Ms. Brown, who defeated the progressive activist Nina Turner in a bitter Democratic primary for an Ohio House seat, is all but assured of heading to Congress in the fall.
The victories by Shontel Brown, a Democrat supported by the national establishment, and Mike Carey, a Republican endorsed by Donald Trump, provided a lift to the leadership of both parties.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who gained prominence for confronting demonstrators, had each pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge.
Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, punched a Frontier Airlines flight attendant and groped two others on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, the authorities said.
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How did John Ball become the go-to health professional for track and field athletes with creaky hips and balky knees? A devotee answers: Have you seen his hands?
Two primary contests for special elections, one in a heavily Democratic district and one in a Republican-friendly area, will provide some clues as to where the parties are headed.
In the Cleveland area, a bitter primary election is pitting the left against the Democratic establishment. Near Columbus, a Trump-endorsed candidate faces a crowded Republican field.
Governments and organizations around the world are using geospatial data and digital mapping tools to guide their vaccination campaigns.
Data from the C.D.C. shows that many people in states like Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri are now receiving their first doses. On Friday, more than 850,000 total shots were recorded in the U.S.
Several people were injured after tornadoes were reported throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The storms left behind a trail of damaged buildings and power outages.
The strong storms hit parts of Wisconsin and elsewhere in the Midwest this week, causing widespread damage and heavy rainfall.
As cases surge, a doctor says that some people are pleading for discretion when they receive the vaccine, worried about what their friends and families will think.
The victory for Lee, 18, resonated deeply back home in Minnesota, particularly with the state’s Hmong American community, in which she was raised.
The longest-serving U.S. senator in Michigan history, Mr. Levin was regarded by colleagues and Washington observers as a paragon of probity.
The company’s response to pandemic cancellations? An eight-city tour with sleeper buses and a foldout stage to perform outdoors.
A team of Times journalists collaborated to explain visually the city’s complicated challenges involving Lake Michigan.
More than 5.9 million people faced the threat of severe storms that could produce damaging winds and knock out power.
Mr. Jordison’s explosive, virtuosic playing and elaborate solos, sometimes performed atop a hydraulic riser, made him a fan favorite.
Four tribes now face pressure from both the Biden administration and Congress to grant full tribal rights to people known as the Freedmen, whose ancestors the tribes enslaved.
The announcement came three days after Cleveland’s baseball team changed its name from Indians to Guardians.
The Longhorns and the Sooners may move to the Southeastern Conference, which could soon have 16 teams. The repercussions would be felt across college sports.
The mayor of Chicago talks about the city’s Covid response, why she doesn’t support the defund-the-police movement and her controversial efforts to improve newsroom diversity.
The selection of Representative Adam Kinzinger for the special committee adds a second Republican who has been an unsparing critic of former President Donald J. Trump.
The workers at a Frito-Lay plant in Topeka went on strike this month to protest forced overtime and so-called suicide shifts, which they said left little time to sleep or see family members.
Emmett Till’s cousin Ollie Gordon recalled him as a jokester who “loved to make people laugh” as she reflected on their childhood together ahead of what would have been his 80th birthday.
But the tortuous path it’s taken highlights the obstacles to expanding the low-income health program in other states where it has not been welcomed.
After years of pressure, and amid a growing trend away from names that reference Indigenous people, the team will drop its “Indians” mascot, which it used for more than 100 years.
Nyjah Huston’s signature dreadlocks are stored in a box now, an artifact of his early fame. The effects of his complicated upbringing have not been so easy to cut off.
Five strike forces across the country will work with local law enforcement to fight violent crime.
The vaccines are effective at preventing serious illness and death, but they are not a golden shield against the coronavirus.
This troubled, divided city needed something to celebrate.
Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis, both ensemble members, will be the first pair to lead the company in its history.
The president also defended his opposition to eliminating the Senate filibuster, even though it is being used to block voting rights legislation he has championed.
Lee, 18, is making her Olympic debut after a challenging year. Her versatility is crucial to Team USA’s shot at a third consecutive gold.
We need smart policy like immigration reform for sustained growth.
Tres Genco, 21, of Hillsboro, Ohio, was charged with an attempted hate crime and illegally possessing a machine gun, federal prosecutors said.
Rodriguez and Marc Lore, an e-commerce billionaire, have a pathway to controlling ownership of the professional Minnesota basketball teams in two years.
A brick Colonial Revival house in Highland Park, a 1935 vacation cottage in Grand Haven and a contemporary home in Oakland.
A brick Colonial Revival house in Highland Park, Ill.; a 1935 vacation cottage in Grand Haven, Mich.; and a contemporary home in Oakland, Calif.
Some places are weighing new inspection requirements for aging structures, while others are focused on enforcing existing rules.
Nina Turner’s move from Bernie Sanders’s campaign co-chairwoman to House candidate has highlighted a Democratic divide between impatient young activists and cautious older voters.
A federal judge upheld the school’s mandate. But an appeal is on the way, and the mandates remain divisive across the country.
The storied improv center closed under the financial strain of the pandemic, but a buyer has purchased both the building and the brand.
Walmart said the verdict would be reduced to $300,000, which is the maximum amount allowed under federal law for compensatory and punitive damages.
An Indiana county has instructed every cop on how teens differ developmentally. Unnecessary arrests have plummeted as a result.
President Biden’s Justice Department has ordered a moratorium on carrying out federal death sentences after a surge in executions under the Trump administration.
The captain and two other employees of a tour boat company were charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the sinking. Seventeen people, including a family and several children, were killed when it sank.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who signed the bill on Thursday, said the initiative was among three others that would move the state “closer to a holistic criminal justice system.”
Hospitals are stretched thin in a few hot spots, but the vaccines are working and the national outlook remains far better than during previous surges.
Since the Canadian government won’t allow surplus U.S. vaccines into the country, one mayor proposed an ambitious plan to vaccinate residents inside a tunnel under the Detroit River.
It’s not heat or drought. It’s the level of Lake Michigan.
A mega-show of MacArthur fellow artists — Kara Walker, Kerry James Marshall, David Hammons and Nicole Eisenman among them — has community on its mind.
A longtime real estate investor and former Goldman Sachs executive decided to take an electric truck company public. Chaos ensued.
The latest amenity in high-end developments takes wellness to a new level, helping residents get in touch with their inner selves.
Vice President Kamala Harris praised Texas Democrats’ ongoing efforts to prevent passage of a new restrictive voting law by the Republican-controlled state legislature. On Monday, the group headed to Washington to draw attention to what they view ...
How Evanston, Ill., became the first American city to approve a compensation program intended to address historical racism and discrimination.
Democrats and Republicans are already jockeying for a crucial voting bloc that soured on Donald Trump, tilted to Joe Biden and now holds the key to the second half of the president’s term.
As the pandemic ebbs, the Loop and nearby neighborhoods have roared back to life. Here, eight great spots to hit while the weather’s hot.
North Dakota is now among 15 states with Republican attorneys general who have filed lawsuits over the moratorium on new leases.
Letters to WinRed and ActBlue, which process online campaign donations for Republicans and Democrats respectively, ask for documents related to their use of prechecked boxes.
Representative Peter Meijer, a Republican who voted to impeach Donald J. Trump, seeks “decency and humility” in Western Michigan, but has found anger, fear and misinformation.
Detective Greg Ferency was a 30-year veteran of the Terre Haute Police Department and a member of an F.B.I. task force since 2010, officials said.
The climate crisis haunts Chicago’s future as a warming world pushes Lake Michigan toward new extremes — higher highs, lower lows, greater uncertainty.
A Minneapolis police officer slammed his vehicle into Leneal Frazier’s car while chasing a different car. His niece Darnella Frazier said his death was a “big loss” for her family.
President Biden traveled to Illinois on Wednesday, and spoke to a group of students and teachers at McHenry County College to rally support for his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan.
An Italianate Victorian house in Kennebunk, a Tudor Revival mansion in Cleveland Heights and a 1911 home outside Washington, D.C.
An Italianate Victorian house in Kennebunk, Maine; a Tudor Revival mansion in Cleveland Heights, Ohio; and a 1911 home outside Washington, D.C.
The president’s proposal would direct $1.8 trillion toward child care, education and other social programs.
If Democrats want to create an enduring coalition to prevent the unraveling of democracy, they must return to their labor roots.
Matiss Kivlenieks, who played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, died in an accident in Novi, Mich., on Sunday, the police said.
Four people were hospitalized because of the accident on Saturday at Adventureland Park, near Des Moines.
The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
We created a 3D model of Greenwood, home of “Black Wall Street,” as it was before a white mob set it on fire 100 years ago.
The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio announced five prizes for residents who had received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The count reflects the slowest population growth since the 1930s. It also offers a glimpse of the shifting centers of population and power in the United States.
A review of 19 deaths of Black Americans involving police officers shows that, despite public outrage, guilty verdicts are rare.
The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
The first jurors were seated in the closely watched trial over the death of George Floyd.
The document provides a window into the jury selection process for the highly anticipated trial of four police officers charged in the killing.
One in three Americans knows someone who died from the coronavirus. We spoke to the people the pandemic left behind.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
A deal between the city and its teachers' union cleared the way for prekindergarten and special needs students. More will follow.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
A Times analysis found that the number of hospitals with full or nearly full I.C.U.s has doubled nationwide since the beginning of October, and more than two in five hospitals have reached a critical occupancy level.
The more than 500,000 people we lost to the pandemic so far form a portrait of America. For this series of short films, we asked five people to celebrate the life of someone close to them.
Remote learning is extra hard for millions of students who lack reliable internet at home. Wi-Fi buses are the solution in this Michigan community.
Times correspondents report on the first coronavirus vaccinations in the United States.
The state of Wisconsin is a microcosm of the financial devastation the pandemic has brought the sports industry, and those who rely on it.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
Joe Biden was propelled to victory in this historically Democratic battleground with the help of increased turnout in Detroit and its wealthy suburbs.
Rural voters continued to support President Trump, but some counties that swung far to the right in 2016 moved left in 2020.
Rural voters continued to support President Trump, but some counties that swung far to the right in 2016 moved left in 2020.
How different groups voted
How different groups voted
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How different groups voted
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Every four years, as Election Day draws near, we embrace America’s oddball geographic nicknames.
Here are 20 counties in battleground states that are crucial for a White House victory.
President Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. debated for the first time, with Chris Wallace of Fox News moderating. Watch the full video with our fact-checks and analysis.
“You’re agitated by my tone because you think people like me should be sitting in a corner, not heard and not seen.”
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Can you identify the cities where these abstract architectural photographs were taken?