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The combination of high winds and dry conditions has created an incredibly daunting challenge for Los Angeles area firefighters.

Firefighters are facing four brush fires burning in extreme red flag fire conditions in Los Angeles County.

The Palisades and Eaton fires have destroyed neighborhoods and left tens of thousands evacuated from their homes, with a state of emergency in effect.

By making a bomb with the powerful explosive RDX, Shamsud-Din Jabbar was mimicking the tactics of terrorist groups operating in the Middle East, experts say.

Federal student loan borrowers impacted by the latest wildfires in California and other natural disasters have options if they’re struggling.

Israel’s military said the body of Yosef Al Zaydani was recovered in an underground tunnel in Gaza and that it was examining whether a second body was that of another hostage.

Wildfire smoke can make it hard to breathe and make you cough or wheeze. Here’s what to know and how to reduce your exposure to wildfire smoke.

New research indicates students are paying significantly less to attend public universities than they were a decade ago.

The launch took place Wednesday morning at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, where a Falcon 9 rocket carried the satellites into space.

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block criminal proceedings in his hush money case in New York, ahead of a sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday.

Multiple massive wildfires are tearing across the Los Angeles area with devastating force, leaving at least two people dead.

The bill, named for a nursing school student who was murdered by a man in the country illegally, passed the House last year. The new Republican-controlled Senate is expected to take it up Friday.

A person tried to open the door of a taxiing plane at Boston’s Logan International Airport Tuesday night, according to the airport. One person who was detained is due in court Wednesday.