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LOS ANGELES — A veil of wildfire smoke continued to linger over many Southern California communities Friday as conflagrations tore through the Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains.

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SEATTLE — Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for at least 11 days.

Tahlequah is the orca whose story shocked the world in 2018 when ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s lieutenant governor formed a task force this week aimed at preventing transgender women and girls from participating in women’s sports and exploring how to create fair competition for the sexes. ...Read more

DENVER — Aurora city officials are seeking an emergency court order to immediately close the troubled Edge of Lowry apartment complex, claiming the property “presents an immediate threat to public safety and welfare,�...Read more

DETROIT — The University of Michigan is ending a two decade-long joint institute with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China that provided global academic opportunities to hundreds of students following concerns about ...Read more

Sophia Bush feels "very, very blessed" to have survived the Los Angeles wildfires.

The 42-year-old actress and her family members have been evacuated from their homes in the area, after the wildfires caused devastation in...Read more

The Weeknd suffered a "mental breakdown" after losing his voice during a 2022 concert.

The 34-year-old music star lost his voice while performing the final show of his tour, and he admits that the experience left him ...Read more

Sir Anthony Hopkins has shared a poignant message on social media after losing his home in the Los Angeles wildfires.

The 87-year-old actor recently lost his home in the Pacific Palisades fire, and he's now taken to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A large reservoir in Pacific Palisades that is part of the Los Angeles water supply system was out of commission when a ferocious wildfire destroyed thousands of homes and other structures nearby, the Los ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An unprecedented four-day fire siege that damaged or destroyed more than 12,000 structures and killed at least 11 people showed signs of finally easing Friday as winds lessened and firefighters began to ...Read more

Rudolph Giuliani was held in contempt for the second time in one week after a federal judge found he violated an order to stop defaming two 2020 presidential election poll workers.

The ruling came from the U.S. District ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The American economy created a burst of new jobs in December, capping a solid year of employment growth marked by big gains in healthcare and government payrolls, according to new figures released Friday.

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NEW YORK — Brooklyn real estate magnate Erden Arkan pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court to funneling thousands of dollars to Mayor Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign in coordination with a Turkish government official, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Amid heightened anxiety over deadly wildfires and erroneous evacuation alerts, Angelenos got another dose of panic Friday when a social media hoax about immigration sweeps in Los Angeles began to circulate ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Friday inviting the incoming leader to California to meet with fire victims, survey the devastation in Los Angeles County and join him in ...Read more

CHICAGO — The man believed to have shot and killed three family members in central Illinois — including his former college roommate — before threatening far-right streamer Nick Fuentes at his Berwyn home last month ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — L.A. County officials apologized Friday after residents across the Los Angeles area continued to receive erroneous emergency alerts that urged them to prepare to evacuate, even though many were not close to...Read more

Meta Platforms Inc. is disbanding many of its diversity and inclusion efforts, telling employees they will no longer be required to interview candidates from underrepresented backgrounds for open roles, or look to do ...Read more

Disney Cruise Line announced Friday that three of its future ships in its expansion to a fleet of 13 in the next seven years will be smaller than all but its two original vessels.

DCL just welcomed its newest ship, Disney...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Prosecutors in the case against Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with killing four University of Idaho students, may call more than two dozen expert witnesses in a host of subject areas, including DNA ...Read more