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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 state trooper stands by New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon streets on Thursday, the day after a truck slammed into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing at least 14 people.

FBI says the suspect in the deadly New Orleans truck attack acted alone

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the driver of the pickup truck who plowed into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing at least 14 people, acted alone, the FBI said Thursday.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese discusses legislation that would male 16 years as a minimum age for children to use social media at a press conference in Canberra, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.

Australia proposes social media ban for children under the age of 16

If the legislation is passed, social media platforms including X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook would have one year to work out how to exclude Australian children.

President-elect Donald Trump has not yet been sworn in but he and his close adviser Elon Musk are already wielding power in Washington.

Shutdown threat looms after stop-gap spending bill fails on House floor

President-elect Donald Trump and his newest top-lieutenant, Elon Musk, have sent Washington scrambling to avoid a government shutdown, even before Trump takes office.

A screen displays photographs of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (top left) and former and current cabinet ministers, accusing them of treason, during a plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. Yoon looks set to fight on rather than step down early as probes deepen into his martial law declaration and another likely impeachment bid loom.

In South Korea, insurrection charges are closing in on the president

Police, prosecutors and investigators have deemed President Yoon Suk Yeol as a suspect in a rare investigation into a sitting president for possible insurrection charges.

Unredacted documents show TikTok is aware of the dangers caused by its app.

TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege

In communications newly revealed, TikTok executives discuss being aware of the harms caused by their app. TikTok officials were warned of the app’s dangers to minors.

Bottles of alcohol sit on shelves at a bar in Houston on June 23, 2020.

The U.S. surgeon general wants cancer warnings on alcohol. Here's why

Drinking alcohol raises the risk of developing seven types of cancer, according to a new advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

Alia Shawkat stars in Atropia, the feature debut of writer-director Hailey Gates. Atropia won the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic films.

These films took the top prizes at Sundance – plus 11 films our critic loved

A documentary deconstructs the true crime genre, an obsessive worms his way into a pop star's entourage, and more standouts from Sundance 2025.

El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells poses at El Cajon City Hall on Nov. 25, 2024.

He's the mayor of a major California refugee city — and he's backing Trump's deportation plan

El Cajon could be the center of a showdown between local, state and federal authorities over the enforcement of immigration laws.

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.

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