Jennifer Preston

Scenes from the streets of Ferguson, Mo., where peaceful protests turned violent overnight.

The New York Times is providing regular updates in the aftermath of a police shooting in Ferguson, Mo. that has sparked unrest.

Live updates from Ferguson, Mo., where residents and the police have clashed since an unarmed young black man was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday.

Live updates from Times reporters and around the Web will follow developments in General Motors auto recall.

The gunman in Friday night’s fatal rampage in Southern California had exhibited unsettling behavior, yet it was hardly clear that much could have been done to stop the killings.

The suspected gunman in the drive-by shootings near Santa Barbara made threats and documented his anger and frustration over not having a girlfriend in a series of YouTube videos and a 141-page manifesto.

A college student who documented his rage against women for rejecting him killed six people and wounded 13 others during a spasm of terror on Friday night.

Videos and photographs show the extent of the damage from torrential rains in the Florida Panhandle that have caused at least two deaths and the collapse of a section of the Scenic Highway near Pensacola.

N.B.A. players, coaches and executives took to Twitter and Facebook to support the ban of Donald Sterling by Commissioner Adam Silver.

More tornadoes were expected in the same parts of the South that were hard hit by severe weather on Monday.