Robert Gebeloff

The Palisades fire first took hold in a neighborhood where many hydrants had only a single small outlet for firefighters to use.

Donald J. Trump’s swift victory was driven by red shifts across the country, with gains among seemingly every possible grouping of Americans.

Miguel Gómez, de 21 años, se inclina por Trump. Sus padres no. Su casa es un campo de batalla en miniatura, que refleja las feroces divisiones entre los votantes latinos en Arizona.

Lancaster County, famous for its Amish communities, regularly votes Republican. But the demographics are shifting here and throughout the state.

Los cárteles mexicanos cuentan con un ejército de mensajeros que cruzan fácilmente la frontera cargados de drogas.

An analysis of voter data reveals the demographic trends at play in this year’s presidential race.

Polish Americans are an important, if politically overlooked, demographic. But in Pennsylvania, many have tended to lean Republican.

The Times found that, by the end of last year, one in seven Americans lived within a quarter mile of a recent fatal shooting

Demographers say that a growing number of Americans identify as more than one race, and that the number will continue expanding in the decades ahead.

Columbus, Ohio, had only about 100 homicides a year. Then came a pandemic surge. With more guns and looser laws, can the city find its way back to the old normal?

The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. has expanded, as shootings worsened in already suffering neighborhoods and killings spread to new places during the pandemic years.

In the Super Bowl parade shooting, many of the wounded were children, and the two people charged so far in connection with the gunfire are also under 18.

New census data reveals where people are moving to — and from. And it reveals one exception to current trends: Manhattan.

As the nation ages, immigration emerges as a key driver of population growth. And Texas and Florida continue to gain residents, while New York and California continue to lose them.

Gun violence recently surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. No group of kids has been spared, but some have fared far worse.

More older Americans are living by themselves than ever before. That shift presents issues on housing, health care and personal finance.

A caricature of the suburban female voter looms large in American politics. But in battleground regions, many voters don’t fit the stereotype — and perhaps, never did.

Americans are increasingly living in areas that are either much richer or much poorer than the regional norm.

The city of about 15,200 people is in a region with a large Mexican American population.

Although some of the fastest growing regions in the country continued to grow, the gains were nearly erased by stark losses in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.