A workman knocking on the wrong door. A cheerleader mistaking another car for her own. Small errors can have large consequences in a nation bristling with guns.

The campus in Parkland, Fla., where 17 people were killed, reopened on Sunday for students and their families to retrieve belongings, reunite with friends and brace themselves for classes to resume.

Furloughed government employees desperate for income have become unlikely entrants into America’s gig economy, substitute teaching, babysitting and delivering food.

Water samples contained unsafe levels of fecal bacteria and other contaminants, both inside and outside homes, The Times found.

The virus has killed American Indians at especially high rates, robbing tribes of precious bonds and repositories of language and tradition.

People who once rejected the vaccine or simply waited too long are now grappling with the consequences, often in raw, public ways.

“Now is not the time to relax restrictions,” the C.D.C. director, Rochelle Walensky, said, pointing to a leveling of coronavirus infections as governors move to lift pandemic restrictions.

Lines for groceries, food aid and unemployment assistance stretch for blocks as the coronavirus crisis forces Americans into quarantine queues.

Nursing homes set restrictions to lower risks, but Covid-19 has continued spreading in some homes, and residents are now grappling with consequences from isolation.

Ms. Stephens was fired from her job after she announced that she would live as a woman. Her complaint is now before the Supreme Court.

Out of sight of the national spotlight on the devastation of Hurricane Florence, many small towns worry about being washed away unnoticed.

Could a former punk rocker and web entrepreneur be the candidate to beat Donald Trump?

President Trump challenged Seattle’s mayor to “take back your city” after the police vacated a station house and protesters laid claim to the neighborhood around it.

The cost of living is a particular challenge in Orange County, and some employees at Disneyland Resort say they struggle to make ends meet.

Her bloodstained shoes were taken away as evidence. Her backpack has a bullet hole in it. On Wednesday, Brooke Harrison returned to the school where she saw her classmates die.

The centrist senator is key to President Biden’s agenda in Washington. Her positions have angered some Democrats back home.

Electricity was restored to most Texans who had lost power after a winter storm, but water systems for nearly two-thirds of residents were disrupted, leaving millions without drinkable water.

Edith Rivera loved her life in Hampton, Iowa, but for many undocumented immigrants like her, this summer has been a season of fear or flight.

Residents have only good things to say about Juan Carlos Hernandez Pacheco, but his arrest by immigration agents has left his Illinois town in a muddle.

The killing of General Suleimani, intended as a shot against Iran, could accelerate an Iranian objective: pushing the United States military out of Iraq.

Small business owners in Colorado are learning their coverage against business interruption doesn’t cover losses related to virus or bacteria, and could face closure if they can’t get a…

“I ain’t going nowhere,” one man said as he and fellow protesters on the frozen prairie prepared for what they believe may be their last stand.

With no preparation and few road maps to guide them, hurricane survivors like the Amofas are stumbling through their first bewildering days after Harvey.

The Postal Service is crucial to farmers and rural areas that President Trump won in 2016. Now, residents worry it is being dismantled.

A deadly shooting at a Boulder supermarket left 10 people dead and a state full of grief and fury that it had happened again.