Places hit hard by Hurricane Michael are slowly returning to normal, but residents worry that officials will be in too great a hurry to move on.
The debate was the first in Florida’s nationally watched race for governor. The rivals were evenly matched on stage.
The officer, Antwan Toney, was approaching a vehicle on Saturday when shots were fired from inside. One suspect is in custody, but officials are searching for another.
A box of 500 photographs, most of them black and white and in near-pristine condition, chronicle a family tree full of love and contradictions.
Michael Dunn, a city commissioner in Lakeland, Fla., was charged with second-degree murder after he fatally shot a man he said was shoplifting at his store.
By framing expansion as a pragmatic business move, Ms. Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor, is hoping to siphon some traditionally Republican rural votes.
A roundup of things T editors — and a few contributors — are excited about in a given week.
The arrests came at the behest of the police chief of Biscayne Park, who the authorities said wanted to clear unsolved cases.
Questions about the fairness of voting rules and procedures have continued to grow as early voting began in the governor’s race between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp.
Judge Henry T. Wingate was accused of “reverse racism” over the way he handled a hate-crime trial of white teenagers involved in murdering a black man.
A longtime fixture at Buffalo Creek Golf Course in Palmetto, Fla., the reptile drew worldwide attention this week after another video of him there went viral.
Cotton farms across Georgia were set to produce their best yields in years. But that was before Hurricane Michael left a trail of devastation.
The College Football Playoff Committee snubbed the undefeated Knights last year. Central Florida still hasn’t lost. The next dynasty?
For too many Americans, registering to vote is an obstacle course.
Rushan Abbas, a Uighur American business consultant, hopes to get her sister and aunt freed from Chinese detention by swaying United States policy.
Amazon won’t say a word about where it plans to put its much-hyped second headquarters. But there is a growing consensus that it will go across the river from Washington.
Mr. Gillum, the Democratic nominee for governor, supports higher corporate taxes and Medicare for all. He also has a lobbyist as a top adviser and, as mayor of Tallahassee, was on the payroll of a consultant.
Stone Mountain has been called “a blight” upon the state of Georgia. But to others it is a key part of Southern heritage.
A two-term Democrat from Kentucky, he was narrowly defeated by Mr. McConnell, then a county judge and executive, in a Republican campaign engineered by Roger Ailes.
The ads, with language and imagery not typically found in even the roughest campaigns, were purchased by a critic of Jennifer Wexton, a Democrat trying to unseat the Republican incumbent.
A reader says she has been pushed to a terrible realization.
The dynamic star is trying to keep comedy alive at a moment when Hollywood — and its audience — can’t seem to crack a smile.
Tabitha Isner has been trying to make a nearly impossible sales pitch to voters — and to the national donor class.
The Florida governor and Senate candidate could become the richest member of the next Congress. He’d bring with him a tangle of investments that could benefit from his policies.
Frederick T. Hopkins Jr. has been charged with the murder of a Florence, S.C., police sergeant. He is also accused of shooting and injuring six other law enforcement officers.
The death toll from the storm rose to an estimated 29 on Tuesday, including at least 15 in Bay County, Fla. Many believe the toll will rise as the search for the missing goes on.
A child who had not gotten the flu shot tested positive for influenza B, state health officials said. The flu season has just begun, and flu activity remains low across the country.
The New York Times and ProPublica examined the Charlottesville, Va., school system, which has one of the biggest racial gaps in the country.
The uproar over voting seems almost an inevitable development in the race, which pits two candidates on opposite sides of the nation’s voting wars.
Michael Dunn told the police that he confronted Christobal Lopez after he saw him take and conceal a hatchet in Mr. Dunn’s store.
The police in Lakeland, Fla., released surveillance footage from Oct. 3 showing a city commissioner, Michael Dunn, fatally shooting a man outside a store run by Mr. Dunn.
Visiting communities in Florida and Georgia ravaged by Hurricane Michael, President Trump again declined to acknowledge the threat of climate change.
People waiting in the many lines scattered throughout the region at grocery stores and gas stations are seeking water, ice, fuel and other essentials.
Hurricane Michael wrecked every other beachfront house on the block, but one came through the storm nearly pristine, as if protected by grace. How did it survive?
The damage done to power lines and poles by Hurricane Michael was so complete in some areas that utility workers must start from scratch, officials say.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo asked the F.B.I. and a State Police hate crimes unit to investigate clashes between far-right extremists and counterprotesters.
The exchange underscored how an often contentious dynamic has been smoothed by Republicans’ success in seating Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and a host of other conservative judges.
Tennessee progressives were unhappy with their options in a close Senate race. A 28-year-old pop star explained the stakes.
Hurricane Michael battered inland rural communities with such force that it stunned residents and left them with a daunting recovery they didn’t expect.
We asked readers to tell us about the costs — financial, physical and emotional — of evacuating from the path of Hurricane Michael.
Chancellor Carol L. Folt acknowledged that the university was built and sustained by slaves, and would now work to “right the wrongs of history.”
Hurricane Michael had ripped apart a couple’s home in Lynn Haven, Fla. Nearby residents braved the storm to rescue them.
Emily Basham’s home was destroyed by Hurricane Michael. Now the mother of three is wondering how to start over.
Will voters pull back from Trumpian partisan warfare?
The small oyster town of Apalachicola, on a remote point on the Gulf of Mexico, had already suffered through drought and an oil spill. Then Hurricane Michael swept through.
A reader calls for upgrading our built environment as catastrophic weather events become more common.
Hurricane Michael’s powerful winds and rains swept across six states, killing more than a dozen people, causing flash flooding and leaving at least one million without power.
Hurricane Michael’s powerful winds and rains swept across six states, killing more than a dozen people, causing flash flooding and leaving at least one million without power.
“When is anybody coming to do something?” one woman asked as Panhandle residents began searching for basic necessities.
The right is using voter suppression to rig the governor’s race.
The devastating toll of Hurricane Michael is becoming clearer as rescue teams comb the ravaged areas.
We analyzed aerial images of Mexico Beach, Fla., and found that at least three-quarters of the buildings along a one-mile stretch were destroyed or severely damaged.
Hurricane Michael has passed on to Georgia and the Carolinas, but it has left behind substantial damage in communities like Mexico Beach, where it made landfall, and Panama City.
A girl in Georgia was killed when strong winds from Hurricane Michael tore away a carport and sent it hurtling into the modular home she was in, officials said.
Hurricane Michael tore directly into the base, and some of the Air Force’s most advanced — and most expensive — stealth fighter jets may have been left at the base.
She was shunned by the space community after she sued North American Rockwell in the launchpad death of Gus Grissom. She won a settlement.
One of Panama City’s largest hospitals said on Thursday that it was evacuating all of its approximately 130 inpatients, starting with the most critically ill.
Stop asking why so many people still live in such treacherous areas.
Devastating storms are becoming a new normal in Fair Bluff, N.C.
Communities in the Carolinas already battered by Hurricane Florence faced a new onslaught: Hurricane Michael, downgraded to a tropical storm, but still packing a punch.
This footage taken from a helicopter shows how Hurricane Michael’s powerful winds wiped out many parts of Mexico Beach, Fla.
The Republican candidate, who is also the secretary of state, defended his office after a report that registrations for more than 50,000 voters had been placed on a “pending” list.
The decision to halt F-35 flights stems from what the military suspects is a faulty fuel tube installed in some of the fleet’s estimated 220 jets.
The day after the storm made landfall with devastating impact on the Florida Panhandle, travelers faced delays and cancellations.
The Florida Panhandle is dotted with small, rural communities, some of them among the poorest in the state. Evacuation was difficult for many there.
As our journalists navigate roads damaged by Hurricane Michael, Sheri Fink recalls indelible images from her coverage of Hurricane Florence: traveling by boat on a highway, watching floodwaters swallow roofs, ferrying survivors whose lives were forever altered.
Predicting the storm’s path was straightforward, but a number of factors contributed to its sudden intensification.
Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida at close to Category 5 strength, causing widespread damage in parts of the Panhandle and killing at least 6 people.
We would like to understand the costs and hardships of evacuation, and how they accumulate over a lifetime.
Striking photography from Hurricane Michael and the recovery
It’s called denial. And denial is hope on steroids.
Inconsistencies in classifying deaths have made it difficult to compare the magnitude of different disasters.
The most-viewed properties for the month of September ranged from a vacant Florida lot asking just $169,000 to a Harlem townhouse listed for almost $4 million.
A vast operation took shape across the Florida Panhandle and beyond, with at least six deaths linked to the storm.
Residents and emergency workers spent most of the day hunkered down, only emerging after nightfall to begin assessing the Category 4 storm’s toll.
What does life look like for girls turning 18 in 2018? We gave young women photographers around the world an assignment: Show us 18 in your community. This is 18 — through girls’ eyes.
The storm’s sharp increase in strength could be attributed in part to its low barometric pressure and warmer-than-average waters in the Gulf of Mexico.
Denying climate change doesn’t stop its devastating effects.
Scientists say the links between global warming and hurricanes are real, although it’s still too early to say what the climate-change impact has been on Hurricane Michael.
As the storm made landfall on the coast of the Florida Panhandle, those left near ground zero were in for a terrible beating.
Officials said it was too late for Florida Panhandle residents to evacuate their homes and advised them to shelter in place. Here are some tips if you’re in the path of the storm.
With the storm making landfall, all area airports are closed and many local roads are shut down as well.
Wind and rain roared through the region, flooding homes and sending debris flying at dangerous speeds.
A 1963 house in Tallahassee, an updated Cape Cod-style home in Williamstown and a Sioux Falls showplace built for a lumber baron in 1907.
A 1963 house in Tallahassee, Fla.; an updated Cape Cod-style home in Williamstown, Mass.; and a 1907 house in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Corey Lewis, a babysitter from Marietta, Ga., was watching two children at a Walmart when a woman called the police on him. Mr. Lewis recorded the encounter on Facebook.
October is also racing season at Keeneland in Kentucky’s Bluegrass country, where farm visits, locavore restaurants and revived bourbon distilleries beckon.
The storm was lashing the Panhandle with rains driven by winds topping 155 miles an hour. Water raced in from the sea, flooding the streets.
Ms. McGrath, a Democrat challenging a Kentucky House member, is turning her competitive contest into a lab to test the conventional wisdom that negative ads work.
Hurricane Michael arrives in the height of campaign season in Florida, and Gov. Rick Scott, who is running for the Senate, already is in heavy public service mode. So are other Florida politicians.
A black man who was babysitting two white children had the police called on him after a white woman tried to question him about what they were doing with him.
The U.N. ambassador has managed to represent President Trump and the United States.
The storm, expected to make landfall on Wednesday, is poised to be the most powerful hurricane to strike the mainland United States so far this year.
A town and a country struggle to make a comeback from a shortage of skilled workers and a plunge into widespread opioid abuse.
Registrations on Vote.org typically increase in October, the month before Election Day, but “this is leaps and bounds beyond what we typically see,” a spokeswoman said.
Registrations on Vote.org typically increase in October, the month before Election Day, but “this is leaps and bounds beyond what we typically see,” a spokeswoman said.
Remote as they seem, communities just three hours from Washington, D.C., are more than a jumping-off point for world-class outdoor adventures.
Hurricane Michael is gaining strength as it races toward the Florida Panhandle, threatening to bring ferocious rains, powerful winds and a destructive storm surge.
A strategy for community problem-solving does an extraordinary job at restoring our social fabric.
Senator Joe Manchin III was the only Democrat to vote for Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. That’s O.K. with his home state of West Virginia.
Amid fried catfish and sweet tea, two friends in Mississippi, who agree on next to nothing about politics, navigate their differences as part of their daily shifts.
An upcoming ballot measure in Florida could restore voting rights to ex-felons and forever change national politics.
A November ballot measure in Florida could restore voting rights to ex-felons and forever change national politics.
Hurricane Michael strengthened and sharpened its track toward the Florida Panhandle on Monday, imperiling a vast stretch of the state.
FEMA has paid out billions for disaster recovery efforts. But many projects seem to be undertaken in defiance of climate change, leaving structures nearly as vulnerable as before.
In an Instagram post on Sunday, the pop music titan broke her political silence and explained why she planned to vote for two Democrats in the midterm election.
A federal appeals court should release records of a grand jury that held no one responsible for a 1946 Georgia horror.
When cities grow, green space dies. Replanting it has been shown to lift the human spirit.
A Medicaid special-needs health plan takes issue with Arkansas’ move.
Scenic Route 16, with a twisting 32-mile stretch, is being branded for tourism as the “Back of the Dragon.”
A hotel cleaner keeps the lobby in good shape. He also cares for the birds in there.
Donte Palmer posted a photo online showing how he changes his son’s diaper in public restrooms without changing stations. Messages of support flooded in from fathers around the world.
Sgt. Terrence Carraway was mourned in South Carolina on Thursday, a day after he and six other law enforcement officers were shot in Florence.
Mr. DeSantis had strong support from President Trump, but initial missteps left him trailing his Democratic opponent. Now he is on the attack, seeking momentum.
The South Carolina senator urged the administration to exclude imports used by companies from his state from a list of products subject to tariffs.
Flourishing art and food scenes, and musical venues that celebrate new voices are just a few of the reasons to visit this ever-evolving city.
This year’s midterms carry enormous political stakes, but if history is any guide, the vast majority of eligible voters will stay home on Election Day.
The episode in Florence, S.C., was punctuated by evacuations in a tactical vehicle and a protracted standoff between a barricaded suspect and the authorities.
The most famous faces of the ’90s returned to the runways, bike shorts are here to stay — and the beach was every designer’s favorite destination.
Marsha Blackburn, a firebrand Trump supporter, squares off against Phil Bredesen, a moderate former governor, in a race that’s a microcosm for others around the country
The dean and faculty of the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi released this video statement in response to a racially charged Facebook post by a prominent benefactor.
The University of Mississippi may erase the name on its journalism school after a major donor made controversial comments about two black students.
In a memo, Bill Stepien, the White House political director, described a plan for the president to campaign in seven states for House candidates who support his agenda.
Nine women were arrested during a sit-in at the office of the West Virginia Democrat, who has not said if he will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh.
In their first debate, aimed at crucial Latino voters, the two candidates sharply disagreed on their records and returned to prepared lines of attack.
The Supreme Court, which is short-handed as it awaits word of the fate of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s nomination, seemed to be looking for a way to rule for the inmate without making a broad statement.
Federal prosecutors described the men as “serial rioters” and said they repeatedly attacked people protesting last summer’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
An organization is using the influence that teenagers have on their contemporaries to help more students from low-income families gain college admission and student aid.
Donna Shalala, a former cabinet secretary, is in a tighter race than Democrats had hoped against the Republican contender, Maria Elvira Salazar.
Along the coast, entire neighborhoods remain submerged, streets are still impassable and residents and towns are struggling to rebuild.
Democrats, campaigning to win back control of the House and fend off Republican Senate candidates in states President Trump won, have been relatively muted on environmental issues this year.
The president, in Tennessee to rally for Republican candidates in the midterms, took aim at three Democrats who could challenge him in 2020.
A New Jersey man contracted the infection after visiting a surf and water park in Texas. Experts say the amoeba is found in warm bodies of fresh water.
A New Jersey man contracted the infection after visiting a surf and water park in Texas. Experts say the amoeba is found in warm bodies of fresh water.
A daughter recalls her journalist father’s reporting of the desegregation of the Little Rock, Ark., public schools in 1957.
Inmates on Tennessee’s death row favor a firing squad over a torturous, deadly injection.
Perhaps the disaster that struck Florida’s southwest coast this summer will cause residents to rethink the way they live.
Political leaders say they hope for a cooperative effort on storm relief measures, but there are already signs of tooth-and-claw partisanship rearing up again.
He protested during the national anthem. Then he interned on Capitol Hill. He may run for political office. First, though, is the Saints on Sunday.
A spokeswoman for Andrew Gillum, the Democrat, called the messages “abusive.” His opponent, Ron DeSantis, did not deny being behind them.
Video shows Officer Andrew Delke fatally shot Daniel Hambrick from behind during a chase on July 26. Officer Delke’s lawyer contends the officer acted in self-defense.
He led the island’s preservation and its transformation into an artists’ colony and vacation spot, befriending literary figures and hiring Jimmy Buffett along the way.
The storm’s prodigious rainfall continues to swell rivers in the Carolinas, leaving evacuees stuck in shelters and driving more people from their homes.
A referendum on the November ballot in Florida would re-enfranchise 1.5 million citizens — and could change the state’s electorate.
The problems caused widespread confusion, and many customers demanded to know why they could not book flights, print tickets or board their planes.
More than 50 years later, Freedom Summer 1964 veterans return to the south to help a new generation of leaders register voters.
A Virginia official called for a “more thorough review” of the policy in suspending it on Tuesday, after it angered prison advocacy groups.
Tom Steyer, the liberal billionaire who has crusaded for impeaching President Trump, is pouring money into electing Andrew Gillum governor of Florida.
The state’s voters this fall will decide on a constitutional amendment that would allow the commandments to be displayed in schools and other public property.
North Carolina has had an especially hard time distributing money earmarked by Congress to help low- and moderate-income homeowners in the wake of disasters.