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“He was the first person in S.N.C.C. to leave school to become a full-time field secretary,” Courtland Cox, another founder of S.N.C.C., said in an interview. “He set the standard for a...

A man the police described as a “potential serial killer” who terrorized residents in California’s Central Valley in a string of fatal shootings was arrested early on Saturday while he was “out...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate in Georgia’s pivotal Senate race, drew some head scratches — and a debate moderator’s rebuke — when he brandished an honorary sheriff’s badge on...

In early 2019, as the Defense Department’s bureaucracy seemed to be slow-walking then-President Donald J. Trump’s order to withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria, Joe Kent, a C.I.A. paramilitary officer, called his...

Four months after raging floodwaters swept through Yellowstone National Park, forcing it to close for about a week and chasing more than 10,000 visitors to safety, the rebuilding will reach a milestone...

The debate between Senator Raphael Warnock and his less experienced Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, had its share of sharp clashes, as the two candidates in one of the country’s most-watched Senate races...

Two police officers were killed and another was seriously wounded while responding to a domestic violence call in Bristol, Conn., the authorities said early Thursday.Gov. Ned Lamont of Connecticut identified the two...

Most of the initiatives were financially supported, or in some cases launched, by an opaque, sprawling network shaped by Mr. Leo and funded by wealthy patrons, usually through anonymous donations that critics...

By the last day of Hell Week, candidates told Navy investigators, Seaman Mullen was barely coherent and so swollen that one sailor said he looked “like the Michelin Man.” That day, the...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, many Ukrainians took shelter underground for days and even weeks from constant bombardments and fighting.Yesterday, Russia hit at least 11 Ukrainian cities with missiles in its...