MIAMI — A routine patrol inspection by the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of Fort Lauderdale led to the discovery of 550 pounds of cocaine — worth millions — hidden in suitcases.

James Edward White, 35, was piloting a 36-foot Sea Ray named Bella Vita when he entered Port Everglades around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, according to federal officials...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to allow challenges to EPA rules on air pollution in local courts across the country, pushing back on an effort from the Trump administration to concentrate the cases in Washington.

The oral arguments are connected to the yearslong fight over a Biden administration effort to create a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his administration was investigating the addition of a journalist to a text group of top officials discussing plans for military strikes in Yemen, but expressed support for national security adviser Michael Waltz.

Yet even as Trump announced the inquiry on Tuesday, he suggested procedures might not ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was ordered by a Louisville judge Tuesday to have no contact with one of his adoptive sons after the son sought an emergency protective order against him earlier this month.

Judge Angela Johnson extended for six months an emergency protective order brought by 18-year-old Jonah Bevin, who ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by a vote of 14-13, splitting along party lines.

Mehmet Oz, known best for his time as a television personality and host of the daytime talk show “The Dr. Oz Show,” was a practicing heart...Read more

WASHINGTON — As the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. in 25 years spreads, health experts warn that more people choosing to be unvaccinated for infectious diseases will make it harder to replicate past successful responses to outbreaks.

Measles, a respiratory virus, was effectively eliminated in 2000, when the U.S. only saw 86 cases. ...Read more

The U.S. said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea, even as the Kremlin said its involvement would depend on a series of preconditions including sanctions relief.

In separate statements, the White House said Tuesday that three days of technical-level talks in Saudi Arabia with teams from Russia and Ukraine had yielded ...Read more

DENVER — Federal prosecutors defended U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ability to deport Jeanette Vizguerra in a new legal filing this week, but argued the petition challenging her detention is being litigated in the wrong court.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado filed its response to the immigration ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — In the latest drop of court filings in Bryan Kohberger’s criminal case, the prosecution hinted that it might call members of the 30-year-old’s family to testify at his upcoming trial.

Latah County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Ashley Jennings asked in the Friday filing, which was published on the court’s website Monday, that ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska State Medical Board is asking the Legislature to ban hormonal and surgical treatments for minors seeking to transition from one gender to another.

The board — whose members were chosen by Gov. Mike Dunleavy — on Thursday agreed to state that it “opposes hormonal and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria...Read more

ATLANTA — The father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect is requesting a change of venue for his upcoming trial due to Barrow County being a community where a feeling is “strongly set against him," attorneys said in a motion.

Colin Gray is facing 29 charges, including two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of involuntary ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams has quietly expanded the portfolio of Kaz Daughtry, his controversial public safety deputy, granting him the power to help run the law enforcement units of a slew of civilian New York City agencies, including the departments of Sanitation and Parks.

The deputy mayor for public safety, a position Adams reintroduced ...Read more

The Trump administration scrambled Tuesday to contain spreading political, diplomatic and intelligence damage from the shocking leak of secret American military attack plans shared by top officials on an unsecure group chat on Signal that included Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg.

As angry lawmakers demanded answers, Donald Trump officials on ...Read more

BOSTON — Prosecutors in the Karen Read murder case will not be given communications between the defendant and her lawyer in the early days of the case.

Special prosecutor Hank Brennan verbally argued in a hearing Tuesday that Read had “waived” her right to the privileged communications by speaking publicly about the contents of ...Read more

CHICAGO — Veteran Chicago lawyer and former federal prosecutor Andrew Boutros is expected to be appointed by the Trump administration to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, sources told the Chicago Tribune.

Boutros, 47, now the co-chair of the government investigations and white collar group at Shook Hardy & ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky man pardoned after a state homicide conviction but later convicted in federal court over the same deadly shooting should not get a new trial, a federal judge has recommended.

Attorneys for Patrick Baker, 46, filed a motion arguing his federal conviction and sentence should be set aside and he should get a new trial...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey questioned Trump border czar Tom Homan’s “fixation” on Massachusetts after he visited the state last week amid a series of immigration-related arrests carried out by federal authorities.

Homan was in town last week as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 370 people who were allegedly living in ...Read more