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Fire authorities on Sunday described battling fierce, howling winds and rescuing people in a fast-moving Southern California wildfire that forced thousands of people to flee and destroyed at least 168 structures and damaged 67. Crews increased containment of the Mountain Fire to 31% in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles, up from 26% on Sunday morning. The fire’s size remains …

The editor-in-chief of Scientific American apologized on Friday for a “mistaken expression of shock and confusion” after she went on an expletive-filled rant against Donald Trump voters on election night. Laura Helmuth, of the longtime science and technology publication, put up a series of social media posts reportedly bashing supporters of the Republican as Trump was on his way to …

Florida’s inexplicable “ghost lights” phenomenon has haunted drivers for six decades and counting — still with no explanation for its cause as motorists prepare for its potential reappearance in the coming winter months. The “Oviedo Lights” have been reported on Snow Hill Road, a straight shot connecting Chuluota, Fla. to Geneva, Fla. since the 1960s, according to local Florida historian …

President-elect Donald Trump says that Tom Homan, his former acting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his incoming administration. “I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders,” he wrote late Sunday on his Truth Social …

CNN host Fareed Zakaria listed three major reasons Vice President Kamala Harris came up woefully short against Donald Trump in last week’s election – and even knocked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in his takedown of Democrats on Sunday. Zakaria claimed the Biden administration’s poor handling of the southern border, an “overzealous misuse of the law to punish Trump,” and …

President Biden stumbled multiple times – and even needed an assist from First Lady Jill Biden – as he trudged through the sand near his Delaware beach house Sunday, according to footage of the moment. The outgoing commander in chief, 81, was seen repeatedly losing his balance as he navigated the unstable sand in Rehoboth Beach Sunday afternoon, nearly a …

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik for the job of US ambassador to the United Nations, according to a report. Trump offered Stefanik the gig late Sunday, a source familiar with the assignment told CNN. The apparent offer follows previous reports that Trump was eyeing the powerful chair of the House Republican Conference for the gig. Rep. Elise …

NEW YORK – Raindrops of relief are expected to begin falling Sunday night for parched regions of the US, including the Northeast and mid-Atlantic plagued by extreme fire weather and poor air quality. This rain event won’t be drought-ending, but it’s a start. The first rounds of rainfall in weeks will help improve conditions for firefighters across the region battling extreme …

Two people were found dead with their necks slashed in a grisly scene inside a Brooklyn home Sunday afternoon. The victims, a 91-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman, were discovered brutally killed inside a two-story home at 186 Warwick St. in Cypress Hills at around 4:30 p.m. by officers responding to a 911 call, police said. The bodies of both …

Women online have taken to filming ghoulish murder-fantasy videos in which they romanticize lacing men’s beverages with deadly poison as a justifiable response to fears about abortion rights under a second Trump presidency. Many of the videos have been viewed millions of times on X or TikTok and feature young women fiendishly grinning as they adulterate a cup of tea …