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MIAMI — Florida lawmakers voted to prohibit abortions after six weeks of pregnancy on Thursday, culminating a rapid effort by elected Republicans and Gov. Ron DeSantis to transform the state to one...

The group appeared to have a tense exchange, according to a video posted on Twitter, in which Ms. Camper, 65, could be heard ordering the lawmakers off the floor. In an interview...

The 911 calls came in rapid succession, with reports of an explosion and fire on Monday that officials would later say had trapped one female employee and thousands of cattle inside a...

Despite our very wet winter, California’s water scarcity woes aren’t finished.Gov. Gavin Newsom has resisted declaring the drought to be over. Just this week, a proposal from President Biden raised the possibility...

Former President Donald J. Trump said Tuesday that he would continue campaigning for the White House even if convicted of a crime.In his first national media interview since pleading not guilty last...

Thunderstorms in southeastern Florida dumped 15 to 20 inches of rain in the Fort Lauderdale area on Wednesday, the National Weather Service said, trapping motorists in floodwaters and leaving travelers stranded inside...

HOUSTON — For 17 hours last week, jurors in a cramped court conference room in Texas deliberated over the fate of Daniel S. Perry, a U.S. Army sergeant accused of fatally shooting...

Liam Squires, like many students, usually answers the question “How was school today?” with an evasive answer along the lines of “I don’t know.”This is why weeks passed before his mother, Megan...

Firefighters in central New Jersey were scrambling early Wednesday to contain a quick-moving wildfire that prompted a wave of evacuations and road closures overnight.The blaze, called the Jimmy’s Waterhole fire, had burned...

The family moved to Harlem when Mr. Brathwaite was a child, before settling in the South Bronx. A standout student, he attended the School of Industrial Art (now the High School of...