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It was the longest diplomatic gap in the history of U.S.- Indian relations, at a time when the two countries say they're closer than ever before

The vote marks a win for the president, who sought to fill the post with a political ally.

Garcetti's confirmation was stalled for months over concerns that he allegedly did not properly handle accusations of sexual harassment made against one of his former staffers.

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-HI, will vote against President Biden's nominee for Ambassador to India, saying she received "credible information" that disqualifies him.

The Senate has confirmed former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the next ambassador to India, more than a year and a half after he was initially selected for the post.

Appearing in a presidential battleground state, President Biden is expected to tout provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act that lower drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries.

The Senate is finally preparing to vote on confirming former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to serve as U.S. ambassador to India.

Two GOP senators voted to advance embattled former LA Mayor Eric Garcetti despite his possible knowledge and enablement of sexual harassment in his former office

Former L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination now heads to the full Senate, though it's unclear when a vote will be scheduled, or whether it will pass.

Police chief's simple solution to lower city's homicide rate, brawl breaks out on fight and more top headlines

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on the nomination of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be ambassador to India over 600 days after his initial nomination.

Eric Garcetti impressed a Republican senator after a private meeting and won over an undecided Democrat in his bid to become ambassador to India.

The meetings come amid a busy week in Washington, where the Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness program.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., placed a hold on President Biden's nominee as U.S. ambassador to India, former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, citing that he has "ignored credible sexual assault accusations in his prior office."

The best job in politics suddenly became a lot more difficult.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was re-nominated by President Biden despite allegations that the long-time California democrat was an "enabler" of sexual harassment during his time in office.

President Joe Biden has begun the new Senate session by resubmitting 85 nominations that fell short last year.

President Joe Biden still wants former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who has been shadowed by a controversy over sexual harassment, to serve as his ambassador to India. Garcetti was originally nominated several months after Biden took office, but he never received a vote of the full Senate.

The White House says Senate confirmation of Eric Garcetti to be ambassador of India is still a “priority,” despite GOP worries about sexual harassment charges against aide.

California's first-in-the-nation task force studying reparations for Black residents is meeting in Oakland to discuss potential eligibility requirements and what form reparations could take.

Los Angeles' new mayor has outlined her vision to turn around a troubled City Hall and restrain an out-of-control homeless crisis in the nation's second-largest city.

Bass defeated billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso.

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass has pulled ahead of developer Rick Caruso in their back-and-forth contest to become mayor of Los Angeles.

Hollywood stars are urging their followers to get out and vote in the midterm elections. Kerry Washington, Selena Gomez and Rob Schneider have shared their endorsements on social media.

The embattled Los Angeles City Council installed a new president Tuesday after a chanting crowd of protesters called for halting the vote until two councilmen resign for their part in a meeting laced with racist comments.

Former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez has announced that she is resigning her council seat amid a scandal over racist remarks that came to light in a leaked recording.

The president of the Los Angeles City Council has resigned from the post after she was heard making racist comments and other coarse remarks in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders.

The race for Los Angeles mayor has taken a nasty turn, with both candidates sharpening attacks.

Nina Hachigian will be the country’s first special representative for subnational diplomacy, linking local governments to national foreign policy

Craig Newmark twists a “Batman” quote to jokingly refer to himself as “not the nerd you want, but maybe, now and then, I’m the nerd you need.”.

Los Angeles police say they have arrested two teenage boys in connection with the death of a 15-year-old girl who overdosed in a restroom at her high school after buying pills possibly laced with fentanyl on campus.

The states voting Tuesday include California, Iowa, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Montana.

Traffic is expected to slow in downtown Los Angeles and around Los Angeles International Airport starting Monday night through Saturday.

The Republican senator from Iowa launched the probe following President Joe Biden nominating Garcetti to serve as ambassador to India last July.

California's water usage jumped nearly 19% in March.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have unveiled plans for this summer's MLB All-Star Game.

In a city struggling with rising crime and a homeless crisis, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is proposing boosting spending for police and funneling a record amount into housing and other programs to help those those living on the streets.

In this edition: Why the candidates for mayor of Los Angeles keep getting interrupted, what happened to Mo Brooks, and what the chair of the Wisconsin Elections Commission thinks of the campaign to put her in jail.

A Los Angeles audit finds that a $1.2 billion program intended to quickly build housing for the city's homeless residents is moving too slowly, and costs are climbing.

A $1.2 billion program intended to quickly build housing for Los Angeles’ sprawling homeless population is moving too slowly while costs are spiking, with one project under development expected to hit as much as $837,000 for each housing unit, a city audit disclosed Wednesday. About 1,200 units have been completed since voters approved the spending in 2016, which was then a centerpiece in a strategy intended to get thousands of people off the streets. In recent years, homeless encampments have spread into virtually every neighborhood, while the population has climbed to an estimated 41,000 people.

The mayor's race in Los Angeles is being dominated by a homeless crisis and rising crime rates.

Susan Sarandon reiterated her apology to the families of slain NYPD officer Jason Rivera after an insensitive response to a tweet about the funeral. The actor spoke to the Associated Press before the Christian Siriano runway show at New York Fashion Week. (Fen. 12)

California, Delaware, New Jersey and Connecticut have announced they are rolling back mask mandates.

The secrecy of the special accommodation for Kaiser outraged other providers, some of which are in the middle of a public bidding process as the state overhauls its healthcare program that serves nearly 14 million low-income residents.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti thought it was nuts to host a NASCAR race inside the Coliseum the first time he heard the idea.

The biggest challenge at the Super Bowl might not be on the field.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and San Francisco Mayor London Breed spotted maskless at Rams-49ers game despite state's indoor mask mandate.

A federal appeals court has found that two California counties violated the Constitution’s right to bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores in 2020 as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will require healthcare workers to get booster shots against the coronavirus.

Sending the L.A. mayor to India makes political and geopolitical sense, especially once you understand how high-profile ambassadorships work.

The former head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has agreed to plead guilty to taking bribes in a corruption scandal.

Most suspects either bailed out or met no-bail criteria under a policy meant to ease prison overcrowding during the COVID pandemic – a policy local leaders want lifted.

Most suspects either bailed out or met no-bail criteria under a policy meant to ease prison overcrowding during the COVID pandemic – a policy local leaders want lifted.

Authorities in Los Angeles on Thursday announced more than a dozen arrests in recent smash-and-grab thefts at stores where nearly $340,000 worth of merchandise was stolen, part of a rash of organized retail crime in California. Fourteen people were arrested in connection with 11 brazen robberies between Nov. 18 and 28, and all are out of custody, police Chief Michel Moore said. At a joint news conference, both Moore and Mayor Eric Garcetti called for an end to a no-bail policy for some defendants aimed at reducing overcrowding at Los Angeles County jails during the coronavirus pandemic.

A new mandate in the city of Los Angeles now requires people visiting shopping malls, theaters, gyms or nail salons in Los Angeles to verify they are vaccinated against COVID-19.

Starting Monday, anyone going to a shopping mall, theater, gym or nail salon in Los Angeles must verify they are vaccinated.

His office said no members of Garcetti's staff tested positive and Garcetti is feeling well, isolating in his hotel room.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has tested positive for COVID-19 in Scotland.

Britain’s government has claimed that the “end of coal is in sight” after 18 countries including Poland, Vietnam and Chile committed for the first time to phase out and not build or invest in new coal power.

The area’s employment growth and performance in the stock market has topped its U.S. peers.

Mayor Eric Garcetti has indicated that he will sign the ordinance.

Mayor Eric Garcetti has indicated that he will sign the ordinance.

Los Angeles leaders have voted to enact one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates.

Los Angeles leaders have voted to enact one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates.

On Tuesday, White House pandemic response coordinator Jeff Zients cited new findings from the Kaiser Family Foundation that showed vaccination rate gaps were closing among ethnic groups: 71 percent of white Americans, 70 percent of African Americans and 73 percent of Latinos have all received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass is planning to run for Los Angeles mayor, bringing a high-profile name in national Democratic politics into the 2022 contest to run the nation's second-most-populous city.

The vast majority of the roughly 3,000 exemption requests reportedly filed by Los Angeles Police Department employees are due to religious reasons.

Six employees allege that by requiring masks for unvaccinated workers, the city seeks to "embarrass" them.

The resurgence of COVID-19 this summer and the national debate over vaccine requirements have created a fraught situation for the nation’s first responders, who are dying in larger numbers but pushing back against mandates.

India was a favored nation under Trump. Will those ties change under President Biden and what role does ambassadorial nominee Eric Garcetti play?

The ordinance will disenfranchise unhoused Angelenos, prohibiting them from "sitting, lying, or sleeping" near streets, freeway ramps, or "sensitive" properties.

The ordinance would prohibit "sitting, lying, or sleeping or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property in the public right-of-way."

Dozens of cities and counties and the state of California are experimenting with giving some low-income residents a guaranteed income of $500 to $1,000 each month to do with as they please, and tracking what happens.

The White House announced four nominations for ambassadorships on Friday.

President Joe Biden revealed the names of four new nominees to serve as U.S. ambassadors to France, Monaco, India, Bangladesh and Chile.

If confirmed by the Senate, Garcetti would be the first Los Angeles mayor to step down from office before the end of his term in more than a century.

The White House says President Joe Biden is nominating Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to serve as ambassador to India, selecting a high-profile ally to serve in one of the most difficult diplomatic posts.

On any given day, video footage documenting violent incidents in the famed Venice Beach neighborhood of Los Angeles – involving the homeless who have erected tents there – are uploaded online.

President Joe Biden has hosted the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House.

The bomb squad was loading the fireworks onto a trailer parked on a residential street when the explosion occurred.

A group of 11 U.S. mayors has pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities.

The sheriff of Los Angeles County has dispatched deputies to Venice Beach to assess the homelessness crisis.

13 million people in Ho Chi Minh will be tested and new social distancing rules have been imposed.

Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors called for the end of Israel in 2015 during a panel at the Harvard Law School.

President Joe Biden is giving serious consideration to nominating Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F.

President Joe Biden is expected to announce former senior State Department official Nicholas Burns to serve as his ambassador to China and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be his ambassador to India.

A massive new $1.73 billion concourse with 15 gates has opened at Los Angeles International Airport.

Los Angeles police have announced the arrest of a suspect in an alleged attack by a pro-Palestinian group on Jewish men outside a restaurant earlier in the week.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to use a sliver of the state's massive budget surplus to encourage guaranteed income programs.

Colorado’s governor has extended a statewide mask mandate for another 30 days, but loosened face covering requirements for groups who are vaccinated against COVID-19.

As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending on public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling to figure out how to win back passengers.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will offer fully vaccinated-only sections for each game during their upcoming nine-game homestand against the Mariners and Diamondbacks starting May 11.

About 10% of the population of Republic, a small city in north-central Washington, has tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak traced to large indoor events last month at the local Fraternal Order of Eagles hall.

A judge overseeing a sweeping lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles has ordered the city and county to find shelter for all unhoused residents of Skid Row within 180 days.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have received their World Series rings in front of the loyal hometown fans who didn’t get to witness their 2020 championship run in person.

(AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)LAS VEGAS — The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is changing course and now plans in-person spring graduation ceremonies in May as the coronavirus outbreak slows. UNLV President Keith Whitfield on Friday announced the change from plans announced in February to hold graduation virtually. ___LONDON — The U.K. says half of the country’s adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. AdThe government on Saturday reported cases topping the previous record in June. AdJust one third of Italy’s 7.3 million vaccine doses administered so far have gone to people in that age group.

During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson suspended the Egg Roll, and Franklin Roosevelt did the same during World War II. The president told CDC staff: “We owe you a gigantic debt of gratitude and we will for a long, long long time. Ad___WASHINGTON — The United States has cleared President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus shots, more than a month before his target date of his 100th day in office. Kate Brown announced she’ll accelerate Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccine eligibility timeline to allow vulnerable populations to receive shots ahead of May 1. Ron DeSantis says he’s opening COVID-19 vaccines to people age 50 and older on Monday.

(AP Photo/Channi Anand)NEW DELHI — Health officials in India say cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa and Brazil have been found in India. Over 150 cases of another variant first detected in the United Kingdom have previously been found in India. ___SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is reporting 621 new coronavirus cases. State health officials on Tuesday reported 1,132 new COVID-19 cases and three additional deaths. Spain has officially reported more than 3 million virus cases -- just over 6% of the population -- and attributed more than 65,400 deaths to the virus.

___AdSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is expanding the list of people eligible for coronavirus vaccine by another 4 to 6 million people. Ad“What all this means is that we can expect to see more breakthrough cases,” Dean Sidelinger, the health authority’s state health officer, said. Every life that is lost now is all the more tragic as vaccines are beginning to be rolled out.”Globally, there’s been 107 million coronavirus cases and 2.3 million confirmed deaths. Italy has registered a total of 2.6 million cases and more than 93,000 confirmed deaths. Just over 4% of Montana residents have received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 26, 2020 photo released by Nucleus Network/ABC, clinical trial participants are monitored during Novavax COVID-19 vaccine testing in Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Fauci expects coronavirus shot categories to open up by April in U.S. California’s virus death toll surpasses New York. Ad___WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s first coronavirus vaccine doses are due to arrive in the country next week, with border workers getting inoculated from Feb. 20, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Friday. However, New Zealand’s success in stamping out the virus also means it will need to wait longer than many other countries to get vaccine doses for the general population. The state's Health Department said Thursday that wastewater testing in Burlington found the presence of two virus mutations associated with the variant.