A wildfire fueled by powerful winds is tearing through a Los Angeles hillside home to celebrity residences, forcing tens of thousands to flee. Meanwhile, a polar vortex is bringing subfreezing temperatures to parts of the southern United States, with snow predicted for Texas and Oklahoma. Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral has relocated from Georgia to Washington, D.C. Other news includes President-elect Trump's comments on military control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, and the discovery of two bodies in the landing gear of a JetBlue plane.
LOS ANGELES — A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds is sweeping through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences. Homes have burned and tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders, some of whom abandoned cars and fled on foot due to clogged roads. California Gov. Gavin News om says many structures have already been destroyed in the Pacific Palisades wildfire.
NORFOLK, Va. — The plunging polar vortex is bringing subfreezing temperatures to some of the southernmost points of the U.S. A forming storm system is threatening to dump snow on parts of Texas and Oklahoma, while communities in Louisiana and Florida may see frigid cold. WASHINGTON — Jimmy Carter's state funeral has moved to Washington after observances in his native Georgia. The 39th president's remains left the Carter Presidential Center on Tuesday morning and flew to the Washington area aboard Special Air Mission 39.
People are also reading… PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump says he won't rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities say two bodies have been found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft at a South Florida airport. The airline says the bodies were discovered in the wheel well area during a routine post-flight inspection on Monday night at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.LOS ANGELES — The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86.
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