Local artists straddle aesthetic and artistic worlds in the land of mega-spectacles and oversize flash.
The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s tallest mountain.
At the Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas, there was stardust in the air as 12 finance guys vied to be crowned the world’s best spreadsheeter.
The event’s organizer hopes to turn competitive Excel into a popular e-sport where pros compete for million-dollar prizes and big-league glory. That’s still a ways off.
People nervous about the return of a Trump presidency demonstrated in Washington, D.C., New York and other cities to show support for women’s rights, racial justice and other causes.
Republicans said they were seeking ways to quickly reverse the restrictions in the state’s North Slope region.
At these retreats in places like Costa Rica, California and the Berkshires, you’ll learn how to express your desires, enhance intimacy and build self-confidence.
The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago.
Monday night’s game in Arizona between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings is the first time the league has relocated a postseason game since 1936.
The WNYC science program “Radiolab” partnered with the International Astronomical Union to solicit nearly 3,000 submissions. The Roman goddess of doorways and transitions won out.
Readers offer solutions in New York and elsewhere. Also: A soldier’s moral trauma; doctors weighing patients; access to environmental data.
Hundreds of cities have cut back parking requirements for real estate projects. That’s led to more housing development, but it has also resulted in backlash from residents.
For people whose homes are spared in a wildfire while their neighbors lose everything, the road ahead can be isolating, plagued by feelings of guilt and shame.
Lawyers for the actor accused law enforcement officials of waging a “malicious prosecution” against him after the 2021 shooting death of a cinematographer on a film set.
The nearly two-week strike hobbled the largest U.S. ski resort during a busy holiday period and sparked online fury about deepening economic inequality in rural mountain areas.
The price of the modest four-bedroom in Albuquerque reflects the home’s pop cultural significance, a listing agent said.
Millions of acres could face largely unregulated exploitation.
The doctor, Maj. Michael Stockin, was accused of sexual misconduct by 41 male patients in one of the largest such cases in military history.
Five other people, including four firefighters, were taken to the hospital with injuries from the fire.
Before I was governor of Hawaii, I saw how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. contributed to a measles outbreak in Samoa.
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The woman created fake text messages and changed her phone records to falsely implicate a male investigator in the Denver District Attorney’s Office, a judicial office ruled.
A Green Beret who had served several combat tours fatally shot himself in a Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump hotel on New Year’s Day.
Long lift lines, limited terrain and frustration among skiers and snowboarders are downstream impacts of a wage dispute between union workers at Park City Mountain in Utah and its owner, Vail Resorts.
The police shared notes from a phone used by Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, who fatally shot himself inside a Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas.
Fellow soldiers say the Army sergeant who set off the explosion could have done far more harm. Investigators are trying to figure out why he didn’t.
Officials said they used data from Tesla charging stations to chart the driver’s dayslong journey from Colorado to the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas.
Mientras continúan las investigaciones para determinar lo que ocasionó la explosión, las autoridades militares identificaron al conductor como un sargento mayor del ejército que estaba de permiso del servicio activo.
Turo, which investigators say was used to acquire the vehicles involved in the attack in New Orleans and explosion in Las Vegas, was emerging as an alternative car-rental service.
The F.B.I. says no connection has been found between the explosion outside a Trump Hotel and the truck attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans.
Las autoridades dijeron que creían que se trataba de “un incidente aislado”, pero aseguraron que todavía no descartaban una conexión con el atentado en Nueva Orleans.
A series of explosions caused by fireworks in a residential area left more than two dozen people with burns and other injuries, officials said.
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Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases.
A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames, killing the driver and injuring at least seven people. The authorities said they found gas canisters, camp fuel canisters and firework mortars in the back of the truck.
At least seven people were injured, the authorities said. They said they believed it to be “an isolated incident,” but had not ruled out a connection to the attack in New Orleans.
A Queen Anne house in Denver, a top-floor condominium in Chicago and a ranch-style house in Austin.
A Justice Department investigation into whether antidoping authorities covered up positive tests for elite Chinese swimmers set off a power play to kill the inquiry.
The northern part of the country could see pink and red streaks in the skies this week, just in time for New Year’s Eve, according to NOAA.
Forecasters warned of a “critical” wildfire risk on Monday in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma.
After years of negotiations and threats of development, Wyoming will sell a prized piece of land so that it can be preserved inside Grand Teton National Park.
The last survivor of the U.S.S. Utah, he was a 22-year-old Navy radioman when Japanese forces attacked.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a global tech giant, brought thousands of workers from Asia to the Phoenix suburbs for jobs at a plant that the Biden administration helped fund.
More than 9,000 flights were delayed on Saturday amid threats of rain, snow and tornadoes across the country.
There was a healthy dose of skepticism in Butte, Mont., when Hollywood producers began showing up to shoot their shows. Now, many say the industry’s arrival has been a boon for the city.
The person, who boarded the flight without a ticket, was detected as the plane was preparing to take off for Hawaii on Christmas Eve.
Se está investigando la muerte de una persona cuyo cuerpo fue hallado en un vuelo que salió de Chicago y aterrizó en Hawái el martes.
Restos de animales desenterrados en Alaska dan pistas sobre cómo se domesticó a los lobos.
A Freedom Caucus bloc has never won control of a state legislative chamber — until now. Some lawmakers worry that the newly ascendant conservatives want to “burn it all down.”
With better technology, we could further shorten the time between an earthquake and when the tsunami warning goes out.
The discovery came after the flight, which originated in Chicago, landed in Hawaii. The death is under investigation.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has clashed with her own party over how to tackle the nexus of addiction, mental illness and violence in New Mexico.
Animal remains unearthed in Alaska give clues to how wolves were domesticated.
As time runs out for the Biden administration, cities like Minneapolis — where an investigation found abuse and racial discrimination — may avoid oversight.
From Austria to Montana, we found a tempting array of hotels, resorts and other getaways for the perfect winter vacation.
A modified Dodge Charger that blasted neighbors out of their sleep appears to have gone quiet, at least downtown, as its owner deals with legal problems.
The decision ends the criminal prosecution of the actor for the fatal shooting on a film set. During his trial, the judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter charge against him.
Scientists said that the main hazard from the eruption on Monday was increased levels of volcanic gas.
Turning Point Action devoted much of its attention to less reliable voters. New data in Arizona showing a sizable Republican edge among them suggests that the strategy succeeded.
Jon and Carie Hallford pleaded guilty to corpse abuse after dozens of decaying bodies were found at their funeral home.
Experts worry the unusual move, driven by vaccine misinformation, could fuel further efforts to interfere with immunizations.
The state’s changing electorate and America’s polarized politics have turned Montana’s Senate race into the most consequential of the year.
Nearly a month into a union walkout, the aerospace giant withdrew its latest contract offer, and the two sides exchanged blame over the breakdown.
The justice talks about everything from his indictment of the regulatory state to the rights of Native Americans.
This documentary chronicles the reboot and reopening in Las Vegas of the acrobatic show “O,” which shutdown during the pandemic.
Over the past decade, many more schools started to offer free meals to all children, regardless of family income.
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.
Officials are moving to increase enforcement and change laws in response to the rise in counterfeit or expired plates, which exploded during the pandemic.
Originally charged after 190 decomposing bodies were found at their Colorado funeral home, the couple now face federal charges that they fraudulently obtained $880,000 in relief funds.
A surge of new residents into Rocky Mountain states drove up home prices. The result was property tax increases of 40 percent or more for some of those already there.
Chastened by a series of economic downturns that punished the hospitality industry, state leaders are working to broaden the economy.
Two of the most cautious states have bypassed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by letting students and workers who have the virus but are asymptomatic avoid isolation.
Portland students have struggled with absenteeism since the pandemic,
Apoorva Mandavilli, a health and science reporter for The New York Times, traveled across the country to learn how educators are preparing for the next pandemic.
Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii sees lessons far beyond the islands in the disaster that has unfolded on Maui.
Gordon Hunter Petersen is accused of posing as a doctor and making at least $2 million selling a bogus Covid-19 cure.
Nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 5.4 percent as officials insist the economy must move away from its focus on gambling.
When her husband was diagnosed with lung cancer, the author was haunted by a long-ago loss — one she’d already written about.
Rollbacks on child labor protections are happening amid a surge of child labor violations.
The fatalities, occurring disproportionately among Native American and Black women, were linked not just to medical complications but also to homicides and accidents.
Dr. Michael Kirk Moore and three of his associates were indicted this month in a scheme that federal prosecutors said lasted from May 2021 to September 2022.
What seemed like a transitory step to avoid infection has become a major force driving the future direction of urban America.
Driven by Covid chaos, online disinformation and a YouTube guru, two Americans went looking for solace on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean. They found a different fate.
A team of reporters and photographers profiled 10 city centers across the country, all in varying stages of economic recovery and transformation.
We visited 10 cities across the country to see how the pandemic and its aftershocks have reshaped the American downtown.
Employers have been burned by a labor shortage. Will that make them act differently if the economy slows down?
The pandemic may have left some gaps in the urban fabric, but a neighborhood-by-neighborhood rundown of new restaurants and art events reveals that recovery is well underway.
I have deep doubts about the intellectual and social value of schooling.
Ships are carrying fewer passengers than they did before the pandemic, but in port towns where the bulk of the economy depends on cruise travel, business owners say they are “grateful for what we have.”
Denver has regained its prepandemic vibrancy, with a plethora of new restaurants and hotels, and the return of some old favorites.
La suspensión de actividades humanas por la covid ha sido una oportunidad para entender mejor cómo afectamos a otras especies del planeta.
Covid precautions created a global slowdown in human activity — and an opportunity to learn more about the complex ways we affect other species.
Masks will become optional in Hawaii’s schools when the new academic year starts on Aug. 1, as the state tries for “a more normal classroom experience this fall,” a state health official said.
As counties report elevated levels of transmission, national parks are once again requiring masks in gift shops, on tour buses and other indoor spaces.
“Covid-19 hasn’t disappeared as much as our patience for precautions has,” said one public health expert.
The contract workers are resisting a plan to resume in-person work, citing health concerns and commuting costs.
People from around the world have been lingering on the border, awaiting the end of pandemic restrictions. Their fate remains one of the Biden administration’s biggest challenges on immigration.
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Domestic travel has returned faster than international. And some destinations like Las Vegas are rebounding more quickly than big cities like New York.
With inpatient psychiatric services in short supply, adolescents are spending days, even weeks, in hospital emergency departments awaiting the help they desperately need.