A wave of small and midsize cities are betting on stadiums anchoring mixed-use development as engines of growth. But those ambitions often fade once the games start.
A fight brewing in Massachusetts could preview Democrats’ age battles.
One of two major American almanacs is ceasing publication after more than two centuries of predicting the weather and offering tidbits of wisdom.
What both parties should take away from a night of Democratic victories.
Pointing to “the plain nastiness” of politics and threats he has faced, Representative Jared Golden of Maine will retire instead of trying to keep the reddest House seat held by a Democrat.
From Saturday through the start of next week, a cold snap is expected to spread from the Midwest to the East Coast.
The wide-ranging measure, backed by conservatives, would have eliminated two days of early absentee voting, required photo identification and limited drop boxes to one per town.
The law is set to take effect in January, allowing families to directly seek a judge’s order removing weapons from a relative shown to be dangerous.
The predawn blast at a Harvard lab caused minor damage and led to the arrest of Logan David Patterson, 18, and Dominick Frank Cardoza, 20.
The decision dealt a setback to the developers of SouthCoast Wind, a 141-turbine project off Nantucket, Mass.
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President Trump is imploring lawmakers to redraw their congressional maps to stave off Democratic control of the House. But the debate over redistricting has revealed fissures within both parties.
There was no structural damage to the building, they said, as investigators pursued two suspects.
At one grocery store in Massachusetts, SNAP recipients faced growing fears, dwindling funds and lighter shopping carts.
Two people were seen running from the building afterward, the school said. No injuries were reported, the school police said.
A Senate candidate’s popularity reveals the depth of Democratic disaffection.
The inmates said the officers carried out a weekslong campaign of violence in 2020 at the state’s lone maximum security prison.
As political battles upend college campuses, we asked dozens of students what is on their minds as they plan for the future. Politics was only part of it.
A 28-year-old man stabbed two teenagers during a flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, according to federal prosecutors.
The Coast Guard rescued three family members who were stranded on Naushon, a sparsely populated island off Martha’s Vineyard. One was in critical condition.
Graham Platner, a Democrat, said he would remove the tattoo. He also sought to distance himself from old Reddit posts that drew criticism.
Despite its small stature, the city of Keene, has become an example of the safety and climate benefits of swapping traffic lights for roundabouts.
A judge in Utah said that statements from women indicated that Nicholas Rossi, 38, was a “serial abuser of women.” He faces sentencing in another rape case next month.
The owners of Savin Bar & Kitchen have so far rejected requests from residents to remove photos of gangsters who terrorized the city for decades.
They were journalists at major news outlets in New York and D.C. before taking big pay cuts to run the Midcoast Villager, a paper covering a rocky, coastal part of Maine.
Ventfort Hall, an 1893 mansion built for J.P. Morgan’s sister, was in disrepair. The living and the dead teamed up to save it.
The G.O.P. officials who participated in a group chat have faced calls to step down. State Senator Samuel Douglass was the group’s only elected member.
A prolonged drought and other factors have muffled the kaleidoscopic blend of reds, oranges and yellows in some areas of New England this fall.
The student, 14, has been charged with assault.
Un número creciente de hoteles construidos en lugares como antiguas prisiones, recintos de sectas, instalaciones militares extintas y cementerios apuestan por sus pasados dramáticos.
Algunos funcionarios locales del Partido Republicano que participaron de los chats han perdido sus puestos de trabajo, pero otros republicanos con cargos más altos han respondido con desdén.
Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.
Some G.O.P. officials who participated in a monthslong online chat are losing their jobs or being pressured to resign.
Mr. Moulton, a 46-year-old fellow Democrat, released a video emphasizing the age difference between himself and Mr. Markey, 79.
A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself “battle tested” in an interview. But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.
Travelers looking for a taste of dark drama can stay in accommodations built in former prisons, cult compounds and defunct military installations.
One person on the ground was injured when a plane crashed on a grassy highway median, forcing the closure of Interstate 195 in both directions in Dartmouth, Mass., officials said.
The storm has been moving up the East Coast since the weekend, dumping heavy rain and flooding roads on its way toward New England.
Drawn by local talent, cheap labor and state cash incentives, start-ups building the weapons of the future are revitalizing manufacturing in once-vibrant industrial towns.
The myriad styles and materials used for tile can make a space, not just bathrooms and kitchens, shine in unexpected ways.
Readers discuss the reasons for the spike since the pandemic and how to lure students back.
The former superintendent and medical director of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts were indicted in 2020 on charges of neglect after many residents became sick and died.
Dana L. McIntyre, who owned a pizzeria in a Boston suburb, defrauded the federal government out of more than $660,000, the Justice Department said.
The people who believe he is going to save America.
The state has begun emptying hotels of about 2,800 homeless people living there as part of a pandemic-era program — and offering them tents — after federal funding ran out.
The group liked online war games. But then Jack Teixeira, an active-duty airman, began showing them classified documents, members say.
New York State tax figures show that 1,453 millionaire taxpayers moved away in 2021, while 80,000 remained.
New arrivals over the last few years have fueled hopes of population growth, but workers increasingly struggle to find housing in a market gone wild.
Hospital-at-home care is an increasingly common option, and it is often a safer one for older adults. But the future of the approach depends on federal action.
In a so-called natural experiment, two school districts in Boston maintained masking after mandates had been lifted in others, enabling a unique comparison.
“Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis are using asylum seekers as political tools,” a reader writes. Also: President Biden and the pandemic; abortion prosecutors; arms for Ukraine.
A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.
A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.
As the United States marks one million Covid-19 deaths, Times journalists reflect on the one story or moment from the pandemic that will stay with them forever.