Nearly a year after the March 13 killing of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police during the serving of a no-knock warrant, the city of Lexington has not yet banned the search tool.

There is mounting pressure for Kentucky's second-largest city to move forward on a total ban as the fate of two bills in the state legislature addressing the practice...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A former agent in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday on charges he took at least $122,000 in bribes from an organized crime figure in return for help evading authorities.

Felix Cisneros Jr., 46, used his access to highly restricted law enforcement databases to provide inside information on ...Read more

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Tuesday that Congress has an opportunity to deliver a generational boost in infrastructure spending as the Biden administration readies a package that could reach as high as $2 trillion.

“If we get this moment right, we can have a once-in-a-generation delivery of infrastructure support that ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities on Tuesday found a pipe bomb and a loaded homemade gun near the front office of Baker Elementary School in south Sacramento, sheriff's officials said.

The pipe bomb and the homemade gun, also known as a "zip gun," were found on the sidewalk just outside the front office Tuesday morning, before children ...Read more

Former Obama Labor Department official Seth Harris is joining the White House as a top adviser to President Joe Biden on labor issues, an administration official said Tuesday.

A former acting and deputy labor secretary, Harris will coordinate the White House’s relationship with labor groups and efforts on workers’ rights. His title is ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As they start their two-month session, Republicans in the Florida Legislature are seeking to address some of Donald Trump’s biggest grievances, showcasing that the former president’s political clout remains immense in his home state.

Trump’s favorite targets — Big Tech, China, antifa and election fraud — are ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A squad of armored FBI agents converged on a quiet neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, arresting an avowed right-wing radical known for boasting about weapons and threatening violence.

The arrest came after Paul Miller, 32, had been indicted by a federal grand jury for being a convicted felon in possession of a...Read more

MIAMI — Florida's Department of Health on Tuesday announced 7,179 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The state also announced 140 new deaths. Of those who died, 136 were residents, pushing the resident death toll past 31,000.

The state has now recorded a known total of 1,918,100 coronavirus cases and 31,696 total deaths. Among those who died, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration pulled Neera Tanden’s nomination for budget director Tuesday, ending a fraught nomination process that highlighted the power moderate Democrats hold in a 50-50 Senate.

The decision ends weeks of behind-the-scenes lobbying by the White House and Tanden allies who defended her nomination until the end, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Six Dr. Seuss books originally published decades ago will no longer be sold because they "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong," the San Diego-based company that controls the late La Jolla author's catalog said Tuesday.

The decision, announced on what would have been Theodor Seuss Geisel's birthday, includes his first...Read more

Hate crimes against Asian Americans and other members of the Asian and Pacific Islander communities in Los Angeles rose sharply in 2020, mirroring a national trend and causing concern among police and local advocacy organizations.

According to a report presented to the Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday, there were 15 anti-Asian hate ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Just as dawn was breaking Tuesday morning, a big rig hauling two trailers filled with gravel was lumbering north along Highway 115 in Imperial County. An SUV carrying more than two dozen people was traveling west on Norrish Road, approaching the intersection with the state road.

What happened next is unclear, but “for unknown ...Read more

CHICAGO — John Hancock is best remembered for his sweeping self-confidence and outsize signature, but there’s more to the story of the wealthy Boston merchant who risked his life for American independence.

The great champion of freedom from Britain owned two or three slaves, according to the 1980 biography “The Baron of Beacon Hill.”

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden withdrew the nomination of longtime Democratic policy adviser Neera Tanden to serve as his budget director, an acknowledgment that she could not win the 50 Senate votes needed to secure confirmation.

“I have accepted Neera Tanden’s request to withdraw her name from nomination for Director of the Office of...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Highlighting the second dry winter in a row, the Sierra Nevada snowpack on Tuesday was just 61% of its historical average for this date, the latest signal that California appears headed toward summer drought conditions, with water restrictions possible in some areas for the first time in five years.

The last major storm ...Read more

Intel Corp. was told to pay VLSI Technology LLC $2.18 billion by a federal jury in Texas after losing a patent-infringement trial over technology related to chip-making, one of the largest patent-damages award in U.S. history. Intel pledged to appeal.

Intel infringed two patents owned by closely held VLSI, the jury in Waco, Texas, said Tuesday....Read more

SAN DIEGO — A 26-year-old Navy sailor was killed and five others were hurt in a chain-reaction crash involving a convoy of military trucks on south Interstate 5 near San Onofre State Beach on Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The crash happened south of Basilone Road about 6:50 a.m. local time when the convoy of ...Read more