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(LOS ANGELES) -- In an area famous for natural disasters, survivors of multiple massive wildfires in Los Angeles County described apocalyptic scenes and the horror of trying to outrun flames stoked by hurricane-like winds.At least five wildfires continued to burn out of control Wednesday evening, consuming nearly 27,000 acres combined and destroying more than 1,000 homes, including multimillion-dollar mansions, in some of the priciest enclaves in America. More than 100,000 people were […]

Megan Varner for The Washington Post via Getty Images (ATLANTA) -- Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Wednesday filed an appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court asking them to reverse her disqualification from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others.The Georgia Court of Appeals last month disqualified Willis from her prosecution of Trump and his co-defendants due to a "significant appearance of impropriety," leaving the question of who takes over […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden, former presidents and other dignitaries are gathering Thursday for a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter.Biden is expected to deliver a eulogy for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.'Unshakable sense of right and wrong'Stuart Eizenstat, who was former President Jimmy Carter's chief domestic policy adviser, praised Carter's "unshakable […]

(NEW YORK) -- The New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, has denied President-elect Donald Trump's request to halt his sentencing Friday in his criminal hush money case.Trump on Wednesday launched an eleventh-hour request to New York's highest court to pause the hush money case, on the same day that he also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his sentencing.Trump's argument to delay his sentencing rests on an […]

(Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) -- Southern California has been severely hit by wildfires, prompting mass evacuations and state of emergency declaration from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The dangerous winds and extreme fire conditions are expected to last through Thursday.With residents facing evacuation orders, family pets face an uncertain situation.Many people in the region have exotic pets and care for animals like llamas, horses and goats that need a […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden, former presidents and other dignitaries are gathering Thursday for a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter.Biden is expected to deliver a eulogy for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.An emotional, weeklong goodbyeThe emotional, weeklong public goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter began on Saturday when a motorcade carried […]

An ABC News graphic shows the fire forecast in Southern California on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Via ABC News. (LOS ANGELES) -- Another round of Santa Ana winds is forecast to sweep into Los Angeles on Thursday night into Friday morning, putting most of the region under a critical fire risk, as emergency responders battle to contain five quickly spreading wildfires.The wind in the region relaxed overnight as the low […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The judge who dismissed former President Donald Trump's classified documents case should have the final say about the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on the case, lawyers for Trump's former co-defendants told a federal appeals court Wednesday afternoon.The attorneys asked the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to defer their decision to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who could hold a hearing over whether to release […]

Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects to former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday at the Capitol Rotunda.Trump is set to meet with Senate Republicans later Wednesday to discuss how to move forward on advancing his agenda once he returns to the White House.Carter, the nation's 39th president, is lying in state as part of his state funeral in the nation's capital.Carter is being […]