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Here's where things stand for several major landmarks in the Los Angeles fires

The fires raging across Los Angeles are putting some cultural institutions in danger.

A street is dark during a blackout in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after sunset on Tuesday.

Power outage hits nearly all of Puerto Rico on New Year's Eve

More than 1.3 million people were plunged into darkness early Tuesday. Failure of an underground power line is believed to be the cause and repairs could take up to two days.

Displaced Palestinians make their way back on foot from the southern Gaza regions to their homes in the north via Al Rashid Road after the ceasefire agreement, Jan. 28.

A brief history of Gaza's tortured role in the Middle East conflict

Most Gaza residents are the descendants of Palestinian refugees driven to the enclave in a 1948 war. They harbor a deep fear of being uprooted again, and President Trump's remarks struck a raw nerve.

Admiral Rachel L. Levine, a pediatrician by training, has been leading the Public Health Service during the Biden administration. She's pictured in a conference room at HHS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her

Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government. Her tenure at HHS ran concurrent with an explosion in state legislation targeting transgender people.

Part of the Lions, Tigers and Bears animal sanctuary in Alpine is shown in this undated photo.

Power shutoffs close several San Diego County school districts

Because of power shutoffs and strong Santa Ana winds, campuses in some school districts in San Diego County are scheduled to be closed.

Syrian opposition fighters remove a government Syrian flag from an official building in Salamiyah, east of Hama, Syria, on Saturday.

Insurgents reach gates of Syria's capital, threatening to upend decades of Assad rule

Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a press conference after the arraignment of shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on Monday evening in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

New York prosecutors charge suspect with murder in death of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Manhattan prosecutors Monday night filed murder and other charges against Luigi Mangione, 26, in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO last week, according to online court documents.

Iowa backs an industry-friendly fix for farm pollution, despite weak results

APM Reports shows Iowa's new conservation tool isn't as effective as promised. The state would need to increase installations exponentially to make even a marginal difference in water quality.

A Teledyne G3 Slocum Glider tries to detect whale sounds off the coast of Georgia. UGA Skidaway Institute doctoral student Frank McQuarrie is taking it out of the water.

New technology gives hope to save endangered right whales

Conservationists are getting better at monitoring the movement of the highly endangered right whale. They hope it will encourage ships to slow down in an effort to save the species.

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is up outside the building where GOP leaders are furiously scrambling to find a way to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day on Friday.

Biden signs stopgap spending bill, preventing a government shutdown

Congress has approved a short-term spending bill to fund the government until March 14. President Biden signed the legislation on Saturday.

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