The Air Force is trying to expand its warfare training zone in Nevada, closing off parts of a wildlife refuge.
Republican lawmakers left the Oregon State Capitol last week over a climate change bill they oppose. As Democrats wait and the police pursue them, the bill hangs in the balance.
Republican lawmakers left the Oregon State Capitol last week to prevent a vote on a climate change bill they oppose. As the police pursue them and the Democrats wait, the bill hangs in the balance.
The plane was carrying passengers on a skydiving trip when it crashed around 6:30 p.m. on Friday while taking off, the authorities said.
Emaciated gray whales are washing ashore dead. Scientists are trying to solve the mystery.
A new group of billionaires is shaking up the landscape.
The twin-engine plane, which crashed Friday night on Oahu’s North Shore, was used in a skydiving operation, Honolulu’s fire chief said.
In Oregon, where Democrats control the statehouse, outnumbered Republicans disappeared to delay a vote on a cap-and-trade bill.
Work on the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, bitterly opposed by Hawaiian activists, could start soon.
The court has passed on contentious cases about abortion and the rights of same-sex couples. Will it now drop the census case?
The court has passed on contentious cases about abortion and the rights of same-sex couples. Will it now drop the census case?
A man who met Denali Brehmer online offered her the money to arrange the killing of Cynthia Hoffman, 19, and document the crime with photos and video, the authorities said.
With a renewed focus on reparations for slavery, what lessons can be drawn from payments to victims of other historical injustices in America?
With a renewed focus on reparations for slavery, what lessons can be drawn from payments to victims of other historical injustices in America?
A creek-side home in Dallas, an 1872 Victorian in Salem and a Craftsman-style house in the Willamette Valley.
A creek-side home in Dallas, an 1872 Victorian in Salem and a Craftsman-style house in the Willamette Valley.
Along with the show’s history of coercion and complicity in abuse, Police Departments featured can effectively make “any changes they deem necessary.”
Rising concerns about housing affordability, racial inequality and climate change are causing cities nationwide to re-examine their attachment to the detached house.
So many gray whales have been washing up in Washington State this year that officials are short of places to put them, and are asking coastal landowners to volunteer. Some have said yes.
A department with a record number of shootings last year was shown on video aiming a gun in a shoplifting case. Critics say officers routinely blame residents for their use of force.
A department with a record number of shootings last year was shown on video aiming a gun in a shoplifting case. Critics say officers routinely blame residents for their use of force.
A family has taken the first step to file a lawsuit against Phoenix police after they say officers threatened to shoot them during a shoplifting investigation.
Last year, leaders of the Yakama Nation declared a public safety crisis, citing an “epidemic of drug use” and “disregard for the rule of law.”
The trial of Scott Warren, a 36-year-old teacher, on charges of helping migrants who had illegally crossed the border ended with a hung jury on Tuesday.
Ten attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit to block the $26 billion deal between the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers in the United States.
Thanks to the influx of college-educated transplants and the mobilization of Latino voters, Arizona has become a key state in 2020 politics.
This scientist couple created an airborne observatory to map tropical forests. Now they’re using it to identify threatened reefs.
Three years after the school board passed a resolution mandating climate justice education in all public schools, a rollout may be coming.
Students, teachers and reformers are pushing back against the failures of mainstream higher education.
Calling the school “a source of inspiration” for potential gun violence, the school superintendent has suggested razing the site of the horrific 1999 shooting.
You don’t have to go to Germany to get a strong dose of the art school’s provocative design during its centennial year.
In 1976, a Bigfoot researcher asked the F.B.I. for help. Would it test a hair sample for him? According to newly released documents, the answer was yes.
The police have obtained a warrant charging Derrick M. Decoste, 25, with murder and robbery in the killing of John Capparelli at his Nevada home in March.
Genetic analysis of ancient teeth and bones suggests Native Americans largely descend from a vanished group called the Ancient Paleo-Siberians.
Legislative battles over plans to tighten voting and registration rules have gained urgency with a pivotal election 18 months away. Arizona’s skirmishes are a prime example.
Colorado on Friday became the 18th state to ban “conversion therapy,” a discredited practice that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender expression.
The Top Shop owner faces four counts of misdemeanor assault in Arizona after a Pilates instructor accused him of unwanted groping and sexually inappropriate behavior.
From paddleboarding in Colorado to bachata music in Puerto Rico, we asked writers to tell us what makes their beach vacations the best.
This small, woodsy city is the perfect base for family fun, with enough hiking, fishing, biking, doughnut-eating and parental beer-sipping to keep everybody happy.
In June, millions of people will gather in New York City to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, which marked the start of a national pride movement. But some in the Midwest say there’s still work to be done — either because they’re still struggling, or because they feel that the L.G.B.T.Q. community has forgotten them.
Shopping has always been about amusement. Now it’s going to be about amusement parks.
A slab of rock and the methods used to study it could offer clues to when a behavior common in fishes first evolved.
The Trump administration’s criminalization of humanitarian aid at the border could make it even worse.
Immigration-enforcement agencies have come to rely on nonprofits and their army of volunteers to help send migrants on their way. In Tucson, I met a few.
A group that pushes for stricter border control is spending $6 million to construct less than a mile of border fencing on private land in southern New Mexico.