Now there are only two practicing members of the last active Shaker community in the United States. Sister June was 88.
He first became a fixture in the Boston stand-up comedy scene before heading to Hollywood.
Paul LePage defeated a progressive Democrat, Matt Dunlap, in the state’s rural Second Congressional District.
The low-key approach modeled by Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont and Gov. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire may gain new relevance as their party looks to recover from a national drubbing.
The agent talked of foreign bloodlines, denounced noncitizens and more, according to emails obtained by The Times. His fatal shooting of a Colombian-born motorist in July remains under investigation.
We look into the history of the ICE officer who fatally shot a Colombian migrant in Maine.
After an ICE officer fatally shot a Colombian man in Maine, our investigative reporters Katie Benner and Alexandra Berzon examined whether ICE’s hiring surge left red flags unchecked.
This week’s offerings are in Saugatuck, Mich., Hartford, Vt., and Greenville, S.C.
The judge also declined to investigate the lone juror who wanted to convict Ms. Clancy, saying it would invade his privacy and deter others from serving on juries.
See the full list of the Democrats who defeated Republican incumbents and challengers for Congress and state offices previously held by Republicans.
A pipe fitter from Massachusetts beat out thousands of other applicants to provide the voice that welcomes travelers to Boston Logan Airport.
The Maine Republican survived tough cycles in the past even as the political ground shifted beneath her. But the anti-Trump fever in her state doomed her this time.
Troy Jackson, a former Democratic state lawmaker, upset Senator Susan Collins, a Republican who had served the state for 30 years.
Democrats flipped several Senate seats, most of which had been held by Republicans since former President Obama was elected in 2008.
The Democratic Party wrested control of Congress from Republicans in a wave of midterm victories as voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President Trump.
Representative Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, the first openly gay man to win a Senate seat, spoke about a Democratic victory over the “broken status quo” and gave a shoutout to his husband.
Voters from South Carolina to Ohio to Texas have elevated a new class of Democrats who could not be more different from one another.
Every Senate win holds important lessons for Democrats.
Senator Susan Collins, the sole Republican representing New England in Congress, lost her seat on a landslide night for Democrats.
One of the greatest survivors in U.S. politics finally falls.
See results for ballot measures around the country related to voting rights, social policy, redistricting and more.
Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard, has argued that she was vindictively prosecuted after her arrest in 2025.
Michelle Cottle and David French wonder if there’s a paradigm shift in American politics.
Representative Chris Pappas beat a former Republican senator, John E. Sununu. He will succeed the Democratic incumbent, Jeanne Shaheen, who did not run for re-election.
The New York Times spoke with voters in Michigan, Maine and Texas about why they voted the way they did.
Mail-in ballots are often slower to process in states with high volumes of them, and the count cannot begin until Election Day in some cases.
Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, is running for re-election in Maine, a state that has voted against President Trump three times. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains how Republicans hope that she can distance herself enough from Mr. Trump to win.
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.