The Jussie Smollett case is the latest reminder: Don’t be too eager to make pronouncements.
An object lesson in what happens when people in positions of political and cultural authority indulge their biases by suspending disbelief.
Greg Zanis has delivered more than 26,000 handmade memorials for victims of shootings and natural disasters, including five after last week’s shooting in Aurora, Ill.
The authorities in Minnesota said they identified a suspect in the killing using genealogy and tracked him to a hockey game, where they collected a sample of his DNA.
The authorities in Minnesota said they identified a suspect in the killing using genealogy and tracked him to a hockey game, where they collected a sample of his DNA.
Efforts to grant elements of nature legal rights have been around for decades. It’s a legal strategy Toledo voters will weigh as they think about Lake Erie.
Investigators acknowledged Saturday that they had “shifted the trajectory” of their inquiry into the reported attack on Smollett.
Ms. Klobuchar made her first campaign stop in Wisconsin, a state Hillary Clinton did not visit during the general election campaign in 2016 and lost to Donald J. Trump by less than one point.
The gunman’s state weapons permit was revoked, but he was carrying a handgun anyway, the authorities said.
Among 5 workers killed in Aurora, Ill., was Trevor Wehner, a college student on his first day of an internship in the factory’s human resources department.
I’m a trans woman living in Brooklyn. And I have tremendous empathy for the conservative teen in Wisconsin.
A gunman opened fire inside a workplace in Aurora, Ill. Five people were killed, and others, including five police officers, were injured in the shooting. The gunman also died.
The deal is the latest example of how the auto industry is being reshaped by new technologies and nimble companies that have raced ahead of many traditional carmakers.
The case of Steve Cheatham shows why so many families were pinning their hopes on the bipartisan criminal justice overhaul. For Mr. Cheatham, the reprieve came too late.
Jesse Vroegh had sued for access to the men’s restrooms and locker rooms and for health care benefits at the prison where he worked.
Hours after Smollett appeared on “Good Morning America” and expressed anger about the attack, the Chicago Police Department said it was interrogating two men.
The bureau is looking into possible federal civil rights violations in connection with a fire at a center in Columbia, Mo., on Sunday.
The bureau is looking into possible federal civil rights violations in connection with a fire at a center in Columbia, Mo., on Sunday.
Randall, a poet and librarian, started the press out of his home, eventually publishing the work of about 200 writers amid Detroit’s flowering Black Arts Movement.
The arrests of two law enforcement officers in 2012 brought attention to the tactics used in a public housing complex.
The queens of Motown play the posh suburbs.
A Second Empire-style condominium in Newport, R.I.; a brick Tudor in Omaha; and an 1870s home in Mobile, Ala.
A Second Empire-style condominium in Newport, a brick Tudor in Omaha and an 1870s home in Mobile.
Decades of neglect and underfunding, combined with the brutality of winters, have left roads resembling the surface of the moon.
A preservation group is seeking a home for the orange wall coverings and olive-green counters from the Chicago headquarters of Johnson Publishing.
In documenting his family members’ refugee experiences, Wesaam Al-Badry captured their character and ways of maneuvering through life.
Left-wing anti-Semitism is a gift to the right.
Kwame Raoul, the attorney general, wants the Chicago officer’s prison term reviewed. Some have questioned whether less than seven years was enough in Laquan McDonald’s death.
The president, channeling his hero Andrew Jackson, continues to champion a particularly virulent form of reactionary white majoritarianism.
The latest entry to the 2020 race does not start as a front-runner, but she is a candidate Trump should fear.
In Iowa, Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren presented Democrats with a philosophical choice between healing a divided country or crushing President Trump.
Amy Klobuchar, Sherrod Brown and how to be a middle-class fighter.
In a crowded field dominated by candidates from coastal states, Ms. Klobuchar, a Minnesota senator, hopes that her Midwestern roots and bipartisan style can make her an attractive candidate.
Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, is running for president. Ms. Klobuchar is hoping her Midwestern roots and history of working across the aisle will help her candidacy.
Representing a Michigan district for a record 59 years, he was one of the last of a group of powerful Democratic committee chairmen on Capitol Hill.
And you thought it was chilly in your living room? These athletes competed in an ultramarathon in Minnesota during last week’s misery.
An 1880 brick house in Columbus, an A-frame mountain home near Boulder and a one-bedroom cottage on an island in Pine Plains.
An 1880 brick house in Columbus, an A-frame mountain home near Boulder and a one-bedroom cottage on an island in Pine Plains.
The plan to end transmission of the virus in the United States by 2030, outlined in the president’s State of the Union address, will focus on 48 counties where about half of new infections occur.
The Anti-Defamation League takes issue with the decision by the mayor of Dearborn, Mich., to stop distribution of a journal.
Major federal corruption investigations have brought dark clouds to Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Philadelphia.
From managing the government’s SNAP food-assistance program to paying parking tickets on time or using payday loans, new technology can guide low-income people through complexity.
She said it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. Her efforts gained widespread attention, grew and helped house more than 100 homeless people.
She taught me that a gamble ought not be reckless. The bigger the risk, the bigger your purpose needs to be.
St. Louis is angry the Rams left. New Orleans thinks the Saints got cheated. Los Angeles has the Rams, but hey, LeBron is back. Atlanta is the conflicted host.
The mayor of Dearborn, Mich., halted distribution of a city history magazine documenting Ford’s bigoted views, a move that riled residents and historians.
The “Empire” star said he was O.K. and addressed theories that he exaggerated his account, saying he had been “100 percent factual and consistent on every level.”
The “Empire” star said he was O.K. and addressed theories that he exaggerated his account, saying he had been “100 percent factual and consistent on every level.”
The company, which has shifted the project’s emphasis from manufacturing, said it would include a plant that turns out displays for consumer products.
For the county prosecutor, the case was closed. But the story of why Lamekia Dockery died, and why no one was held accountable, begged to be told.
Li Yuan, Asia tech columnist for The Times, says it could be a tough year for tech workers in China amid a growing trade war with the United States.
One common thread of J.D. Vance’s and Tara Westover’s memoirs is distrust of institutions. Yet it was institutions — the military in one case, college in the other — that saved them.
What works in Southern California may not in Wisconsin.
The University of Farmington, outside Detroit, was part of an undercover operation by the Department of Homeland Security, the authorities said.
What photographers across North America’s frigid midsection are seeing this week.
Gerald Belz, an 18-year-old who wanted to be a doctor, was found unconscious outside an academic building. He had visited his parents a few days before.
A death originally described as an accident that happened while one police officer was playing Russian roulette with another.
Detectives pored over hundreds of hours of surveillance footage after the “Empire” star said he was attacked on a Chicago street by two men yelling racist and homophobic slurs.
Mr. Daniels and his husband were arrested on Tuesday on charges stemming from an incident in Houston in 2010.
The judge presiding over all the federal cases had hoped to settle them by now. But the behemoth litigation is only becoming more bloated, contentious and difficult to resolve.
The Taiwan-based company’s intent to build a $10 billion plant with 13,000 jobs was hailed by President Trump. It now sees a shift toward research.
The Taiwanese company’s intent to build a $10 billion plant with 13,000 jobs was hailed by President Trump. It now sees a shift toward research.
Temperatures plummeted on Wednesday and could break records. Officials throughout the region declared states of emergency and urged people to stay inside.
The nation’s jails can be dangerous, or even deadly, for sick inmates like Lamekia Dockery. Often, no one is held accountable.
The cold upended routines and put officials on high alert in a region where many usually shrug off winter’s worst.
A deep, brutal cold set in across the Midwest on Wednesday, sending temperatures plummeting to stunning depths. With the wind chill, it felt like minus 53 in Minneapolis.
A deep, brutal cold set in across the Midwest on Wednesday, sending temperatures plummeting to stunning depths. With the wind chill, it felt like minus 53 in Minneapolis.
Ditch the denim. Wear rubber gloves. Never stop moving.
As health officials issued warnings about the dangers of frostbite and hypothermia, homeless people in the Midwest faced potentially devastating circumstances.
The work of Jim DeRogatis and Dream Hampton on the accusations against the R&B star began years apart. Now that it seems the public is listening, they have a sense of satisfaction — and security concerns.
Smollett was attacked early Tuesday by two people who police say yelled “racial and homophobic slurs,” poured a chemical on him and put a rope around his neck.
Smollett was attacked early Tuesday by two people who the police say yelled “racial and homophobic slurs” and wrapped a rope around his neck.
Smollett was attacked early Tuesday by two people who the police say yelled “racial and homophobic slurs” and wrapped a rope around his neck.
A polar vortex is forecast to bring dangerously cold weather to much of the Midwest. Records are expected to topple, with wind chills to dip as low as minus 60.
Dangerously cold weather is expected in much of the Midwest over several days, with record-breaking low temperatures and wind chills that could fall as low as minus 60.
Only a single state — Minnesota — has a legislature under divided party control, a sign of growing polarization.
The men were each sentenced to at least 25 years in prison after they were convicted of planning to blow up an apartment complex.
Officer Nathaniel Hendren was charged with involuntary manslaughter after the authorities said he fatally shot another officer, Katlyn Alix.
Kim Foxx, the Cook County state’s attorney who is herself a sexual assault survivor, has asked anyone with allegations against the R&B singer to come forward.
In “The World According to Fannie Davis,” Bridgett M. Davis tells the extraordinary story of her mother, a Detroit numbers runner.
Ms. Ernst, Republican of Iowa, spoke out after court papers in her divorce briefly became public. She pledged to support other survivors.
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. defended his decision to laud an embattled Republican lawmaker during a paid speech last year.
The 13-year-old, whose parents were killed when she was abducted, will receive the money from the food company where her parents worked for nearly three decades.
Pete Buttigieg’s “Shortest Way Home” tells the story of an accomplished and ambitious man who is the latest contender to enter the race for the presidency.
The former vice president defended his decision to laud an embattled Republican lawmaker during a paid speech, saying it reflected his view of how to “get things done.”
Pete Buttigieg, a 37-year-old who entered the presidential race, deserves a hearing.
A number of government agencies in Missouri and Massachusetts are exploring ways to address social problems holistically, through a framework that focuses on clients’ long-term needs.
The show, “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough,” will run this fall, from Oct. 29 to Dec. 1, at the James M. Nederlander Theater.
A paid speech by Joe Biden in October helped Fred Upton, a vulnerable Republican, win re-election in Michigan. Biden earned $200,000 for the address.
The former vice president’s address in October helped Fred Upton, a vulnerable Republican, win re-election in Michigan. Mr. Biden earned $200,000 for the speech.
Four moderates from the Kansas City metro area have changed parties in the last month, reflecting a national realignment on a key partisan battleground.
An estimated 800,000 federal employees haven’t been paid since the government shutdown began. Those working for the I.R.S. and other agencies are being ordered to return to work during the shutdown. We spoke with some of them.
Now that the Democrats have taken back the House, their plan is to govern on a message of unity heading into 2020. A small group of new, progressive lawmakers threatens to upend that plan. Meet one of them.
Furloughed government employees desperate for income have become unlikely entrants into America’s gig economy, substitute teaching, babysitting and delivering food.
The Iowa congressman has been saying offensive things for years but many of his supporters don’t seem concerned.