Four people aboard a Florida-based speedboat died in a gunfight with Cuban border troops near the island nation’s coast, the Cuban Interior Ministry said.
The race is one of a handful of competitive Senate elections this year, but Democrats seem most confident about North Carolina, partly because their candidate, former Gov. Roy Cooper, has never been beaten.
A farmhouse-inspired home in Franklin, a Victorian in Salt Lake City and a Craftsman in Portland.
From palatial to contemporary to luxuriously rustic, this collection of new resorts and inns offers spas, private gardens, fine restaurants and exquisite settings.
The owners have put a 67-year-old nudist colony on the market, hoping a new steward can help it shed its troubled past.
Track the latest polls in North Carolina's First Congressional District.
18 bishops and archbishops from border areas issued a strongly worded statement hours before President Trump’s State of the Union address.
The 21-year-old man was killed by law enforcement officers after he entered Mar-a-Lago with a weapon.
El sheriff local identificó al hombre como Austin Tucker Martin, de 21 años y originario de Cameron, Carolina del Norte. El presidente no se encontraba en su complejo de Florida y no ha hecho comentarios sobre el tiroteo.
The man was killed early Sunday after an “unauthorized entry” into the secure perimeter at President Trump’s resort in Florida, the agency said. The president was not at the club at the time.
Scores of Californians have moved to Tennessee for its friendlier business environment and conservative politics. On Saturday, the Democratic governor accused of driving them away paid a visit.
The rocket will be removed from the launchpad in order for technicians to investigate and fix a malfunctioning helium system.
The New York Times traveled to Honolulu, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans and New York to see how Asian American communities blend old and new customs to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
The Pan-Asian landscape is rich with tradition. In Honolulu, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans and New York, communities blend old and new customs to make the holiday their own.
A prosecutor apologized for failing to alert the magistrate to a 1980 law that restricts searches for reporting materials.
A federal appeals court vacated a temporary block on the 2024 law, tossing a previous decision that called it “plainly unconstitutional.”
The news arrived in a note passed by the U.S. trade representative.
The move appeared to undercut the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a onetime campaigner against mercury pollution.
On the lookout for electoral overperformers.
The state’s attorney general said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that the company declined to use tools that recognize the material stored on iCloud.
The slow counting of votes is a classic example of the perfect being the enemy of the good.
The Microsoft co-founder has listed another house on the property. Also on the market, a penthouse in Taylor Swift’s rumored wedding venue and Hulk Hogan’s oceanfront mansion.
The present and past coexist in a Southern city unlike any other.
In “Kin,” the follow-up to the best-selling “An American Marriage,” she looks back on the place and the people that forged her.
The agency is ramping up arrests, but local pushback is complicating efforts to expand detention capacity and prevent overcrowding.
For decades, she oversaw a money-gushing South Florida restaurant that has drawn celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Muhammad Ali and Madonna.
The Trump organization said the move was necessary to protect the brand as Florida prepares to rename an airport after the president.
El actor, conocido por sus papeles en “Transformers” y “Megalópolis”, fue arrestado tras atacar a dos personas durante un altercado en el Barrio Francés.
Across the country, Democratic-led states are accelerating their initiatives to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Their role just became much more important.
Dan Helmer, a Democratic state lawmaker, played a key role in putting redrawn congressional maps before state voters.
A farmhouse in Jamaica, Vt., a 1930 townhouse in Savannah, Ga., and a cottage in Colorado Springs.
Here is a breakdown of which states are redrawing their maps for the 2026 midterms
Mr. Jackson often spoke about Greenville, S.C., in his speeches, returning home several times to fight for change — and for a slice of his favorite banana cream pie.
The actor, known for his roles in “Transformers” and “Megalopolis,” was arrested early Tuesday after reportedly assaulting two people, the authorities said.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson entered the national spotlight during the civil rights movement and ran for president twice. He also courted controversy while in the public eye.
The Masonic lodge that served as the home base for Dr. King’s activism will soon be open to visitors. It had long been considered endangered.
Our education system is failing, but allotting funding by student and family preference, rather than by ZIP code, can help.
Carnival can generate more than 1,000 tons of trash every year. A coalition of nonprofit groups, city officials and scientists has a plan to clean it up.
The man, who federal officials said had entered the United States illegally, was arrested and charged with first-degree homicide after the crash in Savannah, Ga., according to the county police.
A former spiritual retreat in West Virginia, four cabins in the Ozarks and a converted detention facility in Tennessee.
Owners spent nearly $1.5 billion last year on racehorses, a big increase over 2024. A new tax provision allows them to immediately deduct the full cost of the purchase.
A guitarist and record producer, he played a role in creating hits by popular singers like Roger Miller, Roy Orbison, Tom T. Hall and Tammy Wynette.
South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.
In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.
Weeks of freezing temperatures and winter storms across parts of the United States have increased the demand for firewood and manufactured fire logs.
Larry Bushart’s arrest in Tennessee was condemned as dangerous overreach. Nonetheless, he is no longer arguing about politics online.
The couple, who were banned for life from a country club in Port Orange, Fla., face felony battery charges after the fight, which involved 20 people, the authorities said.
More than 40 people have fallen ill at Ave Maria University, raising fears that college campuses may soon experience more measles outbreaks.
Shedly Apollon was on her way to a prenatal massage when she started to feel faint while on the road. Her car veered off the highway and into a lake.
A judge in North Carolina said it was “hard to conceive of a greater display of malice” and that the young man’s actions in the 2022 mass shooting reflected “irreparable corruption.”
The violence on Thursday night took place in a residence hall near the site of two other shootings in October.
The State Supreme Court allowed a spring statewide referendum that is necessary for Democrats to redraw Virginia’s congressional map before the midterm elections.
Juliana Peres Magalhães, 25, had cooperated with prosecutors, who sought a lenient sentence. But the judge said the woman, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, merited the state maximum.
Kevin Taylor, who ran the School Safety Division, received cash, luxury hotel lodging and a helicopter ride for promising to help steer city contracts to a Florida businessman, prosecutors said.
A press freedom group accused a prosecutor of violating an ethics rule by not telling a judge about a law limiting searches for journalistic work product.
For much of North America, the last month has been an icy, frozen trudge. But from the right vantage point, it had a certain beauty.
A very dangerous ruling in New Orleans.
Even in a government full of conspiracists, Kurt Olsen stands out. He made a key referral in the Fulton County, Ga., election case.
In the Gulf Coast city of Biloxi, two empty-nesters looked for a house where relatives and friends could gather. Here’s what they found.
The infant, who had not been vaccinated, was New York’s first case. Last year there were 20 cases.
State income taxes often reflect federal policies, but Washington, D.C. and some states have taken steps to keep the latest Republican changes out of their tax codes.
The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.
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Phil Berger has led the State Senate for years with an iron grip. But in a March election, he faces a popular, horse-riding sheriff who could topple his reign.
After defending one of the first priests charged with child sex abuse, he coauthored a 1985 report warning that the problem was endemic and ignoring it could be catastrophic.
The clips from Jeffrey Epstein’s home office appear to show him with young women.
In pursuit of an interesting life, he came face to face with death.
J.P. Cooney, a former top deputy to the special counsel Jack Smith, who led two prosecutions of President Trump, plans to seek election to a newly drawn district in Northern and Central Virginia.
The appeal by Alex Murdaugh, once a well-connected member of a prominent family law firm, seeks to overturn his conviction in the murders of his wife and son.
The ice that fell during last month’s storm was unsparing: It decimated magnolias, oaks and other species in wealthy suburban enclaves, rural communities and urban parks.
Los comentarios del director de los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid se producen mientras EE. UU. lucha por contener el virus, que infectó a miles de personas en 2025.
Ford Motor reported a big loss for 2025 because of its troubled electric vehicle division, which it has significantly scaled back.
A newly unsealed affidavit showed that a criminal investigation into the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked.
“I’m installing them into Kleenex boxes now,” the aide replied in the 2014 email exchange.
A state judge dismissed a case after the Justice Department’s seizure of ballots from the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, which has raised fears that they could be manipulated.
Tulsi Gabbard has focused on attacking the so-called deep state after an uneven first year as the director of national intelligence.
Tony Lyons, a co-founder of the group MAHA PAC, said his group would support the congresswoman who has been endorsed by President Trump.
Recientemente, se han solicitado voluntarios que puedan desplegarse rápidamente a lugares con necesidades urgentes. Algunas oficinas están tan diezmadas que el departamento ha enviado abogados militares.
Thom Tillis vs. the Trump administration.
A diverse swath of Americans searching for calmness and clarity said they found some, thanks to the Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile trek from Texas to Washington.
Does the popular figurine represent Jesus or the Crescent City’s typical joie de vivre?
Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana traditionally were America’s educational basement, but now they are showing blue states a way forward.
Andrew Farkas has repeatedly played down ties to Jeffrey Epstein. But they swapped business favors in the Virgin Islands, and in nearly 2,000 emails, the two expressed admiration for each other.
The man also pleaded guilty this week to a charge of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, Hezbollah.
A majority of those who lost service have had their power restored. But thousands in more rural areas remain in darkness, according to a local utility.
While iguanas were stunned by freezing cold in Florida, would-be skiers were looking at dirt on Utah’s slopes. Here’s what’s going on, and when it will finally end.
Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need.
Nathan Smith, whose stage name is DJ Young Slade, was reported missing on Tuesday after running out of his home in a community north of Atlanta.
As they appeal a ruling blocking their redistricting efforts, the state’s Democrats proposed redrawing districts in a way that would strongly favor them.
In Mississippi, neighbors of a Chevron plant worry that an influx of Venezuelan oil could increase pollution. They want the company to pay to move them out.
Over 40,000 home purchase agreements were canceled in December, a 14.9 percent increase from the year before.
Glamour, silence and a very big hat.
Fulton County, Ga., filed a motion on Wednesday demanding the return of ballots and other election materials that were seized by the F.B.I.
Some top state election officials, who run voting across the country, worry that the federal government has become hostile to them and their work.
The county filed a motion demanding the return of ballots and other election materials that were seized by the F.B.I. in a highly unusual move by the Trump administration.
The F.B.I seized ballots, voter rolls and scanner images from Fulton County, Ga. Our politics reporter Nick Corasaniti explains how the seizure signals President Trump’s willingness to use the powers of federal law enforcement to intervene in election matters, as the 2026 midterms approach.
A 2020 remodel in Columbus, Ohio., a 1935 farmhouse in Mentone, Ala., and a 1930 bungalow in Houston.
President Trump said he wanted to focus on opening up more Venezuelan oil for U.S. companies. But in Pascagoula, Miss., home to one of Chevron’s largest refineries, some residents worry that this could lead to more pollution. Our climate reporter Hiroko Tabuchi met with some of these residents, who are asking the company to buy their homes.
Mr. Miran had taken a leave of absence from advising the president after adding a role at the Federal Reserve, drawing criticism from Democrats.
The German manufacturer announced plans to expand factories in several U.S. states and build a new plant in Mississippi.
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, brokered a call in which President Trump directly questioned frontline agents about their investigation.
America’s health care system isn’t built to support an aging population.
Prosecutors said Brendan Banfield carried out an elaborate scheme using a fetish website in 2023 to kill his wife and another man.
Arctic air will chill much of the United States, but New York’s streak of consecutive freezing days ended on Monday.
Tulsi Gabbard’s role in brokering the call and President Trump’s decision to directly press frontline agents on the inquiry are outside the bounds of typical procedure, The Times has learned.
An ice storm will bring a city like Nashville to its knees.
More than 30 people have died across three Southern states in connection with last week’s storm, and thousands remain without power.
Heavy snow and bitter cold have spread across North and South Carolina, with some areas receiving more than 18 inches of snow.
Jim Pattison Developments said the sale of an industrial building, which was planned to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility, would not go forward.
Blanketed beaches. Frozen suburbs. Football fields buried in snow. Everywhere in the region, people felt the storm, which caused two deaths.
What Is the F.B.I. doing raiding an election office in Georgia?
The woman told police she was at a party when she was drugged and assaulted by five boys, including Mr. Alexander, who is currently on trial for sex trafficking.
Some felt fatigued. Others were excited as puffy white flakes floated down from the sky. Either way, North Carolina and South Carolina were bracing for a rare burst of cold and snow.
The men used their wealth and fame to lure women and then assault them, prosecutors say. The brothers have denied all allegations.
Jeffrey Epstein, who ended up pleading to a much lesser state charge, told one victim that bad things could happen to her if she talked, the 2007 document said.
Demonstrators rallied across the country, leaving school and work and closing businesses in a show of solidarity with Minneapolis.
La amenaza del presidente Trump de imponer aranceles a cualquier país que suministre petróleo a Cuba parecía dirigirse en gran medida a México, la única nación que ha enviado cargamentos significativos de combustible a la isla.
It is rare for schools to work in concert with immigration officials, and it remains unclear if the partnerships have led to deportations.
Long accustomed to rapid growth, Texas saw the overall number of people moving from other states sink to its lowest level in two decades, census estimates show.
President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on any country that delivers oil to Cuba appeared to be directed largely at Mexico, the only nation that has sent any meaningful fuel shipments to the island.
A storm on Saturday is shaping up to be one of the strongest that parts of the South have seen in years. The storm will move through the Northeast on Sunday, but probably with far less snow.
The search might also be a harbinger of things to come, signaling the president’s disposition to use the powers of law enforcement to intervene in election matters as the 2026 midterms approach.
Brendan Banfield rebuffed claims that he had made an elaborate plan for the killings with the family’s au pair, with whom he had an affair.
Se espera que una gran tormenta provoque fuertes nevadas, vientos intensos, grandes olas e inundaciones en algunas zonas de la costa oriental del país durante el fin de semana.
An appellate court ruled that the firing of the former assistant principal of an elementary school in Mississippi in 2022 had been “arbitrary and capricious.”
The possibility of snow in Tampa, Fla. Record heat and fires in Australia. Scientists say climate change is exacerbating weather extremes.
It’s not likely to be as widespread as the last storm, but it could be unwelcome to people still facing piles of snow. Here’s what we know so far.
Across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, hundreds of power lines and poles remained damaged after freezing rain and low temperatures coated much of the region in ice over the weekend.
Refrigerator manufacturers have been battling counterfeit filters for years. Now GE Appliances is taking the fight up a notch.
The more force that strong states deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers.
The first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years is coming up. Here’s how to see it at sites in and around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The airline said its new policy, rolled out on Tuesday, responded to passengers’ preferences, but some customers said the scramble was part of the charm.
Democratic leaders vowed to appeal the lower court ruling, which found that the legislative process behind the redistricting push was improper.
Meteorologists are watching another storm that could hit the East Coast this weekend.
La senadora por Florida Ileana Garcia, quien es cubanoestadounidense, predijo que su partido perderá las elecciones intermedias si la Casa Blanca no reconsidera pronto sus tácticas.
Residents in states such as Tennessee and Arkansas dealt with frigid conditions, a loss of electricity and blocked roadways after a huge winter storm system swept through large parts of the United States.
State Senator Ileana Garcia, who is Cuban American, was once such a true believer in President Trump that she co-founded “Latinas for Trump,” a national group.
Mr. Vindman will run for the Democratic nomination to take on Senator Ashley Moody, a Republican. The race is an uphill fight for Democrats, but Mr. Vindman could be a strong fund-raiser.
A Greek Revival in Charleston, S.C., a Cape Cod in Roxbury, Conn., and a midcentury modern home in Denver.
The storm deaths were reported in New York, Tennessee, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kentucky and New Jersey, and other deaths were under investigation.
Naples, Fla., and Milwaukee are quite different, but have one thing in common: They are home to regional theaters that are thriving.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
Many Americans bought their first houses when mortgage rates dipped to record lows. Some are ready to move but feel locked in by their low rates.
Three other rhesus monkeys were still on the loose as of Wednesday after the truck carrying them rolled over on a highway in Mississippi, law enforcement officials said.
As residents’ electricity prices have increased, nearly one out of five customers of the leading utility company in the state is behind on monthly bills.
Angus MacLachlan’s yearslong effort to get his latest independent film into theaters was complicated by a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis.
A gunman who believed the Covid-19 vaccine had made him ill fired at the agency’s Atlanta offices, killing a police officer and rattling the public health community.
The shooting in Atlanta, which killed a police officer, followed the spread of false information around Covid vaccines and animosity directed at the agency, public health workers say.