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The potent opioid increasingly is afflicting people of color in American cities. ''I've seen a lot of terrible drugs,'' said a veteran drug counselor. ''This is the worst.'' MILWAUKEE -- [...]

A split result for Democrats and Republicans in a closely divided swing state. KENOSHA, Wis. -- Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, won a second term in Wisconsin while Senator Ron [...]

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 [...]

Republican candidates are focusing on crime and public safety, but their message is rooted not so much in data or policy as in voters' feelings of unease. Debra Kowalski, a [...]

Bitterness over looting and destruction that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake could help tip a governor's race in the direction of Republicans. KENOSHA, Wis. -- Joy Ermert, 46, [...]

Darrell E. Brooks was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide after driving his car in a rampage through a parade in Waukesha, Wis., in 2021. Darrell E. Brooks was found guilty [...]

The downtown has long been the beating heart of many American cities. Their jumbles of offices, apartments, theaters and restaurants are braided together by overlapping cultures and histories, where life [...]

The gunman, who was identified as a former student, also died after a shootout with the police at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, the authorities said. At least [...]

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 [...]

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- More than two decades ago, Jane and Del Compton stumbled upon Fort Myers while on vacation in southwest Florida. This was where they would retire, they [...]

Hurricane Ian inflicted its worst damage across several deeply Republican counties, where many voters express hostility toward President Biden and the federal government in general. FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. -- [...]

The University of North Dakota, the latest U.S. college to acknowledge keeping Indigenous bones and artifacts, pledged to work with tribal leaders on returning them. GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The [...]

Nearly five inches of rain drenched parts of the city on Sunday, leaving cars stranded along some streets. CHICAGO -- Torrential, unrelenting rains swept through Chicago on Sunday, flooding basements [...]

A state board had previously said the issue could not appear on the ballot because of word spacing problems on the petitions. The Michigan Supreme Court said Thursday that voters [...]

The law passed despite dividing Republicans. Some of them said the measure was too restrictive; others objected to limited exceptions for rape and incest. INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana lawmakers passed and [...]

Now comes the hard part, expanding beyond her conservative base to defeat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- Tudor Dixon, a former conservative media personality, just pulled off a [...]

Voters in the Detroit suburbs said issues including the economy and bodily autonomy were driving their ballot decisions. HAZEL PARK, Mich. -- Ashley Polansky, a 34-year-old retail manager, hurried inside [...]

An effort in Indiana to pass an abortion ban with exceptions has exposed rifts among conservatives on how to legislate in a post-Roe world. INDIANAPOLIS -- Abortion opponents, especially in [...]

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, [...]

BA.5, a highly transmissible variant, is dominating a surge of new infections. Many health officials say the wave is cause for caution, not alarm. CHICAGO -- Covid-19 is surging around [...]

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 - [...]

In Wisconsin, Michigan and other states, abortion bans that were long considered dormant could determine if access to the procedure survives the overturning of Roe. Abortion has become or will [...]

Around the country, a patchwork of laws was taking hold amid protest and celebration. A new and rapidly shifting reality took hold across America on Saturday as abortion, a basic [...]

Jason Ravnsborg, who killed a man with his car in 2020, was removed from office after the State Senate voted to convict him. He was impeached by the House in [...]

Lifeguards are in short supply around the country this year because of low unemployment and Covid's effects on training. Pools have been left closed and beaches unguarded. MILWAUKEE -- On [...]

UVALDE, Texas -- The gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers in a rural Texas elementary school on Tuesday entered the building despite being confronted by an armed school [...]

Nearly one million people have died from Covid in the United States. Many of the loved ones they left behind are grieving in a nation that wants to move on. [...]

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 [...]

Crime rates on trains and buses are up in some of the nation's biggest cities, one more barrier for downtowns trying to rebound. CHICAGO -- For months, Anna Balla, 47, [...]

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 - [...]

Good morning. The drumbeat of layoffs in Silicon Valley is partly a result of how the pandemic upended the economy. Future barometer The layoff announcements dropped one after another, accelerating [...]

Good morning. California is trying to tame the effects of flooding in ways both immediate and long-term. Overflowing problems After three years of historic drought in California, a deluge of [...]

Officials say demand has slowed as coronavirus cases have fallen. But some experts question the scaling back of services, especially vaccination campaigns. CHICAGO -- As Americans shed masks and return [...]

CHICAGO -- More than 2,600 Americans are dying from Covid-19 each day, an alarming rate that has climbed by 30 percent in the past two weeks. Across the United States, [...]

Jason Van Dyke served three years of a nearly seven-year sentence. He was convicted of second-degree murder in the teenager's death, which put a spotlight on police misconduct. CHICAGO -- [...]

CHICAGO -- Days into a dispute between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union, labor leaders outlined what they described as a grand compromise. Students, who had been receiving [...]

CHICAGO — Days into a dispute between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union, labor leaders outlined what they described as a grand compromise. Students, who had been receiving [...]

The country is reporting upward of 700,000 new cases a day, fewer than earlier this month, but still far more than in any prior surge. CHICAGO -- New coronavirus cases [...]

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 [...]

Dominick Black, a friend of Mr. Rittenhouse, had been accused of two felonies for buying the weapon. In a plea deal with prosecutors, he will pay a fine. CHICAGO -- [...]

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 basic elements they [...]

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 [...]

They are at higher risk at becoming seriously ill from the virus, but they also don't want to 'stop doing the things that are most important.' HOUSTON -- Mary Kesterson, [...]

Hundreds of thousands of customers were without electricity after a powerful storm system called ''extraordinary'' for December swept across the central U.S. A ferocious storm system that swept across the [...]

The milestone came despite the wide availability of vaccines for most of 2021. Coronavirus deaths in the United States surpassed 800,000 on Wednesday, according to a New York Times database, [...]

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. [...]

They are among the most vaccinated groups, but people 65 and older make up about three-quarters of the nation's coronavirus death toll. As the coronavirus pandemic approaches the end of [...]

A health care analyst came to Manhattan for an anime convention. His trip shows how the virus once again outpaced the public health response. They wore fluorescent wigs and capes [...]

KENOSHA, Wis. -- Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two men and wounded another amid protests and rioting over police conduct in Kenosha, Wis., was found not guilty of homicide and [...]