Julie Bosman

The tornado in Nebraska stayed on the ground for 11 minutes. A new subdivision called Dirt Road was wiped out, while nearby homes went untouched.

Rob Sand, Iowa’s auditor, is campaigning for governor with a pragmatic message that eschews strict partisanship.

Across the country, police and city officials are trying to crack down on sometimes violent youth gatherings, but the teens themselves say they need some way to socialize and blow off steam.

Spoiler alert: There was no miracle.

The scientist, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, had built up grievances against his co-worker after five years of working together, court documents said.

With Judge Chris Taylor’s win, liberals increased their hold on the court. Races for the Wisconsin Supreme Court often draw national attention, but not this year.

Elections for the Wisconsin Supreme Court have previously brought record-breaking spending and national attention. Tuesday’s race has been a more muted affair.

Mr. Biss emerged after being an early front-runner in the turbulent, crowded contest to replace a longtime incumbent in Illinois’s Ninth District.

In a county with the largest Irish American population in the U.S., a crush of parades has been a bounty for candidates searching for votes.

“I didn’t breathe until I knew all of the kids were OK,” one teacher recalled after a truck crashed through the doors of a Michigan synagogue this week.

The drop in arrests reflects a retreat, at least for now, from some of the administration’s most aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.

The large-scale, public event in Chicago on Friday caps two weeks of memorials for Mr. Jackson, the civil rights leader, who died at 84.

Mourners lined up outside Rainbow PUSH, the organization Mr. Jackson founded decades ago. He died last week at 84.

An annual snowplow naming contest usually draws lighthearted quips. This year, Chicagoans picked a political pun.