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Brad Matthews

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A fire vehicle moves down a street in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Woman arrested on suspicion of arson near state park 23.6 miles from Pacific Palisades, California

A 60-year-old woman was arrested Friday and charged with arson for a brush fire that broke out Wednesday near Leo Carillo State Park in California.

January 11, 2025

FILE - Water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine outside Silverton, Colo., Aug. 14, 2015. In December 2022, outgoing Attorney General Hector Balderas announced six entities impacted by the 2015 Gold King Mine spill will share roughly $4 million in grants from a settlement. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

New Mexico wants to fine Cannon Air Force Base nearly $100K for chemical spill

New Mexico environmental officials demanded Cannon Air Force Base justify its operating permit and pay nearly $100,000 over a chemical spill last summer.

January 11, 2025

$The Philadelphia side of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge spanning the Delaware River is pictured on Feb. 10, 2021. On Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, the Delaware River Basin Commission, a regulatory agency responsible for the water supply of more than 13 million people in four Northeastern states, moved to ban gas drillers from dumping fracking wastewater in the Delaware River watershed and to make it difficult for them to take fresh water out. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)$

Cargo ship runs aground in Philadelphia

A self-unloading cargo ship carrying 45,000 tons of solar salt got stuck in the Delaware River in Philadelphia this week.

January 11, 2025

Then-LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy (2) during the first half of an NCAA football game on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Oxford, Miss. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

Former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy charged with negligent homicide in alleged hit-and-run incident

Former Louisiana State University wide receiver Kyren Lacy is wanted by Louisiana State Police on charges of negligent homicide after a deadly hit-and-run crash last month.

January 11, 2025

Passengers on Delta plane at Atlanta airport use slides to deplane; 4 injured

Passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight had to use slides to deplane onto the runway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday. Four people suffered minor injuries and one was hospitalized.

January 11, 2025

Streaming venture that would have hosted ESPN, Fox, TNT Sports content axed

Venu Sports, a planned partnership among ESPN, Fox Sports and TNT Sports parent Warner Bros. Discovery that would have streamed live sports content from the three companies, was axed Friday.

January 10, 2025

The Palisades Fire continues to burn in the outskirts of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Man suspected of arson in Los Angeles’ Kenneth fire charged with probation violation

A man was arrested in a Los Angeles neighborhood Thursday on suspicion of arson, but police said there was not enough probable cause to charge him with it.

January 10, 2025

A young woman hold onto her pink umbrella as she visits the Jefferson Memorial during a winter snow storm, in Washington, DC., Tuesday, January 21, 2014. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

11 D.C. schools grapple with lack of heat in freezing temperatures

Eleven D.C. public schools are suffering from a lack of heat as temperatures barely climb above freezing.

January 10, 2025

Cars are parked in front of a Macy's store at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills, Ill., June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Macy’s releases list of 66 stores that are closing

Macy's on Thursday confirmed it's closing 66 of its locations imminently as part of a plan announced last year to shutter 150 through fiscal 2026.

January 10, 2025

Smoke lingers over a neighborhood devastated by the Eaton Fire, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Drone collision wrecks Canadian plane fighting Palisades fire

A Canadian Super Scooper plane fighting California's wildfires was hit by an illegally flown drone Thursday and is keeping it from flying until it's repaired.

January 10, 2025

Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, talks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump National Golf Club, Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

MyPillow Inc. ordered to pay nearly $780,000 to shipping company DHL

MyPillow Inc., founded and owned by Mike Lindell, has been ordered by a Minnesota judge to pay over $770,000 to shipping company DHL.

January 9, 2025

The devastation from the Palisades Fire is seen from the air in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Nomination period for 97th Oscars extended due to Los Angeles wildfires

Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will have an extra two days to vote on their nominations for the 97th Oscars later this year, due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

January 9, 2025

The Hollywood Sign is seen in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Universal theme parks closed due to Los Angeles fires, Disneyland still open

The ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles led to the closure of Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk for safety reasons.

January 9, 2025

General exterior view of SoFi Stadium before an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)

Rams-Vikings playoff game in L.A. could shift to Arizona depending on fires

The Los Angeles Rams' Monday playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings could be moved due to L.A.'s wildfires.

January 9, 2025

A JetBlue plane takes off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Bodies found on JetBlue aircraft in Florida were decayed

The two bodies found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane that landed at Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport this week were badly decomposed, according to reports.

January 9, 2025

NBC Washington reporter Derrick Ward dead at 62

NBC Washington reporter Derrick Ward, a District native and University of Maryland graduate, died Tuesday from complications stemming from a cardiac arrest. He was 62.

January 8, 2025

Pepco linemen show the process of repairing fallen power lines at "summer readiness" demonstration at Pepco’s Service Center in Rockville, Maryland, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Two dogs died on the 1100 block of 19th Street NW in the District earlier this week. The police and power company Pepco are investigating whether the dogs were electrocuted. (Lizzy Donker/The Washington Times)

Police, Pepco investigate deaths of 2 dogs that walked on same District sidewalk

Two dogs died on the 1100 block of 19th Street NW in the District earlier this week. The police and power company Pepco are investigating whether the dogs were electrocuted.

January 8, 2025

Montgomery police officers block the intersection outside a parking garage in downtown Silver Spring, Md., Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. A man was arrested by police over the weekend for trying to attack three people with a machete at a Silver Spring shopping center. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Man accused of trying to attack three people at Montgomery County shopping center with machete

A man was arrested by Montgomery County Police over the weekend for trying to attack three people with a machete at a Silver Spring, Maryland, shopping center.

January 8, 2025

The Palisades Fire burns a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Celebrities among thousands evacuated amid Palisades fire

The Pacific Palisades fire has engulfed at least 2,920 acres in Los Angeles County, requiring thousands to evacuate, including several celebrities who live in the area.

January 8, 2025

Vehicles are left stranded off the side of the road after residents tried to flee from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

L.A. personnel fighting Palisades fire forced to bulldoze stranded cars

Los Angeles firefighters and others tackling the Pacific Palisades fire had to use a bulldozer to clear a path to hillier areas after residents abandoned their cars.

January 8, 2025