Torture Accusations Could Lead to Civil Rights Case in Mississippi
Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield are examining the power of sheriffs’ offices in Mississippi as part of The Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. More than two months after deputies were sentenced…
Highway humor is over some drivers’ heads
Elise Riker, a marketing professor at Arizona State University, shows off her winning contest entry for a state highway safety message displayed last fall. States are using more creative messages…
Ohio nurses, doctors call for legislation to prevent violence in health care settings
Getty Images. Nurses around Ohio complain their profession is in crisis as hospitals struggle to fill vacant positions and the increased workload pushes more people to leave the field. Those…
Meet the candidates for Ohio’s Tuesday special congressional election
State Sen. Michael Rulli (L) and Michael Kripchak (R) face off in June’s special election for Ohio’s 6th Congressional District vacancy. (Photo of state Sen. Michael Rulli from the Ohio…
It’s primary day in Maine. Here’s what you need to know.
Entrance to the polling station in Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. (Jim Neuger/Maine Morning Star) Today is primary day and voters across Maine will be weighing in on which candidates for the…
As MAGA pursues an agenda of gaslighting and cruelty, timid responses won’t cut it in 2024
Thousands of Donald Trump supporters storm the United States Capitol building following a “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Timidity…
On the U.S.-Mexico border, hopes and fears after Biden’s order limiting asylum
Razor wire along the Rio Grande on the Texas side of the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom) EL PASO, Texas — Seventeen-year-old Karina Parababire gently rocked her three-month-old…
Election workers worry that federal threats task force isn’t enough to keep them safe
Some elections professionals say federal law enforcement still isn’t doing enough to deter bad actors and ensure that those on the front lines of democracy are protected this fall. (Photo…
Election workers worry that federal threats task force isn’t enough to keep them safe
Some elections professionals say federal law enforcement still isn’t doing enough to deter bad actors and ensure that those on the front lines of democracy are protected this fall. (Photo…
Trump says he’ll work ‘side by side’ with group that wants abortion ‘eradicated’
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on Feb. 24, 2024…