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(The Center Square) – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, citing Crowley’s placing firefighters off duty and the chief’s alleged refusal to conduct an after-action fire report. Crowley notably fought against this year’s [...]

The charity’s director of external affairs Henry Gregg said: “As a charity that is committed to reducing air pollution, we made a decision in the summer of 2022 to move our pensions and investments out of fossil fuel funds [...]

Elon Musk said his team at the Department of Government Efficiency, President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting agency, has uncovered illicit activity from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “The @DOGE team just […] The post FEMA did not use disaster relief money [...]

After Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., criticized his reform plans, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara accused him of "white mansplaining" --- Allegations of coziness between California’s elected state insurance commissioner and the insurance industry led to accusations flying between him, critics in [...]

One of the nations being affected by the USAID funding cut is Sudan, which is undergoing a civil war. --- LEICESTER, United Kingdom – One of the nations being affected by the USAID funding cut is Sudan, which is undergoing a [...]

On a recent Sunday, Tracy Quinn drove down the Pacific Coast Highway to assess damage wrought upon the coastline by the Palisades Fire. The water line was darkened by ash. Burnt remnants of washing machines and dryers and metal [...]

House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson says no SNAP benefit cuts are expected, focusing instead on strengthening program integrity and state accountability. --- House Agriculture Committee Chair G.T. Thompson clarified on Friday that he does not expect reductions to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance [...]

M23 insurgents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) captured two more towns and reached the airport in the provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, raising fears of a humanitarian disaster and criminal abuse of civilians. The post U.N. [...]

Store manager Mike Douglas announced the sad news on social media, writing: “I would like to say a big thank you for all the support over the years, but Barnardo’s have decided to close the store. To clear out remaining [...]

Insurance companies have so far paid out more than $6.9 billion for losses from the biggest two of the Los Angeles-area wildfires that swept through the region and destroyed tens of thousands of homes last month. That’s according to [...]