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Tiny burning embers flew miles, causing LA fire destruction on historic scale
LOS ANGELES — Santa Ana winds are infamous for driving fast-moving fires in Southern California, pushing embers well beyond a blaze’s boundary and into neighborhoods and across major roadways.
But officials say the winds that fueled devastating fires in three parts of Los Angeles County were much more erratic and unpredictable than a ...Read more
Zelenskyy urges allies not to 'drop the ball' on war support
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a plea to press on with support for his war effort 11 days before the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged a swift end to the fighting.
“We’ve come such a long way that it would honestly be crazy to drop the ball now and not keep building on the defense coalitions ...Read more
ICE blasts Boston: Feds say BPD refused 198 immigration detainer requests for 'egregious crime' in 2024, not 15
BOSTON — Federal authorities said the Boston Police Department refused to act on 198 immigration detainer requests last year, far exceeding the 15 reported by BPD’s commissioner, while blasting the city for jeopardizing “public safety and national security.”
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the detainers to the city�...Read more
Lebanon picks US-backed Aoun as president in shift from Iran
Lebanon lawmakers elected army commander Joseph Aoun as the country’s first president in more than two years, picking a U.S.-backed candidate in a sign of Iran’s waning influence in the region.
More than two-thirds of politicians voted for Aoun to begin a six-year term, clearing a hurdle that hadn’t been met in several recent failed ...Read more
Even after a 2-day nightmare, LA girds for more days of fire weather
LOS ANGELES — Much of Los Angeles County remains under a red flag warning, with forecasters warning of critical fire weather to last through Friday night.
Firefighters Thursday were continuing to fight the Palisades fire, which has burned more than 17,200 acres, and the Eaton fire, that has burned through Pasadena and Altadena areas, charring...Read more
JetBlue suspect who opened plane door before takeoff at Boston Logan Airport identified
BOSTON — The passenger who attempted to open a JetBlue wing door just before takeoff and climb out at Logan Airport has been identified.
Massachusetts State Police arrested the suspect, Angel Luis Torres Morales, 23, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, on one count of interfering with the operation of an aircraft.
JetBlue Flight 161 was reportedly ...Read more
Paris Hilton watched her Malibu home burn down on live TV
A “heartbroken” Paris Hilton watched her Malibu home burn down on live television Wednesday as deadly wildfires continued to ravage Los Angeles.
The socialite-turned-DJ, 43, said she was “heartbroken beyond words” as she shared a clip of ABC’s local affiliate reporting on her devastated neighborhood.
“Sitting with my family, ...Read more
Michigan Democrats back bill to crack down on illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON ― Four Michigan Democrats this week showed support for a bill requiring the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes ― the first piece of legislation taken up this year by the new Republican-led Congress.
The Laken Riley Act is named for a nursing student killed in Georgia last year by a migrant who ...Read more
Blue Origin seeks overnight success for 1st New Glenn rocket launch
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Space Coast could welcome a big player to the launch landscape tonight with the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.
The NG-1 mission is targeting a 1 a.m. Friday liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 36 during a launch window that runs until 4 a.m. with a backup two days later early ...Read more
Female teachers are again suing Pennsylvania's Central Bucks over unequal pay
PHILADELPHIA — Female teachers who say the Central Bucks School District has underpaid them compared to men are again taking their case to court, after a trial last summer ended in a hung jury.
In a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, the women — more than 120 current and former district teachers — accuse Central ...Read more
Firefighters make big gains battling Sunset fire, which forced evacuations in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles firefighters have made big gains in battling the Sunset fire, which had triggered mandatory evacuation orders in Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills late Wednesday.
"It's a miracle that no homes burned here," one firefighter told The Times. Hours earlier, the flames had approached the mansions that line North Curson ...Read more
Analysis: Carter, during and after presidency, changed way world saw the US -- often for the better
LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Carter ended his one-term presidency in defeat. For years he was derided as a weak leader.
But over time a fundamental shift took place in how Carter was regarded, fueled by his decades of post-presidential good works and the enduring power of his White House achievements.
Perhaps more than any single post-World War II ...Read more
Zelenskyy warns allies not to 'drop the ball' on war support
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a plea to press on with support for his war effort 11 days before the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged a swift end to the fighting.
“We’ve come such a long way that it would honestly be crazy to drop the ball now and not keep building on the defense coalitions ...Read more
Local governments in Georgia say they have learned from 'snowpocalypse'
ATLANTA — More than two inches of snow fell in metro Atlanta on a Friday in January, 11 years ago. It began late in the morning, when hundreds of thousands of students were in schools and many of the region’s 2.6 million workers were in their places of employment.
And on that day — Jan. 28, 2014 — almost everyone tried to go home around...Read more
Jimmy Carter and the sad saga of a 9-ton Northern California peanut
LOS ANGELES — In the spring of 1977, President Jimmy Carter, the former peanut farmer who had just taken office, was offered a big gift — if you can call it that — from the misty Northern California coast.
A 9-ton redwood peanut.
The roughly hewn goober had been strapped to the back of a logging truck, hauled across the country and ...Read more
Central Floridians remember Jimmy Carter as 39th president is honored today in Washington
ORLANDO, Fla. — Bill Beckett dropped out of college in 1976 and became a wanderer, traveling from state to state before settling back in Orlando. But the 21-year-old wasn’t an aimless kid — he was part of Jimmy Carter’s “Peanut Brigade,” and the group had a presidential campaign to win.
“I went to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Maryland...Read more
Polish president seeks protection for Netanyahu at Auschwitz liberation event
Poland’s president asked the government to shield Benjamin Netanyahu from potential arrest if the Israeli prime minister attends a commemoration in the country of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
President Andrzej Duda said Polish authorities should guarantee that Netanyahu’s stay on Polish territory remain “...Read more
Lebanon picks US-backed Aoun as President in shift from Iran
Lebanon lawmakers elected army commander Joseph Aoun as the country’s first president in more than two years, picking a U.S.-backed candidate in a sign of Iran’s waning influence in the region.
More than two-thirds of politicians voted for Aoun. His win ends a lengthy power vacuum and represents a pivot by Beirut toward the West, with ...Read more
I study modern-day slavery − and here’s what I’ve learned about how enslavers try to justify their actions
Several high-profile celebrities were slapped with human-trafficking charges in late 2024, from music mogul Sean Combs, known as P. Diddy, to Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries. Neither has been tried yet, but in 2022 the R&B superstar R. Kelly was convicted of sex-trafficking crimes that dated back decades. He was sentenced to 30 ...Read more
Trees ‘remember’ wetter times − never having known abundant rain could buffer today’s young forests against climate change
What does the future hold for forests in a warmer, drier world? Over the past 25 years, trees have been dying due to effects of climate change around the world. In Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe, drought stress amplified by heat is killing trees that have survived for centuries.
Old trees may have grown through ...Read more
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