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“This is my fourth fire and the only time we’ve ever left,” said Muffie Alejandro, 74, the owner of a manufacturing company who has lived near Eaton Canyon since 1989. On Tuesday,...

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, the Democratic Party’s 2024 nominee for vice president, on Thursday endorsed Ken Martin to be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee.Mr. Martin, the chairman of...

When a series of dangerous, wind-driven fires broke out on Tuesday in the Los Angeles area, Mayor Karen Bass was on the other side of the globe, part of a delegation sent...

Los Angeles is among the most densely populated cities in the United States, and its layout is compounding property losses. The city and surrounding towns also have some of the most expensive...

Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday that they planned to hold off on releasing a portion of a report by the special counsel, Jack Smith, detailing his investigation into President-elect Donald J. Trump’s...

Multiple fires were raging across the Los Angeles area on Wednesday, burning thousands of acres. Here are three of the biggest blazes.Palisades fireThe largest, the Palisades fire, covered more than 2,900 acres...

A fire in Los Angeles grew with dizzying speed on Tuesday and by the afternoon had engulfed many homes in Pacific Palisades, an affluent coastal neighborhood on the city’s west side.The fire...

Three senior Trump administration officials violated Justice Department rules just before the 2020 election by divulging details of an investigation into coronavirus deaths at nursing homes in New York and other Democratic-run...

The Election Day vote count and two subsequent recounts have concluded that a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court was narrowly won in November by the incumbent Democratic...

Former President Jimmy Carter, who disavowed the trappings of the imperial presidency and never gave up his humble Georgia roots, will nonetheless be given an elaborate national send-off starting on Tuesday when...