Wildfires are raging across Los Angeles. Here are the neighborhoods facing the fast-moving blaze

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

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The wildfires in southern California have engulfed 23,000 acres since Tuesday, the president-elect asked the Supreme Court to block his sentencing scheduled for 10 days before his inauguration, and Jay-Z filed to dismiss the lawsuit brought by his accuser.

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Donald Trump is doubling down on his desire to purchase Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, despite the country not being for sale.

Since December, the president-elect has floated the idea of acquiring Greenland "for purposes of national security" – a similar idea that he pitched during his first administration. He even sent his eldest son Donald Trump Jr. to the island on Tuesday in a bizarre publicity stunt.

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