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With their Los Angeles-area homes still smoldering, families return to search the ruins for memories

With their Los Angeles-area homes still smoldering, families return to search the ruins for memories

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many watched their homes burn on television in a state of shock.
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Winter weather limits North Carolina governor's inauguration to TV speech

Winter weather limits North Carolina governor's inauguration to TV speech

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With an outdoor public inauguration ceremony canceled due to winter weather , new North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein instead planned to kick off his term in office with a televised address indoors.
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Powerful winter storm that dumped snow in US South maintains its icy grip

Powerful winter storm that dumped snow in US South maintains its icy grip

ATLANTA (AP) — A winter storm that dropped heavy snow and glazed roads throughout the U.S. South was maintaining its icy grip on much of the region into the weekend.
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Families in shock begin to visit their charred homes in the Los Angeles area

Families in shock begin to visit their charred homes in the Los Angeles area

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many watched their homes burn on television in a state of shock.
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Quebec, B.C., sending more resources to California to combat L.A. wildfires

Quebec, B.C., sending more resources to California to combat L.A. wildfires

MONTREAL — Quebec said Friday it will send two more firefighting aircraft to California, a day after one of the province’s water bombers collided with a drone while battling the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area.
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Powerful winter storm dumps heavy snow, causing flight delays, slick roads and school closings

Powerful winter storm dumps heavy snow, causing flight delays, slick roads and school closings

ATLANTA (AP) — A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma lumbered eastward into Southern U.S. states Friday, making for dicey travel and a rare snow day for many students .
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Are cars 'structures'? Here's a look at how damage is tallied in devastating Los Angeles wildfires

Are cars 'structures'? Here's a look at how damage is tallied in devastating Los Angeles wildfires

The extent of the damage from wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area is horrific however it's tallied: Neighborhoods have been erased, landmarks destroyed and lives lost.
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LA Mayor Karen Bass faces critical leadership test as questions emerge about wildfire response

LA Mayor Karen Bass faces critical leadership test as questions emerge about wildfire response

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Earlier this week, as hurricane-strength winds blew through bone-dry hillside subdivisions, Los Angeles saw its worst nightmare realized as long-predicted firestorms engulfed wide swaths of the nation's second-largest city.
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Disney pledges $15 million in Los Angeles fire aid as more stars learn they've lost their homes

Disney pledges $15 million in Los Angeles fire aid as more stars learn they've lost their homes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
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DC sues federal government over pollution in Anacostia River

DC sues federal government over pollution in Anacostia River

The District of Columbia on Friday filed a lawsuit against the federal government over pollution in the Anacostia River, arguing it has inflicted “catastrophic harm” on the mostly poor and minority communities living along the urban waterway.
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