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August 31, 2021 at 5:28 pm

Louisiana residents who fled before Ida are urged to stay away indefinitely

In New Orleans, which has been without power since Sunday night, the situation has grown so dire for those who remained that city officials have...

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May 28, 2021 at 6:50 pm

Anniversary event for Tulsa Race Massacre unravels over reparations

In a weekend of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one scheduled for Memorial Day at the city’s...

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March 19, 2021 at 6:43 pm

Lives taken in Atlanta: Dreamer, striver, mother

ATLANTA — From early in the morning until late at night, Hyun Jung Grant was at work. She was a single mother with life’s unyielding...

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March 3, 2021 at 7:40 pm

Biden denounces states for lifting mask orders; experts plead for vigilance

HOUSTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday strongly criticized the decisions by the governors of Texas and Mississippi to lift statewide mask mandates, calling the...

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The law offices of W. McCall Calhoun in Americus, Ga., Feb. 8, 2021. Calhoun, who ran for office as a Democrat, is in federal custody, accused of participating in the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)

February 18, 2021 at 3:17 pm

How a hardcore liberal lawyer joined the pro-Trump mob

W. McCall Calhoun Jr., long an outspoken progressive who ran for office in Georgia as a Democrat, is a walking embodiment of his state’s political...

February 17, 2021 at 5:50 pm

Desperate for light and warmth, Texans see no end for winter storm

HOUSTON — Halfway through the week that Texas froze over, everything seemed to be in a state of frigid chaos. Some homes had no water...

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February 15, 2021 at 3:46 pm

Icy Storm Barrels Across Central U.S., Leaving Millions Without Power VIEW

AUSTIN, Texas — A massive winter storm bulldozed its way across the southern and central United States on Monday, leaving millions of people without power...

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November 28, 2020 at 11:15 am

Virus deaths approach spring record amid changing U.S. crisis VIEW

On April 15, the U.S. reached a grim nadir in the pandemic: 2,752 people were reported to have died from COVID-19 that day, more than...

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November 25, 2020 at 9:57 am

Virus Outbreak, Once in the Nation’s Middle, Gains Steam All Around

What started as a Midwestern surge has grown into coast-to-coast disaster. Over the past two months, rural counties and midsize cities in the Great Plains...

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Children play around signs supporting Joe Biden for President in Erie, Pa., Sept. 30, 2020. As the days lurch toward November and the presidential election, there is a remarkably bipartisan sentiment in Erie: dread. (Libby March/The New York Times)

October 5, 2020 at 5:32 am

Voters dread election: ‘It’s going to be hell no matter what’ VIEW

About 7 in 10 Americans believe that the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to a poll last month from The Associated Press-NORC...