LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear and other Kentuckians responded with sadness and respect Saturday morning to news that Kentucky’s first and only woman governor, Martha Layne Collins, has died.

“Gov. Collins was a powerhouse, transforming our commonwealth through major accomplishments like bringing Toyota to our state for its first U.S....Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman to serve as governor of Kentucky, died Saturday, Nov. 1.

She was 88 years old.

Collins was only the third woman in the United States to be elected to a gubernatorial office, defeating Republican Jim Bunning to serve from 1983 to 1987.

She chaired the Democratic National ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A “happy little” painting sold for $47,500 in Towson on Friday — well above estimates — in a rare auction of a Bob Ross original.

Ross, whose soft-spoken TV lessons on “The Joy of Painting” reached millions, painted more than 1,100 works on his public television program and nearly 30,000 in his lifetime. Few reach the ...Read more

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed that he apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump over a television ad that opposed tariffs, while saying he stands ready to negotiate a better trade deal with his southern neighbor.

“I did apologize to the president,” Carney told reporters on Saturday in Gyeongju, South Korea, where he was ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — If you need a reminder to turn your clocks back at 2 a.m. Sunday, maybe the boom you might hear less than an hour before could assist.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off on the Bandwagon-4 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 targeting a 1:09 a.m. liftoff during 1-1:20 a.m. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Halloween weekend partygoers will get an extra hour of fun Saturday night — technically, Sunday morning — as clocks across the West Coast fall back an hour.

Daylight saving time ends Sunday at 2 a.m., bringing earlier sunrises, sunsets, and an hour more of darkness for Californians.

However, even though the 1 a.m. hour will...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a plan that will reverberate more than 300 miles north at Mono Lake, Los Angeles city leaders have decided to nearly double the wastewater that will be transformed into drinking water at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys.

Instead of treating 25 million gallons per day as originally planned, the L.A. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — War ships are cruising the Caribbean. U.S. missiles are obliterating motorboats in two oceans. And bombers are buzzing Venezuela, where sources say the Trump administration has identified targets on land for future strikes.

To much of the world, it all looks like a push for regime change in Venezuela, where the United States has ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has requested a full investigation into revelations that firefighters were ordered to leave a smoldering burn site days before it reignited into the Palisades fire, calling the news “tremendously alarming.”

In a letter to interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva, Bass on Friday asked that he “...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Proposition 50 could give Democrats in the southern Central Valley the boost they need to finally oust Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, for good.

But in oil-rich and water-poor Kern County, where big industries align with Republicans and many working-class Latinos stay out of politics to preserve their livelihoods, local ...Read more

Argentine President Javier Milei announced late Friday that his former spokesman Manuel Adorni will be his new Cabinet chief, as the libertarian leader seeks improved ties with Congress.

The move marks the first shake-up of his senior aides following a decisive victory in midterm elections last Sunday. Adorni replaces Guillermo Francos, who ...Read more

This autumn brought something that isn’t always common for much of California — a decent amount of rain in October. Rather than heat waves, there have been umbrellas.

After years in which some of the worst wildfires in state history happened in the fall, a lot of people are wondering: Is fire season over?

It depends on where you live, fire...Read more

MIAMI — Miami’s top Catholic leader Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who turned 75 this month, will be submitting a retirement letter to the Vatican.

But that doesn’t mean he plans to go anywhere — at least just yet.

Sending the letter of intent to retire is “regular protocol” for all Catholic bishops and archbishops when they turn 75, ...Read more

A federal judge in Oregon said she’ll rule this weekend on whether President Donald Trump can legally deploy National Guard troops to Portland to quell protests outside a federal immigration facility.

During a three-day trial, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut heard conflicting descriptions from federal and local law enforcement officials of...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House restricted the ability of members of the media to access the part of the building that includes press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s office, unless they first make an appointment to do so.

The move is the latest in a series of efforts to tighten control on journalists covering the administration. Earlier this year...Read more

Wall Street’s bull market got fresh fuel at end of a month that’s lived up to its volatile reputation, with optimism about earnings outweighing worries about a rally that’s heavily concentrated on tech giants.

Following a pause in the S&P 500’s roughly $17 trillion surge, the gauge climbed on solid outlooks from Amazon.com Inc. and ...Read more

SEATTLE — The city of Seattle will direct $4 million per month in food assistance toward food banks in response to the halt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits because of the ongoing partial federal government shutdown.

Mayor Bruce Harrell declared a limited civil emergency Thursday to free up city resources and staff as ...Read more