A citizens militia known as the United Constitutional Patriots has begun detaining families of asylum seekers at gunpoint before handing them over to Border Patrol agents.
Any serious energy transformation will need to harness America’s powerful and creative economic engine.
The University of Colorado has come closer than most institutions to wrestling with an urgent question: Is running a college football program unconscionable?
To classmates, the 18-year-old seemed quiet and smart, but a journal posted online appeared to reveal a young woman who felt “on the verge of boiling over.”
The frenzied hunt for an armed woman drove fears that Columbine still had the power to captivate would-be attackers, and that the community would never be free.
The mayor of Yuma, Ariz., has declared a state of emergency, saying the number of migrants being released from Customs and Border Protection facilities is overwhelming the city.
America’s glaciers are losing ice as the world warms. That’s disrupting habitats for fish, insects and even bacteria.
The F.B.I. was searching for Sol Pais, who the authorities said was armed and had made a “threat related possibly to the schools.”
The F.B.I. was searching for Sol Pais, who the authorities said was armed and had made a “threat related possibly to the schools.”
Officials deported the spouse of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving the couple’s 12-year-old daughter to live with her grandparents in Phoenix before the decision was abruptly reversed.
A horrifying mass shooting that unfolded onscreen in real time has become a recurring nightmare with a well-worn script.
The coach of the N.B.A.-best Bucks learned basketball from his father and Native Americans while growing up amid a melting pot in the Arizona high desert.
The tech giant records people’s locations worldwide. Now, investigators are using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk of snaring the innocent.
The voices of young people with different views of social justice are pushing the Mormon Church to modernize.
Three top-performing funds each racked up returns of more than 25 percent, helped by bets on small- and mid-cap growth stocks.
For a decade, value stocks have failed to surge ahead. Investing in them may be a smart move, but it is likely to require patience.
The surprising runner-up in last year’s Boston Marathon wants to be an elite runner while keeping her job as a nurse anesthetist. She insists that being busier makes her faster.
The working-class neighborhood of South Park is hard to reach and affordable. It’s also somewhat of an anomaly in one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities.
Sharr White’s original screenplay “South Platte,” written for T’s Culture issue.
The storm pounded parts of the Rockies and the Plains, dropping temperatures by up to 50 degrees in places like Denver.
Climate change is warming Alaska faster than any other state, bringing early thaws that create hazards and disrupt long-established ways of life.
Mandatory vaccination is rare, but it has been done — and upheld by the courts. While judges have allowed health officials to fine citizens for refusing, forced vaccinations are highly unusual.
Temperatures soared more than 20 degrees Fahrenheit above the March average in many parts of Alaska, a result of disappearing sea ice and a wobbly jet stream.
Temperatures soared more than 20 degrees Fahrenheit above the March average in many parts of Alaska, a result of disappearing sea ice and a wobbly jet stream.
The number of people killed in train and bus accidents is relatively low. But the nation’s top safety board says a few simple measures could cut the figures even more.
This week, pieces by the Poakalani quilting circle are on display during the Salone del Mobile in Milan as part of a collaboration with Loewe.
It can take up to one year to finish a traditional, handmade Hawaiian quilt.
Catlin was lining up for a shot at Olympic gold. And an elite mathematical mind would open opportunities off the track. But torment lurked behind the success.
Reba McEntire, the host of Sunday’s Academy of Country Music Awards, said the weather in Las Vegas was so cold it “froze us women out of entertainer of the year.”
An immersion camp in California that aims to revitalize Hupa is part of a growing worldwide effort to revive endangered languages.
A speech underlined how many conservative Jewish voters, alarmed by rising threats of anti-Semitism and energized by Mr. Trump’s pro-Israel policies, have embraced President Trump.
Seattle is feeling the pain from Boeing’s 737 Max crisis, but the aircraft manufacturer has weathered other tough challenges.
The Democratic presidential candidates should look at what a growing number of prosecutors are doing to end mass incarceration.
Purging my possessions — and some anatomy — revealed what I treasured most.
Scores of the birds are feasting at a county dump, flying off with all manner of waste, some of it rather vile, and dropping it in the surrounding neighborhoods.
The findings of a test well drilled in Alaska three decades ago have been a closely guarded secret. We found answers in a Cleveland courthouse.
Andy Ricker has reformulated his Som line of vinegars, reimagining them as cordials to mix with seltzer or a cocktail.
Traffic-choked cities like Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore. may be emboldened by New York’s decision to give congestion pricing a try.
Like many other decades-old cases, the 1973 killings of a Montana couple were finally solved using DNA and genealogy technology. But the suspect in the case had died in 2003.
Mr. Luján is a trusted ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and was seen as a possible candidate to replace her when she retired.
The former vice president’s attempt to rebut her story without dismissing it — or her — illustrated the #MeToo-era challenges that await a 76-year-old known his close physical contact with women.
Ms. Flores, 39, is a former Nevada state assemblywoman who lost campaigns to become the state’s lieutenant governor and to represent the Fourth District in Congress.
A small Seattle company shows that capitalism can have a heart.
The decision has broad implications for Mr. Trump’s effort to push drilling across the American coastline and on public lands.
The decision has broad implications for Mr. Trump’s effort to push drilling across the American coastline and on public lands.
The former vice president, accused by Ms. Flores, a Nevada Democrat, of kissing and touching her, did acknowledge ‘expressions of affection’ on campaign trail.
The move came two days after a federal court blocked similar requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky and reaffirmed the administration’s conservative priorities.
“I just wanted to relive my childhood,” said a man who had driven nearly 1,000 miles to see what’s left of the video chain he grew up with.
The police burst into an Arizona home to take custody of a toddler, raising questions about when parents can be stripped of control over their children’s health care.
From an 80-year-old tiger trainer to the motorcycle queen of Miami, these are the stories of trailblazing women you likely didn’t learn about in school.
Challengers said the Trump administration exceeded its authority in banning the devices, which the Justice Department has said helps transform semiautomatic weapons into fully automatic machine guns.
The former state representative, David Stringer, faced an ethics committee investigation into reports that he was charged with sex crimes in the 1980s.
A 1904 Arts and Crafts estate in Stamford, a mountainside house in Tucson and a 1924 bungalow in Portland.
A 1904 Arts and Crafts estate in Stamford, Conn.; a mountainside house in Tucson; and a 1924 bungalow in Portland, Ore.
Getting to the slopes without driving was the dream. The Winter Park Express from Denver made it (almost) possible.
In an increasingly global world, Americans should be adding, not slashing, opportunities for their children to learn another tongue.
They’ve gone beyond cynicism to pathology.
Ann Carlson has made dances for lawyers, fly fisherman and even sheep. This time, she’s using trained dancers — and thinking about the art form itself.
The government is trying to make adoptions of mustangs and burros more enticing as one way of controlling the population of the animals on public lands.
A taste of Space Age audacity in a world that lacks it.
The Border Patrol has closed the checkpoints in West Texas and New Mexico, which can be 100 miles from the border, to muster staffing to handle a major influx of migrant families.
Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico said he would not seek re-election in 2020, opening a path for young and diverse Democrats who may vie to succeed him.
A group of family members stands accused of running a terror camp and using malnourished children as pawns. Their lawyers say they are being targeted because they are Muslims.
The particular sheen of America by Amtrak.
Peratrovich and her husband rallied Natives to ensure the passage of the 1945 Anti-Discrimination Act, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States.
Mr. Schultz, a possible presidential contender, is best known for his wildly successful coffee company. But his time as an N.B.A. owner left a very different legacy.