Residents embrace in front of a fire-ravaged property after the Palisades Fire swept through in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, ...

Officials are bracing for the return of fierce Santa Ana winds as they try to contain large blazes in the Los Angeles area.

Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first ...

Another 200,000 people face evacuation warnings in Los Angeles area; 20 people have been arrested for looting.

The deadly Los Angeles wildfires turned neighborhoods into ash as officials ordered 150,000 people to evacuate their homes.

Amidst an unseasonably dry January, fierce wildfires erupted in Southern California, forcing residents to flee as flames ...

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was pumping from aqueducts and groundwater into the system, but demand was so ...

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Thousands of firefighters and first responders are trying to contain the flames and evacuate residents – even as their own ...

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Investigators work the scene after a person drove a vehicle into a crowd earlier on Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert ...

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