Presenting herself as a pragmatic leader who could unite all Americans behind a “new way forward,” Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, gives his takeaways.

On Saturday, Kenny McPeek’s 3-year-old will try to be the first filly since 1915 to win the Travers Stakes. It could be a boon for a sport whose popularity has dipped.

No garment is simpler. No garment has more star power onscreen.

Some 144 bird species had not been seen in at least a decade, but a project by conservation organizations proposes they all may still be hidden somewhere in the wild.

The Spanish island fills beachfront hotels and glittering dance clubs with wealthy tourists. But its teachers, firefighters and police officers can’t find a place to live.

As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities.

In a mostly car-dependent country where public transportation in major cities can be best described as “decent,” the expansion felt momentous.

The vice president’s speech sought to reassure Americans of her values even as many may be unfamiliar with her background.

After Kamala Harris accepted the nomination, Stewart mused: “How funny would it have been if at the end she was like, ‘But seriously, though: not for me.’”

The fire, one of the country’s worst industrial disasters in recent years, happened as the factory was rushing to fulfill a military contract, the authorities said.

With her party torn between pro-Israel Democrats and younger progressives, she’s looking for a way to quiet one major issue until after the election.

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a searing rebuke of former President Donald J. Trump, casting him as a threat to democracy, global stability and women’s rights.

Kamala Harris has left them giddy but dazed.

A history-making candidate told grounded stories. Democrats expanded their anti-Trump playbook. And even if something “magical is in the air” for the party, as Michelle Obama said, there’s a hard road ahead.

From references to the Olympics to odes to freedom, Democrats used their nominating convention to stake their claim on patriotism.

After Israel recovered the bodies of six men who died in Hamas captivity in Gaza, survivors accused the government of sinking the chances of hostages returning alive through a cease-fire deal.

A new exhibit calls for the city’s residents to be patriotic, loyal to the Chinese Communist Party and ever vigilant to supposed threats to the state.

When Selena Coppock, a former comedian who runs social media accounts that parody New York Times weddings, met Aaron Allietta her views on marriage became more than a punchline.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer makes the case for tough women.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate, is set to give an address on Friday about the future of his campaign.