Politics

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused Alabama’s request to reinstate a congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers that had only one majority-Black district, paving the way for a new map to be put...

Suresh Reddy, a centrist Democrat and city councilman, is watching the Republican presidential primary with a mix of pride and disappointment.When Mr. Reddy and his wife, Chandra Gangareddy, immigrants from southern India, settled...

As the fall semester began at New College of Florida, a small public school known as proudly unconventional until Gov. Ron DeSantis set about overhauling it this year, new students were easy to...

In the end, no one will be held criminally responsible for the death nearly four years ago of a man who repeatedly exclaimed, “I can’t breathe,” as officers tried unsuccessfully to remove his...

Over the decades, residents have gathered, feasted and proposed marriage beneath the 150-year-old banyan tree in the downtown area of Lahaina, Hawaii. But last month, after a fast-moving blaze tore through the town...

How did my school fare?That’s what many people were curious about yesterday when U.S. News and World Report released its annual rankings of universities, compiled using a newly overhauled methodology.While the top schools...

A sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot in his patrol car in Palmdale, Calif., on Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.A passer-by found the deputy, Ryan Clinkunbroomer, unconscious near Palmdale Sheriff’s Station...

Lee, which transitioned from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone early Saturday, brought gusty winds, rain and dangerous surf conditions to coastal communities in New England early Saturday, as the center of the...

Lauch Faircloth, a North Carolina hog farmer who as a one-term Republican United States senator was instrumental in stripping the District of Columbia and Mayor Marion Barry of all authority to deal with...

The final day of California’s legislative session is here.That means we’ve reached the last, harried hours for lawmakers to pass any remaining bills for 2023, on tackling the state’s housing crisis, labor battles,...