Could the Oregon Governor’s Race Be a Republican Hope?

Republicans are playing defense in some of the most conservative parts of the country, but an unpopular Democratic governor has them hopeful in a progressive West Coast state.State Senator Christine Drazan, left, is running against Gov. Tina Kotek, an incumbent Democrat, in a surprisingly tight gove

A Anna Griffin and Betsy Hammond

James Talarico Returns to Senate Campaign Trail in Texas After 10-Day Absence

Mr. Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, showed up at a music festival, saying he had been at home with “a nasty case of the flu.”James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, had not appeared in public before Friday since Sept. 29.

S Sasha von Oldershausen and J. David Goodman

Executions, After Christa Pike, Are on the Minds of a Divided Public

A botched execution and a planned execution that might be livestreamed have renewed debate and divisions over the most severe form of punishment.People gathered during a March 4 Mercy protest against the death penalty at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville last month, ahead of the scheduled exe

N Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Could Face Challenge in Federal Courts

Legal experts say the former Army officer convicted in a 2009 mass shooting could face a narrow, rushed path to appeal a public execution by firing squad.Nidal Malik Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood Army Base in 2009. It is unclear he will ask the courts to block the administrat

A Abbie VanSickle and John Ismay

Mamdani’s Ability to Persuade Trump Hits Limit in Wake of ICE Shooting

After a federal agent shot an immigrant in New York City, inciting protests, some of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s allies questioned his attitude toward the president and his own Police Department.After an ICE agent shot a man during an arrest attempt in New York City, protesters accused Mayor Zohran Mamda

D Dana Rubinstein, Jeffery C. Mays and Sally Goldenberg

What We Know About the Man Shot by ICE

Oscar Belgal, 28, was often seen fixing cars and playing music on Marble Hill Avenue, where few residents knew of his criminal record.

M Maria Cramer, Nate Schweber and Luis Ferré-Sadurní

What to Know About the Delhi Protests

Protesters opposed to sweeping revisions to India’s voter rolls are trying to rally in New Delhi. The police have come out in force.The police in New Delhi have installed barriers in the city center, part of an effort to limit protests against a revision in the country’s voter rolls.

S Somini Sengupta and Pragati K.B.

Will We Ever Understand Dementia?

Since the days of Dr. Alzheimer himself, there has been a dream that severe senility might have an explanation — and a cure. The search for both has never been more urgent.

R Robert Kolker

Screen Time

It’s fall. Which means a deluge of films ahead of awards season. When you leave the theater, notice the change in the light outside.

M Melissa Kirsch