In Alabama, Storms Leave A Scramble For Housing

By KIM SEVERSON 11:04 PM ET

Rich Addicks for The New York Times

Courtney Eberhart, his wife, Niki, and their two children have been living in a Red Cross shelter for more than two weeks while looking for a new home.

Many of those left homeless by recent storms are poor, working class or elderly — those most at risk of becoming the permanently homeless.

Erin Olson, an English teacher in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, uses Twitter-like technology to enhance classroom discussion.

Speaking Up in Class, Silently, Using the Tools of Social Media

By TRIP GABRIEL

A small but growing cadre of educators is trying to exploit Twitter-like technology to enhance classroom discussion.

Out Here

For Chihuahuas, the Race Is Not Always Swift

By MARC LACEY

At the Chihuahua Races, a Chandler, Ariz., tradition now in its ninth year, tutus and frilly outfits overshadow speed.

Reporter’s Notebook

“I want a white society,” said Jeff Hall, at his home April 30, the day before he was shot to death.

Domesticity and Radicalism Clash in a Neo-Nazi Home

By JESSE McKINLEY

A reporter who covered neo-Nazis in California describes his impressions of the world of Jeff Hall, a neo-Nazi leader who the police say was killed by his 10-year-old son.

Chin Ba Ngo, foreground, and other Vietnamese welders contend that they were brought to the country under false pretenses.

In Debt, Far From Home and Claiming Servitude

By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.

50 Vietnamese welders contend in lawsuits that they were exploited and treated like indentured servants in the United States.

Father Sues Elite Washington School, Saying Psychologist Had Affair With His Wife

By JENNY ANDERSON

The father of a kindergartner at Sidwell Friends School in Washington filed a lawsuit claiming that the school’s psychologist had an affair with his wife while treating his daughter.

The Morganza spillway, which officials expect to open in the next few days to relieve flooding in the Mississippi Delta.

Officials in Louisiana Face Dilemma: Bad Flooding, or Worse

By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON 9:36 PM ET

The Army Corps of Engineers is close to ordering the partial opening of a spillway that would flood part of south Louisiana to avoid catastrophic flooding in another part of the state.

President Obama, at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, is proposing legislation for cybersecurity.

White House Wants Tougher Penalties for Computer Breaches

By DAVID E. SANGER and JOHN MARKOFF

The administration said it had elected not to seek authority for stringent, top-down regulations that would require companies to erect specific barriers to computer intrusions.

Robert S. Mueller III has agreed to President Obama's request that he serve two more years. Congress must approve the plan.

Obama Seeking Extension for Director of F.B.I.

By CHARLIE SAVAGE and JACKIE CALMES

Robert S. Mueller III agreed to remain on as F.B.I. director for two more years if Congress approves the plan.

Mitch McConnell spoke after he and other Republican senators met with the president.

McConnell Ties Debt Limit to Spending Reductions

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

The Senate minority leader said he would not vote to raise the federal limit on borrowing without budget cuts and changes in entitlement programs.

Representative Joe Barton rejected the recommendations.

Scientists’ Report Stresses Urgency of Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By LESLIE KAUFMAN

The need has become “pressing” for a strong policy to limit emissions, the National Research Council said.

Panel on Nuclear Waste Disposal to Propose Above-Ground Storage

By MATTHEW L. WALD

The panel was set up last year by the Department of Energy after President Obama canceled a longstanding plan to bury waste at Yucca Mountain, a site in the Nevada desert.

Recent Series

Race Remixed

By SUSAN SAULNY

Articles in this series explore the growing number of mixed-race Americans.

Drilling Down

By IAN URBINA

The Drilling Down series examines the risks of natural-gas drilling and efforts to regulate this rapidly growing industry.

A Year at War

By JAMES DAO

This series follows the deployment of one battalion in the northern Afghanistan surge, chronicling the impact of war on individual soldiers and their families back home.

The Radiation Boom

By WALT BOGDANICH

Articles in this series examine issues arising from the increasing use of medical radiation and the new technologies that deliver it.

Multimedia

Interactive Feature: How the Rig Crew Responded to the Blowout

Video and diagram showing the final moments of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

Interactive Map: Every City, Every Block

Browse data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009.

Interactive Feature: Faces of the Dead

As we mark the seventh anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, we remember the fallen service members who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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John Ensign, a Nevada Republican who resigned from the Senate, could have faced expulsion, Senator Barbara Boxer said.

Panel Says Senator Was Warned on Illegality of Act

By ERIC LIPTON and ERIC LICHTBLAU

Senator John Ensign’s top aide warned him in 2009 that his office might be breaking the law by helping a former staff member build up a lobbying business.

Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts discussed health care before a gathering Thursday at the University of Michigan.

Romney Defends Massachusetts Health Plan, but Concedes Flaws

By JIM RUTENBERG

Mitt Romney addressed the health care law he once championed in his own home state by calling for a repeal of the health care law President Obama signed last year.