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Solid growth expected in last jobs report before Trump presidency
The Federal Reserve Board Building. Via Douglas Rissing/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A jobs report to be released on Friday will provide a key gauge of the nation’s economic health, just days before the inauguration of [Read More…]
California fires live updates: At least 10 fire-related deaths, medical examiner says
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 10 people are believed to be dead — with the LA County sheriff saying he expects that number to rise — as a [Read More…]
President-elect Trump to attend sentencing remotely in New York criminal case
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest on December 22, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Ten days ahead of his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump is scheduled [Read More…]
LA firestorm stresses importance of having personal disaster plan: Officials
lobo/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — As thousands of firefighters battled a series of raging wildfires across Los Angeles County, California officials warned the public that fire season should now be considered a yearlong event. Multiple [Read More…]
Nearly 800 prisoners now helping to battle Los Angeles fires
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — As firefighters work to contain the slew of brush fires spreading across Los Angeles County, among the emergency responders on Thursday were nearly 800 incarcerated individuals, the California Department [Read More…]
Why the California wildfires were nearly impossible to contain
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A perfect storm of weather and climate conditions made the California wildfires nearly impossible to contain once they ignited, according to experts. In a typical fire management scenario, containing [Read More…]
California fires live updates: Palisades Fire one of most destructive in LA history
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least five people are dead and many more are injured as a series of devastating fires grow uncontained across Southern California amid dry and [Read More…]
How will the California wildfires shape the home insurance industry?
Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The multiple wildfires raging in California are being described by eyewitnesses as “apocalyptic.” While the cost in human suffering is immeasurable, it may take weeks or longer [Read More…]
Jimmy Carter funeral live updates: Biden, Trump among those at state funeral
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, President-elect Donald Trump, former presidents and other dignitaries came together Thursday to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter at a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in [Read More…]
From iconic Los Angeles palm trees and mansions to beach lifeguard stations: ‘Everything was on fire’
David McNew/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — In an area famous for natural disasters, survivors of multiple massive wildfires in Los Angeles County described apocalyptic scenes and the horror of trying to outrun flames stoked by hurricane-like winds. [Read More…]
DA Fani Willis appeals her disqualification from Trump’s Georgia election interference case
Megan Varner for The Washington Post via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Wednesday filed an appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court asking them to reverse her disqualification from the Georgia [Read More…]
Jimmy Carter funeral live updates: Biden, Trump and other presidents gather
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, former presidents and other dignitaries are gathering Thursday for a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to honor the life of former President Jimmy [Read More…]
New York appeals court denies Trump’s bid to halt Friday’s hush money sentencing
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, has denied President-elect Donald Trump’s request to halt his sentencing Friday in his criminal hush money case. Trump [Read More…]
California wildfires maps show evacuations, power outages, air quality
Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Wildfires are tearing through thousands of acres in Los Angeles County in California, as strong Santa Ana wind gusts stoke the blazes. The Palisades Fire has impacted [Read More…]
Pets flee to vacant animal hospital amid California wildfires
(Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) — Southern California has been severely hit by wildfires, prompting mass evacuations and state of emergency declaration from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The dangerous winds and extreme fire conditions [Read More…]
Trump pays his respects to Jimmy Carter at the Capitol
Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects to former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday at the Capitol Rotunda. Trump is set to meet with Senate Republicans later Wednesday to [Read More…]
California fires live updates: Unprecedented, deadly blazes explode in size
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least two people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions. Tens [Read More…]
Documentary explores death row inmate’s attempt to connect with victim’s son
Getty/James C. Cooper (NEW YORK) — John Henry Ramirez was executed in Texas in 2022 after being convicted of murder in the 2004 death of 46-year-old Pablo Castro. In her documentary “I am Ready, Warden,” director Smriti [Read More…]
Texas prepares for severe winter storm
Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images (TEXAS) — As Texas prepares for severe winter weather, Gov. Greg Abbott expressed confidence Wednesday in the state’s power grid. Frigid temperatures — along with snow, sleet and freezing rain — [Read More…]
A perfect storm of weather and climate conditions led to the severity of the California fires
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (CALIFORNIA) — A perfect storm of weather and climate conditions led to the severity of the wildfires devastating Southern California. At least two people are dead and several others injured as the Palisades, [Read More…]