Wyoming is known as the Equality State, allowing women to legally vote and hold office in 1869, before it was officially a state. Laramie is known as the Gem City of the Plains, or "Laradise," and is ...

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available for news subscribers. Kim Barker, a Times investigative reporter, reflects on her formative years ...

NEW YORK – It has been 25 years since the body of Matthew Shepard was discovered in Laramie, Wyoming. The gay college student had been tied to a fence post, tortured and left to die. The murder ...

On the month of the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's brutal beating and death in Laramie, Wyoming, lawyers, prosecutors and theatre groups across the nation are aiming to minimize hate ...