Iowa Building Collapse: As People Remain Missing, Demolition Is Put on Hold
On Monday morning, hours after part of a century-old apartment building crumbled onto a downtown street, officials in Davenport, Iowa, said they were not aware...
Stanley Engerman, Revisionist Scholar of Slavery, Dies at 87
Stanley Engerman, one of the authors of a deeply researched book that, wading into the fraught history of American slavery, argued that it was a...
DeSantis, Wading Into Debt-Ceiling Fight, Puts Pressure on Trump
The decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida to oppose the debt-ceiling agreement struck by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden injected presidential politics into...
Prosecutor Recounts Day Turned Deadly in a Pittsburgh Synagogue
The federal trial of the gunman who killed 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the deadliest antisemitic attack in the nation’s history, began on Tuesday...
The New York Times Magazine Devotes an Issue to California
The New York Times Magazine is doing something this week that it has never done before: dedicate an entire issue to California, where many of...
Debt Ceiling Deal Moves Toward House Vote Despite GOP Revolt
A bipartisan deal to suspend the federal debt ceiling advanced on Tuesday night toward a climactic House vote despite a rebellion by hard-right Republicans who...
Texas Lawmakers Pass Ban on D.E.I. Programs at State Universities
The News: Just a day before the Texas legislative session ended, state lawmakers approved a ban on offices and programs that promote diversity, equity and...
This Town Made Tina Turner. She Made It Famous.
Reaching Nutbush, a speck of a Tennessee town between Memphis and Nashville, requires exiting Interstate 40, just after the tourism billboard plastered with Tina Turner’s...
After Pittsburgh Shootings, a Nationwide Network Tracks Antisemitic Threats
In a dimly lit conference room on an upper floor of a Chicago mid-rise, an intricately detailed snapshot of American peril is being taken, minute...
Texas Passes Bills Targeting Elections in Democratic Stronghold
Why It Matters: Harris County could tilt the power balance in Texas. Harris County, the state’s most populous county, has become a reliable Democratic stronghold....
Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Exposed Long-Growing Rifts in Texas G.O.P.
The impeachment of the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, by a majority of his fellow Republicans has exposed an undercurrent of division and discontent that...
2 Dead in Suspected Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Mexico
Two people in the United States have died with probable cases of fungal meningitis and more than 200 others are at risk after an outbreak...
Impeachment Vote for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: What to Know
An overwhelming majority of Texas House members voted on Saturday to impeach the state’s Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, on bribery and corruption allegations, including...
Mawar Becomes a Super Typhoon After Lashing Guam
Guam residents woke up Thursday to survey the damage after a long night of whipping winds and lightning storms from Mawar, a typhoon that downed...