Private firefighters highlight wealth divide in ruined Los Angeles

Agence France Presse 01/18/2025

PACIFIC Palisades, United States — On one side of the street lie the ashes of ruined houses, lost to the huge blazes that defeated Los Angeles firefighters when hydrants ran dry. On the other side, a small…

TikTok ban looms: TikTok users, mourn, frustrated, cling to hope

Associated Press 01/18/2025

NEW YORK — The U.S. is inching closer and closer to a potential TikTok ban — with the nation’s highest court upholding a law that’s set to halt new downloads of the app starting Sunday. But many…

Trump’s 1st law to sign? Migrant detention bill advanced by US Senate

Associated Press 01/18/2025

WASHINGTON — The Senate is heading toward a final vote on legislation that would give states the power to challenge federal immigration policies and require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, setting…

US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok

Agence France Presse 01/18/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days. In a major defeat…

Pope Francis hurts his arm after falling for 2nd time in over a month

Associated Press 01/17/2025

ROME — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn’t break his arm, but a sling was…

Teen kills fellow student, teacher at Slovak school

Agence France Presse 01/17/2025

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A teen killed a fellow student and a teacher in a knife attack at a secondary school in northeastern Slovakia on Thursday and wounded another student. The 18-year-old was detained shortly after the crime,…

What is RedNote, the Chinese app taking the US by storm?

Agence France Presse 01/16/2025

In the days leading up to a proposed US government ban on the social media platform TikTok, American users have turned to another Chinese-owned app, Xiaohongshu or popularly referred to as RedNote. The United States passed a…

Los Angeles: Stronger winds threaten to fan wildfires ravaging area

Associated Press 01/14/2025

LOS ANGELES — A growing force of firefighters battled massive infernos across the Los Angeles area on Monday as more powerful winds moved in and threatened recent progress against wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and…

Pope Francis baptizes 21 babies in annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel

Associated Press 01/12/2025

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at…

Los Angeles investigates fire blame as curfew enforced

Agence France Presse 01/11/2025

LOS ANGELES, United States — Californians on Friday demanded to know who is at fault for the vast devastation caused by the raging Los Angeles wildfires, as a strict curfew went into force to prevent looting and…

LA wildfire victims include man holding a hose, dad at his son’s bedside

Associated Press 01/11/2025

LOS ANGELES — At least 11 people were killed and thousands of structures were burned as fierce wildfires raged in the Los Angeles area. The dead include four men and one woman who were unable to leave…

US judge spares Trump jail, fine for hush money conviction

Agence France Presse 01/11/2025

NEW YORK, United States — A judge sentenced Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge Friday for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US president-elect’s last-ditch efforts to avoid becoming the first felon…

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