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While one person remained with his son who had cerebral palsy and was unable to leave, at least two of the victims died in the Southern California wildfire attempted to defend the homes where they had spent decades raising families. In the Los Angeles area, deadly flames driven by dry weather and strong windserupted Tuesday, resulting in the known deaths of twenty-four persons. Approximately 180,000 people have been displaced from their homes, and thousands of buildings have been destroyed. According to officials, the actual number of fatalities is unknown because communities are still being destroyed by the fires. What we currently know about the victims is as follows: Anthony and Justin Mitchell According to Anthony Mitchell, his father was a "protector" who would stop at nothing to k...

WASHINGTON — A motion to extend an injunction prohibiting the Justice Department from making public a volume of a report that former special counsel Jack Smith produced regarding President-elect Donald Trump's attempts to reverse his 2020 election defeat was refused by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday. Barring further legal action from Trump or his administration, the decision means that the Justice Department could make the section of the Smith report that addresses Trump's attempts to reverse his 2020 election defeat public as early as midnight. Cannon maintained a ban on the release of the section of the report that dealt with the case of the classified documents, which the Justice Department stated it had no plans to release at this time. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...

WASHINGTON — A motion to extend an injunction prohibiting the Justice Department from making public a volume of a report that former special counsel Jack Smith produced regarding President-elect Donald Trump's attempts to reverse his 2020 election defeat was refused by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday. Barring further legal action from Trump or his administration, the decision means that the Justice Department could make the section of the Smith report that addresses Trump's attempts to reverse his 2020 election defeat public as early as midnight. Cannon maintained a ban on the release of the section of the report that dealt with the case of the classified documents, which the Justice Department stated it had no plans to release at this time. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...

South Korea's SEOULAs part of its ongoing weapons displays in front of Donald Trump's return to the White House, North Korea fired several missiles toward its eastern waters on Tuesday, according to South Korea's military. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the short-range ballistic missiles were launched from an interior location in the north and traveled roughly 155 miles before coming down in waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula. According to the joint chiefs, the South Korean military has increased surveillance and informed the Japanese and American forces about the launch. It declared that it strongly disapproves of the test, calling it a blatant provocation that endangers the peace and stability of the area. After an aballistic launch last week, it was North K...

South Korea's SEOULAs part of its ongoing weapons displays in front of Donald Trump's return to the White House, North Korea fired several missiles toward its eastern waters on Tuesday, according to South Korea's military. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the short-range ballistic missiles were launched from an interior location in the north and traveled roughly 155 miles before coming down in waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula. According to the joint chiefs, the South Korean military has increased surveillance and informed the Japanese and American forces about the launch. It declared that it strongly disapproves of the test, calling it a blatant provocation that endangers the peace and stability of the area. After an aballistic launch last week, it was North K...

According to a sheriff on Monday, a man in North Carolina who is suspected of carrying out a string of shootings that resulted in the deaths of three people was taken into custody after the son of two victims of an elderly couple who were shot dead in their house held the suspect at gunpoint until help arrived. Pitt County Sheriff Paula Dance told reporters that if a victim's family had not stepped in, there would have been more victims. According to Dance, a search warrant showed that the 55-year-old suspected shooter, David Lever, had at least 50 guns in his house. According to Dance, numerous additional firearms were found in the vehicle that Lever allegedly drove on Friday throughout Greenville, southeast of Raleigh, where he opened fire at four different locations. The fatalities were...

According to a sheriff on Monday, a man in North Carolina who is suspected of carrying out a string of shootings that resulted in the deaths of three people was taken into custody after the son of two victims of an elderly couple who were shot dead in their house held the suspect at gunpoint until help arrived. Pitt County Sheriff Paula Dance told reporters that if a victim's family had not stepped in, there would have been more victims. According to Dance, a search warrant showed that the 55-year-old suspected shooter, David Lever, had at least 50 guns in his house. According to Dance, numerous additional firearms were found in the vehicle that Lever allegedly drove on Friday throughout Greenville, southeast of Raleigh, where he opened fire at four different locations. The fatalities were...

In the Los Angeles area, a number of large wildfires are causing death and destruction. Due to strong winds and dry circumstances, a few wildfires that began on January 7 have grown significantly in size. By Monday night, almost 12,000 buildings and structures had been damaged, and 24 people had been killed. Over 190,000 people are under warnings and evacuation orders, while over a dozen people are still unaccounted for. Stay tuned for real-time updates. The fires' sizes and conditions are depicted on the maps below. They will be regularly updated. The Palisades Fire, the biggest of the fires, covers an area of about 37 square miles. That is more than half of Washington, D.C.'s total land area. The Eaton Fire, a second fire, has spread to cover more than 22 square kilometers. Thousands of ...

In the Los Angeles area, a number of large wildfires are causing death and destruction. Due to strong winds and dry circumstances, a few wildfires that began on January 7 have grown significantly in size. By Monday night, almost 12,000 buildings and structures had been damaged, and 24 people had been killed. Over 190,000 people are under warnings and evacuation orders, while over a dozen people are still unaccounted for. Stay tuned for real-time updates. The fires' sizes and conditions are depicted on the maps below. They will be regularly updated. The Palisades Fire, the biggest of the fires, covers an area of about 37 square miles. That is more than half of Washington, D.C.'s total land area. The Eaton Fire, a second fire, has spread to cover more than 22 square kilometers. Thousands of ...

Users of TikTok are retaliating over the impending TikTok ban on Sunday by installing RedNote, a Chinese app that some users refer to as China's TikTok. National security worries over TikTok's Chinese parent firm, ByteDance, were a major factor in the platform's prohibition, and many users are turning to RedNote as an overt form of protest. RedNote, also called Xiaohongshu in China, is a social media site that offers shopping, short movies, community building resources, and more. It is not owned by ByteDance, nor is it a direct clone of TikTok. Xingyin Information Technology, based in Shanghai, is the owner. In order to send a message to the U.S. government and the social media company Meta, which stands to gain additional users of its TikTok-like product, Reels, if the ban takes effect, A...