South Carolina seems like a serious race; Minnesota may not be; and Florida still appears out of reach for Democrats.
New polls in Florida, South Carolina and Minnesota illuminate the head winds that Republicans are facing.
Americans have lost faith that retailers are giving them fair deals. The F.T.C. is suing Dollar General over it.
This week’s listings are a space age-inspired house in Idyllwild, Calif., a Cape Cod in Charlottesville, Va., and a condo in Washington, D.C.
The Big Easy celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Interview With the Vampire,’ the first novel by Anne Rice, whose hometown served as her greatest muse.
The idea is to bring people together in places that are not always thought of as art hubs, and produce new art along the way.
Alice Walton is helping the Ozark region shed its “flyover” status by creating civic projects with top architects. The Waltons say they are “giving back.” What is the region giving up?
The Texas attorney general has been silent about his relationship with Tracy Duhon, a New Orleans woman who has built a personal brand around faith and redemption.
Play songs by artists from both cities, including Violent Femmes, Al Jarreau, Doechii and more.
Surveillance footage showed the moment convicted murderer, Jacob Allen Morley, stole a truck on Monday after escaping a prison in Tennessee.
More than just the owner of an adult venue, Joe Redner was a political gadfly and fierce advocate for free speech and gay rights. He was 86.
President Trump on Monday was the latest big political star to swing through Mississippi and boost a candidate in a red-state Senate race that suddenly seems competitive.
The “son of a son of a sailor” grew up on the Gulf, and a new museum, hoping to attract the Parrothead nation, celebrates his early life and career. A Times journalist and friend offers a look.
Jacob Allen Morley, 28, was discovered to be missing late Sunday at a correctional facility in Tiptonville, Tenn., officials said.
An idea sparked by the historian Stephen E. Ambrose became the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
Millions of early votes tell us less than many would think, but there are key takeaways from results in Texas, Kansas, Georgia and North Carolina.
The 15-year-old suspect will be charged with 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder after the shooting on Saturday that happened after Florida A&M’s homecoming game.
Democrats are targeting G.O.P. strongholds that could set them up for new majorities. But if they don’t win those races now, it could be a long time before they have another chance.
Hundreds of households in North Carolina remain without a private bridge two years after Hurricane Helene. Many are frustrated by a state program’s progress.
In Congress and in several states, officials have been questioning online gambling companies about their use of artificial intelligence.
Former Republican Gov. David Beasley and Democratic Gov. Jim Hodges recorded a joint video throwing their support to the Democrat in the tight Senate race.
President Trump will stump for a senator in a state he has won three times by double digits, and as Democrats see a path to victory.
It’s crunch time and still looking bullish for Democrats.
As political fights over artificial intelligence accelerate, there is now a super PAC aligned with the data center industry. Its first bet is on Ms. Graham, a Republican in an unexpectedly tight race.
Why the Tar Heel State is giving me hope for the future
When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in 2024, hundreds of households lost the private bridges they rely on to access their homes. Two years later, only 44 bridges have been rebuilt by the state. Our reporter Eduardo Medina takes us there.
Rick Jackson’s run for governor as a political nobody was his latest gamble. The campaign has brought scrutiny to the businesses that made him a fortune.
The shooting occurred hours after the university’s homecoming game. The youngest victim was 11, the police said.
The president voted at a polling station in Palm Beach County, Fla.
The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
The company said that all Six Flags rides and attractions would undergo safety reviews, as the park operator faces lawsuits over safety concerns.
A postman’s son from Kentucky, he worked hard to lose his accent but never forgot his Appalachian roots. “The best stories come from west of the Potomac,” he said.
Hope, dread and the final stretch to Election Day.
Democrats are largely used to losing in the mountains of western North Carolina. Jamie Ager is trying to change that.
President Trump rallied on Friday in a Republican state where Democrats have their eye on several House races.
North Carolina has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 2008. Can Roy Cooper break that spell?
Georgia’s Rick Jackson has spearheaded a court battle over a failed ‘anti-woke’ bank that also counted Ohio’s Vivek Ramaswamy as a major investor.
A fierce critic of the N.C.A.A., he twice took Louisiana State to the Final Four. He was 90.
Lawyers for the BBC had accused the president of delaying his testimony in the case he brought.
This year has resulted in arguably the biggest challenge to political representation for Black Americans in decades — nowhere has this been felt more than in the south.
A source said his brother had been with O.J. Simpson the night of the murders in 1994. But when we refused to pay, he retracted his story.
Mr. Trump is barnstorming across conservative America this week to shore up support for Republican candidates in unexpectedly competitive races.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office arrested the officer, Brian Sguros, alleging that he used the man’s identity after finding him dead at home during a welfare check.
President Trump appeared to celebrate after a rallygoer physically confronted a protester at a rally in South Carolina on Wednesday. He was campaigning for Senator Darline Graham as he barnstorms ahead of the midterm election.
A former three-star admiral fired by Pete Hegseth is making his competence a campaign issue.
The social media figure, whose real name is Braden Peters, appeared briefly for the arraignment in Orleans, Mass., on Cape Cod.
Mayor Jackie Espinosa of Kissimmee, Fla., and her family received money from a grant program she helped create during the pandemic, the state attorney general said. She was arrested on Wednesday.
County election officials have rejected ballots for such issues as an unsealed “inner” envelope. Voting rights groups are urging voters to fix their ballots or vote in other ways.
Philip L. Sullivan started running the Florida hotline in 2025, a year after he was accused of stealing from a previous employer. He was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.
Track the latest polls in Florida's 21st Congressional District.
This week’s listings are in Janesville, Wis.; Rollinsford, N.H.; and Nashville.
A housing and hotel project in Boca Raton, Fla., is tied up in lawsuits and buyers are seeking refunds on seven-figure deposits.
The body-camera and surveillance footage provides the first glimpse of a confrontation in a Walmart parking lot that left 1-year-old Kohen Wiley dead.
In life, the country music star worked hard to avoid the type of public controversy that erupted in her inner circle soon after her passing.
Toforest Johnson’s conviction in the 1995 killing of a sheriff’s deputy relied on the testimony of a woman who was paid a $5,000 reward by the state for providing information.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued a terse statement, months after officers, responding to a report of stolen diapers, surrounded a car, guns drawn.
Reportedly the wealthiest man in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Gilbert Bigio was sanctioned for ties to criminal gangs. He was 91.
After 18 months of negotiations and warnings that it might relocate to Nevada, the Art Basel fair will remain in Miami Beach through 2031.
As Trump held rallies around the nation, his White House was consumed by dramas that reinforce how his presidency has become a drag on his party’s prospects in the midterms.
A slow-moving nor’easter could cause days of coastal flooding and beach erosion from North Carolina to New Jersey, forecasters said.
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has made a point of investing in Republican-leaning states. He rallied in Tampa for Ms. Nixon, the underdog Democratic nominee for Florida Senate.
Senator Darline Graham, appointed to fill the Senate seat of her late brother, Lindsey, gently disagreed with the president’s decision to exempt Russia from the sanctions legislation.
With midterm elections approaching, organizers of the demonstrations known for their anti-Trump sentiment are urging people to vote early.
The man, 71, was fishing at Dr. Bradford Memorial Park near Lake Apopka when he was killed by a 12-foot alligator. The reptile was later “removed as a danger to the public,” the authorities said.
An undercover video offers a grim tableau of where our meat comes from.
Benjamin McDaniel, known as the Pilot Picasso, has drawn some of the most elaborate designs in the sky: a world map, a “Lord of The Rings” homage and now, a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece.
Plus, Katie Zacharia’s ouster, A.O.C. on the trail, and another tense debate in Maine.
Regulation of amusement parks is left to the states, and deaths are rare. But some say stronger rules are needed.
Concerns about the state’s immigration dragnet may keep the itinerant labor force at home, threatening Hurricane Isaias recovery efforts.
President Trump has been promoting his efforts to reduce drug prices, but many Americans have not seen relief from rising costs for prescriptions and insurance premiums.
Statehouses make health-care policy, guide education, and may redraw congressional districts ahead of 2028. With the stakes high, more than 6,100 legislators will be elected Nov. 3.
Steve Pajcic, a lawyer and philanthropist in Florida, started a group that is airing ads in Kansas and South Carolina. Florida and Mississippi are next.
Reporters often offer the only independent account of what happens inside a death chamber.
The former fiancé of the South Carolina representative and two of his business associates were charged on Wednesday with sex crimes and voyeurism in connection with a 2018 incident.
Senator Jon Ossoff, the Democratic incumbent, and Representative Mike Collins, the Republican challenger, debated inflation, tariffs and the Epstein files during the second and final Georgia senate debate.
Representative Mike Collins, who lags Senator Jon Ossoff in public polls, hit his opponent harder in a second and final debate on Tuesday.
“I’m running for re-election to the Senate,” the Democrat said during a debate on Tuesday. Barack Obama said the same thing 20 years ago.
Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor, is working to win over Black voters who usually support Democrats as his party girds for the possibility of low turnout.
Five girls and a camp counselor were thrown into the water off Miami Beach in July last year when a barge pushed by a tugboat struck their stalled sailboat.
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The execution of James Robertson, who said he deliberately killed another inmate to get on death row, occurred without complications, state officials said.
The chef Myles Moody returns home to bring his worldly take on the classics.
One rider died and several others were injured on Monday at the Six Flags Over Georgia amusement park, the police said. Details about the death were not immediately available.
Evan Levy realized he could build an accessory dwelling unit within his budget if he did much of the work himself.
Before John Berendt wrote his classic “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” he trained his keen eye on men’s wear and manners in a long-running Esquire column.
One rider died and several others were injured at Six Flags Over Georgia, the police said. The company said it was temporarily closing nine rides in the U.S. and Canada as a precaution.
The first 911 call from inside the prison was made at 8:40 p.m. It took about 30 minutes to verify its authenticity.
Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic challenger, accused Senator Darline Graham of taking her cues from President Trump. Ms. Graham said Dr. Andrews wouldn’t say no to socialists.
It was the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, and the first to hit the mainland United States in two years.
ZooWorld in Panama City Beach, Fla. squeezed a group of 30 flamingos into a bathroom to shelter them from Hurricane Isaias, which hit the Gulf Coast.
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.
Politicians used to care how much students learn. Now, to find a defense of educational excellence, we have to look beyond politics.
Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces where sensitive conversations can be overheard.
El fármaco se ha convertido en una especie de símbolo de resistencia a lo que algunos en el movimiento MAGA describen como una élite corrupta.
Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.
“Vaccines should be treated with nuance, recognizing differences between seasonal vaccines and childhood immunizations,” Dr. Ralph L. Abraham, the state’s surgeon general, wrote in a memo.
With little post-pandemic recovery, experts wonder if screen time and school absence are among the causes.
The city was seeing glimmers of optimism for what the new year might bring before the horrendous attack on the French Quarter.
The preparers filed for pandemic-related tax credits on behalf of ineligible clients and then netted hefty filing fees, officials said.
Voters in the Virginia suburbs shifted toward Trump. Some said they were still frustrated by pandemic closures and fights over gender, race and testing in schools.
Facebook Marketplace, a platform often used for furniture and electronics, is an increasingly popular place to buy and sell home-cooked meals.
The Mark Robinson story is yet another case of self-declared morality being at variance with actual behavior.
Readers react to articles about the rise in traffic deaths. Also: Neo-Nazis in Nashville; JD Vance and the rule of law; a ban on masks.
The woman, 29, was struck by her own vehicle after the suspects began driving away, the police said.
The government provided $69.5 billion in relief funds to help keep transit on track during Covid-19. But many rail and bus systems are now facing layoffs and cutbacks.