Madeleine Brand

The Franklin Fire erupted on Monday night, and thousands of residents are under mandatory evacuation orders. The flames jumped PCH near Malibu Canyon Rd., threatening Malibu Pier.

The Biden administration is in its final 40 days and trying to make progress on Ukraine, Gaza, student loans, climate and immigration.

Hamas is reportedly willing to let Israel stage troops temporarily in Gaza as part of a ceasefire agreement. Could it lead to annexation of the Palestinian territory?

Despite ongoing concern about teen internet use, young people are online as much as ever. A new Pew survey of nearly 1,400 teens found surprising results across gender, racial, and political lines.

California Sen. Adam Schiff officially took office this month. He discusses the prospect of a preemptive pardon from President Biden, and the future of Democrats’ relationship with President-elect Trump.

On X, Elon Musk tried to kill a short-term budget agreement between Democrats and Republicans. Congress has until midnight Friday to strike a deal to avert a shutdown.

President Biden races to cement his stamp on the federal judiciary, while President-elect Trump may remain dogged by his hush-money convictions.

“I play a woman whose daughter is terminally ill, who's in complete and utter denial about her daughter's situation, and is actually, in fact, making bad choices, almost unconsciously, in regards to her child,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus says of her role in “Tuesday.”

“You had this punk attitude, very loud heavy metal music. But also the songs were palatable. They were really good songs that you could sing along to, and they were sexy,” says Tracii Guns about the hair metal era.

On New Year’s Day, a former Army veteran drove a car into a crowd on Bourbon Street, and opened fire on civilians and law enforcement. He had shown sympathies with ISIS.