-defendant. A prosecutor called 47-year-old Barry Croft Jr. an American version of Omar Abdel-Rahman, “The Blind Sheikh” who …

WASHINGTON — Alarmed by China’s surge in Covid cases after the sudden end of its “zero-Covid” measures, the Biden administration is considering new rules for travelers from China, such as testing on arrival in the U.S. and additional tracking, two U.S. officials tell NBC News. The officials say the U.S. …

No one won Tuesday’s $565 million Mega Millions jackpot, meaning the prize will grow to an estimated $640 million, according to its website. Both numbers don’t even crack the top three in the biggest jackpots won in the lottery game, as top prizes have gotten larger following changes to the …

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Title 42 — a Trump-era immigration policy implemented when the pandemic broke out to quickly expel asylum-seekers at the border — to remain in effect for now, putting a judge’s ruling that would have ended it last week on hold. The court voted 5-4 to grant …

The death toll from the historic blizzard across the United States climbed to 64 on Tuesday, as record snowfall blocked roads, hindering rescue operations, officials said. Confirming seven additional fatalities in Buffalo, Mayor Byron Brown said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” that the storm was “probably worse than anything that this …

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has returned to the NFL’s concussion protocol, Miami coach Mike McDaniel said Monday. Tagovailoa was experiencing symptoms when he met with team doctors Monday, though McDaniel said it is unclear if Tagovailoa was concussed in Sunday’s 26-20 loss to Green Bay. Tagovailoa …

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for stronger effort to overcome hardships and challenges facing his country as he opened a key political meeting after carrying out a record number of missile tests this year. A plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party was convened …

Four electricity substations in the Tacoma, Washington, area were attacked Sunday, affecting thousands of customers, authorities said. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department described the early morning attacks on two Tacoma Public Utilities substations and a Puget Sound Energy facility as acts of vandalism, with those responsible unidentified. “It is unknown …

Netflix’s release of the “The Witcher” in December 2019 was a welcome — and genuine — surprise for TV fantasy fans made cynical by a decade of “Game of Thrones” and mostly failed “Game of Thrones” wannabes. This series was fun, it didn’t take itself too seriously, and it managed to avoid …

Republican-led legislatures are mounting an increasingly fierce battle to curb the ability of citizens and other lawmakers to place ballot measures — a move progressive groups say is explicitly aimed at making it difficult to give voters in red and purple states direct say over major issues such as abortion rights. …