Colbi Edmonds

The government provided $69.5 billion in relief funds to help keep transit on track during Covid-19. But many rail and bus systems are now facing layoffs and cutbacks.

As stifling heat settled over the city, the local electricity provider said most service would return by late Sunday. But hard-hit areas could remain dark for days longer.

Johns Hopkins University said on Sunday that it reached an agreement with student protesters.

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The new application for federal tuition aid was meant to be simpler. High school seniors say it has been anything but, and some are still unsure of their plans after graduation.

Officers at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond used riot gear and pepper spray.

With pro-Palestinian protests spreading across campuses nationwide, university leaders have had to confront a central question: When does a demonstration cross the line?

Protesters were arrested at the University of Minnesota and Yale, and the House speaker, Mike Johnson, said he would come to Columbia to speak to Jewish students about antisemitism on campuses.

After nearly two weeks of protests, demonstrators seized Hamilton Hall. By the end of the night, the police moved into to arrest them.

The Getty House was broken into early Sunday through a smashed window, the police said. Mayor Karen Bass said she and her family were safe.

After reports of harassment by demonstrators, some Jewish students said they felt unsafe. Others said they felt safe, while condemning antisemitism.

Recent arrests at Columbia University spurred a nationwide movement of pro-Palestinian protests and encampments on campuses.

The coordinated protests across the United States and around the globe were planned in part to coincide with Tax Day in the United States.

Lawmakers voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. Here’s what to know about the fight over the law.

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What people in the path of totality were seeing and saying as the eclipse unfolded across the continent.

About 2,000 motorists, mostly tourists, were stuck in the area on Saturday night after a section of Highway 1 fell into the ocean. No injuries were reported.

The cargo ship that struck the bridge in March suffered two electrical blackouts before it left the port, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

A sizable but smaller crowd gathered one month after the Super Bowl parade shooting. Some were wary, but many were determined to not let the tragedy disrupt a treasured tradition.

The new law comes as the practice of giving preferential treatment to applicants with family ties to alumni has come under renewed scrutiny.

The ruling, by a judge in Texas, was the latest in a string of court decisions that have eroded or struck down federal affirmative-action mandates in a variety of arenas.

An L.G.B.T.Q. organization had sued after the state’s attorney general asked for documents on children receiving gender-affirming care.

The largest fire, Smokehouse Creek, burned over one million acres but is now 74 percent contained.

After leaving Venezuela, he entered the U.S. through Texas and stopped in New York before living in Georgia.

Aaron Bushnell, the cyberdefense operations specialist who lit himself on fire to protest Israel’s killing of Palestinians, had left an isolated Christian community for the Air Force before turning to activism.

Nex Benedict, 16, died one day after an altercation with classmates in a school bathroom in Oklahoma. The death was later ruled a suicide.

The Bodacious Belles, a women’s group in Beaufort, N.C., shows the difference a network of support can make in an aging America.

Homicides in Kansas City, Mo., increased last year, many of them attributed to arguments, officials say.

The authorities said they were working to determine “applicable charges” in the shooting that followed a Super Bowl victory parade. The host of a local radio show was killed, and 22 more were injured.

The eruption of violence in Kansas City, Mo., came as thousands of people had gathered for a public celebration.

Many attendees said it was hard to know where to go when gunfire broke out in Kansas City, Mo.

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The rainfall was expected to last well into Monday, with the total in some parts of Los Angeles meeting or exceeding the average rainfall for February.

The passions ignited by the war in Gaza have reverberated through American politics, but the issue has been particularly contentious in Chicago and its suburbs.

Under the new law, transgender people will be prohibited from using bathrooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that align with their gender identity, with few exceptions.

The prosecution against Donald Trump in the Georgia election case became mired in accusations that Ms. Willis had a romantic relationship with a subordinate. Here’s what to know about the complicated subplot.

Authorities have identified the last known person to have died in the wildfire. Young and old, those lost won’t be forgotten.

Jury selection began on Tuesday in the trial of Jennifer Crumbley, whose son, Ethan Crumbley, killed four students in 2021. In a rare move, prosecutors have charged both of his parents with involuntary manslaughter.

The number from officials and news reports is likely to rise as authorities assess the fallout from the extreme conditions in many parts of the country.

The cold-weather closures affected about a million children in a region known for its mild winters.

The state’s electric infrastructure, which failed during a winter storm in 2021, withstood the worst of this week’s Arctic chill.

In Texas, where a 2021 storm killed 246 people and knocked out electricity for millions, officials urged residents to conserve power.

According to Customs and Border Protection, federal agents were “physically barred” by state officials from responding to the situation. Texas officials said that was “wholly inaccurate.”

After a section of the Alaska Airlines flight blew out of the plane, passengers described a mix of horror, confusion and eerie calm.

Just a week after the law was allowed to take effect, a federal appeals court reinstated a lower court’s block on the ban.

The move attempts to overturn the decision which made Maine the second state to rule the former president ineligible for the primary ballot.

Shenna Bellows is the latest politician to fall victim to a hoax emergency call meant to provoke an armed police response.

A federal appeals court halted a lower court’s block on the law, which prohibits firearms in certain places such as playgrounds and libraries, allowing it to take effect on Monday.

The Harvard Corporation is a powerful board that governs the university. Here’s what we know about the members.

Storms and tornadoes left a swath of destruction that included parts of Clarksville, where three people died, and near Nashville, where three others were killed.

The details of the allegation against the state party chairman, Christian Ziegler, emerged in an affidavit. He has denied any wrongdoing.

A security guard tried to intervene but was unsuccessful, officials said.

The attack in an Arizona prison was the latest violent episode involving a high-profile inmate at a federal correctional facility.

In Pennsylvania and elsewhere, A.I. is being applied to the nation’s aging infrastructure. Is that wise?

The mayor fatally shot himself after a news site published a photo of him in makeup and said he had written erotic fiction and posts using names and photos of local residents, including a minor.

The universities are trying to address criticism by banning pro-Palestinian student groups, condemning slogans and starting task forces to address antisemitism.

The assailant in the mass shooting in Lewiston died about eight to 12 hours before his body was found, officials say.

Residents in and around the city, no longer under lockdowns, spent the weekend coming together to mourn, share meals and prepare to bury their dead.

Businesses, schools and offices in the southern part of the state were closed on Thursday as the authorities sought a 40-year-old suspect.