January 9, 2025, 1:01pm Latest News
Firefighters battled early Thursday to control major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes. Read story
January 9, 2025, 12:44pm Nation & World
The high school where Brian De Palma brought Stephen King’s “Carrie” to life, Will Rogers’ ranch house and a motel owned by William Randolph Hearst are among some of the famous structures that have been damaged or destroyed by the California wildfires. Read story
January 9, 2025, 12:37pm Nation & World
A man who was wounded in a mass shooting on New Year’s Day in Montenegro died on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 13. Read story
January 9, 2025, 9:55am Nation & World
A strong earthquake drove frightened residents of El Salvador’s capital into the streets Thursday morning, but there was no immediate report of damage or deaths. Read story
January 9, 2025, 9:55am Nation & World
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a plea to press on with support for his war effort 11 days before the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged a swift end to the fighting. Read story
January 9, 2025, 9:54am Life
A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury’s north pole. Read story
January 9, 2025, 9:54am Nation & World
A long-awaited La Nina has finally appeared, but the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and unlikely to cause as many weather problems as usual, meteorologists said Thursday. Read story
January 9, 2025, 8:29am Latest News
New York’s highest court on Thursday declined to block Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect’s likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place Friday. Read story
January 9, 2025, 8:29am Nation & World
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict. Read story
January 9, 2025, 8:10am Nation & World
Donald Trump ran on a return to his “America First” foreign policy platform. The U.S., he said, could no longer afford to be the world’s policeman. On his watch, he pledged, there would be no new wars. Read story