For the first time in 70 years, Buffalo’s population is rising, partly due to Puerto Ricans relocating after the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Residents in Michigan city on edge as threats against their community rise, and some are reassessing their support for Trump

Could climate migration bring new life to shrinking towns in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or will rising costs and lagging infrastructure get in the way of population growth?

Cleveland hopes to thrive as a climate refuge, but some fear gentrification and extractive development will leave longtime residents behind.

School districts are responsible for transporting private and charter school kids, leaving thousands of public school students behind

As Trump calls for more nuclear power, Piketon, the site of an enrichment facility, knows first hand its ill effects

Ayman Soliman recalls isolation, abuse and fear of deportation and the community that fought for his release

Whiting residents worried after facility, which has had multiple problems, shut down temporarily after rain

Cleveland hopes to thrive as a climate refuge, but some fear gentrification and extractive development will leave longtime residents behind.

An imam’s detention, firings and police violence have sown fear among immigrants who helped revive an Ohio town

Egyptian-born Ayman Soliman was detained while attending a regular check-in with immigration officers

The $1.6bn Biden-era plan for a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio, is indefinitely on hold

The $1.6bn Biden-era plan for a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio, is indefinitely on hold

xAI’s generative AI tool, Grok AI, is unhinged compared to its competitors. It’s also scooping up a ton of data that people post on X. Here’s how to keep your posts out of Grok—and why you should.

Cleveland Browns owner Susan “Dee” Bagwell Haslam bought an oceanfront home in North Palm Beach’s gated Lost Tree Village community for $25 million.

Advocates in Springfield, Ohio – a city thousands of Haitians now call home – fear the fallout of Trump’s DHS revoking temporary protected status for Haitian nationals

Residents formed a safety watch after a neo-Nazi march in Lincoln Heights, but racist incidents still cause turmoil

In places like Dayton, Ohio, and Indianapolis, blighted neighborhoods and economies have been transformed At a time in life when many are winding down, Gunash Akhmedova, aged 65, fulfilled a lifelong dream of opening her first business. A member of the Ahiska, or Meskhetian, Turk community who came to the US as a refugee from western Russia in 2005, Akhmedova opened Gunash’s Mediterranean Cusine two years ago on the site of a converted freight house alongside other international food vendors in a formerly industrial corner of Dayton, Ohio. Continue reading...

Millions seek relief from a severe heat dome that’s led to lake drownings, leaking methane gas and affected farmers

Browns’ owners want to build a new $2.4bn stadium – and want Ohio taxpayers to foot a portion of the bill

Few other places in the US will see the effects of funding cuts felt more than in Appalachian communities

They lost their Nepalese citizenship years ago and are now living in a ‘stateless limbo’ amid Trump’s deportations

One of the poorest cities in Michigan has a proposed $3 billion data center as a potential lifeline — but environmentalists and locals warn of high costs to water, climate and community.

In the midst of "the car capital of the world", there's a serene vehicle-free island home to 600 people, 600 horses and a once-upon-a-time way of life.