The verdict will likely influence similar lawsuits against other oil companies over coastal damage in the state.
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy.
The rising water levels have prompted rescues and road closures. The storm, which has killed at least 15 people, doesn’t show signs of letting up.
The new $7 billion theme park in Orlando opens in May. With it, Universal aims to challenge Disney by letting visitors explore lands based on movies and games.
Viewers have obsessed over whether the accents in Season 3 were credible, or another atrocious attempt by Hollywood to replicate a Southern dialect.
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was detained by ICE agents in Massachusetts, driven to Vermont and flown to a detention center in Louisiana, where the government was trying to argue her court case.
A light, classic coconut cake in all its old-fashioned glory.
The ruling was a win for the Republican who narrowly lost a State Supreme Court race in November. The case has tested the boundaries of post-election litigation.
A law student in Florida has a lucrative side gig: fund-raising consultant. His firm earns a 25 percent cut of “profit” from donations, and critics have begun to pile up after two special elections.
Waters continued to rise in communities from Arkansas to Michigan as the storm, which has killed at least eight, drenched the region. More tornadoes were also possible.
As the artist’s posthumous retrospective opens at SFMOMA, a reporter visits her family home and studio in Noe Valley, the center of her pioneering sculpture practice.
Una persona expuesta a concentraciones elevadas del gas durante un periodo prolongado de tiempo puede perder el conocimiento y dejar de respirar, lo que conduce a la muerte.
The severe weather stretched from Texas to Ohio, causing tornadoes and flooding across the central United States.
A nonprofit group said the president misapplied a law in imposing those levies and portrayed its filing as the first lawsuit to challenge the Trump administration over its tariffs.
After hail, heavy rains and more than 30 tornadoes drenched the region, officials warned that a “generational flooding” disaster was possible.
After being picked up in Massachusetts, Rumeysa Ozturk was moved to a detention center in Louisiana, where the government wants to argue its case to deport her.
At least two Weather Service offices in Kentucky cited the continued threat of bad weather.
At least one siren in the southwestern part of the city was still out of service, and the Fire Department did not say how long repairs would take.
Nearly 30 tornadoes were confirmed in several states after the first wave of the storm and floodwaters overtook streets in Tennessee.
Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of the retired Yankees player Brett Gardner, died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on vacation in Costa Rica. Here’s why the gas is so dangerous.
The district attorney’s office in Fulton County, Ga., had cited a post in which the rapper referred to a gang investigator as the “Biggest liar in the DA office.”
A summary of the police investigation, released two years after the attack, found that the shooter had spent years planning the violence and covering up mental health problems.
Democrats achieved their biggest gains to date in the second Trump era, winning a fiercely contested State Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, while also landing relatively strong showings despite losing two Florida special elections. Shane Goldmache...
Energizados contra la nueva era Trump, y contra Elon Musk, los demócratas lograron una victoria judicial clave en Wisconsin y acortaron los márgenes republicanos en dos comicios al Congreso en Florida.
Trump wants to give power back to the states. Some states are lowering standards.
A midcentury modern home in Murray, a Craftsman in Birmingham and a brick rowhouse in Washington
The party’s position remains dire. But a judicial victory in Wisconsin and closer-than-expected losses in Florida suggest a once-demoralized Democratic base is animated again.
Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.
The Republicans who were elected on Tuesday to fill seats left empty by Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz had President Trump’s backing.
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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.
Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.
Plus, the return of the rotating restaurant.
They have come out in strong numbers in smaller races so far this year, and in the early voting for today’s elections.
In Florida, Brightline has proved that it can operate reliable, well-designed passenger trains that people want to ride. Can the public sector do the same?
Voters in a crucial court race and two House special elections will provide hints of how the country views President Trump and Elon Musk, months after they took power.
The state attorney general had raised the possibility of charging doctors with criminal conspiracy for recommending abortion care out of state.
A federal judge ruled that Alabama could not prosecute doctors and reproductive health organizations for helping patients travel out of the state to obtain abortions.
Alabama, Texas and New Mexico warned that the seeds, which apparently came from China, could sprout into invasive plants, officials said.
A couple and their architect friend built a family home that celebrates hyperlocal building materials.
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.
A House race in a deep-red Florida district is seeing millions of dollars in spending ahead of Tuesday’s election. Even in a loss, Democrats hope it will signal much-needed momentum.
Robert Irvine has been enlisted to overhaul the dreary mess hall menus that drive many soldiers to less-healthy choices.
Forecasters warned of widespread damaging winds, very large hail and tornadoes, from Texas to the East Coast starting on Sunday.
En el país no se fabrican armas y su envío es ilegal, pero a las bandas que aterrorizan la capital del país, Puerto Príncipe, parece nunca faltarles.
Democrats are hoping to do better in Florida’s Sixth District than they did in November, when President Trump won it by 30 points.
Federal authorities in several countries have recently nabbed several caches of weapons headed to Haiti, but armed violence continues to rise there, with gangs increasingly obtaining high-caliber firearms and ammunition.
Mr. Kingston, who is best known for his 2007 hit single “Beautiful Girls,” and his mother were charged with defrauding sellers of high-end vehicles, jewelry and other goods, prosecutors said.
On Saturday the U.S. figure skating star became the men’s world champion for the second straight year. To get there, he had to channel his grief over losing fellow skaters in January’s D.C. plane crash.
In Mississippi, a sheriff accused of staffing his family’s commercial chicken farm with inmates defended the practice, saying he always paid them.
Voters in two heavily Republican House districts in Florida will decide who to send to Congress. See which party is ahead in turnout so far.
The sheriff’s office in Grainger County, Tenn., is investigating the theft after shipments from a meat processing facility were loaded onto trucks and never reached their destinations.
Several airlines have reduced the number of seats on U.S.-bound flights in April, while industry data shows that bookings have declined significantly.
In Mississippi, incarcerated trusties cleaned chicken houses, fixed cars and installed flooring for the benefit of a local sheriff and his associates, a new investigation found.
A FEMA funding freeze illustrates the extraordinary power of Elon Musk and DOGE, who have made claims of undue benefits for undocumented immigrants and spurred swift action by federal officials.
In some ways, the prodigy now starring for Arkansas in the N.C.A.A. tournament is an urban basketball archetype. But this is not the same old story.
A Queen Anne Revival in Harpers Ferry, a condo in an 1840 house in Charleston, and a shingled house in New Bedford.
Fans of brands like Olipop and Poppi say it’s simple: Now more than ever, they need a guilt-free treat. And if it says it has fiber? All the better.
A new book by the journalist Brian Goldstone puts a spotlight on people who have jobs but no homes, whose struggles remain largely invisible.
A Democrat from Louisiana, he pushed for nuclear power and ending the nation’s reliance on foreign oil in his four terms on Capitol Hill.
At least 20 other states are considering bills restricting the use of certain food dyes and additives.
Hyundai already makes cars in the United States, in Georgia and Alabama.
A majority of the court appeared skeptical of a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map. The challengers had argued the state impermissibly relied on race to draw its map.
The Trump administration is now accusing the Columbia University graduate and protest leader of having withheld information when he applied for permanent residency status.
Forecasters posted an elevated fire-weather risk for an area from northern Georgia through western portions of the Carolinas, and into central Virginia.
Church-led campaigns against businesses for retreating from D.E.I. promises are a form of pastoral ministry for those who feel ignored or forgotten.
Los competidores soportan una mezcla entre un triatlón Ironman y una búsqueda del tesoro en la naturaleza no solo por poner a prueba sus límites, sino para vivir su propio viaje del héroe.
The agency was looking for an adult and two children on a river near Jacksonville, Fla. One person was found dead in the water, and four others were rescued.
The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution in poorer areas.
The police in Orlando, Fla., said that a suspect spent time in a hospital while they waited for the stolen jewels to be “expelled from his system.”
Andrew Tate said on social media that he and his brother, Tristan, were flying back to Romania from the United States for a proceeding in their criminal case.
“I told the judge, I told the D.A., that she was going to kill somebody,” said David Butler, one of several men who said they had been drugged and defrauded by the same woman in New Orleans.
Rare back-to-back wind events have spread dust from the Southwest across the eastern U.S. and Canada.
A representative of a nationwide food pantry network, said U.S.D.A. officials had informed him that some food aid distributed by the federal government was under review.
The lawsuit argues that Boeing should be held responsible for the death of John Barnett, who had raised concerns about safety.
The tax collector’s office in Miami-Dade County, Fla., said it uncovered scalpers using the free online-appointment system to book slots and resell them for $25 to $250.
Joshua Steven Riibe, el joven, nunca fue nombrado sospechoso de la desaparición de Sudiksha Konanki en Punta Cana. Los padres de Konanki creen que su hija se ahogó.
The man, Joshua Steven Riibe, was never named as a suspect in the disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki in Punta Cana, but he said he had not been allowed to leave the Dominican Republic.
The darkly comic Southern novelist kept a quiet practice in the visual arts. For the centenary of her birth, her paintings are finally getting an audience — and updating her legacy.
The West Virginia couple, who are white, forced their adopted children, who are Black, to perform heavy labor and stand for hours with their hands on their heads, prosecutors said.
A calm retreat that’s just a short walk from the bacchanalia of Bourbon Street.
The law, which goes into effect immediately, targets devices that turn semiautomatic handguns into makeshift machine guns.
After an emotional city meeting, the mayor of Miami Beach dropped his effort to end a theater’s lease over its showing of “No Other Land.”
The participants discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the role of government in recovery efforts and more.
The marine mammals swarmed around the recovery team and capsule, welcoming home the astronauts shortly after they splashed down off Florida’s Gulf Coast.
The student, Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was on spring break in Punta Cana when she disappeared this month, prompting a search effort. An American man who had been seen with her attended a court hearing Tuesday.
Adan Manzano, 27, was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl when his body was found in his hotel room.
Jessie Hoffman was put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It was the state’s first execution since 2010.
Readers lament the self-censorship of public figures who fear retribution from the administration. Also: Remembering Selma; immigrant women; Social Security.
In a deeply conservative district and a more liberal one, two Republicans found uncertainty and anxiety about the Trump administration’s agenda and their support of it.
The Trump administration’s effort to have his case heard in Louisiana could let some of America’s most conservative judges set a precedent on deportations.
A survey of the damage from a cross-country storm system that tore through the South and Midwest over the weekend.
The tornadoes, dust storms and wind-fanned wildfires have led to at least 40 deaths across the United States this past week.
Seeking to serve as a counterweight to the Trump administration, a flurry of mostly blue states has created initiatives — and ad campaigns — to lure federal employees to state government jobs.
It is very hard to be principled, independent or any of those other bygone adjectives in today’s G.O.P.
Canadians have long flocked to the South Carolina beach town. This year, many are offended by the president and threatening to stay away.
A severe weather system spawned intense, long-duration tornadoes that struck parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Missouri, leaving some communities in tatters.
Three judges on a Virginia appeals panel agreed to let the Trump administration orders move forward but were sharply divided on the values of diversity, equity and inclusion.
The tech billionaire has repeatedly suggested, without evidence, that Social Security is rife with fraud, even as President Trump denies plans to cut those benefits.
Mississippi became the third state to ban cell-derived meat, a product not for sale in the United States. But not all livestock producers are opposed to cultivated protein.
The mayor of Miami Beach wants to end the lease of a group renting a city-owned property because it is screening the Academy Award-winning “No Other Land” there.
The mother at the center of the case, January Littlejohn, was a guest of the first lady Melania Trump at President Trump’s speech to Congress last week.
The episode at an indoor relay race in the Virginia state championships has raised the question of whether it was intentional or an accident.
Moving for the weather? A study of rainfall in major U.S. cities may surprise you.
The trains are destinations in themselves, offering a mix of spectacular sightseeing, onboard dining and glorious open-air observation cars.
Brian Kelsey, a Republican, pleaded guilty to illegally funneling money to his failed campaign for Congress in 2016. He later tried unsuccessfully to withdraw his plea.
Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident who the Trump administration has claimed is a national security threat, is in immigration detention in Louisiana.
At a pair of benefits on this exclusive island, many well-heeled guests were holding their tongues when it came to politics.
A 1936 cottage in San Antonio, a 1925 stucco house in University City and a condo in Atlanta.
Why would hundreds of people trek overnight through the wilderness with nothing but a compass? Because it’s the best feeling in the world.
The man also kicked a flight attendant, an arrest affidavit said. He and his sister said they were traveling to Haiti to escape “religious attacks of a spiritual nature.”
The City Council of Hanceville voted to disband its police force and then rebuild it after its chief and four officers were indicted on multiple charges.
The authorities said they have interviewed a man they believe was the last person to see Sudiksha Konanki, 20, before she disappeared on a spring break trip to Punta Cana.
A pilot and two crew members were aboard the helicopter, which was not carrying any patients when it plunged into the woods outside Jackson, Miss.
Crews at the Fox 35 station were on the air sharing updates about tornado warnings for Seminole and Volusia counties when one struck their news studio on Monday morning.
Jason Kale Clampit, 44, was sentenced for possession of ricin, which he had made to set traps for trespassers, prosecutors said.
One of the three media witnesses to the execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina on Friday describes what he saw.
Fitzgerald, Ga., wanted to become the hunger-solution capital of the world — until the Trump administration took aim at U.S.A.I.D.
In 1968, he became the first Black person to serve in the Legislature since Reconstruction. Shunned by colleagues at first, he became a political force in the state.
Originally a gospel singer, she went on to meld soulful melodies with dance-floor-friendly grooves on songs like the 1975 Top 10 hit “Rockin’ Chair.”
A production partly aimed at students that highlights Tampa’s history in the civil rights movement lands at a time when the state is changing what schools teach about race and history.
Investigators say that Caleb Wilson, 20, a student at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., collapsed after being hit with boxing gloves as part of a pledging ritual for Omega Psi Phi.
The man had posted threatening messages on social media and was suspected of planning a mass shooting at a Virginia church, the authorities said.
President Trump’s family business accused the bank of violating consumer protection laws by closing its accounts in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack.
Congress had pushed past President Trump’s veto to rename Fort Bragg, named for a Confederate general, in the final days of his first term.
The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of his concerns about lethal injection, his lawyer said.
“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.
The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. has expanded, as shootings worsened in already suffering neighborhoods and killings spread to new places during the pandemic years.
Assessing the academic skills of elementary and middle school students matters more than ever.
Federal health officials and other experts have repeatedly sought to counter erroneous comments about the vaccines by Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general.
The great Medicaid unwinding of 2023 is doing real damage.
Art fairs managed to survive the downturn brought about by the Covid pandemic and are on the rise again — a trend expected to continue in the coming year.
Mississippi has long had high childhood immunization rates, but a federal judge has ordered the state to allow parents to opt out on religious grounds.
The Florida governor has so far found little success in getting his criticism of the Trump administration’s Covid-19 policies to stick, but that has not stopped him from trying.
The 17 employees from the Broward Sheriff’s Office in Fort Lauderdale were accused, in separate cases, of falsifying paperwork to collect money from two relief programs.
Benefits extended earlier in the coronavirus pandemic have been rolled back. But many older Americans are not taking advantage of the aid still available.
The C.D.C. on Tuesday recommended at least one dose of the updated Covid-19 vaccines for most Americans six months and older.