Oscar-nominated film stirs political emotions in Ohio’s liberal enclave

Hotly tipped documentary American Factory mirrors concerns in film-makers’ hometown

Russia and China swallow up strategic businesses in the US heartland

China has become the largest buyer of US real estate, earning local political clout

Native Americans go solar with goal of energy independence

Poverty levels result in US tribes being hit hard by electricity and delivery costs

North Dakota’s oil boom rumbles on

Thanks largely to the shale revolution, the US now regularly produces more oil month-to-month than Russia or Saudi Arabia

Changing tornado behaviour in US bodes ill for Europe

Academics researching possible link between global warming and rising number of twisters

Ford driving change in downtown Detroit, with family involvement

Henry Ford III, a great-great-grandson of the motor giant’s founder, is helping to revitalise the auto maker’s spiritual home

Ohio’s swing city fights for a new future ahead of 2020 election

Dayton, formerly ‘America’s opioid capital’, seeks to end decline that led to Trump vote

Start-ups kick-start revival in US midwest

Technological innovation drives green shoots in states scarred by industrial decline

AI at forefront of huge Flint pipe reconstruction effort

When the water crisis erupted five years ago in Flint, no one knew which, where or how many of the city’s 55,000 occupied properties had lead pipes

What is California doing to prevent the next major wildfire?

Efforts to counter the threat have fuelled much experimentation and investigation

The ‘angels’ helping migrants at US-Mexico border

San Diego-based group claims US officials are ‘dumping’ asylum seekers on the streets

The fight to save the world’s most endangered cat

A conservation programme has turned around the fortunes of the Iberian lynx

Somali lawyer urges voters to show ‘we are a nation of immigrants’

Since 2012, 113,000 migrants have moved to Ohio. Such votes may change US politics

China moves to bring Nepal into its sphere of influence

From supplying school books to airport construction, China’s fingerprints are all over Nepal

Poachers are killing Myanmar’s elephants in increasing numbers

With 16 camps across Myanmar and more planned, debate has grown around whether sanctuaries can solve the poaching problem

CEO pay in Ireland on the rise, economy to grow by 5.7%, and a rural broadband option

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Erdogan claims victory after controversial election count

Turkey’s president to assume unprecedented levels of power and abolish office of PM

Myanmar’s Inle Lake: an ecosystem fighting to survive

Chemicals, silt and climate change threaten fish species and a way of life

Istanbul residents battle for their homes amid regeneration plans

Okmeydani locals fear authorities are using quake threat as an excuse to drive them out

Turkey’s economy on the up, but deep-rooted problems remain

Short-term tax measures and government credit guarantees stimulate consumer spending

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