Researchers whose findings last year pointed to a downside from raising the minimum wage have taken another look and the reality is more nuanced.
The president toggled between distortions of the existing immigration system and the inflammatory language of his 2016 campaign at a rally on Friday in Arizona.
Governor Walker, an independent, said he could not win the three-way race next month. He threw his support to former Senator Mark Begich, a Democrat.
Martha McSally drew national attention this week when she accused her Democratic opponent, Kyrsten Sinema, of treason.
Also: An ambitious new tax plan, to help the middle class and poor.
There is the often facile social media narrative of overcoming adversity in marriage. And then there is the reality.
No, starfish are not saved one by one.
So many migrant families are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona that shelter workers are having to put them up for the first time in hotels.
Saudi Arabia and China are among the countries that have turned to the United States and elsewhere.
For the first Modern Love in miniature, we’re sharing your stories about life-changing burritos, unconventional arrangements, and other romantic gains and losses.
The grove of 47,000 quivering aspen trees in Utah is being diminished by mule deer, foraging cattle and human mismanagement.
In Tucson, Lea Marquez Peterson was heralded as a new face for the party’s future — a conservative, Hispanic woman — but her campaign has struggled to gain traction.
After their libraries closed, some people were willing to approve what they had rejected before: a tax increase. “It’s every library for themselves,” one volunteer says.
An 18th-century stone barn in Bucks County, an 1812 Federal-style house in Newport and a 1966 Tudor in Portland.
An 18th-century stone barn in Carversville, Pa.; an 1812 Federal-style house in Newport, R.I.; and a 1966 Tudor in Portland, Ore.
The resignation of Byron Mallott threw an already tight re-election effort by Gov. Bill Walker into even more uncertain territory.
A brothel owner and a Republican, he likened himself to President Trump and was weeks away from general election when he was found dead by a pornographic film star.
Mr. Hof, a Nevada brothel owner, political candidate and self-described pimp, was found dead on Tuesday by his friend, the pornographic film actor Ron Jeremy.
The writer discloses where he gets his signature hats and the “Game of Thrones” character that reminds him the most of Trump.
The writer of “A Game of Thrones” fields questions from New York Times staffer superfans.
The commissioner, Blake Fischer, drew ire after he sent a mass email about his hunting trip in Namibia. The email included photos of game he killed.
In the past half-century, he has created masterpieces in nearly every medium and, in the process, pushed the limits of what art can — and should — do.
For over 50 years, he’s made art about art itself, inventing his own visual language along the way.
The newly opened Grand Junction-Moab trail, a 155-mile route linked by a network of backcountry huts, and accessible only two months a year, offers an almost irresistible challenge for bikers.
Everything that was dear to Adrián Luna was in a small town in Idaho, and when he was deported, he died trying to find it again.
He’s casting his ballot for Jon Tester, who is less of a cookie-cutter Democrat and more of a Bull Moose wild card, “a Montanan who understands Montana.”
Dissatisfaction with President Trump among Nevada voters has not had the ripple effect Democrats hoped for. Senator Dean Heller, a Republican, holds a slight edge over Jacky Rosen.
After he was killed in Laramie, Wyo., in 1998, Mr. Shepard became a symbol of violence against gay people. He has never been laid to rest.
Katmai National Park in southern Alaska is home to thousands of bears. This week, rangers are celebrating the fattest through an online tournament.
Bryan Perry, an Iraq War veteran, was in jail suffering from an apparent drug overdose in 2016. In a cellphone video, deputies can be heard laughing at him.
At the Oregon Country Fair, a three-day summer festival in Veneta, Ore., “people in society that can’t do what they want to do can do it here.”
Ms. Rosen, a first-term congresswoman, is running against Senator Dean Heller, one of the most endangered Republican incumbents in November. The Kavanaugh nomination is a wild card in the race.
From Las Vegas to Georgetown Prep, variations of “what happens here stays here” are common. But where does this phrase come from and what does it really mean?
Ben McAdams supporters see him riding a blue wave into Washington, but Ms. Love and her supporters are not convinced.
An 1886 house in Chicago, a Frank Lloyd Wright-style home in Princeton and an elaborately embellished hacienda in a suburb of Phoenix.
An 1886 house in Chicago; a Frank Lloyd Wright-style home in Princeton, N.J.; and an elaborately embellished hacienda in Paradise Valley, Ariz.
Plenty of stars and coaches have new addresses following a busy off-season, and the balance of power may have tilted west with a reinforced Pacific Division.
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.
The booby traps included a gate rigged to send a hot tub hurtling toward anyone who opened it and a jury-rigged wheelchair that caused the injury.
A year ago, Regina Harris and Billy Bob Mason were among those who fled the concert in panic as bullets rained down. Monday, they were back, surrounded by survivors.
Dennis Dickey pleaded guilty to starting the fire by shooting at a target filled with an explosive substance that erupted into a 45,000-acre fire.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent recently pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation for starting what is now known as the Sawmill Fire, which nearly 800 firefighters battled for about a week in April last year.
“Is anyone else just fed up and ready to name names?” Candace Faber tweeted before tagging a Washington state senator, Joe Fain. He denied her allegation.
Some places lift children out of poverty. Others trap them there. Now cities are trying to do something about the difference.
On the anniversary of the Las Vegas shooting, a guide to New York Times coverage of the deadly event.
A divorce, jumps at sudden noises, new jobs and new friends: How life has changed since last year’s shooting on the Strip.
Even in attractive, fast-growing cities like Denver, New York and Seattle, selling prices are rising more slowly and asking prices are being slashed.
In Alaska and other areas of the circumpolar north, women have been working in the last decade to revitalize a tattooing tradition.
There’s nothing like a long ocean cruise among the icebergs to make you realize you are not a cruise person.
A case that attracted little attention at the time is being raised by lawyers of the victims of last year’s Las Vegas massacre who are suing MGM Resorts for negligence.
A former sperm donor, searching online, finds both offspring and love.
Gerardo Adan Cazarez Valenzuela took a plane to Washington, then drove south to California, and later to Mexico. He was arrested there in 2011, and is now facing a new charge in the U.S.
Rachel Mitchell, a longtime prosecutor in Arizona, led the GOP questioning of Christine Blasey Ford in a hearing on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Heading into its 35th year, the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko. Nev., is a heartfelt showcase for storytelling, singalongs and good Basque cooking.
The Hawaii Senator has gained newfound prominence as a leading Democratic voice calling for Judge Kavanaugh’s accusers to be heard and respected.
Kyrsten Sinema, the Democratic nominee in Arizona, has made her story of childhood homelessness a central part of her political identity. But documents and contradictory statements raise questions about it.
The Judiciary Committee decides whether to perform its core duty, a look at what’s ahead for Rosenstein, and a dispatch from Alaska.
The e-commerce giant uses its headquarters city as a living laboratory, trying out new retail and logistics models.
The siblings say their brother’s extremist views on immigration and his comments about a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., prompted them to take action.
The siblings say their brother’s extremist views on immigration and his comments about a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., prompted them to take action.
At Defcon, one of the world’s largest hacking conferences, new pressures are reshaping the community’s attitudes toward privacy and anonymity.