The facility, in Colstrip, Mont., used a new E.P.A. system for requesting special waivers from President Trump.
A midcentury modern home in Murray, a Craftsman in Birmingham and a brick rowhouse in Washington
The child was at the Diamond Peak Ski Resort, which said in a statement that she had not been skiing at the time it happened.
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?
Alabama, Texas and New Mexico warned that the seeds, which apparently came from China, could sprout into invasive plants, officials said.
The mountain range straddling California and Nevada is the target of a storm that may offer a late-season boost to the West Coast’s water supply.
The Athletics temporarily moved to California’s capital region, but insisted on avoiding references to Sacramento. Residents, who are thrilled to have M.L.B. games, are used to such slights.
Officials confirmed that the headquarters had been damaged in a fire, which the Republican Party called a “deliberate act of arson.”
The new law is among the most restrictive governing displays of flags, and is part of a polarizing debate focused on the Pride flag and other expressions of L.G.B.T.Q. support.
Medical experts warn the move could have consequences for oral health, especially among children.
The police said the man spray-painted the word “resist” on the doors of a Tesla repair center and then used a firearm and Molotov cocktails to damage five vehicles.
The Sundance Institute chose the new location for the movie festival because it had outgrown Park City, Utah, its home for the past 40 years.
State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide.
Severe weather could knock Oregon and Washington with winds over 60 miles per hour and hail larger than golf balls.
El presidente Trump ha convertido a la tercera metrópolis más grande del estado en sinónimo del supuesto impacto de las pandillas venezolanas, pero algunos se preguntan si sus redadas están perjudicando más a la ciudad que a los migrantes.
Mom-and-pop businesses are trying to adapt to the soaring cost of eggs. The owners of four egg-centric restaurants across the country show how they are coping with this threat to their livelihoods.
One community near Phoenix is taking a “completely different” approach to development.
Nearly 500 buildings in the state capital get their heat from a clean, renewable source located deep in the ground.
The state has emerged as a leader in building wildlife crossings, which can save animals, money and human lives.
A neglected parcel of land was restored by volunteers and patients at a community medical center. Along the way, their health also improved.
Much of the West and Southwest faced unseasonably warm temperatures this week. But it won’t last long.
The portrait of President Trump that he criticized as “truly the worst” was swiftly removed from the Colorado Capitol. The woman who painted it has remained silent.
A volunteer pilot found the three on Monday morning after they had been missing all night, the authorities said. They were taken to a hospital.
President Trump has made Colorado’s third-largest city synonymous with the supposed scourge of Venezuelan gangs, but some wonder if his immigration raids are damaging the city more than the migrants ever did.
“A nadie le gusta una mala foto o pintura de sí mismo”, dijo el presidente Trump sobre el retrato, que muestra al presidente con rasgos notablemente suavizados.
A 16-year-old was riding a snowmobile in the Kenai Mountains when he was swept away and buried, officials said.
“Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves,” President Trump said of the portrait, which portrayed the president with remarkably softened features.
Struggling working-class voters fear that the country they’ve always counted on is sliding away because of Trump.
Republicans in Montana and other states complain that liberal judges are tossing out the laws they pass. Now, conservative legislators are trying to change the rules, and the judges.
Ms. Love, from Utah, held a seat in the House for two terms until she aroused the enmity of President Trump. She was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2022.
Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ relationships with less domestic creatures.
The snack sticks included in the recall were packaged at a single facility in Idaho from Jan. 16 through Jan. 23, the company said.
Senator Steve Daines said in an interview that in meetings with Chinese officials, he called for talks between President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
An altercation between two groups led up to the gunfire at an unsanctioned gathering of drivers of modified sports cars on Friday night, officials said.
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.
“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.
The Department of Homeland Security said the academic was denied entry because he had “confidential” data from an American lab, not because of his views on the president’s policies.
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 two progressive leaders, one young and one old, are touring Western cities with a similar message but a key difference in how they sell it.
Solomon Peña, who lost an election for a statehouse seat in 2022, was convicted on all 13 counts.
Low key and affordable, Hilo has recently raised its coolness factor with a swanky new speakeasy and local chefs gaining national recognition. And outside town, you can witness the fiery spectacle of its resident volcano, Kilauea, now in a particu...
All 10 people on board were killed when the plane, flying in poor visibility, plunged into sea ice near Nome in February.
Jeanette Vizguerra, quien fue noticia nacional en Estados Unidos por eludir la deportación en el sótano de una iglesia, es la activista más recientemente detenida por agentes federales de migración.
A 19th-century townhouse in Hudson, a condo in Honolulu and a Romanesque Revival building in Philadelphia.
The Democrats’ best chance to constrain President Trump is winning control of the House in 2026. Here’s how they might do it.
Dry winds fueled dust storms that limited visibility to near zero on some roadways and raised the risk of fires breaking out in the region.
Blowing dust reduced visibility to near zero in some parts of New Mexico, prompting road closures. Forecasters say dangerous fire conditions will persist until Thursday.
Jeanette Vizguerra, who made national news evading deportation in a church basement, is the latest activist to be taken into custody by federal immigration agents.
A 13-year-old intentionally drove a stolen vehicle into a man as he was riding his bike to work last year, killing him, the police said.
During spring training, Major League Baseball players recorded trick shots and podcasts at a content house in the hope of broadening the sport’s cultural relevance.
A family from California embraced the slopes of Park City, and built a house in tune with nature.
Among other appointees were Charlie Kirk, Sean Spicer and the daughter of Steve Bannon. President Trump purged several of the military oversight boards last month.
Tras analizar su teléfono móvil, los investigadores averiguaron que Betsy Arakawa había realizado tres llamadas, una de ellas a una clínica.
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.
Betsy Arakawa made several calls to a medical clinic on Feb. 12, the day after the authorities initially believed that she died.
Forecasters warn that more “very destructive” fires could spread uncontrollably.
How modern vaccines fell victim to their own success.
The chaotic effort to reduce the government’s real estate portfolio is another example of the setbacks the administration has faced as officials try to carry out President Trump’s agenda.
The artist Larry Bell has amassed a vast collection of acoustic instruments, carefully stored in a climate-controlled room.
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.
In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.
Life lessons when the path ahead is blocked.
The son of an immigrant, he represented a majority Hispanic district in Arizona for 12 terms but had lately been absent from Capitol Hill while being treated for cancer.
In the heart of Seattle, a national park memorializes the grit of the Klondike gold rush, where the president’s grandfather built his early wealth. The park is now under threat.
A plain-spoken lawmaker from Wyoming, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, gay marriage and immigration reform.
Infants are at higher risk of complications from the measles but can’t be vaccinated right away.
At least a dozen other mountains and ridges in the U.S. already carry the name McKinley.
The flight had been diverted to the airport after experiencing “engine vibrations,” the authorities said. Twelve people were taken to hospitals.
Some passengers were evacuated using slides from the American Airlines plane after it experienced an “engine-related issue,” the airline said.
Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was paralyzed from the waist down when she was shot in the chest and back, died on Feb. 16. A coroner classified the death as a homicide.
Doug Larsen of North Dakota, his wife and two of their children were killed in 2023 when the plane he was piloting crashed in Utah. Mr. Larsen was most likely disoriented by the lack of light, investigators said.
Organizations that enforce the federal Fair Housing Act say they are struggling to operate with the sudden elimination of annual grants.
How tribal leaders, commercial fisherman and a few small environmental groups won an uphill campaign against dams.
The trains are destinations in themselves, offering a mix of spectacular sightseeing, onboard dining and glorious open-air observation cars.
The authorities have little to say about a mysterious metal object that appeared, then swiftly vanished, in a remote part of the Red Rock Country region of Utah in 2020.
As new cases are reported, our maps and illustrations show the spread of the virus and how infections can run through a community.
Pete Wells joins the pack of dogs and humans trying to sniff out these culinary treasures.
Tulsi Gabbard, who stopped in Honolulu on Wednesday, will address a security conference in New Delhi next week and stop in France en route back to the United States.
He was cleaning the deck of the U.S.S. Oklahoma when it capsized under Japanese torpedo fire. Less than a year later, he survived the sinking of another Navy ship in the Pacific.
Federal and local law enforcement authorities are investigating what caused the Sunday night fire, which came after a series of attacks against Tesla in rebuke of its chief executive, Elon Musk.
The president’s attack on the key tenet of the Biden administration’s industrial policy has set off concerns that he may claw back its funding.
More than one quarter of the staff members at the only two federally run colleges for Native students were cut in February.
The backlash against the electric vehicle company has turned violent at times, as its billionaire chief executive parlays his support for President Trump into consequential influence over the federal government.
Arakawa, esposa del actor Gene Hackman, murió por los efectos de una enfermedad causada a menudo por el contacto con excrementos de roedores infectados.
John Pastor-Mendoza, a Lyft driver, falsely posed as the ride that the women had requested and targeted victims who appeared intoxicated, the Denver district attorney said.
Puede que nunca se conozcan los detalles exactos, pero Hackman, de 95 años y con alzhéimer avanzado, estuvo solo durante aproximadamente una semana tras la muerte de su esposa y única cuidadora.
The exact details may never be known, but Mr. Hackman, 95 with advanced Alzheimer’s, was alone for about a week after his wife and sole caregiver died.
The case of the Martin family’s disappearance has bewildered local residents and investigators for more than six decades — until Friday.
Ms. Arakawa, the wife of the actor Gene Hackman, died from the effects of a disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents.
Hackman padecía alzhéimer, lo que contribuyó a su muerte por enfermedad cardiaca, según las autoridades. Su esposa, Betsy Arakawa, murió días antes que él de una afección respiratoria.
The actor’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of a respiratory illness linked to rodents, New Mexico officials said. Mr. Hackman had Alzheimer’s, which contributed to his death from heart disease.
The outbreak has sickened nearly 200 people in Gaines County, Texas. A neighboring county in New Mexico has seen 21 new cases since Tuesday.
Two neighboring families lost their houses in a Colorado wildfire. One was reimbursed for the contents of their home within seven weeks, and the other is still fighting.
One of the soldiers was accused in a federal indictment of selling sensitive information to people in China. A former soldier was also arrested.
Newly released messages reveal that two roommates in the home where four college students were murdered were alarmed by a masked person in the house that night.
The suspect, Duane Keith Davis, said in a jailhouse interview with ABC that he did not write the memoir that places him at the scene of the crime and is being used by prosecutors.
The Taiwanese chip giant TSMC’s plan to invest $100 billion in the United States has been met with anxiety and criticism in its home country.
At a congressional hearing, House Republicans accused the mayors of New York, Denver, Chicago and Boston of providing sanctuary to criminals and not fully cooperating with federal immigration efforts.
Republicans accused the mayors of New York, Chicago, Denver and Boston of providing sanctuary to criminals, while Democrats pointed to falling crime rates and defended helping the needy.
Mayor Mike Johnston faced hours of hostile questions from House members, some from his own party.
A third dog that was found dead last week with the couple was an Australian Kelpie mix named Zinna, the boarder said.
A condo in Miami, a 1920s cottage in Newport and an adobe house in Taos.
How artisans in a corner of the Pacific Northwest turned a rocky retreat into a permanent residence.
In the heart of Utah’s Uinta Mountains, a team of scientists is re-creating historical pictures to study how much, and how quickly, ecosystems are changing.
With President Trump set to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, many voters in Arizona’s divided First Congressional District remain hopeful for his new term, even amid partisan rancor.
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.
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.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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.