The infrastructure deal is a good start. But much more must be done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Stories about people trying something different in their lives have always inspired me. Now, the Times series It’s Never Too Late offers readers more examples.
Pekin Noodle Parlor, one of the nation’s oldest Chinese restaurants, says goodbye to its longtime owner but holds tight to its colorful past and city.
Drone footage shows Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon, Colo., closed to travelers after a mudslide caused by heavy rains blocked the road. Sections of the highway could be closed for weeks.
Gov. Jared Polis said he would issue a state of emergency declaration.
A recent visit to the site of the first atomic bomb explosion offered desert vistas, (mildly) radioactive pebbles and troubling reflections.
We’re on top of the latest extreme weather in the U.S. and around the world. Follow here for news on heat waves, wildfires, floods and more.
How did John Ball become the go-to health professional for track and field athletes with creaky hips and balky knees? A devotee answers: Have you seen his hands?
Residents were allowed to return home on Sunday but could be required to evacuate again if conditions worsen.
Several days of rain have helped in the fight against the fire, which has consumed more than 400,000 acres.
His credits included “General Hospital,” “Days of Our Lives” and “Port Charles.” He died while filming a western in Idaho, where he was raised.
A survey of data from 10 states shows that more than one million doses have been lost because of spoilage, missed appointments and other problems.
For one couple, Oregon’s Bootleg Fire all but erased their home, leaving little except memories and a tan chimney spire.
Rescuers and wildlife officials kept it cool and wet while waiting for a rising tide. The orca returned to sea about six hours after it was spotted on the rugged shores of an Alaskan island.
He spearheaded the passage of a liberal abortion law in Colorado before Roe v. Wade, and he helped stop the 1976 Winter Olympics from being held in the state.
People who once rejected the vaccine or simply waited too long are now grappling with the consequences, often in raw, public ways.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California and Gov. Steve Sisolak of Nevada called for more federal firefighting assistance, as the states experienced yet another catastrophic wildfire season.
The Bootleg Fire, which has burned hundreds of thousands of acres in southern Oregon, is the nation’s largest active blaze. Marc Valens showed us how the fire destroyed his home.
¿Los demócratas dieron por sentado el voto hispano en 2020? Algunos en el partido creen que sí y que no pueden permitirse los mismos errores en el futuro.
The first lady stepped on an object that became lodged in her left foot while walking on a beach in Hawaii, her spokesman said.
The warning was issued in parts of Alaska after the powerful earthquake struck about 75 miles off its southern coast, prompting a tsunami watch that spun as far as Hawaii. Within hours, the warning was lifted.
Cyber Ninjas said that it had collected more than $5.6 million from five pro-Trump organizations for the widely disparaged review.
Wu Tsang’s latest installation, a restored Art Deco hotel — and more.
The department said that auditors could face criminal or civil penalties if they flouted elections laws.
A renovated 1840s farmhouse in Bucks County, an 1890 Victorian in Denver and an energy-efficient retreat on Lopez Island.
A renovated 1840s farmhouse in Bucks County, Pa.; an 1890 Victorian in Denver; and an energy-efficient retreat on Lopez Island, Wash.
Over 45 years, his advice to Alaskans has changed with the transformation of the planet.
Body camera footage showed an officer choking a man and aiming a gun at his head. “We don’t train this,” an angry Aurora, Colo., police chief said.
Water levels have plunged in Lake Powell and Lake Mead on the Colorado River. They’re part of a system that supplies water to 40 million people.
The flooding occurred in an area that has been ravaged by recent wildfires.
Did Democrats take the Hispanic vote for granted in 2020? Some in the party think they did, and can’t afford the same mistakes going forward.
With the flow of immigrants disrupted, a homegrown prospect is being trained. “I love being in the mountains,” he says, “and I don’t mind being alone.”
When they first worked together, renovating a home that had once been a church, they never imagined they’d eventually get married there.
When they first worked together, renovating a home that had once been a church, they never imagined they’d eventually get married there.
A four-term senator, Mr. Enzi was a consistent conservative with a consensus-seeking style. He died after a bicycle accident in Gillette, Wyo., the city where he began his political career.
A former top coach who was once one of the world’s greatest distance runners, Salazar had already been suspended for breaking rules governing banned substances.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms caused flash flooding across parts of the drought-stricken Southwest, causing many roads to be submerged under the floodwaters.
For more than 10 years, a British photographer spent her summers at a dude ranch in northwest Wyoming. Here’s what she captured.
Officials said 22 vehicles were involved in a crash after high winds created a sandstorm that limited visibility on Interstate 15. Some of those killed were children, the highway patrol said.
Covid-19 isn’t the only reason to wear a mask in the West.
Small fires burned inside hollowed-out trees. Smoke rose from the blackened dirt. On the edge of the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon, firefighters worked to halt the advance of the flames.
In British Columbia, researchers have undertaken a unique challenge: tracking orphan grizzly cubs, reared in a shelter, to see whether they can thrive back in the wild.
Tired of sky high prices and losing out in bidding wars, some buyers are giving up and putting their house hunt on hold.
At the edge of the Bootleg Fire, firefighters outnumber residents in remote forest towns. It has burned for weeks, fed by winds, a tinderbox of undergrowth and erratic fire behavior.
The vaccines are effective at preventing serious illness and death, but they are not a golden shield against the coronavirus.
The 400,000-acre fire is still growing. And it is only 38 percent contained.
Down to his last rounds of ammunition, with bruises and a leg injury, the man was rescued by a helicopter crew that just happened by.
The law aims to take the cost burden of recycling away from taxpayers. One environmental advocate said the change could be “transformative.”
A family prepared to evacuate as the Bootleg Fire burned closer to their home and restaurant. In another town, T-shirts memorialized the nation’s largest blaze.
The Mitchell Memorial commemorates the deaths of six people in Oregon who were killed by a Japanese bomb.
This northwestern city makes some of the most creative craft beers around. The best place to try them is in the Ballard Brewery District.
Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon told residents that the devastating wildfires burning across the state are the result of a “climate crisis,” which has also led to more heat waves and drought conditions across the Western United States.
Groundwater and streams vital to both farmers and cities are drying up in the West, challenging the future of development.
In recent years, researchers and wildlife officials in Australia and the United States have adopted terms like “bites,” “incidents” and “encounters.” They wish the public would, too.
The fire, the largest in the United States, has consumed more than 364,000 acres.
Unpredictable winds, fire clouds that spawn lightning, and flames that leap over firebreaks are confounding efforts to fight the blaze, which is sweeping through southern Oregon.
Firefighters are battling to contain dozens of wildfires across the Western United States as a record-breaking drought and unrelenting heat have created ideal conditions for flames to quickly spread.
Mr. Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner known for his coverage of human rights abuses and women’s rights, said friends were trying to recruit him into the race to replace Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat.
Multiple blazes burning around California have strained crews.
The soaring temperatures have made wildfire season particularly dangerous.
Thousands of Native American children attended U.S. boarding schools designed to “civilize the savage.” Many died. Many who lived are reclaiming their identity.
At Grants Pass Downs in Oregon, horses come first and women thrive as owners, trainers and jockeys. The approach is good for business, and the community’s soul.
A vote on Tuesday could be the final straw that pushes the Athletics out of Oakland. For a nomadic team that has moved twice before, everything old is new again.
She fought for a more compassionate health care system, bringing an extensive knowledge of policy and even more extensive firsthand experience as a patient.
The Uber CEO dreams of “pushing a button and getting a piano delivered to your home in an hour and a half.” Uh … let’s start with dinner?
Monsoon season brought heavy rain to the Southwest this week. Arizona’s governor declared a state of emergency for a hard-hit part of the state.
Sherman, a longtime N.F.L. cornerback, was accused of fleeing a single-car crash and trying to enter his in-laws’ house by force.
In the high-stakes world of truffle hunting, the bond between human and animal may be priceless, but the economics are real.
Over 60 active fires are burning across the Western United States, displacing hundreds of people and burning over 900,000 acres, with hot, dry conditions expected to continue.
Potentially record-setting temperatures are coming to parts of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.
Former President Donald J. Trump invited mining and logging to a vast wilderness of bald eagles, black bears and 800-year-old trees. President Biden is reversing course.
Data from overseas, particularly Britain, suggest the spread of the virus will set vaccinated and unvaccinated communities on very different paths.
Ever wonder what happened to the artist’s 85-foot stairwell, sold at auction? It’s at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver — sliced and diced and on loan from a collector.
The Bootleg fire has burned more than 200,000 acres and prompted evacuations.
Record-breaking climate extremes, from heat to drought to wildfires, are blanketing the United States this summer. This is how one region has been struck.
The company doubled its sales last year by leaning into America’s culture war. It’s also trying to distance itself from some of its new customers.
A widely shared video shows fish bursting out of a small plane, highlighting a method the state has used for more than a half-century to restock lakes.
Extreme heat and drought conditions have fueled wildfires across the West, with dozens actively burning in the region. In Oregon, the Bootleg Fire has burned more than 200,000 acres.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said that last week it used planes to stock about 200 lakes that are inaccessible by vehicle. The division said it had stocked fish by air since the 1950s and that the fish had a high survival rate.
Acequias, the fabled irrigation ditches that are a cornerstone of New Mexican culture, have endured centuries of challenges. Can they survive the Southwest’s megadrought?
See the latest on the Beckwourth Complex, Bootleg Fire and other wildfires burning in California, Oregon and elsewhere.
A distrust of urban life has persisted in America, finding expression in different ways over time.
The successful trip was the first in a series to the edge of space and beyond by billionaire entrepreneurs that seek to make human spaceflight more routine.
With record-breaking temperatures and hard-to-contain wildfires, Western states are struggling through a hellish summer.
The F.B.I. said it did not believe the episode was connected to terrorism, but the police were still investigating why four people who were arrested were in a downtown Denver hotel.
The 70-year-old British billionaire and crew members of Virgin Galactic launched the commercial space plane Unity from New Mexico, reached the edge of space and landed safely back at the spaceport on Sunday.
More than 20,000 people, many of them disabled, poor or people of color, were forced to undergo the procedure under the state’s decades-long eugenics program.
When a Northern Cheyenne family questioned their daughter’s untimely death, official indifference deepened their pain — and their suspicions.
The plane was engaged in aerial reconnaissance over the Cedar Basin fire when it crashed on Saturday, the Bureau of Land Management said.
The third fight between McGregor and Poirier could be the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s biggest spectacle of the year.
She helped found the field of Hawaiian studies and pressed for Indigenous sovereignty. “We will die as Hawaiians,” she said. “We will never be Americans.”
A $16 billion effort to modernize health records at the Department of Veterans Affairs ran into major problems in its first installation, two watchdog reports say.
Wildlife officials believe the bear was the same grizzly that killed a California woman on Tuesday, given the proximity to the attack and evidence found at both scenes.
Record-breaking heat was expected throughout the West Coast this weekend, days after a deadly heat wave struck Oregon and Washington State.
The pandemic has increased demand and also ramped up the expectations of vacationers.
A bear fatally attacked a camper in western Montana, the latest in a handful of serious incidents between humans and bears in the state.
“Fox & I” is Catherine Raven’s memoir of her relationship with a bushy-tailed creature — no, not a dog.
Restrictions passed by the Republican-led Montana Legislature could have stark effects on Native American reservations, where voting in person can mean a two-hour drive.
It’s among the wettest places on the planet, but shifts in rainfall, invasive grasses and a housing shortage are driving a wildfire spike on the islands.
Representative Paul Gosar’s association with the white nationalist Nick Fuentes is the most vivid example of the Republican Party’s growing acceptance of extremism.
With the failure of the union campaign in Bessemer still fresh on their minds, labor organizers are looking to retool their strategy.
The heat smothering the Pacific Northwest has little precedent in four decades of record-keeping.
See full results and maps from the New Mexico special election.
The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
A year ago, their rehearsal was one of the first documented superspreader events. But tragedy and isolation couldn’t keep their voices apart.
Data from Idaho, Florida and other states offer a warning on “vaccine deserts.”
The pandemic closed borders, halted air travel and emptied destinations of tourists. As its first anniversary nears, we look at how six places dependent on the industry have adapted to the disruption.
The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
Crisscrossing the tundra, digging dens, chasing prey: a rare look at the elusive wolverine in a rapidly changing region.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
The more than 500,000 people we lost to the pandemic so far form a portrait of America. For this series of short films, we asked five people to celebrate the life of someone close to them.
The state of the virus this week
How different groups voted
See full results and maps from the Utah election.
See full results and maps from the Utah election.
How different groups voted
See full results and maps for the 2020 presidential election in Idaho.
See full results and maps from the Hawaii election.
See full results and maps from the Colorado elections.
See full results and maps from the Oregon election.
See full results and maps from the Colorado election.
See full results and maps from the Idaho elections.
See full results and maps for the 2020 presidential election in Colorado.
See full results and maps from the Hawaii elections.
Every four years, as Election Day draws near, we embrace America’s oddball geographic nicknames.
Here are 20 counties in battleground states that are crucial for a White House victory.
Over $21 million in highly unusual payments from the Las Vegas hotel Donald Trump owns with Phil Ruffin were routed through other Trump companies, then directed to Mr. Trump.
An unusual confluence of weather conditions sent nearly 14,000 bolts of lightning into the dry, hot forests of Northern California in August. But that was only the beginning.
One after another, major fires exploded across Washington, Oregon and California earlier this month. They have added up to the worst fire season on record.
A summer romp in the Tetons with Jimmy Chin and his pals.
Maps showing the major fires are burning in the western states.
Can you identify the cities where these abstract architectural photographs were taken?
Night after night, calm gave way to chaos. See how the clashes between federal agents and protesters unfolded.
Our reporter spent another night in downtown Portland witnessing the protests in response to police violence and the presence of federal authorities.
Our reporter spent the night in Downtown Portland, witnessing the growing protests in response to the presence of federal troops.
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As a former police officer, I’ve handled large protests. What I saw in Seattle disturbed me.
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