Severe thunderstorms could bring large hail, damaging winds and powerful tornadoes to the Southern and Central Plains on Monday, forecasters said.
The South Dakota governor, defending her tale of shooting and killing her family’s dog, suggested that President Biden’s German shepherd, Commander, had merited a similar fate.
The downward spiral of one inmate, Markus Johnson, shows the larger failures of the nation’s prisons to care for the mentally ill.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Saturday, the anniversary of the 1970 shooting by the National Guard that killed four students.
Ohio State, Indiana University and Northeastern have graduation ceremonies this weekend, all happening on the heels of clashes between protesters and the police.
Illinois is the center of the cicada emergence that is on the way. Two groups of cicadas are expected at once, leaving some people queasy, others thrilled.
Both states are reliably Republican and have abortion bans that are among the strictest in the nation.
Berkshire Hathaway shareholders will gather in Omaha for the conglomerate’s annual meeting on Saturday, with questions about the company’s future.
In his directorial debut, Jerry Seinfeld tackles the history of the fruit-filled pastries … kind of. Here’s the real origin story, along with a bonus quiz.
What redrawn maps might mean in November.
The tumult in Bloomington, Ind., where large protests have led to dozens of arrests and calls for university leaders to resign, shows the reach of the protest movement.
Springtime is best for exploring this Midwestern city’s lakeside trails, robust arts scene and top-notch restaurants.
School officials in Mount Horeb, Wis., southwest of Madison, said that no one else was harmed and that schools were placed on lockdown.
The former president called protesters “raging lunatics” and suggested, without evidence, that they were hired to draw attention away from border crossings.
White House officials have barnstormed Wisconsin to make the connection between big changes and their signature laws.
A powerful tornado ripped through a community in northeastern Kansas on Tuesday afternoon, destroying dozens of homes and structures and killing at least one person, officials said.
He figured in the examination of sensational cases involving President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., O.J. Simpson and others.
Some Republicans who backed the aid encountered little resistance from voters, who were far more willing to embrace it — and less interested in ousting the speaker over it — than their right-wing colleagues.
“Their disdain for this house,” the designer said, “was a green light to give it a whole new life.”
Though the notion would have been laughable a decade ago, Michigan is one promising national model for how state-level activists can retake power.
With pro-Palestinian protests spreading across campuses nationwide, university leaders have had to confront a central question: When does a demonstration cross the line?
La enorme estatua forma parte de la exposición “Mujeres huastecas mesoamericanas: Diosas, guerreras y gobernadoras” en el Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano en Chicago.
An infant was among those killed, officials said. Parts of five states — Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas — were under a tornado watch on Sunday.
The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is not just young people of color who are concerned about the war.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is rolling out two new exhibition halls and making its scientists more accessible. And don’t forget the dinosaurs.
The Ohio senator and Donald Trump Jr. have bonded politically and personally. It’s a relationship that could factor into the former president’s search for a running mate.
Antes ese término estaba relegado a los márgenes del debate nacional, pero ahora forma parte del mensaje mayoritario del Partido Republicano sobre la inmigración.
Mr. Meijer, a former House member, said he did not have a “strong pathway to victory” in the Michigan primary race.
In a forthcoming book, the South Dakota governor, seen as a potential vice-presidential pick, tells of shooting her hunting dog. And a goat.
Prosecutors are sending a warning as Donald Trump and his supporters continue to spread conspiracy theories: that disrupting elections can bear a heavy legal cost.
Lessons from a tumultuous summer.
The statue will be part of “Ancient Huasteca Women: Goddesses, Warriors and Governors” at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.
The painting “Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb” became one of the inspirations for Idris Khan in his first solo museum show in the United States.
Storms destroyed homes and injured several people in Iowa and Nebraska, including in Omaha. A tornado also hit near Des Moines.
The founders of a downtown art gallery see the potential for a vibrant community and art hub in the East Village and are putting the pieces in place.
Places that are not usual sites for the league’s marquee game are jumping at the chance to be the host of its three-day draft.
The suffering in the war in Gaza is unacceptable. Young people will make that point clear this summer in Chicago.
A single spillover, from a bird to a cow, led to the infections, a review of genetic data has found.
A 1926 brick house in Lexington, a two-bedroom condominium in Lyme and a Tudor Revival home in Minneapolis.
The driver, Marshella Chidester, 66, was also charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The crash injured 15 other people on Saturday.
The Walker Art Center looks to the past to bring back its long-admired flair for modern design and contemporary art.
Some states with Republican-controlled legislatures want more data, while some controlled by Democrats want less, fearing it could be used to target patients or providers.
A new exhibit at the Missouri History Museum examines “the triumphant side and the tragic side” of the 1904 spectacle to present a fuller story.
Creative approaches to landscaping and a post-pandemic interest in outdoor activities are driving institutions to make better use of their grounds.
“When we think about what is at stake, it is absolutely about freedom,” Vice President Kamala Harris said during a visit to Wisconsin.
Tamia Chappman, 13, died in 2019 when she was struck by a stolen car driven by a youth who was trying to evade officers.
Karen, a 5-year-old known for her playful antics, reached beyond her enclosure, grabbed a staff member’s keys and swallowed them, the zoo said. Attempts to save her were unsuccessful.
Additional routes in popular parks now require reservations, the annual pass gets a big change, Juneteenth is now a new free entrance day and more changes for 2024.
An 8-year-old girl and her 5-year-old brother were killed, and 15 others were injured, when the driver drove through a wall at a boat club, the police said.
Pressed on his claims of 2020 election irregularities, the Republican candidate for Senate in Wisconsin has questioned the mental capacity of nursing home residents to vote.
The independent candidate persuaded a tiny party to give him its line on the ballot in a key 2024 battleground state, sparing him a costly, arduous organizing effort.
Mr. Kennedy’s success in landing on the battleground state’s ballot guarantees that he will shape the race this November. Both parties are racing to define him.
His serial frauds included a waterfront development in Buffalo, a civil rights law firm in California and a package delivery company in Springfield, Ill.
Officials are moving to increase enforcement and change laws in response to the rise in counterfeit or expired plates, which exploded during the pandemic.
Luther Hall won the judgment against a former colleague in connection with a beating that took place during a 2017 protest where he was undercover.
Hecklers disrupted a concert in Ohio — and online critics pounced to say, falsely, that it started because the liberal singer had expressed support for the president.
The Natural Law Party, which has ballot access in Michigan, nominated Mr. Kennedy. President Biden’s campaign is worried that he could tip the election to former President Donald J. Trump.
The author of nine suspense books also finds time to foster kittens from a Chicago-area shelter.
Residents in parts of South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas and Nevada were unable to call the emergency number, officials said. Service was later restored in Las Vegas, Nebraska and South Dakota.
The deal, which could be announced in coming weeks, would bring an end to one of the last major cases stemming from a horrific sports scandal.
Clarisa Figueroa, 51, of Chicago, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Prosecutors say she strangled the young mother and tried to pass the baby off as her own.
Georgia, Michigan and Nevada have already brought charges against people who posed as electors for Donald Trump, and Arizona and Wisconsin have active investigations.
The departure of two Democratic representatives who won suburban mayoral posts last fall evenly split the Michigan House.
Juan Alvarez-Sorto and two other people were on a drug trafficking trip in 2022 when they carjacked an S.U.V. belonging to a crime victim specialist, federal prosecutors said.
The four arrested on murder and kidnapping charges were from Oklahoma and, according to a relative, were members of an anti-government group by that name, the authorities said.
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See all results for the 2024 Michigan State House special elections.
Plus, NASA’s “Hail Mary.”
The coordinated protests across the United States and around the globe were planned in part to coincide with Tax Day in the United States.
A man deflected a puck heading straight for a boy’s head at a game in Ohio. With the help of TikTok, his mother was reunited with her son’s protector.
Large hail, damaging winds, heavy rain and isolated tornadoes are expected on Monday in the Plains before moving into the Midwest on Tuesday.
Mary Moriarty, a former chief public defender, became the top prosecutor in Minneapolis, promising an overhaul. Now she faces criticism, including from fellow Democrats.
The tribes barred the Republican governor from their reservations after she told lawmakers that Mexican drug cartels had a foothold there and were committing murders.
The income-driven plan known as SAVE has reduced payments for millions of borrowers. Lawsuits by Republican-led states are seeking to upend it.
He diagnosed dozens of patients with what he said were suppressed memories of being tortured by cults. He later lost his license.
Chicago police officers stopped Dexter Reed Jr. last month and fired 96 shots after he fired first and wounded an officer, investigators said.
The Electoral College as we know it is less a product of the insight or design of the framers and more a contingent adaptation to the political world.
Anthony Freud is leaving Lyric Opera of Chicago on good terms, though the company faces challenges in a strained environment for the performing arts.
A judge denied Morgan Geyser’s request for release on Thursday, nearly a decade after the attack by a pair of 12-year-olds against their friend stunned residents of Waukesha, Wis.
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, whose term ends in July 2025, said she will not seek re-election. The race to replace her will decide whether the court has a liberal or conservative majority.
The Clifford family of Edmond, Okla., tracked down an octopus for their son Cal, 9, who has been infatuated with the sea animals for years. What they didn’t expect were the 50 hatchlings.
After a decade in rentals, a couple hoped to strike the right balance for their first purchase on the north side of the city: ‘square footage versus access to coffee shops and restaurants.’ Here’s what they found.
How Trump allies are trying to rework the state’s voting system to the former president’s advantage.
His new book, “There’s Always This Year,” is a meditation on beauty, grief and mortality through the lens of basketball and Columbus, Ohio.
He was arrested protesting war and clashed with fellow bishops in supporting gay marriage and the ordination of women and championing victims of sex abuse by priests.
Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed the bill on Wednesday and accused the Biden administration of failing to secure the border.
Department lawyers said in a brief that Enbridge, a Canadian company, “lacks any legal right” to operate its Line 5 pipeline on reservation territory.
Procter & Gamble, Nestlé y otras marcas confían en una nueva generación de plantas de reciclaje para cumplir sus objetivos medioambientales, pero la tecnología aún no funciona a plenitud.
The clinics’ owner, Dr. Jihad Mustapha, who called himself the “leg saver” but whose procedures sometimes preceded amputations, was a focus of a Times investigation last year.
Several of the party’s candidates, particularly those in battleground states, said they favored letting states regulate the procedure instead of having a national ban.
Congress passed bipartisan legislation to provide families that rely on subsidized school meals with help buying food over the summer. Nearly half of Republican-led states have yet to sign on.
The railroad company will pay residents and businesses in East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area after a derailment last year.
Plus, the fight against “deepnudes.”
Jennifer and James Crumbley, whose son killed four people, each faced up to 15 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter convictions.
We scouted the city’s vast food scene, from stellar hot dogs and renowned Italian beefs to refined tasting menus. (And we’re here for your comments.).
The economy is in good shape. Why are so many Americans still saying it’s bad?
Dozens of correctional workers urged Gov. Mike Parson to commute the death sentence of Brian Dorsey, who pleaded guilty in the murders of Ben and Sarah Bonnie.
What people in the path of totality were seeing and saying as the eclipse unfolded across the continent.
The former president said he supported leaving abortion decisions to states, but political opponents say he bears responsibility for any curbs enacted.
Dr. Bob Ross cares for the aging residents of Ortonville, Minn, even as he wonders whether he, and the presidential candidates, are up to all their tasks.
Plus, is it eclipse weather?
After Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ordered new legislative maps, Democrats are gearing up to try to flip the State Assembly — and give President Biden a boost.
Mr. Brings Plenty, 27, was found dead in Kansas days after his family reported him missing. Officials did not provide a cause of death.
In Chicago, venues are booking fast for the Democratic convention in August. But Milwaukee, host of the Republican convention, is wondering if customers will come.
To attract movie and television production, states must try to offer the best incentives. The competition drives spending on Hollywood subsidies ever higher.
Sus empleados afirmaron que las dificultades de la empresa que fabrica aviones no son nuevas, pero que se agravaron durante la pandemia, cuando perdió a miles de sus trabajadores más experimentados.
The company’s issues date back years, employees said, and were compounded by the pandemic, when it lost thousands of experienced workers.
Politics drive a wedge between even the longest of friends.
The Florida governor has recently highlighted his state’s response to the coronavirus in hopes of striking some distance from Donald Trump.
The Ohio woman, Ava Misseldine, used the identity of a baby who died in 1979 to obtain fake IDs. She was sentenced to six years in prison.
As they struggle to recover after the pandemic, regional theaters are staging fewer shows, giving fewer performances, laying off staff and, in some cases, closing.
The nation uses an enormous number of animals for commercial purposes, and regulations do not adequately protect against outbreaks, experts concluded.
The order came in a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, who claim the administration is trying to silence its critics.
An architecture and design firm in New York installed indoor air sensors during the pandemic. Then the wildfires hit.
Asylum seekers are pouring in at a fraught moment, when Chicago is changing mayors, its shelters are full, and a pandemic-driven restriction at the southern border is expected to end.
Politics probably explain America’s poor life expectancy.
Rollbacks on child labor protections are happening amid a surge of child labor violations.
In 2021, deaths of pregnant women soared by 40 percent in the United States, according to new government figures. Here’s how one family coped after the virus threatened a pregnant mother.
Democratic candidates everywhere should be paying attention to the miserable showing of Lori Lightfoot in the mayoral primary.
America’s cities increasingly face similar problems, particularly worries about crime and hangovers from the pandemic. That’s why the mayor’s election in Chicago on Tuesday is about more than Chicago.
The administration faced a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress.
The outcome of a case in federal court could help decide whether the First Amendment is a barrier to virtually any government efforts to stifle disinformation.
Before the pandemic, turning a house into a hub for big gatherings seemed like a good idea.
The three people were sentenced to life in prison without parole in the fatal shooting of a Flint, Mich., security guard in 2020.
Ascension, one of the country’s largest health systems, spent years cutting jobs, leaving it flat-footed when the pandemic hit.
What seemed like a transitory step to avoid infection has become a major force driving the future direction of urban America.
Driven by Covid chaos, online disinformation and a YouTube guru, two Americans went looking for solace on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean. They found a different fate.
The filmmaker David Siev chronicles his family’s struggle to keep their Michigan restaurant afloat through the pandemic in this hermetic documentary.
A team of reporters and photographers profiled 10 city centers across the country, all in varying stages of economic recovery and transformation.
We visited 10 cities across the country to see how the pandemic and its aftershocks have reshaped the American downtown.
The defendants were charged with stealing $240 million intended to feed children, in what appears to be the largest theft so far from a pandemic-era program.
The trial came months after a different federal jury did not return any convictions in the case, one of the country’s highest-profile domestic terror prosecutions.
Jobs aplenty. Sizzling demand. If the United States is headed into a recession, it is taking an unusual route, with many markers of a boom.
The House speaker’s visit is reviewed, pro and con. Also: The Kansas abortion vote; OB-GYNs; coal miners; rich and poor friends; single-issue voters.
The Republican hopeful has called the 2020 election stolen. But she sidestepped questions during an appearance on Fox News just two days after receiving the former president’s endorsement.
Cubicles are largely empty in downtown San Francisco and Midtown Manhattan, but workers in America’s midsize and small cities are back to their commutes.
After a lengthy recovery, the artist comes back with the most vigorous work he’s made: “It took me a really long time to understand what had happened to me.”
As the BA.5 subvariant drives a spike, many public health leaders aren’t cracking down
As remote work persists and business deals are sealed online, many upscale restaurants that catered to the nation’s downtown office crowd are canceling the meal.
Even as companies struggle to coax employees back to the office, some bars report that their after-work crowds are nearing prepandemic levels.
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Theater, art and music are flourishing, and on the culinary scene, a 13-course Filipino tasting menu and a sleek Black-owned winery in Bronzeville are just a few of the city’s new offerings.