What the Colorado River Deal Means for California
Finally, a deal. After a standoff that lasted months over how to keep the depleted Colorado River from running completely dry, an agreement was announced...
NAACP Issues Travel Advisory for Florida in Response to DeSantis DEI Bill
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Saturday issued a travel advisory for Florida, saying that under Gov. Ron DeSantis the state...
Investigation: U.S. Border Agents Fatally Shoot Tribe Member in Arizona
The F.B.I. and federal border officials are investigating the fatal shooting last week of a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation by U.S. border agents...
Idaho Murder Suspect Bryan Kohberger Declines to Enter Plea
The man accused of murdering four college students during a predawn intrusion at their house near the University of Idaho declined to enter a plea...
Tim Scott Announces Presidential Campaign, Adding to Trump Challengers
Tim Scott, the first Black Republican elected to the Senate from the South since Reconstruction, announced his campaign for president on Monday, bringing a positive,...
Michelle Wu, Boston’s New Mayor, Seeks Big Change. Old Power Brokers Push Back.
When Mayor Michelle Wu cracked down on outdoor dining in Boston’s congested North End neighborhood last year, appeasing residents beleaguered by crowds, trash and blocked...
Even College Grads Are Fleeing California’s Biggest Cities
California is expensive — that’s no secret. Nor is the fact that for years, lower-wage, less-educated workers have been leaving for more affordable states, like...
California Wildflower Scientist Searches for Rare Species After Wet Winter
The white Toyota Tacoma bumped along the dirt path, up and down hills, brush scratching the sides of the truck with a high-pitched whine. Naomi...
Grenade Detonation Kills Father and Injures His Two Children
An Indiana father was killed and his two children were injured after they went through a grandfather’s belongings and found a hand grenade that detonated...
‘Living in Fear’: Arson Is the Latest in a String of Attacks on Minnesota Mosques
A suspect was arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire last week at a mosque in St. Paul, Minn., at least the fifth such...
30 Tons of Explosive Chemicals Lost During Rail Shipment to California
About 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used as a fertilizer and in explosives, went missing on a rail shipment from Wyoming to California...
DeSantis Avoids Talk of Abortion Ban on the Trail
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida could not have asked for a friendlier venue to highlight the sweeping six-week abortion ban he signed last month: an...
Why Many Hawaiians Are Making Las Vegas Their Home
The scenery can’t compare. So why are Hawaiians increasingly moving there? WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time....
Biden Says He’s Optimistic on Debt Talks
President Biden on Saturday brushed off noisy statements issued by both sides in the debt and spending talks gripping Washington, dismissing them as little more...