Families in shock begin to visit their charred homes in the Los Angeles area
By MANUEL VALDES, JULIE WATSON, JOHN SEEWER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many watched their homes burn on television in a state of shock. Since the flames erupted in and around Los Angeles, scores of residents have…
Trump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush money case, while calling it ‘despicable’
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment at all in his hush money case, an outcome that cements his historic conviction while letting him return…
New Orleans attacker fired at police before they shot and killed him, bodycam video shows
By JACK BROOK Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Islamic State group-inspired attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year’s Day in New Orleans shot at police from inside his truck before officers fatally shot…
Firefighters hope for a break from fierce winds fueling devastating blazes in Los Angeles area
By JAIMIE DING, JULIE WATSON and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters hoped for a break Friday from fierce winds fueling massive blazes in the Los Angeles area that have killed 10 people, obliterated whole neighborhoods and set the…
TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech and national security
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital…
Firefighters battle devastating Los Angeles wildfires as winds calm somewhat
By MANUEL VALDES, HALLIE GOLDEN and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters began to make progress battling the deadly and devastating fires in the Los Angeles area early Thursday, especially because the ferocious winds that have been driving the fast-moving…
Wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area and kill 2 as thousands flee homes
By JAIMIE DING, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Massive wildfires roaring through the Los Angeles area left neighborhoods in ruins Wednesday, killing at least two people and threatening landmarks made famous by Hollywood as desperate residents…
Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes
The Associated Press (AP) — Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform…
Biden blocks Nippon Steel’s proposed deal to acquire US Steel
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOSH BOAK and MARC LEVY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has blocked the nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel — affirming his earlier vow on…
The man who died in a Tesla Cybertruck explosion was an active-duty US Army Green Beret
By TARA COPP, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, COLLEEN LONG and TY ONEIL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The person who died when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel was a…