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A fast-moving wildfire flared Wednesday, spreading to more than 5,000 acres in a matter of hours, forcing over 20,000 people to evacuate a region north of Los Angeles, according to officials. The Hughes Fire broke out around 10:53 a.m. Wednesday close to the city of Castaic in northern Los Angeles County, prompting an additional 15,000 residents to be placed under evacuation alerts, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Three hours later, fire officials reported that the fire had burned over 5,054 acres. The fire started weeks after two neighboring fires in the Los Angeles area earlier this month destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 27 people. The Angeles National Forest said in a statement that the fire was uncontainable as of 1:33 p.m. Accor...

President Donald Trump issued additional executive orders on his third day in office with the goal of closing the southern U.S. border to immigration and increasing deportations, though as of Wednesday afternoon, large-scale deportation sweeps had not yet taken place. Trump signed an executive order that prohibits foreigners involved in an invasion of the United States across the southern border from physically entering the country, according to a White House fact sheet. The directive instructs the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and State to take all necessary steps to promptly deter, repatriate, and remove unlawful aliens from the United States' southern border. However, it's still unclear exactly how Trump would stop people from trying to cross. Trump is use every administrat...

Chicago Following the Trump administration's announcement that it would terminate a long-standing policy that prohibited federal immigration authorities from detaining migrants in churches, schools, and hospitals, religious leaders, school administrators, and educators in this sanctuary city declared their intention to defend their communities. Rev. Kenneth Phelps, who has recently provided accommodation and assistance to migrants in Chicago, said, "We feel like it's kind of a war, to be honest." Therefore, rather of waiting for them to attack, we are preparing for it. We're going on the attack and preparing our community members to deal with this. The preparation follows the Department of Homeland Security's announcement on Tuesday that it is discontinuing a policy that limited the abi...

A fast-moving wildfire flared Wednesday, spreading to more than 5,000 acres in a matter of hours, forcing over 20,000 people to evacuate a region north of Los Angeles, according to officials. The Hughes Fire broke out around 10:53 a.m. Wednesday near the northern Los Angeles County city of Castaic, prompting an additional 15,000 residents to be placed under evacuation alerts, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office. Three hours later, fire officials reported that the fire had burned over 5,054 acres. The fire started weeks after two neighboring fires in the Los Angeles area earlier this month destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 27 people. The Angeles National Forest said in a statement that the fire was uncontainable as of 1:33 p.m. The California H...

Despite their reputation for wild antics, Buffalo Bills supporters have united to support an opposing player when he received a barrage of hate mail online this week rather than climbing on tables. Mark Andrews, a tight end for the Baltimore Ravens, stumbled and missed a two-point conversion that would have knotted the game in the fourth quarter of Sunday's pivotal playoff game between the Ravens and the Bills. The Bills ultimately prevailed 27–25 and will now play the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game on Sunday. Following the defeat, Andrews looked devastated, and footage showed Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson comforting him. "We're a team," stated Jackson. "It's all of us, bruh, it ain't just you." In interviews after the defeat, Jackson and head coach John Harbaugh both b...

A fast-moving wildfire flared Wednesday, spreading to more than 5,000 acres in a matter of hours, forcing over 20,000 people to evacuate a region north of Los Angeles, according to officials. The Hughes Fire broke out around 10:53 a.m. Wednesday near the northern Los Angeles County city of Castaic, prompting an additional 15,000 residents to be placed under evacuation alerts, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office. Three hours later, fire officials reported that the fire had burned over 5,054 acres. The fire started weeks after two neighboring fires in the Los Angeles area earlier this month destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 27 people. The Angeles National Forest said in a statement that the fire was uncontainable as of 1:33 p.m. The California H...

Actress Cheryl Hines shared a graphic video of her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. taking a shower behind her while she promoted her cosmetics company less than two months ago. According to a recent financial declaration, Hines, of Curb Your Enthusiasm fame, has consented to stop selling the company's goods in the event that her husband is appointed the next secretary of Health and Human Services. According to the disclosure, my spouse has committed to Hines & Young, LLC ceasing to sell the company's cosmetic inventory within ninety days after my appointment date. Hines shared the video on Instagram in November along with the caption, "Oh Bobby." Her head is purposefully obstructing portions of his body while he takes a shower in the background of the video. It was strategically placed t...

Washington The Laken Riley Act, a stringent immigration detention law named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student who was slain by an undocumented immigrant last year, received final passage in the Republican-controlled House on Wednesday. Upon his return to the White House this week, President Donald Trump is anticipated to sign the legislation, which aims to crack down on illegal immigrants who commit nonviolent offenses like theft. 46 Democrats joined all Republicans in supporting the legislation, which was approved by the House by a vote of 263-156. With 12 Democratic votes, the bill cleared the Senate on Monday by a vote of 64-35. Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) were among them; they are all up for reelecti...

After a brief missing-persons search, Mob Wives cast member Natalie Nat D. DiDonato was found safely in Nevada on Wednesday, according to her mother. "My daughter has been located," Denise Fuoco, the mother, said NBC News. "At the moment, she is alright. Our goal is to bring her home. Late Wednesday afternoon, a representative of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was unavailable for comment. A spokesman earlier in the day verified that DiDonato, who had been reported missing, was being sought by the department. When Florida resident DiDonato called her mother on Wednesday to let her know she was okay, the worried mother informed the authorities that her daughter was no longer missing or in danger, according to her family. Family members claimed they had no idea why she had gone ...

A fast-moving wildfire broke out in Southern California on Wednesday, prompting evacuation orders and the closure of a portion of a key freeway. Following two adjacent fires that destroyed thousands of houses and killed at least 27 people in the Los Angeles area earlier this month, the Hughes Fire broke out. More than 5,000 acres had been burned by the most recent fire, which was reported at 10:53 a.m. on Wednesday in Castaic, a hamlet in northern Los Angeles County, according to fire officials. The Angeles National Forest said in a statement that the fire was uncontainable as of 1:33 p.m. The California Highway Patrol reported that a portion of Interstate 5, which runs across California, Oregon, and Washington State, had its northbound lanes closed. The number of persons who had been told...