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Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead are conducting their final draft preparations from their homes after they came into close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. McVay and Snead have both tested negative ever since the close contact was discovered Monday, and they intend to be together Friday at the Rams’ draft headquarters in Malibu when the team’s first pick of the draft comes up in the second round. Los Angeles doesn’t have a first-round pick for the fifth straight year.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a sweeping anti-abortion bill banning the procedure if the woman seeks it solely because a fetus has a genetic abnormality such as Down syndrome. The measure he approved Tuesday has a host of other provisions championed by anti-abortion groups, including a requirement that fetal remains be buried or cremated and conferring civil rights on a fetus. Ducey is a Republican who opposes abortion and has never vetoed a piece of anti-abortion legislation. Republicans who oppose abortion in the Legislature backed the measure. Democrats unanimously opposed it and called it an attack on women's reproductive rights.

Alabama is marking the 10th anniversary of a horrific tornado outbreak that killed more than 250 people statewide. Tuesday marked a decade since more than 60 twisters ripped across the state on April 27, 2011. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff. She also proclaimed a “Day of Remembrance” for what she called a “horrible event that has impacted the state of Alabama forever.” Cities including Tuscaloosa and Hackleburg held events to commemorate the day. Alabama was hardest hit among several states where tornadoes killed more than 320 people over four days. The storms caused an estimated $12 billion in damage across the region.

President Joe Biden will call for free preschool for all three- and four-year-old children as part of his American Families Plan. That's according to White House officials, who say the $200 billion investment is to be unveiled Wednesday in Biden's address to Congress. The $1 trillion-plus package focuses on so-called human infrastructure — child care, health care, education and other core aspects of everyday life. It would be paid for by hiking taxes on very high-income households — those making more than $400,000 a year. With details still in flux, members of Congress are spending the final hours before Wednesday night’s address trying to ensure their priorities are included.

Michael B. Jordan’s power on screen has taken many forms. His heavyweight force in “Creed.” His capacity to inspire change in “Just Mercy,” as Bryan Stevenson. His raw fury in “Black Panther.” But Jordan’s potency reaches new, muscular heights in “Without Remorse” a Tom Clancy adaptation that recasts Jordan as a globe-trotting action star. The film is an updated origin story of Navy SEAL John Clark, Clancy’s best-known character outside of Jack Ryan. In an interview, Jordan says he's hoping it spawns a franchise. It debuts Friday on Amazon Prime Video. 

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s president early Wednesday bowed to growing opposition to his extended stay in office, urging a return to negotiations on the country's delayed election and vowing that the sight of rival soldiers clashing in the streets…

R&B artist Trey Songz will not face charges in an alleged altercation with police officers at the AFC championship game in Kansas City. Jackson County prosecutor's office spokesman Mike Mansur said Tuesday that there was “insufficient evidence.” He declined to comment further. Songz, whose real name is Tremaine Aldon Neverson, was arrested and jailed overnight in January. Police have said he had scuffled with officers during his arrest for allegedly not following coronavirus protocols and other rules at the game. Police subsequently shared video from a camera inside Arrowhead Stadium that showed a scuffle. Songz’s representative, Sydney Margetson, declined to comment.

Essential Quality is expected to be the first gray horse favored to win the Kentucky Derby in 25 years. A gray horse hasn't won the Derby since Giacomo in 2005, and only eight grays have won it since 1930. According to historians and experts, there are just fewer gray horses in the thoroughbred population compared to more traditional chestnut, bay,  brown and black horses. But with almost light gray Tapit siring Essential Quality and others, horses of that color could be making a comeback at the elite level of racing.

The 147th Kentucky Derby will be run for the first time this weekend without horses using the anti-bleeding drug Lasix as part of the sport’s plodding attempt to move toward the elimination of race-day medication. Lasix has long been the third-rail in North American racing, with people on both sides of the issue disagreeing about its use. Lasix is given as a $20 injection about four hours before a race to prevent or reduce the severity of exercise-induced bleeding in the lungs. 

Essential Quality is the 2-1 morning line favorite and will start from the No. 14 post for the 147th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The $3 million, 1-1/4 mile race for 3-year-old colts is back on the first Saturday of May after being delayed to Labor Day weekend last year because of the pandemic. Rock Your World is the 5-1 second choice from the No. 15 slot, with Known Agenda third at 6-1 despite drawing the rail in the 20-horse field. Hot Rod Charlie drew 8-1 odds as the fourth choice from the No. 9 post.

NEW YORK (AP) — It may be little consolation for the movie academy, but a more complete count by the Nielsen company pushed the Academy Awards audience to 10.4 million viewers on Tuesday. A day earlier, Nielsen's preliminary estimate had…

Early projections for the 2020 census didn’t line up with the actual population count for the booming Sun Belt. Now demographers, community groups and politicians are struggling to find out what was behind the lower-than-expected figures released on Monday. They point to poor investment in outreach in Republican-led states and the possibility of lukewarm participation by Latinos wary of giving their information to the Trump administration. Demographers caution it’s too early to conclude that the nation’s once-a-decade count missed any significant numbers. That won't be known until data at smaller geographical levels are released and the Census Bureau has finished an accuracy survey. 

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature on Tuesday approved $7.8 million to help cover the extra security costs that the state racked up ahead of last week's guilty verdicts in Derek Chauvin's murder trial over the killing of…