Kaci Hickox in a photograph she took of herself during her quarantine in New Jersey.
Ms. Hickox threatened to go to court if Maine does not let her move freely by Thursday, setting up what could be a test case of whether state quarantines are legal.
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey’s recommendation comes a day after the C.D.C. issued new guidelines on how civilian health workers should be treated on their return to the United States.
Doubts and anxiety persist for neighbors in the 5-year-old boy’s building, with some suspicious that the test results are not accurate.
The royalty of politics and media made their way to the Washington National Cathedral to celebrate the life of Benjamin C. Bradlee, the former Washington Post editor.
The central bank noted recent weakness in some gauges of inflation expectations, but it said the likelihood of persistently low inflation had diminished.
The ballot measure would allow consumers to sue to keep costs down on individual and small group plans, even after a commissioner had approved them.
Football games and seasons have been canceled over the dwindling number of healthy players before, but the flow of examples makes this year stand out.
Emails detail interactions between the office of Attorney General Pam Bondi of Florida and a law firm trying to sway her.
Attorneys general have become the object of pursuit by lobbyists who use campaign contributions, personal appeals and other means to sway investigations or negotiate favorable deals, an investigation by The New York Times has found.
Joni Ernst, in Des Moines.
In running for the Senate in Iowa, Joni Ernst has helped write a new playbook for Republican female candidates by building a surprisingly enthusiastic base of support — among men.
Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C., will decide whether to join Colorado and Washington State in allowing recreational use by adults.
The death of Robert Champion, 26, brought heightened focus to college hazing and prompted a flurry of strict antihazing laws across the country.
A cargo rocket carrying supplies exploded soon after it rose into the sky from a NASA site in eastern Virginia, but no one was injured.
The investigator who led a review into the Secret Service’s 2012 prostitution scandal quit after he was implicated in his own prostitution episode.
The president has not been welcome in some of the principal battlegrounds of the midterm elections, but is hoping to energize the party’s base.
The lawsuit accused officials of failing to fully process thousands of applications, but the ruling said the law was being followed.
The case could create a new problem for the Obama administration, as officials weigh steps the president could take after the Nov. 4 elections to expand protections from deportation for immigrants here illegally.
The friend, Robel Phillipos, was accused of lying about helping to remove a backpack from the dormitory room of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who awaits trial in the 2013 bombings at the Boston Marathon.
With control of the Senate at stake, the lawmakers leading the Republican and Democratic election efforts have a lot riding on how well they do.
Hackers recently breached an unclassified computer network used by President Obama’s senior staff, a White House official said Tuesday night.
A 4-year-old boy who had experienced episodes of paralysis underwent physical therapy on Tuesday in Charlestown, Mass.
More than 50 children have had mysterious episodes of paralysis in 23 states and some doctors suspect a link to the enterovirus 68.
The suit contends that Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company used faulty methods that “doomed the plan to financial ruin.”
The Federal Trade Commission said smartphone customers who signed up for an unlimited data plan often found their data speeds reduced if they were in the top 5 percent of users.
A year after it was fully in place, the Affordable Care Act has largely succeeded in delivering on President Obama’s main promises, even as it fell short in some ways and gave birth to a new and powerful conservative movement.
For the past year, The New York Times has asked readers to share their experiences purchasing and using health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Here is a selection of their stories.
Making meaningful reform to the financial system could require Americans to reconsider the assumption that homeownership is good for the economy.
The deadly 1992 siege of a white separatist family at Ruby Ridge prompted a debate about government overreach that changed the way the federal authorities handle volatile situations.
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New York Times journalists would like to hear from current, former and new residents of Detroit about their experiences living in the city.
The Times would like to hear from Americans who have signed up for health care under the Affordable Care Act.
Check-cashing joints and payday lenders aren’t always a bad idea.
What if ordinary voters are even more extreme in their views than members of Congress?
