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Byline: Julie Bosman, Robert Gebeloff and Ethan Singer Demographers say that a growing number of Americans identify as more than one race, and that the number will continue expanding in [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman and Jamie Kelter Davis As the third graders of Cumberland Elementary in the Chicago suburbs colored, clipped and glued paper to make cicadas with filmy wings, they [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman In recent weeks, buses have been bypassing the city for its smaller outlying communities, where people are unaccustomed to the flow of newcomers. In different times, the [...]

Byline: Ernesto Londoño and Julie Bosman The buses packed with Venezuelan migrants are now arriving in downtown Chicago day and night, doubling in number in recent weeks. City officials are [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman CHICAGO - Bulging suitcases lined the wall of windows facing the street at a North Side police station in Chicago one morning this week. Air mattresses, blankets [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Mitch Smith, Jesse McKinley and Jay Root Two men appeared in courtrooms in different parts of the country on Wednesday, charged in shootings that came after minor [...]

Byline: Mitch Smith and Julie Bosman Residents and friends of the victim were searching for answers as the 84-year-old homeowner surrendered to the authorities on two felony charges. KANSAS CITY, [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Sophia Lada, Tracey Tully and Patricia Mazzei The gunfire on Monday night left three dead and five critically injured. For some students, the familiar rituals of sorrow, [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman In Omaha, a Streetcar Named Undesirable by Warren Buffett We're exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In Omaha, city leaders and the most [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Jack Healy and Campbell Robertson Republican candidates are focusing on crime and public safety, but their message is rooted not so much in data or policy as [...]

Byline: Emily Cochrane and Julie Bosman FORT MYERS, Fla. - More than two decades ago, Jane and Del Compton stumbled upon Fort Myers while on vacation in southwest Florida. This [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Thomas Fuller and Edgar Sandoval BA.5, a highly transmissible variant, is dominating a surge of new infections. Many health officials say the wave is cause for caution, [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman After the reversal of Roe v. Wade, some women are reconsidering their plans, including where they live, and wondering how best to channel their anger. CHICAGO - [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Sophie Kasakove, Jill Cowan and Richard Fausset Crime rates on trains and buses are up in some of the nation's biggest cities, one more barrier for downtowns [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman and Sophie Kasakove Officials say demand has slowed as coronavirus cases have fallen. But some experts question the scaling back of services, especially vaccination campaigns. CHICAGO - [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman CHICAGO - With infection rates mounting, the Omicron variant has ushered in a new and disorienting phase of the pandemic, leaving Americans frustrated and dismayed that the [...]

Byline: J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman They are at higher risk at becoming seriously ill from the virus, but they also don't want to 'stop doing the things that [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Amy Harmon and Albert Sun They are among the most vaccinated groups, but people 65 and older make up about three-quarters of the nation's coronavirus death toll. [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman and Mitch Smith CHICAGO - As alarm mounted over the coronavirus ripping through the country, Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago was barraged with warnings: Lollapalooza was looking [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman CHICAGO - They acknowledged that they could have showed up months ago. Many were satisfied that they were finally doing the right thing. A few grumbled that [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Sophie Kasakove and Daniel Victor The 18-month drop, the steepest decline since World War II, was fueled by the coronavirus pandemic. New federal data draws one of [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Frances Robles and Rick Rojas Most city leaders, eager to rejuvenate downtown economies, have lifted coronavirus restrictions. But rising violent crime has kept both residents and tourists [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman CHICAGO - One Saturday last June, Dan O'Conor began his day in a prickly and painful state. He was anxious from the coronavirus pandemic, troubled by American [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman and Sarah Mervosh Cases and deaths have dipped, and vaccinations make scientists hopeful, even as variants mean the coronavirus is here to stay. After weeks of coronavirus [...]

Byline: Kay Nolan, Julie Bosman and Campbell Robertson With Democratic governors and Republican legislatures, ending stay-at-home orders mixes health guidance and partisan politics. WAUKESHA, Wis. - In Wisconsin, residents woke [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman The U.S. has entered a disconcerting phase: Vaccines are rolling out quickly, but upticks in cases raise the prospect of a new surge. DETROIT - In a [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman and Mitch Smith As coronavirus cases nationwide have plateaued, at least 20 states have committed in recent days to widening the list of people who may get [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman Men have died of the coronavirus in larger numbers than women, leaving untold thousands of spouses suddenly alone. Some have turned to bereavement groups on Facebook. CHICAGO [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman CHICAGO - When Kim Miller sat down in her Illinois house to compose her husband's obituary, she could not hold back. Not about the coronavirus that had [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman The pandemic was a faraway nightmare - a catastrophe on the coasts - when Patty Schachtner, the medical examiner in St. Croix County, Wis., began preparing. In [...]

Byline: Sarah Mervosh, J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman By the time Doug Raysby's wife was allowed to enter his hospital room, it was too late to be sure whether [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Audra D. S. Burch and Sarah Mervosh Thursday brought more coronavirus infections than in any other day of the pandemic. Around the country, the virus left its [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Sarah Mervosh and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio New coronavirus cases in the United States surpassed 100,000 on Wednesday for the first time in the pandemic. KENOSHA, [...]

Byline: Sarah Mervosh and Julie Bosman The Northeast, devastated by the coronavirus in the spring and held up as a model of infection control by summer, is now seeing early [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman The scene at the airport in Duluth, Minn., on Wednesday night was jubilant and carefree, despite the 40-degree temperatures, pelting rain and blustery wind blowing toward Lake [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Serge F. Kovaleski and Jacey Fortin Twelve days after his wife died of the coronavirus, increasing the enormous toll in the United States by one, Michael Davis, [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman The coronavirus pandemic has left ordinary people debating case counts, positivity rates and hospitalization numbers in hopes of understanding the virus's path. CHICAGO - The latest count [...]

Byline: John Eligon and Julie Bosman The Midwestern city that has been the site of unrest views itself as embracing multiculturalism. But it also struggles with segregation and racial gaps [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman and Mitch Smith CHICAGO - In the weeks since America began reopening on a large scale, the coronavirus has persisted on a stubborn but uneven path, with [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman The coronavirus has created new tensions. Staying at home has worsened abusive situations. Shelters worry about the spread of the virus. CHICAGO - The woman dialed the [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Mitch Smith and Amy Harmon While cities like New York have seen a hopeful drop in cases, upticks in other major cities and smaller communities have offset [...]

Byline: Patricia Mazzei, Julie Bosman and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs State-to-state travel rules are rarely seen in the United States, but the virus has left some states urging outsiders not to come. [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman and Richard Fausset Many state and municipal health departments saw budget and staffing cuts a decade ago that were never restored. CHICAGO - A widespread failure in [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Farah Stockman and Thomas Fuller CHICAGO - Strings of lanterns in festive red and gold swayed high above the streets in Chicago's Chinatown, but few people strolled [...]

Byline: Jack Healy and Julie Bosman FERGUSON, Mo. - David Morrison carries the scars of Ferguson's upheaval. A veteran protester, he has fled gunshots and tear gas, marched, waved signs [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Kate Taylor and Tim Arango The man who shot nine people to death last weekend in Dayton, Ohio, seethed at female classmates and threatened them with violence. [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman TROY, Mich. - Roberta Traini gritted her teeth through the small talk at the Barnes & Noble checkout, grabbed her purchases and hustled her 5-month-old daughter, Gretha, [...]

Byline: Mitch Smith, Julie Bosman and Monica Davey On April 25, 2014, a group of smiling officials in Flint, Mich., stood in front of television cameras, held their glasses aloft [...]

Byline: JULIE BOSMAN ARENA, Wis. -- Ten-year-old Lola Roske grabbed her backpack and headed to elementary school for the last day of class, the final check on her to-do list [...]

Byline: JULIE BOSMAN CHICAGO -- Gus Sims, 67, has heard what might happen to his beloved, no-frills public golf course on Chicago's South Side, where, on a balmy spring morning [...]