Imagery from EarthCam shows how smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada enveloped cities in the Northeast and Midwest.
Belles & Chimes, a pinball league “run by women, for women,” makes some noise in a pastime where women were once consigned largely to the display cases.
The Sooners became only the second team to claim three straight Division I softball titles and did so by ending the season on a record 53-game winning streak.
Casey White pleaded guilty to first-degree escape, a surprise move in a case that one defense attorney called “very unusual.” His 11-day jailbreak led to a manhunt.
A Catholic school, newly approved in Oklahoma, is testing the bounds of what it means to be a charter — uncomfortably so for some leaders.
Religious liberty, not religious authority, should be the aim of the American right.
Gov. Doug Burgum’s quixotic presidential campaign has baffled even North Dakotans, but then again, many of the 2024 hopefuls have prompted the same wonder.
After decades of covering well-known people, the Washington Post columnist was inspired by a man who lived on his block.
Donald Trump’s former vice president sought to draw a contrast with his old boss while also embracing the actions of their administration.
Residents said complaints about the apartment building in Davenport went unaddressed, and they questioned why the city did not intervene more aggressively.
A former railroad clerk, he didn’t became a full-time actor until his 40s, but he made up for lost time in films like “Rudy” and TV shows like “Everwood.”
The former vice president — and now rival — to Donald Trump gave his most aggressive criticism of his former boss, portraying him as unfit to be president.
Elected governor of North Dakota in 2016 in a major upset, Mr. Burgum is seeking an even bigger one in the Republican presidential race.
As the leader of a deep-red state, Mr. Burgum has promoted staunchly conservative policies, signing into law a near-total ban on abortion.
Corn ethanol and soy biodiesel accelerate food inflation and global hunger, but they’re also a disaster for the climate and the environment.
Michael Tisius, convicted in the murders of two jail guards, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.
The school will offer online, Roman Catholic instruction funded by taxpayers. Its approval is certain to tee off a legal battle over the separation of church and state.
Moves to swiftly demolish the stricken building last week were halted by protests because three occupants were unaccounted for. Their bodies were uncovered in the rubble.
Two other men remained missing a week after part of a building collapsed in Davenport, Iowa. Documents issued by city officials show the owner had been warned that part of the building was unstable.
Michael Tisius was convicted of murdering two jail guards. He is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.
Eight presidential hopefuls, with Donald Trump absent, spoke at an annual political rally in Des Moines to highlight their conservative bona fides.
A series from Headway looks back at historical gains for their lessons today.
A Supreme Court ruling barred Oklahoma from prosecuting crimes committed by Native Americans on tribal land, but some Black tribal members are still being prosecuted because they lack “Indian blood.”
He swung back at Donald Trump. He vowed to vanquish the “woke mob” and turn the country into mega-Florida. He had normal encounters with voters that didn’t become memes.
All of the finalists Thursday night could spell schwa, no doubt. It was the sound it makes that foiled many of them.
As he traversed socially conservative Iowa this week, the 2024 contender highlighted his state’s six-week ban. But now, in more moderate New Hampshire, he is shying from the subject.
The man, Tony Cushingberry, was upset that the mail was not being delivered to his house because of concerns about a dog on the property, prosecutors said.
The closures in Detroit, Pittsburgh and Grand Rapids, Mich., renewed concerns about aging infrastructure amid climate change.
At 14, Marie C. Bolden became the champion of what is believed to be the first national spelling competition in the United States. Her victory prompted a backlash.
An older law still prohibits most abortions in the state, but allows wider exception for medical emergencies.
After absorbing months of attacks from the former president, the Florida governor is beginning to fire back — but carefully.
Gratitude ceremonies give students and faculty members a chance to recognize the sacrifice of those who gave their bodies for medical research and education, and the loved ones they left behind.
Residents of Davenport, Iowa, protested plans to quickly remove the damaged building. Rescue workers pulled one resident to safety hours after officials said they were unaware of anyone still trapped.
In Iowa, Ron DeSantis warned supporters of a “malignant ideology” taking hold across the country, described children facing “indoctrination” and vowed to fight for conservative causes.
Officials said they were trying to find the missing, but raised concerns about the safety of emergency workers because the building could collapse again.
Two of the people were thought to still be inside the six-story apartment building in Davenport. More than a dozen people were escorted from the building on Sunday, and nine were rescued.
Cases dropped after a successful public health campaign last summer. But the disease still has a low-level presence in the city, and many people remain at risk.
When a teen’s killing became a right-wing talking point, the rush to outrage obscured a more complicated story.
If work for companies like Uber and Lyft once carried some appeal for offering flexibility, the kind of labor it has come to represent is now used by some as shorthand for a raw deal.
W.E.B. Du Bois saw the key to Black prosperity in places like Tulsa, where Black residents patronized Black stores. Even today it serves as a model.
Many measures of Black achievement in the U.S. have stalled or reversed. A series from Headway looks back at historical gains for their lessons today.
A Democrat from Ohio, he said the 1990 population data missed more than two million Black Americans and shortchanged the nation’s older cities.
A loan servicing agency looks to make more money, not less, if Biden’s plan goes into effect.
Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated the privacy of her young patient by discussing the girl’s case with a reporter, the state’s medical board ruled.
Gov. Tim Walz said the legislation would have raised costs for ordering an Uber or Lyft too high, potentially pricing out Minnesota customers.
In a unanimous decision, the justices sided with a 94-year-old woman who got nothing when a Minnesota county sold her condominium to recoup unpaid taxes.
The famous poet and his artist friend wanted to publish “The Sweet and Sour Animal Book” in 1936. But there were no takers. A Cleveland exhibition makes up for the lost time.
The Biden administration is funding projects around the country aimed at reconnecting communities that have been divided by transportation infrastructure.
A Carpenter Gothic showplace in Shelter Island Heights, an 1890 home in Key West and a midcentury-modern house in Bloomfield Hills.
A new report by the attorney general of Illinois covering decades names more than 450 credibly accused sexual abusers, including priests and lay religious brothers.
An ambitious new book by Victor Luckerson traces the history of Greenwood, Okla., from its prosperous early days through the 1921 race massacre and its aftermath.
In this true-life crime tale, they focused not on the investigators but on the evildoers, and made the Osage woman played by Lily Gladstone central.
The family had been going through a grandfather’s belongings when they found the explosive device, the authorities said.
A fire last week at a mosque in St. Paul, Minn., was at least the fifth such act of vandalism against Muslim houses of worship in the state so far this year, officials said. The suspect in the latest fire said he was Muslim and was protesting home...
Lyft and Uber have opposed the legislation, threatening to reduce operations or leave the state if it is enacted.
The Children’s Theater Company production, based on the animated film, elevates the depiction of its characters’ religious and ethnic backgrounds.
After weeks of acrimonious debate, Republicans put the two fraught issues into a single bill, which the governor has said he will sign.
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He helped make Kansas a staging ground in the abortion debate but failed to overturn the state’s vote in favor of abortion rights. He died in a plane crash.
Forests, an emo band from Singapore, ended its tour in New York in high spirits, two weeks after being robbed in California.
The “Wizard of Oz” props were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn., in 2005 and were recovered 13 years later. A man has now been charged in the crime.
The justices struck down a New York gun control law last year, announcing a new test to evaluate the constitutionality of such measures.
A sophomore in Springfield, Mo., was suspended for three days after recording her teacher, who no longer works for the district, repeating the slur in geometry class.
Caden Cox said he was traumatized by a campus supervisor who used slurs about people with disabilities and threatened him with a knife.
Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, explains how he plans to manage the nation’s third-largest city in a complicated moment.
What began as a company to review local contractors grew into a website with millions of subscribers looking to make home improvements.
The former president canceled a rally in Des Moines, citing a storm warning. The Florida governor made the most of his rival’s absence, as DeSantis allies taunted Mr. Trump.
A group of conservative operatives using sophisticated robocalls raised millions of dollars from donors using pro-police and pro-veteran messages. But instead of using the money to promote issues and candidates, an analysis by The New York Times s...
The presidential race has started to crystallize, with flawed standard-bearers, worried political parties and voters unhappy with their choices.
Chief Standing Bear’s lawsuit in 1879 ensured that Native Americans would be considered persons with inherent rights under the law.
For over 40 years, Tom Bishop’s dollhouse miniatures show has been the gold standard for serious collectors and hobbyists alike.
There were reports of tornadoes in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma on Friday as the region faced hail and high winds. More severe weather was forecast for Saturday.
Manuel Castro, New York City’s immigration commissioner, said that up to 1,000 migrants could arrive daily in the coming weeks.
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.
Readers discuss the current malaise among many college students. Also: The Oklahoma abortion ban; stopping gun violence; remote work and the climate.
The puzzling coronavirus cases highlight ongoing surveillance challenges and blind spots.
The predominantly Black college in Illinois will cease operations Friday after 157 years, having failed to raise millions to recover from the pandemic and a cyberattack that originated in Iran.