A new book by the historian Melvin Patrick Ely draws on court records to highlight the complex relationships between enslavers and the enslaved.
El hombre al que se ve golpeando a una mujer es de Haití y se enfrenta a un cargo de asesinato en Florida, dijeron las autoridades. El presidente ha buscado eliminar el Estatus de Protección Temporal para los migrantes de origen haitiano.
The man seen beating a woman is from Haiti and faces a murder charge in Florida, officials said. President Trump has fought to end protections for Haitian immigrants.
Since 2013, performance on national tests in Mississippi has skyrocketed, while scores in blue states have lagged. What is it doing right?
The state’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, said ChatGPT “may likely have been used to assist” the suspect in last year’s shooting at Florida State University.
Decarlos Brown Jr., who is charged with murdering a Ukrainian immigrant, was found incapable of proceeding to state trial. A federal case against him will come first.
The German carmaker is the latest to scale back plans for electric vehicles in favor of gasoline models.
Courtney Williams, who worked at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, was accused of leaking classified information to a reporter.
These gentle giants forage in shallow waters, primarily along the coast of Florida, and often have fatal encounters with boats. What can be done to help them?
Mr. Gugino, 81, had filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the city of Buffalo and members of its police force after officers fractured his skull at a Black Lives Matter protest.
The fine, which comes six months after an explosion at the plant killed 16 people, is the largest ever issued by Tennessee’s occupational safety agency.
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A Republican won Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat, but Democrats shifted the district 25 points to the left since the 2024 presidential race. Conservative candidates lost in Wisconsin, too.
A midcentury home in Savannah, Ga., a farmhouse in Carversville, Pa., and a 1928 house in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Shawn Harris lost by about 12 percentage points in the 14th Congressional District, but he shifted the district 25 points to the left.
The contest for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former seat could continue a streak of special election results that have shown a significant shift to the left.
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President Trump, his administration and G.O.P. lawmakers have claimed widespread issues with mailed ballots and fraudulent voting, but the evidence doesn’t support them.
The former member of the chart-topping Atlanta trio was in stable condition after being shot in Hollywood, Fla., his representative said. The police said they had detained two other people.
As deadlines approach in the next two weeks, neither is going quite according to the partisan plan.
La esposa de 22 años de un sargento del ejército llegó a Estados Unidos desde Honduras, cuando era niña. Se la llevaron de una base militar donde la pareja planeaba vivir.
The main super PAC for Senate Republicans is focusing on eight states, and plans to spend big money to defend G.O.P.-held seats in Alaska, Iowa and Ohio.
Tuesday’s special House election runoff in a conservative stretch of Georgia is one of the first to showcase disagreements over the conflict, including within the G.O.P.
We’re supposed to give students a map. I don’t even know the terrain.
Democrats smother their best message — change — when they try to reserve public offices for relatives and cronies.
The well-born protagonist of Nancy Lemann’s novel “The Oyster Diaries” returns home and immediately feels like an outsider.
The 22-year-old wife of an Army staff sergeant came to the U.S. as a toddler. She was taken from a military base where the couple planned to live.
“This is actually God’s word,” says one collector. “Why not have a really nice copy of it?”
The architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign wants “a moratorium on immigration from third world countries until we can heal ourselves as a nation.” The chaos in Minneapolis has not pushed him off that course.
Some of the pedestrians at the parade in New Iberia, La., were critically hurt, according to the authorities, who said the driver was taken into custody.
Raw Farm, a dairy producer in California, denies that its products have caused the outbreak, which has sickened people in three states.
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Gregg Phillips, who is in charge of responding to fires and floods, says the hand of God suddenly and mysteriously moved him to a 24-hour breakfast spot in Rome, Ga.
La NASA espera que el vuelo del Artemis II sea un paso hacia la plena reactivación de las ambiciones lunares estadounidenses.
The state legislature failed to push back a deadline that requires Georgia to get rid of its current voting system and find a new one — all before November.
The change follows weeks of complaints from a grandson of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor and other vocal consumers.
Parts of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri are in the bull’s-eye of powerful storms sweeping through this week.
With the Artemis II launch, NASA reignited its long-dormant ambitions for crewed lunar exploration.
There has never been more competition in the leisure industry, as Disney and niche parks appeal to young families and high-income visitors.
In more than 10 states, laboratories or doctors must notify the state health authorities of each positive test for a marker of the syndrome.
Crowds gathered near the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday to watch as NASA launched four astronauts on a 10-day journey that will go around the moon.
Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana, running to challenge Senator Bill Cassidy, is facing conservative blowback over remarks from 2020.
The director, Luanne James, was fired at a board meeting for the Rutherford County Library System on Monday after she refused to move certain books to the adult section.
NASA will broadcast the launch of the Artemis II mission as well as holding live conversations with the crew during their time in space.
The contest between Representative Steve Cohen, 76, a white incumbent, and Justin Pearson, 31, a Black state lawmaker, exemplifies a national push for a passing of the torch.
A brick bungalow in Houston, a renovated 1911 house in Omaha and a home with a rentable storefront space in Norfolk
Six people, including a camp counselor, were thrown into the water on July 28 when their sailboat was struck by a barge that was being pushed by a tugboat, the authorities said.
Officials at the department and the White House are in the middle of a messy and complicated debate over how to respond to President Trump’s lawsuit demanding $10 billion from the I.R.S.
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The president’s foundation released a video showing a gleaming tower by Biscayne Bay emblazoned with his name. It would dominate the skyline.
President Trump posted a video rendering that appeared to include elements generated by artificial intelligence of a skyscraper in Miami featuring what appeared to be Air Force One.
Since the Iran conflict began on Feb. 28, gas prices across the United States have increased about 35 percent. They are now above $4 a gallon, and drivers are wincing.
This is not how American democracy is supposed to work.
In these homes — built as far back as 1878 and as recently as 2021 — sunken living rooms appear in many styles.
Delivering salmon, fruits and other perishable foods has become more expensive as the war with Iran pushes up diesel prices.
The airport near West Palm Beach will be rebranded the President Donald J. Trump International Airport on July 1, if approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The pro-Trump musician saluted the pair of Apache attack choppers, which appeared to be the same ones that flew low over a “No Kings” rally in Nashville.
The former South Carolina governor and congressman filed papers to run for his old seat, six years after running for president and nearly two decades after a high-profile affair.
The police chief in Fargo, N.D., acknowledged “missteps” but stopped short of apologizing to Angela Lipps, a Tennessee resident who said she had never been to North Dakota before she was arrested.
With Brian Nathan’s victory certified, Democrats won two of three state legislative races in this month’s special elections, all in Republican-leaning districts.
A University of North Carolina program was intended to promote civil discourse and ideological diversity. Some of its early conservative supporters say it is doing the opposite.
Already pinched by the high costs of living, some families have modified how they plan to travel by road and air as the Iran war pushes gas and oil prices higher.
Trained as a playwright, he got his first TV writing job on “St. Elsewhere,” then worked on “Homicide: Life on the Street,” “The Wire,” “Treme” and “Bosch.”
El rostro de la ofensiva migratoria de Trump se retira esta semana y afirma que no fue lo suficientemente lejos en sus acciones.
Three journalists on the potential repercussions of Operation Epic Fury.
The influencer, known for promoting handsomeness, is accused of arranging a brawl between two women. Separately, the authorities are investigating a video showing him shooting an alligator.
The Trump administration had asked the court to dismiss the charges, describing them as an example of “weaponized federal overreach” by the Biden administration.
As T.S.A. staff shortages continued on Friday, some airports saw interminably long wait times, while others barely had a wait at all, adding to travelers’ confusion.
The court decided the warrant was invalid, because it came after the former governor, Matt Bevin, had filed to disqualify a judge from his child-support case, accusing her of bias.
Since the start of the war in Iran, the average price of gas in the United States has climbed by nearly a dollar.
Voters in Virginia will decide on April 21 whether to redraw the state’s congressional map. Turnout is even higher, thus far, than it was in last year’s governor’s election.
Our local dispute should serve as a warning to all Americans about the midterms.
Some conservative sheriffs have raised concerns about the aggressive enforcement tactics that Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has embraced.
Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida is charged with stealing $5 million in FEMA money for her campaign.
The suit said the nondisclosure agreement that was part of her court settlement with Mr. LaBeouf, her former boyfriend, effectively silenced her. His lawyer disputes that.
President Trump wants to restrict voting by mail, which he says amounts to “cheating.” But he defended his own use of the practice in a special election this week.
A handful of airports, including San Francisco and Kansas City International, participate in a program that lets them rely on private screeners instead of T.S.A. agents.
Often treated as throwaway pets, hermit crabs can live 50 years. Mary Akers, a self-taught expert, wants people to appreciate them as much as she does.
A leveled-up dining scene, upgraded greenways and public art await weekend visitors to this Southern capital.
It was unclear whether having agents helping with screening passengers would improve wait times. Some travelers expressed worries.
Seven years after leaving office, Matt Bevin, the combative ex-governor, faces charges for not providing financial records sought by his estranged son.
Can any Republican disagree with Trump and get away with it? Thomas Massie’s primary race in Kentucky is a key test.
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, said, “You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you.” The pastor said he was calling for Mr. Talarico’s religious conversion.
A mother of three won a statehouse seat that includes Mar-a-Lago, while a union electrician leads in a State Senate race in conservative West Tampa.
A short-term funding bill enacted this week will ensure that more than 12,000 Floridians do not lose access to a program that helps pay for H.I.V. medications.
La victoria de Emily Gregory en Palm Beach llevó la oleada demócrata hasta la finca del presidente Trump. Por otro lado, un líder sindical lidera la carrera por un escaño en el Senado estatal que ha dejado vacante el vicegobernador de Florida.
Republicans are cautiously optimistic about a statewide referendum now at the center of the country’s gerrymandering war, but Democrats have a huge cash advantage.
The descendants of David Drake learned who he was 10 years ago. They see his jars as his artistic and spiritual inheritance — and their own.
If you’re having an unexplained, intense reaction after eating beef or pork, it’s a good idea to seek a blood test.
The incidence of alpha-gal syndrome appears to be growing significantly. Patients who are bitten can develop a severe allergy to red meat, and a few have died.
Emily Gregory’s victory in Palm Beach brought the Democratic surge to President Trump’s backyard, while a union leader leads in a race for a state senate seat vacated by Florida’s lieutenant governor.
Scenes from extra long lines at two airports, and a surprising discovery at a third.
Airport escorts and “red coat” assistance for lawmakers will be suspended, the airline said on Tuesday, citing the extended partial government shutdown.
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Phil Berger had money, power and an endorsement from President Trump. But his critics had a long list of resentments and, on Tuesday, he lost by a mere 23 votes.
A seventh-grade student was accused of stabbing two other students and a paraprofessional, the authorities said.
To much ado, the secretary of state took the stand against David Rivera, a former congressman accused of secretly lobbying on behalf of the Venezuelan government.
The Republican congressman from Kentucky is a die-hard libertarian who has centered his campaign on his willingness to buck the president. It has bought him the most expensive primary in the country.
He was the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. But as he begins a retirement that was not entirely voluntary, the Border Patrol leader says he did not go far enough.
President Trump has long fixated on mail-in-voting to bolster his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. But he recently used the method in a Florida special election.
A woman who took medication to induce an abortion, and then delivered the baby, was arrested on a murder charge. But on Monday, a state judge expressed deep skepticism about the case.
Residents and state officials are divided over whether a crime task force is a welcome fix or an unwanted imposition in a city where crime was already falling.
Amid a war with Iran, rising gas prices and a government shutdown, the president detoured on a trip to Memphis to visit the king of rock’s mansion.
In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere.
The agents were sent to help understaffed T.S.A. teams manage long security lines. But early on Monday, it was unclear what impact they were having.
Nancy Lemann published her first novel at 28. Then came “the doom.” Now she’s back in the spotlight, and not exactly comfortable with it.
The legal changes the Republican National Committee is seeking could have cost former President George W. Bush the contentious 2000 election to former Vice President Al Gore.
The appeals court that struck down a Mississippi law on mail-in ballots ruled that voting requires a different approach from other areas of the law.
A 1920s craftsman house in Texas, a midcentury stunner in Georgia and a Victorian-style home in Michigan.
Through Varsity Spirit, the company he established in 1974, he turned cheerleading into a multibillion-dollar juggernaut and exerted control over almost every aspect of it.
On Capitol Hill and in Nashville, comments by Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee have sown division and underscored a growing tolerance on the right for Islamophobia.
Across the South and Southwest, where price hikes have been the most severe, drivers have lamented how the increased costs have cut into their budgets.
The K-pop supergroup BTS performed their first concert in over three years in Seoul on Saturday following the release of their new album, “Arirang,” on Friday. Thousands of fans came out to hear one of the biggest names in K-pop.
Ms. Duggar was arrested two days after Joseph Duggar, a onetime star of the reality TV series “19 Kids and Counting,” was arrested in a sex abuse case. She appeared in the “Counting On” spinoff.
The civil rights charges against the two Louisville, Ky., police officers stemmed from their involvement in drafting the no-knock search warrant that led to the fatal shooting.
Spring, is that you? Where and when to find peak blooms in Washington, D.C., as well as New York, New Jersey, Oregon and Georgia.
People representing the three brothers have reached out to a lobbyist and an influential Jewish group that have supported clemency for others. There are no signs the White House is considering a pardon.
Estefany Maria Rodriguez Florez, who works for a Spanish-language outlet, was released on bond in a case that has raised concerns about press freedom.
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Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas have passed laws requiring the posters in public schools. Several other states are considering similar measures.
Mr. Duggar, a former star of the TLC reality show, was arrested in Arkansas and was awaiting extradition to Florida, where the authorities said he molested a 9-year-old girl in 2020.
The outbreak has sickened people in California, Texas and Florida. The agency said Cheddar cheese products from Raw Farm are “the likely source,” but the company denies it and has not recalled them.
He made no effort to campaign but won the South Carolina Democratic primary in 2010, becoming the state’s first Black major-party nominee for Senate.
Michelle Goldberg on a dark political reality she found in Florida.
The employee’s condition was not immediately disclosed. The Department of Veterans Affairs said the clinic would be closed for the rest of the week, while the authorities investigate.
En Florida, algunos partidarios del presidente que han dedicado su vida a la causa de una Cuba libre temen que las conversaciones entre Washington y La Habana no conduzcan a una transformación política total.
Many Cubans in Florida have sought regime change for decades. They fear that President Trump’s talks with Cuba will not lead to wholesale political transformation.
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Proposed settlements would block wind farms off New York State and North Carolina, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
The purported sighting in March 2006, covered by a local TV news station, made a lasting impression on the internet — and on Mobile, Ala.
States are rolling back coverage for lifesaving medications.
More than 12 million people are at risk from damaging winds and strong tornadoes, including in Washington, D.C.
A turn-of-the-century church turned artist’s loft, a formerly abandoned church from the 1870s and a Lutheran church from 1902 with a new addition.
What began as a sex-trafficking investigation in Florida has gone on to spawn conspiracy theories and tarnish the legacies of influential people.
Un grupo de migrantes cubanos zarparon de los cayos de Florida y acabaron en un tiroteo frente a las costas cubanas. Eran militantes anticomunistas de grupos marginales.
Inspired by the Gospel, he helped create a national network of community-development ministries “styled on the life of Jesus, who had the greatest concern for the weakest of people.”
Several incidents, including an attack on a synagogue in Michigan, a shooting in Virginia and a thwarted explosives attack in New York, may be linked to the fighting in the Middle East.
The Cuban immigrants sailed from the Florida Keys and wound up in a gunfight off Cuban shores. They were anti-Communist militants from fringe groups.
Lt. Col. Brandon Shah flew hundreds of combat missions as a war-zone helicopter pilot before being shot and killed in his Old Dominion University classroom by a radicalized military veteran.
The teacher’s relatives said they supported “getting the charges dropped for all involved” after a student prank led to his death last week in Georgia.
A formal tally on Friday showed Sam Page ahead of Phil Berger, the powerful longtime leader of the State Senate. A recount is expected but experts say that is unlikely to flip the results.
One woman’s small case turned upside down is a peek into how civil rights enforcement is now operating.
On Super Sunday, a 150-year-old tradition of painstaking craftsmanship is put on display in New Orleans’ streets with suits made of delicate beads and billowing ostrich feathers.
The proposed law, which would not take effect before this year’s midterm elections, was modeled in part on President Trump’s top legislative priority in Congress.