Pollution, development and overharvesting have greatly diminished America’s natural oyster habitat. Aquaculture and adaptable farmers have changed the game.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
The Berkshire Theater Group put on the first professional musical in the U.S. since the pandemic lockdown, and it’s a revival in every sense.
Tammi Truax, the Portsmouth poet laureate, writes a weekly poem for the city’s coronavirus newsletter, breaking up grim statistics with verse.
The federal court ruled that the Trump administration’s so-called public charge rule for green card applicants could not go into effect in New York, Connecticut and Vermont.
The practice was “adopted by some states after the Civil War in an effort to disenfranchise African-American voters,” the court noted.
When it is safe enough to return to school, young children would benefit the most. Yet financial pressures are pushing colleges to reopen most rapidly, an economist says.
In this gay haven known for its nightlife, the crowds are smaller this summer. And the nightclubs are closed. But by the pool, the show goes on.
New York and other states sued the Trump administration over new limits on the “public charge” rule, which critics said would discourage immigrants from seeking medical treatment during the pandemic.
A midcentury-modern house in Brentwood, a 1910 home outside Chicago and a 28-acre seasonal camp on Mount Desert Island.
A midcentury-modern house in Los Angeles, a 1910 home outside Chicago and a 28-acre seasonal camp on Mount Desert Island in Maine.
A 63-year-old woman died in the state’s first recorded fatal shark attack, the authorities said. Sharks rarely attack humans but are following seals, their natural prey, north, experts say.
The former national security adviser is on the short list to be Joe Biden’s running mate. She has never been elected to public office, but in 2018 she took a close look at running for the Senate — and at her own political strengths and vulnerabilities.
From lobsters in Maine to ethanol in Iowa to the oil fields of Texas, the president has tried to bolster his case for re-election by promoting localized — and factually challenged — accomplishments.
In just over two months, the Northeast has gone from the country’s worst coronavirus hot spot to its most controlled. “It’s acting like Europe,” one expert said.
Urban centers, with a dynamism that feeds innovation, have long been resilient. But the pandemic could drive a shift away from density.
In “The Beauty of Living,” the scholar J. Alison Rosenblitt delves into E.E. Cummings’s formative experiences as an ambulance driver and prisoner during World War I.
The usually tourist-packed Berkshires confronts a season without the music festival that anchors its summers.
Bonnie Brescia and Jeanette Poillon remain each other’s lifelines, even though both admit that they are polar opposites.
Craig McFarland was accepted by all eight Ivy League schools. At first he committed to Yale, but the ongoing disruptions caused by the coronavirus caused him to change his plans.
In Boston and in the Netherlands, scientists are racing to build a vaccine against the virus strangling the world.
Traveling during a pandemic requires lots of research, precision planning and a willingness to play by new and very stringent rules. For these writers, it still felt good to get away.
Goodbye, Jeff Sessions, hello … Heir Archy.
Ms. Parker was the matriarch of four generations of basket makers and one of the first female lieutenant governors of the Passamaquoddy Tribe.
Alabama sides with Trump, and anti-G.O.P. energy builds in Maine: This is your morning tip sheet.
Ms. Gideon, backed by the Senate Democratic campaign arm and outside political groups, had long been the favorite to challenge Senator Collins, the sole remaining New England Republican in Congress.
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Detailed results and maps from the Texas primary runoff election.
Detailed results and maps from the Maine primary election.
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Get the latest primary results from Alabama, Maine and Texas.
The host, Dianna Ploss, filmed herself telling landscape workers to speak English. She later said she considered the criticism of her remarks “a badge of honor.”
Jeff Sessions hopes to win back his old Senate seat in Alabama, while primary and runoff elections are taking place in Texas and Maine.
A former college football coach defeated Jeff Sessions in a Republican runoff in Alabama, and Sara Gideon will challenge Susan Collins for the Senate in Maine. Key races also took place in Texas.
Jeff Sessions is fighting for his political life in an Alabama race that will signal the strength of President Trump’s hold on his base. And in Maine, the spotlight is on which Democrat will face Susan Collins.
Jeff Sessions is fighting for his political life in an Alabama race that will signal the strength of President Trump’s hold on his base. And in Maine, the spotlight is on which Democrat will face Susan Collins.
A legal battle between universities and the Trump administration over foreign students and online learning escalated on Monday, ahead of a critical federal court hearing.
These aerial images, stunning in their abstraction, evoke a powerful sense of transcendence and tranquility.
In late June, a photographer flew from Seattle to Boston. This is a step-by-step visual account of the flight.
Healthcare workers have few spaces of sanctuary, between risk at work and anxiety at home that our loved ones could catch the disease from us.
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We’re making food from our favorite restaurants at home.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.