The contest between Senator Luther Strange and Roy Moore, an evangelical firebrand, is the most significant test yet of President Trump’s power to sway the party’s conservative base.
As more people turn to their smartphones in large-scale emergencies, traditional dispatchers are racing to keep up.
In Dothan, Ala., a jury convicted Kharon Davis of a 2007 murder after a four-day trial. Two key witnesses against him changed their stories on the stand.
After the home lost power to its air-conditioning, 11 of its residents died. Records and interviews show a preventable descent into chaos.
The president lent his support to Alabama’s incumbent senator in a Republican runoff campaign, but risked alienating core anti-establishment voters.
State officials said a nursing home made late and “dubious” entries in medical records on the morning eight residents died in the post-hurricane heat.
A teacher is on administrative leave after giving an assignment that said: “You are a member of the K.K.K. Why do you think your treatment of African-Americans is justified?”
Who killed Alberta Jones, Louisville’s first black prosecutor, in 1965? Prodded by a professor, the police are trying again to find out.
The police said that the killings may have been racially motivated. The suspect was arrested twice in recent days on unrelated charges but was released.
Florida rose from a swamp and never stopped growing. But hurricanes become harder to absorb as the buildings keep spreading.
Kharon Davis was 22 when he was charged with murder in Dothan, Ala. He has served half the minimum sentence, but has yet to have his day in court.
Scout Schultz, 21, the president of the gay and transgender student group, left behind suicide notes, was carrying a knife and yelled “shoot me” at the officers. One did.
Aboveground power distribution systems in Florida have caused “danger, discomfort and economic loss” after a hurricane.
And the Mar-a-Lago scandal.
The floods that came with Harvey and Irma brought some interesting and mysterious things to the surface.
While millions lost electricity across Florida, and thousands of homes and businesses were flooded in Miami and Texas, the data centers powering the internet held firm.
Officials in Manatee County, Fla., drew criticism for asking a local lifeguard unskilled at sign language to interpret crucial evacuation orders.
They will require nursing homes and assisted living facilities to have generators that can keep comfortable temperatures for four days after power loss.
The Rev. Joseph De Laine, an unsung activist, deserves to be honored.
Photogenic police officers and a man who playfully suggested firing guns at the storm were among the people Hurricane Irma introduced to the world.
The home said it had called the power utility repeatedly after its air-conditioning went out, and was assured that help was on the way.
A photo essay of the Southeast, where residents emerged to find debris, eroded beaches and a reason to feel lucky.
A week after Amazon announced plans for a second headquarters somewhere in North America, Walmart said on Friday that it is building a new home office in Bentonville.
Properties in Atlanta, Chicago and Green Bay, Wis., will put guests near the action with the Braves, Cubs and Packers.
Some are questioning whether a new rule on temperature control, soon to take effect, should be strengthened after eight residents died in a center without air-conditioning.
Hurricane Andrew ravaged thousands of mobile homes in 1992. But changes were made, and Florida’s 850,000 mobile homes seemed to fare better during Irma.
Almost from the first Hurricane Irma forecast, Floridians have been in an emotional cone of uncertainty, even those hardened by hurricanes past.
Almost every Disney and Universal park is back in operation, as is Legoland Florida. Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon is expected to be open this weekend.
The president praised the government’s response to the Hurricane Irma.
At 452 years old, St. Augustine is no stranger to flooding. But damage from hurricanes in two consecutive years has left residents soaked, frustrated and worried about the future.
The president invited Senator Tim Scott to the Oval Office for what Mr. Trump’s staff described as a demonstration of the president’s commitment to “positive race relations.”
Frank Caserta, sought as a suspect in a stabbing in Little Italy in May, was arrested on Tuesday in the Florida Panhandle.
A former professor accuses the for-profit school of illegally evading federal requirements on the sources of its revenue.
A criminal investigation was opened into a nursing home where eight died after the air-conditioning failed, a situation the governor called “unfathomable.”
Technology, building codes, weather forecasts and a more sophisticated understanding of mass evacuation helped keep the death toll low, experts say.
People who settle in the Keys often are escaping mainland life or resetting their own, and now some wonder if they should try a fresh start somewhere else.
With streets still flooded, power still out, thousands of houses wrecked and 94,000 people still in shelters in Florida, “we’ve got a lot of work to do,” said Gov. Rick Scott.
A brick house surrounded by horse farms in Goshen, a waterfront home on Bainbridge Island and a cedar-shake house in Litchfield County.
A brick house surrounded by horse farms in Kentucky, a waterfront home on Bainbridge Island, and a cedar-shake house in Litchfield County.
In the aftermath of the storm, residents of Bonita Springs, Fla., were contending with waist-deep water and spotty cell service — challenges for many Floridians across the state.
Hurricane Irma left portions of Florida with flooded streets and blacked-out cities. An estimated 15 million Floridians are without power.
Irma has left up to 15 million people in Florida without electricity. Restoring service could be the most complex operation of its kind in United States history.
Not everyone loves football, but there’s plenty to like about the N.F.L. cities hosting games this weekend.
Some things have changed about hurricanes — technology, forecasting, preparedness. Some have not — danger, power, human indecision in dealing with the storm.
We live by the ocean to work, to play, to heal. But in an unguarded moment, it can swallow us whole.
Widespread power losses and localized flooding caused by the hurricane threatened to bedevil the state for days, if not weeks, to come.
In Hurricane Irma’s wake, the most widely felt damage has been to the state’s electricity system, with millions of customers left without power.
The storm’s track over land and other elements of meteorological luck meant that far less of Florida was underwater than had been projected.
Perhaps more than any building or home, it was the palms, and a host of other canopy trees, that took the full force of the storm.
Eliminating price controls can increase the available supply of essential goods, the argument goes, and help prevent a black market.
The day after Hurricane Irma battered southwest Florida with high winds and flooding, we visited some of the places that were most affected.
Monday’s game between the Yankees and Tampa Bay enabled fans to sit right near the field for prices that might normally leave them in the upper deck.
Forced by Hurricane Irma to play against the Yankees at the Mets’ park, Tampa Bay’s players tried to cope with their unfamiliar surroundings.
Hurricane Irma has weakened to a tropical storm, but left damage to nearly all parts of a tightly connected Florida economy that relies heavily on tourism.
Cruise lines, Airbnb and Expedia are among those working to get people out of harm’s way and get them shelter.
Pictures of daring rescues amid the destruction of Hurricane Irma helped buoy spirits.
As the hurricane rolled north, leaving residents to cope with widespread flooding, images on social media captured the powerful effects.
After days of frantic preparation, Floridians awoke Monday to destruction that fell short of the direst forecasts, but still faced life-altering damage.
As Hurricane Irma made landfall twice on Sunday and drove up the Gulf Coast, Floridians were left with hardly anywhere to hide.
The 54 cats, many of them descendants of one owned by Hemingway, live at the author’s house in Key West, which was hit hard by Hurricane Irma.
We speak with two Miami residents, one who refused to evacuate and one who drove north, only to end up in Irma’s path.
The musician’s 1964 hit chronicles the African-American experience in the 20th century. We followed Mr. Berry’s lyrical route to see what had changed.
Hurricane Irma hit hardest at the Florida Keys and the Gulf Coast, but the whole state felt its wrath after one of the largest evacuations in American history.
The arms of at least two cranes collapsed on Sunday after city officials said it was impossible to move them in time for the hurricane.
As Floridians bunkered up on Sunday morning awaiting Hurricane Irma, pastors conducted services from home and streamed live messages of hope online.
As thousands of people on the west coast of Florida have been forced to evacuate at the last minute, makeshift shelters have opened — and rapidly filled.
Floridians may feel whipsawed by the changing predictions on Irma’s course. But the forecast models “did very well with this,” one expert said, but there is room for improvement.
The storm hit Florida after leaving a path of destruction across the Caribbean.
Those in the path of Hurricane Irma describe the looming storm in terrifying words.
Those in the path of Hurricane Irma describe the looming storm in terrifying words.
The state has deferred costly maintenance, raising fears that the storm could overrun its waterworks, flood systems and other facilities.
Downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane but still carrying fierce winds, the storm crawled up the state’s west coast after thrashing the Florida Keys.
We became hurricane veterans. We learned the drill.
While millions of humans are evacuating ahead of the storm, the relocation of animals is an extra challenge.
A judge dismissed a longstanding lawsuit over Tennessee’s treatment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, ending federal oversight of state programs.
Florida opened dozens more shelters as the first wind and rainbands reached the state Saturday; more than 100,000 people were already without power.
Photographs from the storm and its aftermath.
Officials upgraded Irma to a Category 4 hurricane early Sunday, reporting maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour.
The storm prompted the largest evacuation in Florida history, with people scrambling into crowded shelters and jamming highways.
Normally a tourist hotspot bustling with activity, Miami Beach was all but abandoned Friday evening as Hurricane Irma approached.
Here are some things you can do — and things you should not do — for the hardest-hit communities in the Caribbean and Florida.
In a state where one in five residents is over 65, caring for older residents is one of the main challenges in planning for Hurricane Irma as it heads toward Florida.
Hurricane Matthew devastated rural parts of the state last October. Many people are still displaced, and now they have a new storm to worry about.
It’s not going to be that bad, we say, until it’s too late.
A growing model consensus that Irma is likeliest to make landfall on the western side of the the peninsula, but all of South Florida is in peril.
The storm prompted the largest evacuation in Florida history, with people scrambling into crowded shelters and jamming highways.
While officials in Houston did not order an evacuation before Hurricane Harvey, their counterparts in Florida were urging residents to leave as Hurricane Irma approached.
With Hurricane Irma fast approaching Florida, wildlife organizations are concerned that captive, nonnative wildlife could break loose.
One of the most potent Atlantic Ocean hurricanes ever recorded battered Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas on Friday, then made landfall in northern Cuba.
Despite its vulnerability to hurricanes, the state continues to encourage growth and building in dangerous places.
The storm turned beach paradises into half-habitable emergency zones as it headed toward Florida, where panicked residents were scrambling to find gasoline and water.
The Federal Aviation Administration expected “increased volume” at airports in South Florida as airlines raced to get flights off the ground.
Airfares temporarily shot up and cruises were canceled as evacuees took to the road.
Residents across South Florida scrambled to prepare for the hurricane. Gas, water, plywood and sandbags were in short supply.
The survivors of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have a long, painful recovery ahead of them. I’ve been there.
The hurricane is bearing down on Florida as hundreds of thousands of people flee or take shelter, in one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history.
The Republican-led chamber reluctantly approved the new debt ceiling after the surprising deal reached by President Trump and the Democratic leadership on Wednesday.
South Florida has grown at a breathtaking pace, making big storms potentially more dangerous and costly.
The death toll is at least seven, and nearly a million households in Puerto Rico were without power.
Sick residents, environmental pollution and questions of corporate accountability in a small town in Arkansas.
The storm left wreckage and flooding on Caribbean islands and is making its way toward Florida.
In South Florida, Hurricane Andrew remains a benchmark that few have forgotten. The storm changed how Florida prepared for high winds and lashing rains.
The journalist, Dan Heyman, was arrested in West Virginia in May after peppering the health secretary with a question about health care legislation.
Two young cousins, one visiting from Chicago, shared a bedroom on the night of a murder in 1955 that shook the nation and galvanized the civil rights movement.
With Florida’s governor warning that Hurricane Irma will be stronger than Andrew, here’s a refresher on that powerful storm.
People seeking safety from Irma could be arrested if they have outstanding warrants, Sheriff Grady Judd of Polk County said on Twitter.
To excise history is to risk being punished by it. Remove the statuary but do not consign it to oblivion.
Among the most powerful storms recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, the storm arrived in the islands with 185 m.p.h. winds, with the eye passing over Barbuda as it headed toward Puerto Rico.
A trip to New Orleans with friends fails to recapture the footloose feeling of life before toddlers. But it did make memories and save money.
What one Alabama town’s attempt to secede from its school district tells us about the fragile progress of racial integration in America.
The “potentially catastrophic” storm recorded maximum winds near 185 m.p.h. just hours ahead of its expected landfall in the Caribbean on Tuesday night.
Hurricane Harvey offers an opportunity to understand what’s happening to the climate and how we can mitigate future disasters.
“There’s a lot of love,” the president said on his second trip to the region this week. “As tough as it’s been, it’s been a wonderful thing to watch.”
A Times investigation has found that infiltration efforts were broader than previously disclosed and that state and federal agencies have conducted few forensic inquiries.
When Nicole Perlroth, Michael Wines and Matthew Rosenberg set out to understand Russian hacking in the last election, the absence of good data was conspicuous.
A new exhibition illuminates Lawrence’s inspiration and his enduring influence.
Many Houston residents were traveling when Hurricane Harvey struck. Now some are in limbo, staying with family or friends on an unexpected “hurrication.”
Georgia Power has asked regulators to approve its proposal to complete two huge new reactors — the only nuclear units still under construction nationwide.
A Georgia officer has left his job after comments he made to a white woman during a traffic stop. The police chief suggested the comments might have been sarcastic.
An Atlanta theater still believes in “Holler if Ya Hear Me,” which makes use of the rapper’s songbook but stumbled on Broadway in 2014.
From tranquil suburban subdivisions to pastoral fields, Andrew Lichtenstein has sought out seemingly-ordinary places that in the past were scenes of struggle and conflict.
New repercussions from the storm emerged overnight, with explosions reported at a chemical plant near Houston and the city of Beaumont said it had lost its water supply.
The episode was one of a host of new dangers that have emerged in the aftermath of the storm as floodwaters recede.
If you want to improve at anything, you need to know where your mistakes are leading you.
Among the dead were a police sergeant who drowned on his way to work and a retired high school sports coach.
Among the storm’s victims were a married couple checking on family, and a young man who had set out to rescue his sister’s cat.
After playing three games in Tampa to escape the impact of Hurricane Harvey, the Astros will come home.
Volunteers came with their vessels from Baton Rouge, La., to Houston to assist in the rescue operation.
The recent horror of vehicle-ramming attacks by terrorists highlights the need to make crowds safe from cars.
The story of two Americans, Abraham Davis and Hisham Yasin — a story of vandalism and forgiveness.
Video images helped identify the suspect, the second man arrested in connection with an assault on an African-American counterprotester on Aug. 12.
Robert Longo, Toyin Ojih Odutola and other artists reflect on the violent events in the city on Aug. 12.
Supply disruptions and environmental damage raise questions about the concentration of refineries and chemical plants along the exposed Gulf Coast.
As Houston suffers the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, there is a lot of empathy — and anxiety — in New Orleans.
As Houston suffers the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, there is a lot of empathy — and anxiety — in New Orleans
Stephen Zoukis imagined that the Upper Peninsula in Charleston, S.C., could be so much more. So he started by luring the city’s budding tech sector.
Hurricanes are political events, benchmarks by which a president’s abilities are measured. But many of those in Mr. Trump’s orbit are worried he won’t be self-controlled enough to maximize the moment.
Although it is still unfolding, Harvey, now a tropical storm, is evoking comparisons with Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Here’s a look at similarities and differences.
It’s not the same as the far right. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t expect more violence.
Residents and local activists condemned the response of local politicians and the police to a white nationalist rally earlier this month.
The theater will no longer show the film as part of its summer series because of concerns of the film’s racial insensitivity.
A Ku Klux Klan member was charged with shooting in the direction of a black demonstrator at the Aug. 12 rally. Another man was charged with beating a 20-year-old black man.
Abraham never fit in. Hisham finally felt at home. Then their worlds collided in western Arkansas.
Pleas for help and a safety plan were ignored at a rally that turned deadly on Aug. 12, participants said. Both sides feel betrayed by law enforcement.
Join volunteers from the Frost Science Museum as they work to restore mangrove habitats along the Oleta River, the last natural waterway in Miami.
Jerry Falwell Jr.’s statements are appalling, and call into question his moral judgment and ability to lead. But they don’t reflect my school.
Slow responses by the police to violent skirmishes at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12 have angered many residents, though officials insist no “stand down” order was in place.
As teachers and students across the United States return to school, the events in Charlottesville, Va., are making their way into lesson plans and class discussions.
A magazine’s chief executive shows a flair for design and makes her guests feel welcome.
If the Trump administration won’t protect gay people, we’re at the mercy of our ZIP codes.