Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other inmates met similar fates?

The Republican served for almost three decades in Congress. He said he was withdrawing from public life after the diagnosis.

An environmental journalist and child of Caroline Kennedy, she wrote of her struggle with leukemia in The New Yorker in November, drawing worldwide sympathy.

The authorities closed access to part of Mount Baldy, the tallest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. They cited dangerous and unpredictable terrain and weather.

Tatiana Schlossberg, who died on Tuesday, was the granddaughter of John F. Kennedy. But as a journalist, her first editor remembers, she insisted on putting in the work.

A Democrat turned Republican, he was the only Native American during three terms in the House of Representatives and in 12 years in the Senate. He was also a judo expert and an Olympian.

By holding a left-leaning seat in suburban Des Moines, Democrats ensured that Republicans would not have a supermajority in the State Senate.

In one of his most enduring roles, he played a corrupt state senator known for his ability to fashion an expletive into an outstretched catchphrase.

The selection of Kamar Samuels, who leads schools on the West Side of Manhattan, could help Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani craft his schools agenda.

The mayor-elect said the selections indicate his administration’s commitment to help New York City’s vulnerable residents.

The pause affects a funding stream that provides $185 million in annual aid to the state’s day care centers, as federal investigations into fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs continue.

The release of the emails raised serious questions about whether the Justice Department had misled a judge in telling him that local prosecutors had acted alone in charging Mr. Abrego Garcia.

A Times investigation reveals the inside story of the Trump administration’s chaotic push for a peace deal and its erratic role in the war.

States across the country have also passed new rules around cellphone usage for minors, medically assisted death and gender-related care.

Many opt out of the revelry, either as their own time-honored tradition or because of a different outlook this year.