The Justice Department criticized the ruling, which allows evidence gathering to begin on Friday. An appeal is likely.
Four years after Donald J. Trump blew up the expectations for how a candidate is expected to behave in a debate, he will loom over the 20 Democrats who take the stage in Miami this week.
One of the hallmarks of President Trump’s 2016 campaign was his norm-breaking debate style. These were the techniques he used.
A Florida woman took two guns from her estranged husband’s apartment after he was arrested on a domestic violence charge. The police said that her actions were “armed burglary.”
The New Jersey senator is a gifted orator with a glittering résumé, but he often pulls back from political infighting. The debates offer him a chance to break out.
Activists wanted a Democratic debate focused entirely on climate change. They aren’t getting one, but in Miami this week, the issue will be inescapable.
Red America’s homemade rural health crisis.
Medicaid expansion could benefit 4.5 million Americans. North Carolina is taking on the fight, as health care for 500,000 hangs in the balance.
Mr. Bartholomew, a producer, arranger, composer, trumpet player and bandleader, was best known for his long collaboration with Fats Domino.
Mr. Biden said his words about Southern segregationists who served with him in the Senate were misunderstood and stopped just short of an apology.
Mr. Biden said his words about Southern segregationists who served with him in the Senate were misunderstood and stopped just short of an apology.
The E.P.A. found that a small town in Louisiana was overloaded with carcinogens. Why didn’t that mean the government had to act?
Though many African-Americans in South Carolina have favored Joseph R. Biden Jr. they are taking a hard look at several other candidates and considering all issues, not just race.
The annual event is the first major party gathering in South Carolina and the first chance for presidential hopefuls to test their appeal to a majority black electorate.
The Supreme Court took a Mississippi prosecutor to task for repeatedly excluding black jurors from a murder trial.
To find real solitude, you have to go out of range. But every year that’s harder to do, as America’s off-the-grid places disappear.
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The team received approval to look into an unusual proposal: playing half its home games in the Tampa Bay area and half in Montreal.
The former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court may want a rematch with Doug Jones, who defeated him in a special election in 2017. Many Republicans are hostile to the idea.
The former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court wants a rematch with Doug Jones, who defeated him in a special election in 2017. Many Republicans are hostile to his plans.
But they have to work a lot harder and they have to do it now.
The court has passed on contentious cases about abortion and the rights of same-sex couples. Will it now drop the census case?
The court has passed on contentious cases about abortion and the rights of same-sex couples. Will it now drop the census case?
As investors increasingly buy up starter homes, they are reshaping the real estate market around the country, and driving up prices for everyone else.
For more than 20 years, Judith Sheindlin has dominated daytime ratings — by making justice in a complicated world look easy.
The man, Sean Barrette, 22, faces murder charges after three men were shot and killed in vehicles in Metairie, outside of New Orleans. He’s also a suspect in a killing in the city.
After the state Democratic Party cut an unusual deal granting MSNBC live broadcasting rights, the public affairs network and Fox News lodged complaints.
Riviera Beach, Fla., authorized its insurer to pay a Bitcoin ransom to hackers who have paralyzed the city’s computer systems for three weeks.
Juul is giving Meharry Medical College, a historically black institution, money for a research center that will study, among other things, Juul.
To hear the president tell it, the battle for the apocalypse has been joined.
In his re-election kickoff rally, the reality-show president tries a different (but similar) genre: the TV reboot.
With a renewed focus on reparations for slavery, what lessons can be drawn from payments to victims of other historical injustices in America?
With a renewed focus on reparations for slavery, what lessons can be drawn from payments to victims of other historical injustices in America?
Can you call it a wellness retreat if you’re drinking and not hiking? Blackberry Mountain says yes. (Just maybe put down your phone.)
Why should your children have all of the fun?
A generation of American students has become tragically familiar with mass shootings. Many of them describe the life-changing experiences in their college applications.
Trump 2020 may sound a lot like Trump 2016, but this time around the fusion of president and party is complete.
What many of those in Orlando really wanted to do was relive their historic victory.
President Trump began his re-election rally by hammering his rivals and heralding his perceived successes.
President Trump delivered remarks in Florida in a formal start to his re-election effort.
For a man who wants to be seen as an outsider despite occupying the Oval Office, the rally on Tuesday night presented an opportunity to, at least for one night, turn the clock back to 2015.
For a man who wants to be seen as an outsider despite occupying the Oval Office, the rally on Tuesday night presented an opportunity to, at least for one night, turn the clock back to 2015.
She talks about her new soapy ABC drama, playing Dora the Explorer’s mother and her activism, onscreen and off.
Rising concerns about housing affordability, racial inequality and climate change are causing cities nationwide to re-examine their attachment to the detached house.
Sometimes sin is an opportunity for redemption.
Mr. Sparks apologized for comments he made in emails released as part of a lawsuit that claims he spread a rumor an ex-employee had Alzheimer’s.
Only three shark attacks were reported in the state in all of 2018, according to the International Shark Attack File. But experts say there is often year-to-year variation.
The court ruled that the Atomic Energy Act did not bar the state’s moratorium on mining what appears to be the nation’s largest uranium deposit.
The decision featured unusual alliances, with Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch joining three of the court’s more liberal members.
The student, Kyle Kashuv, a recent graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, had repeatedly used racial slurs in a written chat with classmates when he was 16.
Black voters’ complex views on slavery payments.
Inequality of wealth and income was a dominant theme as four Democratic candidates addressed the Black Economic Alliance’s forum in South Carolina.
The pastor said in a sermon that L.G.B.T. people were “freaks” and “worthy of death,” comments that have prompted prosecutors to review cases he has investigated.
The vote was a defeat for the United Automobile Workers, which has tried unsuccessfully to organize workers at plants owned by foreign automakers in the South.
A Somali immigrant struggles to grasp his child’s imprisonment.
He worked with Allen Toussaint, Buckwheat Zydeco, Clifton Chenier and more. He has been called “the best guitar slinger South Louisiana has to offer.”
Everything you think you know about the death penalty is wrong.
The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is exiting the post at the end of the month. During her tenure, she let President Trump do much of his own speaking, a break from the decades-long tradition of daily press briefings.
Those who score big victories for the civil liberties of every American sometimes lose their own freedom.
Ms. Sanders, the White House press secretary, fiercely defended President Trump through one of the most tumultuous periods in American politics.
Ms. Sanders, the White House press secretary, fiercely defended President Trump through one of the most tumultuous periods in American politics.
Federal marshals opened fire on Wednesday night, killing a man, and more than two dozen police officers were injured in confrontations later.
With state legislatures passing new abortion restrictions, the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund follows its own compass on how to best help clients.
The funeral for Leah Chase, a chef and civil rights icon, showcased a street culture that continues to flourish in the city she helped revive.
Longstanding efforts to protect the nests of loggerhead sea turtles have been paying off, emphasizing the importance of collaboration in conservation.
Holden Matthews, 21, was charged in a six-count federal indictment after three Louisiana churches burned this spring.
The majority of the candidates have agreed to participate in the forum, the first of the presidential primary season to focus on reproductive rights.
With her unapologetic lyrics, Rainey proudly proclaimed her bisexuality and helped to mainstream black female narratives in a musical style that later became a nationwide craze.
The family of Tommaso Buscetta, whose testimony figured in hundreds of Mafia convictions, agreed to appear in a new documentary.
The family of Tommaso Buscetta, whose testimony figured in hundreds of Mafia convictions, agreed to appear in a new documentary.
For the Muslim community that lost three young members to a gunman in North Carolina over what was called a “parking dispute,” motive matters.
The aristocrat-turned-commando Guy de Montlaur was a hero of the French liberation. His paintings of D-Day depict scenes that haunted him his entire life.
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Alabama is the latest state to use drugs to try to reduce recidivism among sex offenders.
Alabama is the latest state to use drugs to try to reduce recidivism among sex offenders.
Ten attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit to block the $26 billion deal between the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers in the United States.
It is the first time in more than a century that all but one state legislature is dominated by a single party, and lawmakers have pushed in opposite directions.
In a long-sought victory for the F.D.A., a federal judge said officials have the authority to regulate stem-cell treatments made from patients’ own fat.
Fast currents and swollen channels have made many of the nation’s rivers unsafe for commercial traffic, spreading economic pain from a spring of severe flooding.
Called back to my childhood home in Alabama, I found the past still very much alive.
Instead of burning Gasol’s jerseys or booing him, Grizzlies fans want to host a parade for their team’s former center if the Raptors win a title.
The working dogs of America’s largest maximum-security prison.
Mr. Shearer faults the Army Corps of Engineers, which has failed repeatedly to protect the city.
Trying to stand out in a crowded and fluid Democratic field, Ms. Harris, the former California attorney general, took on the critics of her record as a prosecutor.
It’s almost as if abortion bans aren’t actually about “life” at all.
Tensions had publicly bubbled up in recent weeks, with Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. reportedly dictating how he wanted his $21.5 million donation spent.
She talks about revisiting Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City” for a fourth time, and the potential impact of Georgia’s abortion bill on the production of Netflix’s “Ozark.”
These students “have a level of grit that students who have not been through similar experiences probably don’t have.”
Born Malcolm Rebennack Jr., he was part of a pantheon of New Orleans keyboard wizards that also included Professor Longhair, James Booker and Fats Domino.
A group challenging North Carolina’s state legislative maps says that documents from the files from the late Thomas Hofeller show that Republicans misled a federal court to avoid a special election.
Seven Democrats, including the presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, want the Fed to examine the bank’s compliance with anti-money-laundering laws over flagged transactions.
The Senate majority leader comes out of his shell.
The mass shooting in 2018 that left 17 dead forced elected officials to talk about gun control and school safety. Politics in the state has been changed.
And why the singer, actor and theme-park owner has never been on any of the rides.
There are 8,565 of them across the country, meaning a place to take a hike, fire up some s’mores or simply recharge is often just around the corner. In a year of traveling, we visited 53 of them.
Mr. Peterson did not enter the building and he directed law enforcement to stay away, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Mr. Peterson did not enter the building and he directed law enforcement to stay away, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Scot Peterson, a former Broward County sheriff’s deputy, faces charges of neglect of a child, culpable negligence and perjury, the authorities said.
Gov. Ralph Northam called a special legislative session to address gun violence after a gunman killed 12 people on Friday at the municipal center in Virginia Beach.
Work colleges teach students that communities need all their members to pick up a shovel and participate.
Public opinion isn’t where either side wants it to be.
Not everyone identifies as male or female. This is what it’s like to be nonbinary in a world that wants to box you in.
Peter Chernin sent an email seeking donations from entertainment power players like Jeff Bezos, Shonda Rhimes, Tim Cook, Ari Emanuel and Ted Sarandos.
They have called him “that 13th person,” “the suspect” and “the perpetrator.” Why Virginia Beach officials have maintained near silence about a gunman’s identity.
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Since women don’t have unwanted pregnancies without them.
The private school in Louisiana, once celebrated for helping underprivileged and minority students attend elite colleges, is now under federal investigation over its college applications.
DeWayne Craddock, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a dozen people Friday at the municipal building where he worked, submitted a resignation notice hours before the assault.
All but one of the dead were city workers. Here is the full list of names.
Cleared, then convicted of relationship violence in absentia, then cut from the N.F.L., Mumphery has once again been cleared. Now he needs a job.
Most of the victims, city officials said, worked for the Virginia Beach government, several of them for decades.
DeWayne Craddock, an employee with the Public Utilities Department, killed at least 12 people and injured several others, according to the police.
In the pool, by the sea, tales of long summer days on the water.
Anthony Gignac, 48, once called “The Prince of Fraud,” was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison. Prosecutors said he had spent most of his life impersonating Prince Khalid al-Saud.
The governor of Kentucky is not popular, even within his own party. But party ID and a friendship with the president may be enough for his re-election.
New Orleans, its flood protections verging on obsolete, lives on the edge of disaster.
The announcement will come a little over four years after he declared his presidential bid at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
The announcement will come a little over four years after he declared his presidential bid at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Chief James A. Cervera of the Virginia Beach Police Department said at an evening news conference that the scene could “best be described as a war zone.”
Doctors suspected that children with complex heart conditions were dying at higher-than-expected rates. And yet their hospital continued the operations. Secret recordings reveal what was happening.
After years of failed efforts to enact federal universal background checks for new gun purchases, several candidates are on the leading edge of a push for more aggressive anti-gun measures
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From paddleboarding in Colorado to bachata music in Puerto Rico, we asked writers to tell us what makes their beach vacations the best.
And for me, it was a revelation.
Mr. Gillum, who lost his race for Florida governor, had previously been shadowed by an F.B.I. inquiry into city government in Tallahassee, where he was mayor.
Christopher Lee Price’s case prompted an anguished middle-of-the-night dissent in April that opened a window on angry divisions at the court.
Ride-hailing companies see a ‘massive market opportunity’ in replacing bus and subway rides.
In 45 years as a representative and senator, he combined homespun politics and a canny skill at producing billions of dollars for his home state.
In 45 years as a representative and senator, he combined homespun politics and a canny skill at producing billions of dollars for his home state.
The company’s chief executive, Bob Iger, said it would be “very difficult” to continue filming in the state if the law is carried out.
The company’s chief executive, Bob Iger, said it would be “very difficult” to continue filming in the state if the law is carried out.
The company’s chief executive, Bob Iger, said it would be “very difficult” to continue filming in the state if the law was carried out.
“Going for revivals is kind of the norm for country churches,” said a choir member from Shiloh Baptist Church who was traveling in another car to the meeting.
The state’s Democratic governor said he planned to sign the so-called fetal heartbeat bill. Similar bans across the country have already been challenged — and blocked — in court.
The state’s Democratic governor said he planned to sign the so-called fetal heartbeat bill. Similar bans across the country have already been challenged — and blocked — in court.
They will force women to carry pregnancies to term despite the detection of painful and deadly fetal anomalies.
Mr. Moore, a Republican former judge who lost a Senate race to Doug Jones after being accused of pursuing teenage girls, has said he is “strongly considering” running again.
Mr. Moore, a Republican former judge who lost a Senate race to Doug Jones after being accused of pursuing teenage girls, has said he is “strongly considering” running again.
A bakery epitomizes a Zen-inspired approach to hiring: Don’t ask about an applicant’s past. It’s the future that counts.
The Times talked to Mr. Harrison, the first black chairman of the state’s Democratic Party, about his bid to unseat Senator Lindsey Graham.
The Times talked to Mr. Harrison, the first black chairman of the state’s Democratic Party, about his bid to unseat Senator Lindsey Graham.
Braggs, a town of 259 in rural Oklahoma, has become a virtual island. Floodwaters have nearly surrounded it, cutting off residents, who have formed an ad hoc emergency response network.
One of the city’s newest musical landmarks and its Grammy-winning jazz orchestra are pushing forward as two members of its original leadership team await trial for embezzlement.
Hurricanes, blights and encroaching development have cut into the harvest in Florida and Georgia, but a small cadre of beekeepers still fiercely pursues this lucrative prize.
The streaming giant, which produces “Stranger Things” and “Ozark” in the state, suggests it might leave if the law goes forward.