President Donald Trump will embark on his first official trip of his second term on Friday, focusing on areas impacted by natural disasters in North Carolina and California. The visit will include meetings with victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and those affected by devastating wildfires in California, as he emphasizes the need for better disaster preparedness and response.
Mayor Karen Bass announced on Friday that Steve Soboroff, former president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, will lead the city’s wildfire recovery efforts as the newly appointed chief recovery officer.
Nearly 200 pieces of artwork by Hunter Biden, valued in the millions, were destroyed in the recent Los Angeles wildfires, according to a report by the New York Post. Some of the pieces were priced as high as $500,000 each and were stored near the Pacific Palisades home of Biden's attorney, Kevin Morris. The storage site reportedly succumbed to the flames, while Morris’ mansion remains one of the few properties in the area still standing.
Google has rejected the European Union's demand that it add fact checks to search results or use them in removing content, according to a letter obtained by Axios.
Edwin Castro, the historic $2.04 billion Powerball winner, has reportedly lost one of his multimillion-dollar homes in the recent Los Angeles-area wildfires.
As if battling devastating wildfires isn’t challenging enough, California firefighters could soon face an additional threat: fire tornadoes. These rare but dangerous phenomena occur when wildfires generate their own weather systems.
On her Monday night show, MSNBC’s Joy Reid made a controversial claim, alleging that the "billionaire right" plans to exploit the destruction caused by the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires to create "apartheid-like conditions" in Southern California.
