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

Friday, January 10, 2025

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Prison inmates are playing a crucial role in battling the fires engulfing Los Angeles, Donald Trump continues to fixate on conquering Canada, and a woman who lost her hand to a shark is raising money for a prosthetic after insurance refused to pay.

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1 | Wildfires continue to destroy Los Angeles. It's now up to hundreds of prison inmates to help slow the spread

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2 | Melania Trump joins Donald on Hill as he tells GOP lawmakers plans to make Canada '51st state'

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3 | Woman who lost hand fighting off a shark is raising money for a new prosthetic - after insurance refused to pay

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4 | Drunk firefighter causes chaos in first class — forcing pilot to make emergency landing, police say

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5 | Tattoo artist defends inking 9-year-old with American flag

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The Big Question 

More than 15,000 doctors have signed a letter imploring the US Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation for secretary of health and human services.

The letter, organized by the advocacy group Committee to Protect Health Care, calls President-elect Donald Trump's decision to nominate Kennedy "a slap in the face to every health care professional who has spent their lives working to protect patients from preventable illness and death."

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STAT OF THE DAY

30,000

Number of acres burned by Southern California wildfires since Tuesday.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"We cannot in any way accept the bombing of civilians"

Pope Francis spoke out on Israel's military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave "shameful."

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