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…
Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame postponed after deadly truck attack
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame was postponed a day after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile…
Trump calls it the ‘center of the universe.’ Mar-a-Lago is a magnet for those seeking influence
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The cars begin lining up early in the morning to be screened by Secret Service agents under white tents near the fence that surrounds President-elect…
The world begins welcoming 2025 with light shows, embraces and ice plunges
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — From Sydney to Vladivostok, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. Auckland became the first major city to celebrate, as thousands…
Jetliner skids off runway and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A jetliner skidded off a runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames Sunday in South Korea after its landing gear apparently failed to deploy….
What Americans think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health stances
By AMANDA SEITZ and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The kids seen by Dolores Mejia around suburban Phoenix have been growing heavier in recent years. Their parents, too, she says. Mejia, a 75-year-old retiree, says she’s also…
Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO is charged with murder in New York
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city’s…