There’s more to Derrick Adams’s paintings than Black joy. But that complicated emotion is what tugs at the heart.
Logan David Patterson, 18, and Dominick Frank Cardoza, 21, pleaded guilty for the November incident in which they set off a commercial firework in a research lab.
Gov. Janet Mills said she rejected what would have been the nation’s first moratorium on data centers because it failed to exempt a project in a distressed mill town.
The Shreveport, La., slaying of eight children was an example of what experts call family annihilation.
At campaign stops, he talks about high gas prices and Trump’s incompetence. But the core of his message is an unflinching disgust for forever war.
On Monday, city and state officials gave updates on a mass shooting in Shreveport, La., in which a gunman opened fire on his family, killing eight children and injuring two others.
Boston held its 130th Marathon on a chilly day that was the crowd endured and the athletes relished.
Fuel station owners take some of the hit for consumers when oil prices surge. On the way down, they try to get their money back.
Across the nation, news museums are opening, and existing ones are expanding.
Our readers in the state tell us about its high-stakes Senate race.
The bureau has informed high schools, colleges and volleyball clubs in the New York City area that the coach, Edgar Lazaro Castillo, is being investigated in connection with sexual assault.
His accomplishment in 1975 inspired thousands of disabled athletes to participate in races around the world.
The Democrat-controlled legislature passed the measure on Tuesday, but Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat running for Senate, has yet to say whether she will sign it.
A bungalow in Mobile, Ala., a condominium above a storefront in Portland, Maine, and a Craftsman in Astoria, Ore.
Emily Sweeney, a veteran journalist at the newspaper, is a social media sensation, bringing joy to all with her “hahd” Boston accent.
Hundreds of small private colleges like Hampshire have closed in recent years as financial pressures and competition for students increase.
In comments on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the scientific consensus on the causes of climate change.
The annual “Art in Bloom” exhibition began in 1976 and has spawned similar events at other museums across the country.
Many blue states are rethinking ambitious strategies to cut emissions as they struggle with rising electricity costs and new hurdles for renewable energy.
Hugh T. Clements Jr. was a fixture of the Providence Police Department before becoming Brown’s interim chief after the fatal attack in December.
Retailers are going bankrupt and liquidating as record-low housing turnover leaves fewer customers looking to furnish homes.
It’s still a tall task for the party to win back control. Here’s the latest.
Utah passed a law to insulate oil companies against efforts to make them pay for their role in global warming. A nationwide version is in the works.
The man made multiple threats on Facebook and said that the law enforcement agents responding to arrest him would be killed, officials said.
Mr. Mirman crashed his car on Tuesday in New Hampshire. He remains hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Massachusetts 5th Essex District special election.
A growing energy crisis could push countries to burn more fossil fuels in the short term, experts say. Plus more climate news.
Here’s a crash course on what’s coming up next.
The law would make fuel companies help pay for damages caused by climate change. The administration argues it’s unconstitutional.
Gov. Janet Mills argues that her rival for Senate, Graham Platner, could be doomed by his history of offensive online remarks. But at a time of anti-establishment anger, Mr. Platner says he is the safer choice.
A long-term project to remove or modify dams may clear the way for endangered wild Atlantic salmon to swim freely up to the Sandy River. But it faces opposition from business and lawmakers.
Asking students to drill down on their schoolwork amid an array of digital distractions is inimical to learning.
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.