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As flames linger, talk turns to rebuilding Los Angeles neighborhoods leveled by wildfires
Heartbroken families, burned-out business owners and beleaguered Los Angeles leaders are beginning to ponder a monumental task: rebuilding what was lost in the Southern California wildfires.
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Rudy Giuliani to be first witness at trial over whether he keeps Florida home and World Series rings2m read

Democrats' crisis of the future: the biggest states that back them are shrinking3m read

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight and reaches orbit3m read

Trump's pick to oversee US public lands faces Senate hearing1m read
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Biden executive order aims to shore up US cyber defenses1m read
Trucks carrying food for besieged residents come under rocket attack in NW Pakistan

UK's Starmer in Kyiv for security talks with a pledge for a '100-year partnership' with Ukraine3m read

American accused of assaulting a Pennsylvania student is being extradited to the US, prosecutors say1m read

Japan bank executives take pay cuts after employee is accused of stealing from safe deposit boxes1m read

Lawyers for detained South Korean president say he will reject questioning by investigators2m read

Middle East latest: Netanyahu says Cabinet won't meet over ceasefire until Hamas drops new demands1m read

Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan is stabbed by an intruder at his home in Mumbai

Netanyahu says 'last minute crisis' with Hamas holding up approval of Gaza truce and hostage deal3m read

YouTube election fraud conspiracy theories fuel impeached South Korean president and his supporters4m read

Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa1m read

He left his LA-area home to cover the wildfires. But the flames were barreling toward his front door
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Vanuatu holds snap election a month after destructive earthquake1m read

Japan YouTuber novelist woos global audience with visual, accessible horror1m read

Tropical Thailand takes a break from the heat as it experiences a run of cool weather1m read

Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states3m read
Some immigrants are already leaving the US in 'self-deportations' as Trump's threats loom4m read

Many colleges are settling antisemitism cases. Some Republicans blast 'toothless' agreements3m read

Treasury nominee plans to say at confirmation hearing that Trump will unleash 'economic golden age'1m read

Middle East latest: Israel's Netanyahu says Gaza ceasefire deal is not complete20m read

College students charged in TikTok-inspired 'catch a predator' plot expected in court1m read

Battle over 'conversion therapy' ban, separation of powers before Wisconsin Supreme Court3m read

Nevada GOP governor tells Democratic-controlled Legislature to set politics aside, find compromise1m read

Eager visitors flock to see spectacular lava fountaining from Kilauea eruption in Hawaii