A Climate Laggard in America’s Industrial Heartland Has a Plan to Change, Fast

The silhouette of a person, back to the camera, with a fishing rod extended toward a river. A second rod is propped up on its own nearby. On the other side of the river is an industrial complex, with smokestacks, buildings and electrical towers.

Lawmakers in Michigan have long fought tough pollution controls. But the toll of flooding, lost crops and damage to the Great Lakes appears to be changing minds.

As 2024 Voting Battles Heat Up, North Carolina G.O.P. Presses Forward

North Carolina has grown increasingly competitive in recent elections. Donald J. Trump won the state by just over a percentage point in 2020.

Republicans, whose edge in the state has narrowed in recent years, have gone on offense politically, leading to clashes over voting access and control over elections.

Cracking Down on Dissent, Russia Seeds a Surveillance Supply Chain

An illustration shows, on the left, an image of Vladimir Putin’s face on a red background and, on the right, a hand holding a mobile phone.

Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. The tech may also be sold overseas.

A Rubik’s Cube, Thick Socks and Giddy Anticipation: The Last Hours of the Titan

Five voyagers climbed into the Titan submersible in hopes of joining the select few who have seen the wreck of the Titanic up close. But within hours, their text messages stopped coming.