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“This must be biblical advice,” she recalled thinking. “This must be what we’re supposed to do.” ‘A space of curiosity’ Many progressive and Mainline Christian congregations have moved to affirm …

Four people were killed and nearly a million customers along the Gulf Coast were without power early Friday after intense thunderstorms swept through Texas the night before, bringing heavy rain, …

Police officers on Thursday night raided a complex at the University of California, Berkeley, that had been occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, taking several people away in handcuffs. A university spokesman …

You can count Kevin Madden, a strategist who worked for Mitt Romney’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns for president, among those who are surprised that this year’s presidential debates are happening …

The Serbian government has approved a contract with Jared Kushner on plans to build a luxury hotel on the site of the former defense ministry in Belgrade, putting him directly …

The agreement by President Biden and Donald J. Trump to move ahead with two presidential debates — and sideline the Commission on Presidential Debates — is a debilitating and potentially …

After decades of painful decline, Detroit’s population grew in 2023, according to new estimates released on Thursday by the Census Bureau. The increase — to 633,218 from 631,366 residents — …

A barge struck a causeway connecting Galveston, Texas, to a small island on Wednesday morning, sending debris and oil into the bay, officials said. The Pelican Island Bridge was hit …

President Biden is willing to debate former President Donald J. Trump at least twice before the election, and as early as June — but his campaign is rejecting the nonpartisan …

We made a block-by-block interactive map of the U.S. to show how gun violence changed during the pandemic. Eli Murray, a graphics editor for The New York Times, gives some …