An unusual debate at a maximum-security prison in Illinois led to a proposal for reform that the state legislature can pass right now.
Bottega Veneta’s latest show was rich in Detroit techno.
The generational divide on returning to the office is not neatly drawn. For some young professionals, even in a pandemic, showing up is more than half the battle.
The fiery trail astonished viewers in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, but a Russian military spacecraft was the probable source.
The museum’s decision to replace its program for volunteer educators with one that “responds to issues of class and income equity” has drawn criticism.
Republicans hope that concerns about critical race theory can help them in the midterm elections. The issue has torn apart one Wisconsin suburb.
Mohamed Noor shot a resident who had called 911 seeking help. His conviction was seen as a rare example of an officer facing serious consequences for an unjustified shooting.
During pre-dawn hours on Wednesday, the object — possibly a Russian military satellite — flew over Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, leaving a fiery trail and breaking apart into smaller pieces during its descent.
El secuestro de los misioneros relacionados con la organización de Ohio ofrece un panorama de los desafíos que enfrentan los grupos de ayuda que operan en la isla.
The shooting occurred during a struggle with a man after officers followed a car linked to a homicide investigation, the city’s police superintendent said.
Kendall Werts is a new kind of representative for a new kind of celebrity. Often he plucks clients when they’re young and on the verge of something bigger. Then he finds what that is.
An 1841 Greek Revival cottage in New Haven, a 1920 rowhouse in Baltimore and a midcentury brick home in St. Louis.
An 1841 Greek Revival cottage in New Haven, a 1920 rowhouse in Baltimore and a midcentury brick home in St. Louis.
Canvassers usually knock on doors hoping to chat briefly. With deep canvassing, the idea is to engage voters in more meaningful conversations.
The eight-block American Indian Cultural Corridor celebrates Native American art and commerce.
Kerida O’Reilly, 34, had been accused of attacking State Senator Tim Carpenter at a Black Lives Matter protest, prompting others nearby to attack him.
Ross Wilburn, the first Black person to lead Iowa’s Democratic Party, said he received several racist messages after writing a column in The Des Moines Register.
Among the surprises in a new exhibition at the Chicago History Museum: streets paved with wood, an unusual heat wave and exoneration for Mrs. O’Leary’s cow.
A collector’s keen eye — and willingness to knock on a stranger’s door — led to the rediscovery of a sculpture by a renowned stone carver, William Edmondson.
An examination of hundreds of health departments around the country shows that the nation may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one.
An organization based in Ohio and founded by Amish and Mennonites has been swept up in the violence roiling the country.
He assembled attendees of the March on Washington, mentored a young Barack Obama and wielded the solidarity of the South Side as a tool for political power.
The group, based in Ohio, distributes food and clothing, funds schools, teaches farming methods and helps with emergency relief.
Officers in many departments have been slow to get vaccinated and to report their vaccination status, and city officials are struggling to make them pick up the pace.
The crises in Benton Harbor and Flint expose broader failures as a congressional push to address the country’s troubled water system stalls.
The districts would be among the most gerrymandered in the country. The Republican-friendly seat held by Representative Adam Kinzinger, a Trump antagonist, would be eliminated.
Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri has asked for a criminal investigation of a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who told the state that a website revealed teachers’ Social Security numbers.
The city filed a complaint against the Fraternal Order of Police in Chicago on Friday, arguing that it was threatening an illegal strike.
Students objected after the composer Bright Sheng showed the 1965 film of Laurence Olivier’s “Othello” to his class at the University of Michigan.
A 1770 Colonial home in Westfield, a Tudor Revival house in Amherst and a three-bedroom condominium in Chicago.
A 1770 Colonial home in Westfield, Mass.; a Tudor Revival house in Amherst, N.Y.; and a three-bedroom condominium in Chicago.
New daily cases have risen by 29 percent in the last two weeks and hospitalizations by 17 percent, according to a New York Times database.
Police body camera footage showed officers in Dayton, Ohio, dragging Clifford Owensby out of his car as he yelled, “I’m paraplegic.” Mr. Owensby has filed a complaint with the N.A.A.C.P.
Body camera footage released by the police in Dayton, Ohio, showed the encounter with Clifford Owensby, who has filed a complaint with the N.A.A.C.P.
Decades after a baby was found by the road, DNA testing led to criminal charges. On Friday, a woman entered an Alford plea in the case, accepting a guilty plea for manslaughter without admitting to the crime.
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Fast-moving storms damaged parts of a town and at least one school in northeastern Oklahoma, while severe weather forced the Texas state fair to close early and delayed an N.F.L. game in Kansas City.
Investigators said that they had arrested three men who were among those wounded but had not yet determined a motive for the shooting.
Parents are sneaking carbon dioxide monitors into their children’s schools to determine whether the buildings are safe.
“The pressure on hospitals and clinics in both our urban and rural areas is reaching critical levels,” Gov. Doug Burgum said last week.
As a pilot with United Airlines, Beau Brant flies North American routes. At every layover, he looks to play a mix of jazz, classical and more for his crew and strangers.
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The shift comes as the Biden administration pressures Native tribes in Oklahoma to desegregate their constitutions to comply with treaty obligations.
The city is home to United Airlines, which recently announced a vaccine mandate for its 67,000 U.S. employees.
Gov. Pete Ricketts said the state’s unusually strict privacy laws prohibited the continued release of the data after he let an emergency order lapse in June.
A cottage in Portland, a four-bedroom house in Minneapolis and an Arts and Crafts home in Omaha.
A cottage in Portland, Ore.; a four-bedroom house in Minneapolis; and an Arts and Crafts home in Omaha.
The coronavirus pandemic sent a surge of inexperienced hikers into the wilderness. Many ran into trouble. Now states are looking to bill them for costly search and rescue operations.
Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania all have Democratic governors and G.O.P.-led legislatures. And in all three battlegrounds, Republicans are pushing hard to rewrite election laws.
The party’s struggles in communities that saw declines in manufacturing and union jobs, and health care, could more than offset its gains in metropolitan areas.
The actor is facing disorderly conduct charges related to accusations of lying to the police about a hate crime they say he staged.
Ernest L. Johnson, 61, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday for killing three convenience store employees during a robbery in 1994. Supporters say his intellectual disabilities make the execution unconstitutional.
The former Republican representative from Missouri was widely criticized after saying in 2012 that women’s bodies could reject pregnancies that were the result of a sexual assault.
An estimated 53,000 evacuees from Kabul remain on eight military bases across the country. Thousands more are waiting at U.S. bases abroad to come to the United States.
The company, which is backed by Amazon and Ford, is seeking to sell shares in one of the biggest initial public offerings of the year.
With the eviction moratorium over, the road to more opportunity and less inequality runs through affordable housing.
A Colonial Revival home in Oklahoma City, a historic single house in Charleston and a 1907 bungalow in Nashville.
A Colonial Revival home in Oklahoma City; a historic single house in Charleston, S.C.; and a 1907 bungalow in Nashville.
The independent commissions set up against gerrymandering might be hopeless.
The project has been bogged down by legal challenges and a federal review. Barack Obama’s presidential papers won’t actually be housed there — they’ll be digitized, another point of contention.
La nueva legislación en Texas ha tenido efectos profundos: algunas mujeres han optado por viajar a otros estados, como Oklahoma, para someterse al procedimiento.
He argued that white supremacy was a feature of the Western political tradition, and that racism represented a political system as intentional as liberal democracy.
The new law prohibits abortions after about six weeks, a very early stage of pregnancy. Many women are now traveling out of state for the procedure.
Some districts have established robust virus testing programs, but many others are struggling.
While legislation in Washington remains stalled, state and local governments are breathing new life into the reparations movement.
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Normal, Ill., is hoping the upstart electric vehicle maker Rivian can help the town become thriving once again.
Thermoplastic, tiny glass beads and “bike dude” stencils are all part of this essential, but rarely considered craft.
Here’s a glimpse of young musicians this summer — playing and practicing.
“What did we get from Joe? A pipeline shoved down our throats.”
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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.
The climate crisis haunts Chicago’s future as a warming world pushes Lake Michigan toward new extremes — higher highs, lower lows, greater uncertainty.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A deal between the city and its teachers' union cleared the way for prekindergarten and special needs students. More will follow.
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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.
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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.
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How different groups voted
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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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