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Los Angeles In a real-life Hollywood catastrophe, hundreds of people in Los Angeles County were forced to evacuate their homes and businesses on Wednesday due to out-of-control wildfires. Firefighters and locals using garden hoses were helpless to stop the massive flames from consuming everything in their path. While the night sky was painted orange by fire, terrified drivers stranded in the traffic on Tuesday left their cars where they were and fled for their life through the choking smoke, leaving the legendary Sunset Boulevard littered with abandoned cars.Note: Every piece of content is rigorously reviewed by our team of experienced writers and editors to ensure its accuracy. Our writers use credible sources and adhere to strict fact-checking protocols to verify all claims and data be...

Cleaning my makeup brushes is one of my least favorite tasks, even though I like vacuuming my carpets and making my bed. It always seems like such a pain, and waiting for them to dry for twenty-four hours is annoying, especially if I have makeup to do right away. But after talking to famous makeup artists, I've come to realize how important it is to do it frequently. Makeup accumulation on brush hairs from not cleaning your brushes will eventually reduce the bristles' softness and result in a spotty or streaky application, according to makeup artist Eric Vosburg of New York City. Additionally, because liquid and cream treatments include a lot of moisture, bacteria can grow and develop readily. This can lead to acne as the infected tools migrate throughout the skin, according to Vosburg. Ou...

More than 80,000 people have been ordered to leave the Pacific Palisades, Pasadena, and Sylmar neighborhoods of Los Angeles due to four swift-moving flames and "life-threatening and destructive" winds. The most recent fire, the Woodley Fire, started around 6:15 a.m. PT and burned about 75 acres in the San Fernando Valley near North Woodley Avenue and the Sepulveda Basin. Cal Fire reports that strong gusts are pushing it south and that crossing Burbank Boulevard is dangerous. The Pacific Palisades Highlands community was the scene of the Palisades fire, which started Tuesday morning at around 10:30 a.m. local time. In a matter of hours, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) reported that the fire had consumed 3,000 acres. Dry weather and strong winds have been ...

As roaring wildfires overtook sections of the Los Angeles area, tens of thousands of Southern Californians were urged to flee their homes on Tuesday and Wednesday. About 3,000 acres of the Pacific Palisades, a suburb in Los Angeles situated between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, have already been destroyed by the largest of the wildfires. Destructive wind gusts were predicted to reach 100 mph on Wednesday, and the fires remained a threat to homes. Anthony C. Marrone, the fire chief for Los Angeles County, issued a warning, stating that all inhabitants of the county are at risk due to the National Weather Service's prediction of a persistent red flag weather event with high winds and low humidity. Officials suggest that if you have been ordered to evacuate, you should do ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said in a filing Wednesday that special counsel Jack Smith has given Attorney General Merrick Garland the completed final report on his two investigations that led to felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump. Garland plans to make part of the report public, provided a federal appeals court overturns an injunction imposed by a judge appointed by Trump. The Justice Department filed the lawsuit independently of Smith's office after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was chosen by Trump, temporarily blocked the report's release until three days after the 11th Circuit's decision on a pending request to stop the findings. The Florida judge, Cannon, sided with the claim that Smith's appointment was unlawful and dismissed the allegations against T...

Tuesday's ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court prevents state authorities from accrediting the Democratic nominee as the victor of a close contest for the state's highest court. All but one Republican on the state Supreme Court voted against the North Carolina State Board of Elections recognizing the outcome of the election, in which Democratic Justice Allison Riggs leads Republican Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes, in a 4-2 decision. Riggs did not participate in Tuesday's order. The court's ruling that Riggs wants to stay on and that Griffin wants to join permits the justices to immediately consider Griffin's appeal, which aims to nullify 60,000 votes cast in November. The decision promised to resolve the matter quickly and provided a timeline that requires all case briefs to be submi...

Investigators believe the New Orleans truck attacker used a strong explosive to make two bombs that could have shot shrapnel hundreds of yards away and perhaps killed or injured hundreds of people. New Year's Day did not see the explosion of the bombs. However, experts claim that if it weren't for a careless error, the devices that Shamsud-Din Jabbar constructed using a substance thought to be RDX would have had disastrous consequences. Scott Sweetow, a retired executive with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and a former director of the FBI's Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center, stated that while it is terrible that he killed and injured all of these people, it could have been much worse if these devices had truly worked. There would be hundreds of casualti...

Authorities charged four San Diego State University students, including the injured individual, after a pledge sustained burns over sixteen percent of his body from a "skit" at a fraternity party. According to a news release from the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, Caden Cooper, 22, Lucas Cowling, 20, Christopher Serrano, 20, and Lars Larsen, 19, were arraigned Monday and entered not guilty pleas to charges that included conspiracy to commit an act injurious to the public, recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, and violating the social host ordinance. The accusations are related to a Phi Kappa Psi party on February 17 that caused Larsen to sustain burn injuries. According to the announcement, the fraternity was placed on probation by the institution at the time of...

Israel and Hamas may be on the verge of an agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by the terrorist organization, according to officials to President Joe Biden, who is leaving office in less than two weeks. The hope comes as the Biden administration and the team of President-elect Donald Trump are attempting to reach an agreement prior to Trump's inauguration on January 20. This week, Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff is scheduled to travel to Doha, Qatar, where Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, has been taking part in the most recent round of negotiations since last weekend. Trump reaffirmed his threat of undefined chaos in the Middle East if the captives are not freed by the inauguration, despite his statement on Tuesday ...