ORLANDO, Fla. — Many in Central Florida were left puzzled after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved more restrictive measures for the latest COVID-19 vaccines, with residents uncertain about whether they will be allowed to get the new shots or even where to find them.

Orlando resident Dawn Neff, who is in her 70s, said she called ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After Los Angeles police officers shot at people on three consecutive days late last month, the LAPD's civilian bosses turned to Chief Jim McDonnell for an explanation.

The Police Commission wanted to know: What more could the department be doing to keep officers from opening fire?

But in his response at the panel's meeting ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore has one more defender — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, who stood up for the city against House Republicans on Friday during a war of words on social media.

The Maryland Democrat wasn’t happy with the House Judiciary G.O.P., which took a swipe Friday at Baltimore’s crime rate while touting President Donald Trump’s ...Read more

President Donald Trump faces yet another contentious court case if he attempts to order the National Guard to combat crime in Pennsylvania, an unprecedented move that Gov. Josh Shapiro says is neither warranted nor wanted, and that pushes the boundaries of presidential power, according to legal scholars.

The president has touted his use of the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A public memorial will be held next weekend for Harper Moyski, the 10-year-old girl killed Aug. 27 in the mass shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis.

Harper’s life will be celebrated starting at noon Sept. 14 at the Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W. Lake Harriet Pkwy., Minneapolis, according to an obituary released ...Read more

Gruesome new details have emerged about the murder of Russian national Vadim Kruglov, who was found dead last weekend at the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.

The 37-year-old, who was originally from Siberia but was living in Washington State, was found lying in a pool of blood on Saturday. Officials said a deputy was “...Read more

As detentions spike amid a historic immigration crackdown, so has the price of legal remedies for those facing deportation.

Take a typical marriage-based green card case in Florida. Seven years ago, it might cost immigrants about $4,000 in legal fees. Hiring an immigration attorney to defend against deportation? Back then it could run around $...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Saturday continued to track an Atlantic system moving toward the Caribbean but now only forecasts a low chance it could form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. outlook, the tropical wave dubbed Invest 91-L in the central tropical Atlantic had just a small area of ...Read more

Chicago residents have been on edge at the possibility of President Donald Trump deploying federal immigration agents and the National Guard in Chicago this week. Several Mexican-American groups have now canceled or postponed Mexican Independence Day celebrations in response.

Mexican Independence Day falls on Tuesday, Sept. 16, and marks the ...Read more

In a rare show of bipartisanship in Georgia elections, a few prominent Democratic lawmakers are supporting a Republican effort to move toward hand-marked paper ballots.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson is the most prominent Georgia Democrat so far to embrace the Republican proposal for a test-run of filling out ballots by hand instead of by machine ...Read more

Just days after hundreds of Koreans were detained during a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai Metaplant near Savannah, officials in South Korea are vowing to support those in detention.

During an emergency Saturday afternoon meeting in Seoul, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun ordered officials to make “all-out efforts” to resolve the detention of ...Read more

More than 100 people gathered at Idaho Capitol steps on Friday evening for the second annual Boise Trans March to rally for LGBTQ+ rights in Idaho — a state where these groups feel under attack.

Despite facing challenges to get the march off the ground this year, supporters came bearing flags, signs and spirit on the eve of the Boise Pride ...Read more

The Los Angeles Police Department on Saturday discontinued its protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris after heavy criticism within its own ranks that officers were being diverted from crime suppression, sources told The Times.

LAPD Metropolitan Division officers had been assisting the California Highway Patrol in protecting Harris ...Read more

As Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker awaited an anticipated surge of federal immigration enforcement agents into Chicago, he warned that President Donald Trump was embarking on a “nefarious plan” using fear and intimidation to normalize military activities in the nation’s largest Democratic-led cities.

But the two-term Democratic chief ...Read more

The U.S. strike that blew up an alleged Venezuelan drug-running boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 people, marked a dramatic escalation in President Donald Trump’s hard-line strategy toward Latin America led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

It may be just the start.

Tuesday’s attack was the culmination of Trump’s years-long interest in ...Read more

A Trump administration policy to deny bond hearings to immigrants who entered the country without authorization was upheld by an immigration appellate board Friday, expanding mandatory detention to thousands of people already behind bars and potentially millions more nationwide.

Although the policy is being challenged in federal court, the ...Read more

President Donald Trump spent a Saturday afternoon, like many other Americans on a late summer day: venting about setbacks to a backyard landscaping project.

How had a gash, some 75 feet long, appeared in the limestone newly installed in his renovated Rose Garden?

Aides pulled surveillance footage and found the problem. A subcontractor lugging ...Read more