How to Help Victims of the Fires in Los Angeles

Raging fires have left five people dead, destroyed or damaged thousands of homes and other buildings and consumed thousands of acres. Here’s how you can help the victims.

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Who Are the Victims of the Los Angeles Fires?

At least five people died in fires raging across Los Angeles. Several of them appeared to have lived near each other in the ravaged Altadena neighborhood.

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Friday Briefing: Racing to Control Los Angeles Fires

Plus, renovating a wrecked palazzo.

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Venâncio Mondlane Returns to Mozambique, Declaring Himself President

After a self-imposed exile, Venâncio Mondlane was welcomed home by delirious crowds supporting his claim that the country’s last election was stolen from him by corrupt elites.

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Venezuela’s Opposition Leader, Maria Corina Machado, Is Freed After Being Detained

During her detention, an aide said, Maria Corina Machado “was forced to record several videos.” She has garnered enormous support for her opposition to Nicolás Maduro.

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‘Everything is Burned Down’

Sheila Morovati’s Pacific Palisades home was spared, but her neighborhood was decimated in the Los Angeles fires. For her, climate change looms over the tragic loses.

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Enron Is Back. Could This Possibly Be Real?

One of the pranksters behind “Birds Aren’t Real” is back to revive a company synonymous with corporate malfeasance — it has merch and what it’s claiming is an at-home nuclear reactor.

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New York City’s Economy Surged in 2024. A Trump Shake-Up Looms.

The city has made up much of the ground it lost amid the coronavirus pandemic. Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House could upend that recovery.

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At Jimmy Carter’s Funeral, a Rare Image of Presidential Unity

President-elect Donald J. Trump becomes part of the club. Melania Trump joins the first ladies.

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Biden Says Jimmy Carter’s ‘Enduring Attribute’ Was Character

The president told attendees at the state funeral, including the other four living presidents, that Mr. Carter’s character allowed him to survive in a world of powerful pressures.

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