Posted: 7:43 AM Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you.

Posted: 7:41 AM A Senate committee gets ready to vote this week on far-reaching immigration reform.

Posted: 7:35 AM It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay.

Posted: 7:25 AM Lexington Firefighters had to spend extra time on the scene of a fire Monday morning, but it wasn't to battle flames.

Posted: 6:42 AM Education experts will soon be examining applications from public schools districts across Kentucky that want to become "Districts of Innovation."

Posted: 6:40 AM The federal Drug Enforcement Administration collected more than 7,100 pounds of unwanted, unused and expired prescription medications in Kentucky during a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.

Posted: 2:46 PM The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has gone up one penny over the past two weeks. It is the first increase after eight straight weeks of decline.

Updated: 2:14 AM The White House says it is "horrified" by reports that more than 100 people were executed Thursday in a western Syrian town.

Updated: 2:22 AM A New Hampshire auction house will soon accept bids on space and aviation artifacts, including an electrocardiogram of Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong's heartbeat taken when he first set foot on the moon.

Posted: 12:16 PM Cool, moist air moving into Southern California is helping firefighters build containment lines around a huge wildfire burning through coastal mountains.

Posted: 11:18 AM The Kentucky Derby television coverage has matched its highest preliminary rating in 21 years.

Updated: 2:22 AM Two lawmakers say Syria's air defense system isn't as strong as once thought and add that Israel's recent strikes there show the regime is vulnerable.

Posted: 11:14 AM Syria says the recent Israeli airstrikes against its territory are a "flagrant violation of international law" and have made the Middle East "more dangerous."

Posted: 11:12 AM The federal government has moved to protect hepatitis B-positive health care providers and students studying for a career in medicine or dentistry from being targeted because of their diagnosis.

Posted: 11:10 AM The unrelenting spread of casino gambling across America is reaping billions of dollars for the industry and government coffers yet is also creating more compulsive gamblers. Addiction experts say the sum spent for treatment and counseling isn't enough to keep pace.

Updated: 2:16 AM A stronger-than-expected April rebound in job creation and recent dramatic discoveries of vast U.S. oil and gas reserves are helping to lift the American economy out its long funk.

Updated: 10:07 AM President Barack Obama is returning to Ohio to give his first commencement address of 2013 at Ohio State University in Columbus.

Posted: 9:41 AM Buy anything on the Internet lately without paying sales tax? In all but a few states, you're probably a tax cheat.

Posted: 9:01 AM Pope Francis is calling for courageous defense of children to protect them from abuse.

Posted: 8:41 AM Police in Bangladesh say more than 600 bodies have now been recovered from a garment-factory building that collapsed 11 days ago, and the grim recovery work continues.

Updated: 11:41 PM Orb has won the Kentucky Derby.

Posted: 12:01 PM President Barack Obama is defending the FBI's handling of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation as Republicans ready for oversight hearings on the attack.

Posted: 11:59 AM Moist, cool and calm weather is greatly helping Southern California firefighters battling a huge wildfire in coastal Ventura County.

Posted: 11:58 AM The U.S. is trying to leverage new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons, and make a fresh diplomatic and possible military push with allies to end the country's civil war.

Posted: 11:56 AM Rain and extra security slowed down morning crowds at the Kentucky Derby, but thousands of poncho-covered racing fans were still expected to fill Churchill Downs.