Nation and World
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It’s not really the typical time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?
Jan 09, 2025 7:36 am - Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fires in more than four decades. Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together to defy the calendar in a fast and deadly manner.
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Wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area and kill 5 as thousands flee homes
Jan 08, 2025 10:59 pm - California firefighters battled wind-whipped wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes, clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled and straining resources as the fires burned uncontained early Wednesday.
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Meta rolls back hate speech rules as Zuckerberg cites ‘recent elections’ as a catalyst
Jan 08, 2025 7:15 pm - It wasn't just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration. The social media giant has also loosened its rules ...
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IRS must ramp up resources for identity-theft victims, says watchdog
Jan 08, 2025 3:37 pm - The Internal Revenue Service must increase resources for victim assistance cases involving identity theft, which are taking an average of almost two years to resolve, an ...
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Body of an Israeli hostage is found in Gaza, possibly alongside his son’s remains, army says
Jan 08, 2025 3:33 pm - JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers recovered the body of a 53-year-old hostage in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza, the military said Wednesday, and the army was determin...
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Biden casts doubt on his fitness to serve another four years days before term ends
Jan 08, 2025 2:56 pm - President Joe Biden, in a new interview days before he leaves office, cast doubt on his fitness to serve another four years even as he maintained that he could have won election to a second term.
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Mexico’s President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment
Jan 08, 2025 2:42 pm - Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum responded sarcastically on Wednesday to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
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Why more frequent cold blasts could be coming from global warming
Jan 08, 2025 2:34 pm - Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for an extended visit that is expected to provoke teeth-chattering ...
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A Russian missile attack in southern Ukraine has killed at least 13 civilians, officials sayJan 08, 2025 11:01 am - KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian missile attack on the southern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 civilians and injured dozens Wednesday, officials said. Footage p...
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Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel's Trump report for now
Jan 08, 2025 9:11 am - The Justice Department says it will release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep the rest of the report under wraps for now.