In recent years, more homes have added air-conditioning, something that may come in handy this week as some areas are expected to see temperatures 40 degrees above normal.
Across the South and Southwest, where price hikes have been the most severe, drivers have lamented how the increased costs have cut into their budgets.
Washington’s floods in December broke records set just four years before, but as farmers, tribes, fishermen and governments search for solutions, a quick fix, dredging, seems to stand in the way.
Thousands of residents on Oahu had yet to return home as the Hawaiian island dealt with the aftermath of severe rainfall. The storm was moving south over the island toward Maui.
The removals followed a New York Times investigation that revealed Chavez sexually abused women and girls.
Snowpack, a crucial water source for the region, was already scarce after a mild winter. Now, intense heat could make matters worse.
A man was arrested after being accused of damaging an estimated $240,000 of artwork at the Chihuly Garden and Glass.
Days after an intense storm moved through the islands, another is dropping yet more rain on already saturated areas.
The walkout at the JBS plant in Greeley, Colo., comes as beef prices have soared, cattle supplies have plunged and immigration sweeps have stressed the labor supply.
On a new generation of leaders on the left.
Some people criticized President Trump’s decision to invoke a painful chapter of history. Others worried it might harm U.S.-Japan relations.
During her first visit to the White House, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi drew praise from President Trump. But the war in the Middle East will test their relationship.
The accusations of assault have rattled communities across the country that have revered the labor icon for decades.
After the revelations of sex abuse, the public is left to make sense of the labor leader’s work and life.
President Donald Trump made a joke about the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941, which led the United States into World War II, during a press conference with Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday. The president has been pressing Japan’s leader for military help in the Middle East to ease the oil crisis.
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Some states and cities have canceled their observances of Cesar Chavez Day on March 31. Los Angeles leaders said they planned to change the holiday to “Farm Workers Day” and untether it from Mr. Chavez’s birthday.
Wednesday was the hottest March day ever in many cities across California, Nevada and Arizona. Phoenix recorded its earliest 100-degree day.
A New York Times investigation revealing decades of sexual abuse prompted calls for change even before it was published on Wednesday.
California was the first to designate the activist’s birthday as a state holiday. It is enshrined in state law.
Celebrated for scaling rock walls and skyscrapers, the climber has won fans around the world. Now he’s inviting them to explore his home state.
The state accused Kalshi on Tuesday of operating an illegal gambling business, escalating the legal battle between states and prediction markets.
He routinely took on the powerful and was part of a Pulitzer-winning team at The Anchorage Daily News that investigated alcoholism and suicide among Native Alaskans.
Una oleada de armas fluye de Estados Unidos a México. Procedentes de armerías, ferias, sitios web y aplicaciones, atraviesan la frontera y están presentes en los delitos más violentos del país.
A surge of weapons is flowing from the U.S. to Mexico. These firearms — sourced from gun shops, shows, websites and apps — are funneled across the border to fuel the country’s most violent crimes.
Kouri Richins was accused of mixing a lethal dose of fentanyl into a drink she made for her husband. She later wrote a children’s book about coping with grief.
The complaint says efforts to dismantle an atmospheric research center are part of a broader political campaign that endangers climate and weather studies.
I thought I’d always have the chance to see the rare beauty of the secluded North Rim. But after a devastating wildfire, I returned to a park forever changed.
Carie Hallford, 49, and her husband failed to provide cremation and burial services they had promised to grieving families, prosecutors said.
Does “choice” in Idaho mean vouchers for private-school tuition or publicly funded remote learning that has brought AP classes and advanced math to the state’s rural reaches?
On a layover at the airport, the lounge may beckon, but in the right places, you can get into town and cap your vacation with a micro-vacation.
Meteorologists are not mincing words in their forecasts for record-high temperatures in California and the desert Southwest.
Muchos agricultores han celebrado los cambios al programa de visados conocido como H-2A. Pero hay quienes se oponen debido a que reducirá sus salarios.
Before humanity sent satellites, telescopes, humans and weapons into space, Robert Goddard experimented with the first liquid-fueled rocket on his aunt’s farm.
How to fix the Democratic Party’s toxic brand.
A seven-page document, mailed by an elusive figure, has set off a court battle over the estate of Tony Hsieh, the former chief executive of Zappos.
As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers.
A record-breaking snow drought has residents worried about much more than slushy slopes.
Fewer cities are bidding for Olympics, and those that are can’t always accommodate every event. The Milan-Cortina Games were the most sprawling Olympics in history.
Lawmakers approved about $2 million to buy Abiqua Falls and surrounding land that had been advertised on the real estate site Redfin.
A storm system lashing Hawaii since Tuesday has caused flooding and power outages. The wettest spot in Maui had gotten nearly two feet of rain in the past 24 hours.
Soaring temperatures across California and the Southwest are expected to break records for March.
Turning Point is involved, as is the Sierra Club. But voting rules that seem to echo feudalism exclude renters, favor large landowners and limit who can influence a Phoenix utility board.
Five luxury retreats around the world with hiking and cycling trails that start right at your doorstep.
Union officials warned that airport delays could worsen just as spring break season kicks in. Workers are taking on other jobs and canceling child care to make ends meet.
Proposals include transferring a supercomputer to the University of Wyoming and shifting a space weather lab to a private company.
The daughter of Iranians who fled the country, Representative Yassamin Ansari of Arizona wants a democratic and secular government for Iran, but is wary of President Trump’s war.
Before he retired, Maj. Gen. William N. McCasland oversaw a research laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.
Es un año electoral crucial y los costos económicos y políticos de la guerra están en aumento. Tendría sentido suponer que el presidente declarará la victoria y se retirará.
Downtown Los Angeles could get into the 90s, and Phoenix was on track to hit 100.
Will they finally capitalize on Trump’s chaos?
This western Colorado city is drawing more than just outdoor enthusiasts with its small but growing destination-dining scene, new hotels and expanded arts programming.
A lo largo de cerca de 1600 kilómetros, los alaskeños sacan parrillas, sirven bebidas y animan a sus equipos favoritos en una celebración que crea comunidad y apoya a las economías locales.
It’s a crucial election year and economic and political costs of the war are rising. It won’t be easy for the president to declare victory and walk away.
The storm, called a kona low, is expected to churn slowly across the islands all week.
Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.
The voting technology company’s new court filing signals how far-reaching the legal fights over elections will be in 2026.
Plus, space mirrors?
Shocked by the rapid price increases, many Americans are scrambling to figure out how to stretch their budgets to cover an essential expense.
Gymkhana, one of the most acclaimed restaurants in England, lands on the Strip.
More solar energy was added to U.S. grids than any other technology, but the amount installed fell by 14 percent, according to a new report.
Some of the disgraced financier’s victims have said they were trafficked at the property south of Santa Fe, where the nearest neighbors are miles away.
Track the latest polls in the Montana U.S. Senate election.
A couple who wanted deeper roots in their favorite vacation spot ended up building a daring mountain house that fulfilled all their dreams.
Old guard Republicans have maintained good governance in many red states, but MAGA chaos is coming for them, too.
Billionaires made 19 percent of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, a Times analysis shows, and even more in some local elections. Wealthy donors are reaping the rewards.
Since 2018, Californians have bought luxury vehicles worth over $20 million in sales-tax-free Montana, exploiting a loophole that avoided millions of dollars in levies, an investigation revealed.
The service issued the alert for the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, which covers more than 1.25 million acres across Arizona and Utah.
President Trump thinks Republicans should “take over” election procedures in parts of the United States. But where? Here are some possibilities.
Minutes before the Senate filing deadline, Senator Steve Daines withdrew his re-election bid and an ally jumped in. Even some fellow Republicans criticized the 11th-hour switch.
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The authorities in Wayne County closed schools and urged the public to take precautions after two women were found on a hiking trail, and a third at a residence.
After a decade of renting apartments around the city, a first-time buyer wanted ‘something a little quieter,’ but centrally located. Here’s what he found.
The surprise announcement by Senator Steve Daines could give Democrats a slim opening in the Republican-leaning state in their uphill fight to take the Senate majority.
Pressured by President Trump, Gov. Jared Polis said he is considering the release of Tina Peters, the last high-profile 2020 election meddler still imprisoned. His fellow Democrats are outraged.
No injuries had been confirmed, but consumers reported finding glass in their products. The announcement was part of a larger recall of nearly 37 million pounds of food products.
Las autoridades estatales han reanudado una investigación, congelada en 2019, sobre la propiedad menos conocida del delincuente sexual convicto.
An industry report shows high interest rates, fewer infrastructure projects and tariffs pressures have slowed growth and decreased jobs in the sector.
Jackson, Wyo., has long been a refuge for the rich. But the last five years saw a boom in wealth of a kind never before seen. Across the country, the 2017 tax cuts minted hundreds of new billionaires.
Heinous allegations have prompted state officials to restart an inquiry, which went cold in 2019, into the convicted sex offender’s lesser-known property.
Luxury travel with children? At places like these, it’s highly possible.
The story of how nine skiers were killed, and six survived, in the deadliest avalanche in modern California history.
After a month with little visible progress, the sheriff in Pima County, Ariz., is sending some deputies back to their regular units.
Hawaii is expensive, but basing yourself in the capital, where local culture and nature are within easy reach, can save you money on lodgings and food, leaving funds for a few splurges.
The previous owner was arrested and charged with animal abandonment and resisting arrest, police said.
Mayor Mike Johnston’s order is a defiant shift from his measured stance and risks drawing attention to Greater Denver after President Trump during the campaign promised a “bloody story” there.
A runner, coach and best-selling author, he created the widely embraced run-walk-run method, which helped make running more accessible to the public.
Visitors seeking all manner of newfangled, over-the-top thrills won’t be disappointed.
A fifth-grade teacher and his principal wife hid in their bedroom as dozens of people who believed he might be a kidnapper appeared on their suburban street.
Steve Pearce, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, is set to face a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
A farmhouse-inspired home in Franklin, a Victorian in Salt Lake City and a Craftsman in Portland.
From palatial to contemporary to luxuriously rustic, this collection of new resorts and inns offers spas, private gardens, fine restaurants and exquisite settings.
Si China invade Taiwán e interrumpe sus exportaciones de chips a las empresas estadounidenses, la industria tecnológica de Estados Unidos, y la economía mundial, quedarían paralizadas.
18 bishops and archbishops from border areas issued a strongly worded statement hours before President Trump’s State of the Union address.
Federal health officials have pared back the number of shots recommended for children. The states, led by Democrats, say the changes were not based on science.
In a new video, the “Today” host acknowledged that her 84-year-old mother may already be dead, but said the family was holding out hope for a miracle.
If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled.
The case could have significant bearing on a range of other lawsuits brought against the fossil fuel industry by cities and states across the country.
An autonomous OpenClaw chatbot seeks revenge.
The last home Frank Lloyd Wright designed in Phoenix, Ray Kappe’s former residence in Los Angeles and a 1960s Donald Wexler in Palm Springs.
Three more skiers have died in the Lake Tahoe area since the deadliest avalanche in California history on Tuesday killed nine.
The president yanked his endorsement of Representative Jeff Hurd of Colorado, imperiling Republicans’ chances of holding onto his seat as they brace for midterm losses.
The men were skiing on Saturday in a backcountry area of the Big Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City, said officials, who urged caution in unstable snow conditions.
A ninth victim who had been missing was found and recovered, officials said Saturday, from an avalanche that was the deadliest in modern California history.
A string of recent tragedies, including a fatal avalanche near Lake Tahoe and an unusually deadly winter in Europe, has cast a spotlight on the sport’s inherent dangers.
The New York Times traveled to Honolulu, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans and New York to see how Asian American communities blend old and new customs to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
The Pan-Asian landscape is rich with tradition. In Honolulu, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans and New York, communities blend old and new customs to make the holiday their own.
The man, Dawson Maloney, of Albany, was heavily armed during the attack on Thursday in Boulder City, Nev. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the police said.
Joseph Yracheta was in charge of a repository that compiled and protected tribal health data. Then its funding was cut.
Many Americans bought their first houses when mortgage rates dipped to record lows. Some are ready to move but feel locked in by their low rates.
The guidelines, from California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, mirror those of major medical organizations. They were issued a day before an advisory panel was set to meet to review potential changes to federal recommendations.
Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A Nevada business owner prepared and filed false tax returns to fraudulently obtain Covid relief money for her businesses and others, prosecutors said.
Una pandemia humana puede prevenirse, incluso ahora, dicen los científicos. Pero una serie de acontecimientos de las últimas semanas indica que la posibilidad ya no es remota.
A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected.
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.
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.