Patrik Jonsson

Two weeks after a hurricane roared into the Appalachian Mountains, how a wrecked region recovers will depend on local resilience. And it’s there.

Plains is a politically divided town in the battleground state of Georgia. But the ethos of a peacemaker president is tangible on front porches here.

In a gun-friendly state, parental liability looms following school shooting

A school shooting in Georgia has left four people dead. It also highlights how efforts to prevent and respond to threats are improving but incomplete.

Tropical Storm Debby is an example of how, as storms and extreme weather events become more frequent, towns and residents are trying to adapt.

A growing number of Southern conservatives are revisiting the idea that access to affordable health care can be vital to community well-being.

Residents of Butler, Pennsylvania, are focused on recovery and care for affected families after the near-assassination of former President Donald Trump this month.

Security lapses that enabled the July 13 shooting of former President Donald Trump are raising larger questions about Secret Service protection during a turbulent election year.

The 21st century has so far seen a steady expansion of U.S. gun rights. On Friday, the Supreme Court said that domestic abusers could be temporarily barred from owning firearms.

The guilty verdict against Hunter Biden is the first-ever criminal conviction of a sitting president’s son. It came on a firearms-purchasing charge that’s unusual for someone not accused of related criminal activity.

America’s police departments are trying not only to rebuild trust, but also to show how equitable policing prevents crime and protects officers, too.

If Mercedes employees in Alabama vote to join the United Auto Workers, it may signal a power shift in America’s most union-resistant region.

A Charlotte shootout left four officers dead as a man used a gun to resist arrest. There is growing strain between police and politicians over gun laws.

Miami isn’t the only coastal city cautious about hosting raucous spring break college students. Racial tensions and year-round residents seeking quiet are two of the undercurrents at work.

American shrimp boats are being made obsolete by foreign shrimp farms with dubious practices. To survive, boat captains will need to change.

The 1st Congressional District in South Carolina was trending blue. Now it’s deep red. In the change is the story of modern American politics.

In Hilton Head, grandmother Josephine Wright has refused to sell her home. Her cause has struck a chord with those fighting Black land loss.

For LGBTQ+ politicians winning elections in the South, leading is more complicated than the culture wars suggest.

In the wake of the mass shootings in Maine, Second Amendment gun rights are, for some, balanced by another legal principle – the right to live in peace.

Three of Donald Trump’s lawyers pleaded guilty in Georgia. The significance depends on the power of their testimony and whether other defendants cooperate.