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Nine people are missing in central China after a landslide sparked by heavy rains amid flooding and searing temperatures across much of the country, authorities said Sunday. Five people were rescued from under the rubble at a highway construction site in the central province of Hubei, where the accident occurred …

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis wasn’t in Miami Beach Saturday night, but his presence was felt. The Florida Democratic Party held its annual Leadership Blue gala here, the party’s biggest gathering since DeSantis won re-election by nearly 20 percentage points last year — a landslide win that, in …

An inmate suspected in several crimes including the murder of a New York woman escaped from a Pennsylvania jail using tied together bed sheets, triggering a massive multi-agency manhunt and warnings from officials that he is “very dangerous” and should not be approached. Michael Charles Burham, 34, was discovered missing …

The Mega Millions jackpot prize is now estimated to be at about $480 million, making it the 14th largest prize in the lottery game’s history, after no tickets sold matched all six numbers in the drawing on Friday. The drawing for the prize money will be on Tuesday, which will …

SAN DIEGO — A California man is suspected in a string of sex worker slayings in Mexico, the top prosecutor in Baja California said Friday. Federal authorities arrested Bryant Rivera, 30, on Thursday in Downey, a city in Los Angeles County, at the request by Mexican authorities, according to court …

OMAHA, Neb. — Roger Stone, the political provocateur and strategist once pardoned by Donald Trump of multiple felony convictions, accompanied his longtime ally on the road on Friday. They were together at a campaign stop in Iowa and aboard the former president’s personal aircraft on a flight to Las Vegas, …

WASHINGTON — A forthcoming book by an ex-Trump administration aide describes an episode in which officials worried that then-President Donald Trump was cavalier in his handling of classified information while talking to reporters, according to a copy obtained by NBC News. Miles Taylor, who was a top aide to Homeland …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks from the White House on Friday afternoon about the latest actions his administration is taking to lower health care costs and limit so-called insurance junk fees to consumers. Biden will speak from the East Room around 3:30 p.m. ET about …

SYDNEY — Australian Home Minister Clare O’Neil on Thursday called Donald Trump Jr. a “big baby,” after the son of the former U.S. president canceled a planned speaking tour. The younger Trump, who had been booked on a three-day tour of Australia that was scheduled to begin in Sydney on …

WASHINGTON — Nearly two weeks ago, members of the House Freedom Caucus took a vote to oust Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., from the ultraconservative group. It’s still unclear whether that vote was successful. Since the June 23 Freedom Caucus meeting, Chairman Scott Perry, R-Pa., and Greene have had multiple conversations. …