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Los Angeles fire losses could reach $30 billion for insurers

Disaster already the "costliest wildfire event in California history," report finds.

Trump asks appeals court to reconsider overturning $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict

President-elect Trump is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider overturning a jury's verdict that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s.

Presidents Obama, Clinton, Bush will be at Trump's inauguration; Michelle Obama won't

Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W

Debunking 5 claims about the California wildfires

As wildfires continue to spread in southern California, misinformation about the response to the fires have cropped up online. Here are 5 claims debunked.

LIVE: Confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth

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Al Capone called it his sweetheart. The pistol that saved his life is coming to Vegas

A rare glimpse into mobster Al Capone’s home life will be on display in a new exhibit at the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas

LA fires live updates: How the Palisades Village managed to survive the firestorm

At least 24 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.

WATCH: A look at California fires from the sky

KABC chopper pilot Gabe Santos shares an aerial view of the wildfires and how they are developing.

California fires weather forecast: 'Dangerous' wind situation begins early Tuesday

The strongest gusts are expected Tuesday morning and early afternoon, which will then be followed by a break in the evening.

US to ban Russian, Chinese software and hardware in vehicles

The United States is going to ban Russian and Chinese software in vehicles, according to the Department of Commerce, due to national security concerns.

Rescuers bring out survivors, dead from South African mine as hundreds remain trapped

Rescuers have sent a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds of illegal miners trapped for months in an abandoned shaft

Human remains ‘in various states of decomposition’ found on public hiking trail

Human remains that had been decomposing “for an extended period of time” have been discovered just off of a public hiking trail in Utah, police said.

Jack Smith, in final report, says voters saved Trump from being convicted

The Justice Department has released Volume One of special counsel Jack Smith's final report, detailing his election interference investigation into Donald Trump.

North Korea tests 'several' missiles, South Korean military says

North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Multiracial boom in 2020 census was mostly an illusion, researchers say

When 2020 census results were released more than three years ago, they showed a 276% boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States since 2010