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.
Support from Republican state leaders for the crime-fighting operation — and to an extent, from the city’s Democratic mayor — has kept tensions to an uneasy simmer.
More than 20,000 households had no power late Sunday in Lafayette County, a day after freezing rain hit the Oxford area.
The Louisiana Republican, who is facing a primary opponent backed by President Trump, said there should be a joint state and federal inquiry into the shooting death of 37-year-old Minneapolis man.
Officials in several cities, including Boston, New York and Philadelphia, advised residents to avoid traveling if possible through the weekend.
In the football offseason, the defensive tackle for Seattle, and his wife, Hailey, return to their sunny place.
Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt.
The new snowplow, named and painted to evoke a Tennessee heroine, is a symbol of how some Southern cities are trying to better prepare for winter storms.
Philadelphia sued the Trump administration after it directed the Park Service to rip out a memorial to slavery. Elsewhere, materials about climate change and labor history were being removed.
Polls, careful remarks from JD Vance and chats with voters all point to some wariness.
Even a little ice can be far more dangerous than snow in some places.
Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights over the weekend in anticipation of frigid weather and ice and now across much of the country.
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician, reluctantly voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. It didn’t appease President Trump.
The annual gathering of top business leaders and policymakers used to be a center of the global climate movement. Things are much more complicated now.
Es probable que la mitad de la población del país sufra algún efecto de la tormenta que se extenderá por el país este fin de semana, según los meteorólogos.
The path of an approaching winter storm is not clear yet, but much of the country, including places unused to frigid weather, is bracing for the worst.
Half the U.S. population will likely see some effect from the sprawling storm that will move across the country this weekend, meteorologists said.
The historic site, on an island in South Carolina, could be inundated by rising seas in decades to come. A display on the threat has been removed.
One person who contracted it died. The fungus is commonly found in soil in the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys, and the illness is not contagious.
It is highly uncommon for mass shooters to plead guilty in a country where such attacks seem all too frequent. The man’s lawyers said he wanted to spare the community from further trauma.
A craftsman in Washington, a condo in Lexington and a rowhouse in Pittsburgh
The club, Vendôme, was hosting several right-wing influencers, including Andrew and Tristan Tate, the brothers who are being investigated in Europe in connection with human trafficking.
One meteorologist warns that “the main ingredients” are fitting into place for a disruptive winter storm later this week.
Los cubanos se han beneficiado durante mucho tiempo de privilegios legales no disponibles para los migrantes de otros países. El presidente Trump ha cambiado eso.
Some judges have expressed frustration that Lindsey Halligan continues to claim she is the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, despite a ruling in November declaring her appointment invalid.
Days after President Trump urged her to run, Representative Julia Letlow said she would challenge Mr. Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican who voted to convict Mr. Trump in his second impeachment trial.
An arson attack at a synagogue in Mississippi was a reminder of the threat Jews face, but also of the strength of a small community forged over generations.
Vanessa Horabuena has painted presidential portraits and Jesus for Mr. Trump, and this month, he sold one of her paintings for $2.75 million in a charity auction.
Cubans had long benefited from legal privileges unavailable to immigrants from other countries. President Trump has changed that.
Laura Sosh-Lightsy’s punishment reflects the new power dynamics in the free-speech debate, especially in red states.
The earnest government disease fighter had become a kind of city archetype, alongside aspiring rappers and C-suite strivers. Now scientists are leaving.
The president has given a new class of evangelists direct access to the White House. In return, many support him without question.
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, backed Nate Morris, a Republican businessman, in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.
A high school track star enhances his social media presence with his mile-long stunts.
A state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom has already divided Texas schools. Now a federal appeals court will decide its constitutionality.
Federal judges ruled that an Islamic teacher’s statements goading men in Virginia to join an overseas militant group were protected by the First Amendment.
Snow was observed as far South as Florida as temperatures plummeted. New York City could get up to four inches of snow and up to six inches is possible in Boston.
Local print media is in a death spiral. Nonprofit journalism start-ups show how journalists can still do essential work.
The potential 2028 presidential candidates showcased a Democratic midterm strategy that would assail G.O.P. votes in favor of cutting Medicaid and allowing health care subsidies to expire.
The president urged Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana to run against Mr. Cassidy, in a move that is likely to further complicate his relationship with Senate Republicans.
There were a few surprises, and subtle regional digs, as Democratic state parties angled for early spots on the next presidential primary calendar. The New York Times reviewed their applications.
The restaurant, Dooky Chase’s, is a New Orleans fixture with deep ties to the civil rights movement. Authorities say it wasn’t deliberately targeted.
The Space Launch System and Orion capsule are being transported to the launchpad before an astronaut mission that could launch as soon as Feb. 6.
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.