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Brad Pitt’s team reminds fans he’s not on social media after a woman gets big-time scammed
[ad_1] Brad Pitt’s representatives have responded to reports about a French woman allegedly being scammed out of more than $800,000 by a person pretending to be the Oscar winner online.“It’s...
Supreme Court upholds law that could force TikTok to shut down in U.S.
[ad_1] WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that calls for the shutdown of the U.S. operations of social media app TikTok due to privacy and security concerns...
Joan Plowright, award-winning ‘Enchanted April’ and ‘Stalin’ actor, dies at 95
[ad_1] Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decades-long career included an Oscar-nominated turn in “Enchanted April” and films “The Entertainer” and “Stalin,” has died.The actor died Thursday at Denville Hall,...
Opinion: What a century-old disaster can teach fire-ravaged L.A. about recovery and rebuilding
[ad_1] A city devastated; neighbors coming to its aid; the hunt for a scapegoat: Though the Angelenos enduring wildfires today lead lives dramatically different from those of the people who...
Migration across the U.S.-Mexico border, in 5 charts
[ad_1] WASHINGTON —  A historic uptick in migration during Joe Biden’s presidency led to attacks as he ran for reelection, with Donald Trump and fellow Republicans blaming Democrats for the swelling...
Bitter feud among Sinaloa cartel families brings grim new tactic: Grave desecration
[ad_1] The charred husk of an artificial Christmas tree smoldered in the aftermath of the fire, ashes coating the tiled floor as flames still licked at the scorched ceiling.The burned...
Trump made many ‘Day 1’ promises. Will he make good on them?
[ad_1] From the start of his campaign to retake the White House, President-elect Donald Trump promised to go big on his first day back in power.In a series of early...
Fire lessons from the Australian capital, where a 2003 inferno changed everything
[ad_1] The residents of Canberra might know a little about what Los Angeles is going through. Exactly 22 years ago, a wildfire became a devastating urban fire in the Australian...
Padilla hopes to increase firefighter pay, create affordable housing for disaster response
[ad_1] WASHINGTON —  While firefighters continue to battle the Los Angeles County fires, California’s Sen. Alex Padilla is introducing a package of bills to increase their pay and create housing for...
Harris joins a decades-old tradition for vice presidents in her final days in office
[ad_1] WASHINGTON —  Vice President Kamala Harris, in one of her last public appearances in the role, signed her ceremonial desk drawer at the White House on Thursday, a tradition that...
Rep. Nancy Pelosi will not attend Trump’s inauguration
[ad_1] Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, a spokesman confirmed Thursday.The spokesperson did not provide a reason for Pelosi’s decision to skip...
Opinion: The case of the missing Hegseth investigation
[ad_1] For folks who have so harshly turned on the FBI for supposedly targeting Donald Trump over the years, Republicans sure are quick to turn to the bureau when they...