Clues from the state with the biggest recent decline.
A son of sharecroppers, he fought tirelessly for his hometown, Baltimore, and became a key figure in the impeachment investigation of President Trump.
New nonstop flights are dramatically cutting travel time and linking more African cities to the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.
A critical chemotherapy medication is in short supply, and physicians say there is no appropriate substitute.
A Philadelphia jury found that a subsidiary downplayed the risks that the anti-psychotic drug could lead to breast growth in boys.
The premature babies were being treated in a neonatal intensive care unit when they were infected. Five other babies were also sickened.
After taking a chance on Donald Trump in 2016, a swing county in western Pennsylvania is up for grabs again.
Noxious language online is causing real-world violence. What can we do about it?
This was the third time this year that a bovine has gotten loose in the city.
A plan to create a space where people can inject heroin and other drugs under medical supervision does not violate a federal law intended to crack down on drug houses, a federal judge ruled.
Hakim Laws rescued a family from a Philadelphia fire. But it was his potshot at an Eagles wide receiver that made him an internet sensation.
Hakim Laws rescued a family from a Philadelphia fire. But it was his potshot at an Eagles wide receiver that made him an internet sensation.
Half a century after residents began restoring its historic architecture, this small city draws plenty of visitors from big cities nearby. Now it’s hoping to attract innovative businesses, too.
The small city on the Delaware River draws plenty of visitors from big cities nearby. Now it’s hoping to attract innovative businesses, too.
Unseasonably hot, humid weather dominated across the South, the Ohio Valley and the Middle Atlantic states on Tuesday, breaking records and closing some schools.
The decline in killings and property crimes in 2018 continues a decades-long trend, according to F.B.I. data.
Prosecutors are adopting strategies to keep from having to pay for mistakes.
The men were apprehended in North Carolina after overpowering guards at a county jail in Ohio early Sunday.
Ukraine might be at the center of a political furor, but that’s seen as an opportunity for a community that feels its homeland has long been overlooked and misunderstood.
The attacker, who was fatally shot by officers, had a three-inch hunting-type knife, officials said.
I’ve learned how to dodge a bullet. But how do you dodge a stroke?
When it comes to non-student accommodations, many college towns offer little more than a weathered chain hotel. These five standouts provide more stylish (and studied) alternatives.
Political institutions may be more divided than they’ve been in a century and a half, but how divided are Americans themselves?
All the victims were wearing orange wristbands and had been at the same event on Saturday night, but overdosed together at a private residence, the authorities said.
The authorities said they found pornographic images on Senator Michael Folmer’s phone.
The shortage of caregivers around the country has opened a constructive path for men seeking work, including some who have served time in prison.
Hordes of spotted lanternflies are flapping through the state, threatening agriculture. “They jump, they’re big, they’re scary,” one Pennsylvanian said. “It’s like all of your worst nightmares coming to fruition.”
Some sources said the Cars frontman, who died Sunday, was 70. Here’s how The Times figured out the right age.