Driving in Ellicott City on Saturday, Gwen Everett almost couldn’t believe the amount of trash she saw on the side of the northbound ramp from Route 103 to U.S. Route 29 — an upside-down wooden side table sat next to stacks of 32 used tires, in eight piles of four on the shoulder.

Everett, of Ellicott City, has been appalled by the growing ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky House of Representatives voted Friday to impeach Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman in a rare move, sending articles of impeachment to the state Senate for trial.

Such proceedings seldom occur in the U.S.

Over a recent 25-year period, only two state judges were impeached, and only one of those was removed,...Read more

MIAMI — Miami-Dade’s Democratic mayor this week said that any real political change forced on Cuba by the Trump administration must leave the Castro family fully out of power.

“Reports of secret negotiations with Raul Castro’s grandson concern me deeply,” Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a video address posted Tuesday, referring to ...Read more

The Transportation Security Administration warned that airport security is under severe strain as a weekslong Department of Homeland Security funding shutdown drives staffing shortages, long wait times and mounting disruptions across the United States.

“This has led to the highest wait times in TSA history, with some wait times greater than 4...Read more

CHICAGO — When a Chicago salt truck with a baby blue cab pulled up slowly behind Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday, the mayor pointed to the newly christened vehicle’s name as evidence that the city stood together.

Emblazoned on its side: “ABOLISH ICE.”

The eye-catching name — a play on words jabbing at President Donald Trump’s ...Read more

A one-time tax on California’s billionaires could bring the state a $100 billion windfall, staving off brutal cuts to healthcare services across the state caused by the 2025 Republican megabill.

Or it could result in a net loss in tax revenue as billionaires flee the state, endangering the state’s long-term fiscal health.

The high-stake ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Candidates for Idaho state and district and local offices could collect bigger campaign contributions — but would face tougher disclosure rules — under a bill advancing through the Idaho Legislature.

Senate Bill 1422 would boost the total that a candidate for statewide office — such as governor, attorney general and ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis signed a pair of housing bills into law Wednesday, praising the two as the latest efforts from the state to wrench down high housing costs.

House Bill 1001 and Senate Bill 1 were the first measures introduced in their respective chambers this legislative session — a point Polis emphasized as showing state ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has reached a financial settlement with Michael Flynn, a conservative activist and former official in the first Trump administration who sought millions of dollars from the government for what he alleged was a wrongful prosecution effort.

Lawyers for the government and for Flynn notified a federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A pair of House Democratic lawmakers are questioning Trump administration officials about why a Canadian retiree was required to provide a DNA sample under the threat of jail time while trying to cross the Blue Water Bridge into Port Huron, Michigan.

Kevin Larson, 68, of Kincardine, Ontario, has no known criminal record and was ...Read more

The United States is offering a reward of up to $3 million and possible relocation for information on the financial activities of Haiti’s most powerful gangs.

The Viv Ansanm gang coalition and Gran Grif were designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists by Secretary of State Marco Rubio last year.

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DETROIT — A measles outbreak in Washtenaw County has grown to seven cases, health officials confirmed Wednesday.

The Washtenaw County Health Department on Wednesday confirmed the seventh case of measles in the county was contracted by an unvaccinated child who is a close contact of the first case on March 11.

"Unfortunately, this most recent...Read more

NEW YORK — The remains of the two Air Canada pilots killed in Sunday’s LaGuardia airport crash were expected to be flown back home on Wednesday as National Transportation Safety Board investigators finished up their second full day on their extensive probe into the disastrous accident, sources and officials said.

The bodies of pilot Antoine...Read more

NEW YORK — The Mamdani administration has announced about $246 million in savings from the city budget — a fraction of the $1.7 billion the mayor built into his spending plan for next year — as it struggles to fill a multi-million-dollar budget gap.

The mayor said Wednesday that his administration is working on reviewing and approving the...Read more

HIALEAH, Fla. — Longing for a free homeland, hope for change and a deep love for Cuba drew thousands to the streets of Hialeah, where chants of “Libertad” echoed through the city during a “Cuba Libre” rally Tuesday evening.

The gathering at Milander Field was part protest, part celebration — a vibrant echo of a Cuban fiesta. Hats ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Attorneys for Somali asylum seekers who have had their hearings fast-tracked filed a lawsuit arguing the Trump administration is singling out a group of immigrants based on their nationality and violating their rights to due process.

Hines Immigration Law of Roseville and the Minneapolis-based Advocates for Human Rights filed ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Brookhaven man who once worked for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services pleaded guilty Monday to soliciting a bribe from a purported immigrant while making false promises about what could be done to help the man remain in the country.

Amara Dukuly — who was arrested by federal authorities last year — said little as ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it harder for music and movie makers to sue for online piracy, ruling that internet providers are usually not liable for copyright infringement even if they know their users are downloading copyrighted works.

In a 9-0 decision, the justices threw out Sony's lawsuit and a $1-billion jury verdict...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has offered Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan aimed at temporarily halting the war in the Middle East, as the Pentagon simultaneously orders thousands of Marines, paratroopers and a warship to the region.

The plan presented to Iranian leadership Tuesday broadly included a 30-day ceasefire and sanctions ...Read more