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Firefighters are battling to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities and sent thousands of people fleeing their homes.

Alabama nursing student Abbie Stockard, whose boyfriend is Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler, was crowned the 97th Miss America after competing against 51 other hopefuls.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital and second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

Elisabeth Foley, formerly of Mansfield, Massachusetts, wants a myoelectric hand, but her insurance company says her policy excludes such devices.

If you have been evacuated or your power is out, take care once the danger is past with food that you left in your refrigerator. 

President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects on Wednesday as President Jimmy Carter lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda as part of state funeral rites.

Wildfires in and around Los Angeles have burned several celebrities’ homes and forced stars to evacuate.

Evacuations were lifted Thursday morning for a brush fire in the Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon.

Jimmy Carter’s funeral service will be held Thursday. From where to watch to the schedule and more, here’s everything to know.

Thousands have been impacted by the devastating wildfires that continue to spread through Southern California. Here are some of their stories.

The LA Fire Chief warned in the weeks before the devastating Palisades fire that the decision to cut the department’s budget by nearly $18 million would diminish its ability to prepare for and respond to large scale emergencies.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded sarcastically to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

The organization that puts on the Oscars has extended the voting window for Academy Awards nominations and delayed next week’s planned nominations announcement.