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For a month, the Pennsylvania legislature has been frozen by a handful of vacancies in the State House of Representatives that made the difference between Democratic and Republican control, and by representatives’...

WASHINGTON — The top military commander overseeing North American airspace said Monday that some previous incursions by Chinese spy balloons during the Trump administration were not detected in real time, and the...

WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials have arrested two people accused of conspiring to “completely destroy Baltimore” in what they described on Monday as a racist plot to demolish the power grid...

This is my first newsletter after a four-month book leave, and I want to try something a little different. As I prepared to come back, I spent time talking with Times colleagues...

A train derailment caused a huge fire to erupt in eastern Ohio on Friday night, prompting officials to order many of the town’s residents to evacuate as crews assessed whether the cargo...

AUSTIN, Texas — Warmer weather has returned to Austin, Texas, after the winter storm that began to hit the state last Monday. It was a balmy 73 degrees in the city on...

WASHINGTON — Navy divers were working to locate portions of the debris from the Chinese spy balloon that a U.S. fighter jet shot down six miles off the coast of South Carolina,...

Menopause, for many women, is an unknown — a confusing tunnel to pass through, with limited signage for what to expect.But one effective treatment has been overlooked for decades, signaling that women’s...

An off-duty New York City police officer was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot during an apparent robbery as he tried to purchase a vehicle in Brooklyn on Saturday night, the...

Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, alerted Mr. Biden.By Wednesday, when the balloon had made its way to the skies above Billings, Mont., Pentagon officials were...