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Thousands are on the run. Lisa Brady, Fox News. From what's now the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history, the Pacific Palisades fire exploding to more than 12,000 acres in Hurricane Force Santa Ana winds, destroying more than 1,000 structures. Firefighters are here, but they are essentially the homes that are already burning. They've had no choice but to let
them burn. Their resources are stretched so thin here that this has been a life-saving operation rather than a property-saving one for much of the last 24 hours or so. Fox's Jonathan Hunt in Pacific Palisades. Actor Steve Guttenberg evacuated his Palisades home and tells Fox News he's trying to help others any way he can. I saw a little dog that I tried to save and
It ran away from me. I went down to Mexico Boulevard, fire on both sides. All the houses are on fire. All the grocery stores, all the theaters, the theater is on fire. The woman's club is on fire.
It's just a terrible, terrible thing right now. Tens of thousands under evacuation orders in several L.A. area fires. One of those fires now blamed for at least two deaths. A home hockey game tonight for the L.A. Kings is now postponed. The NBA's L.A. Lakers are scheduled to play in the same arena tomorrow night. The NFL also monitoring potential fire impacts on playoff prep. President Biden heading back to Washington after a briefing at a Santa Monica firehouse.
pledging as much federal help as needed. It's going to take time. We're in it. The federal government is here to stay as long as you need us and everything you need. The president alongside California's governor at that stop added to a previously scheduled California trip. President-elect Trump criticizing both the president and governor and describing the fires as emblematic.
of what he calls gross incompetence and mismanagement. A mixed day on Wall Street, the Dow up 106 at the bell. America is listening to Fox News. The NFL playoffs are better with FanDuel because right now new customers can bet $5 and get $200 in bonus bets, guaranteed. That's $200 in bonus bets, win or lose.
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New research finds that one quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction. Thousands of species. The report published in the journal Nature, it's the first time researchers have analyzed the global risk to freshwater species. Previous ones have focused on land animals. Researchers finding 24% of the 23,000 plus species they examined are classified as vulnerable, endangered, or critically
endangered because of compounding threats from pollution, dams, water extraction, agriculture, invasive species, climate change and other disruptions. Freshwater habitats cover less than 1% of the planet's surface but support 10% of its animal species. Fox's Lillian Wu. The White House just confirming that President Biden will announce a new commitment of humanitarian assistance to the UN's World Food Program during a visit to Rome later this week.
They have both confirmed, not confirmed rather, a specific amount for the pledge. During the same trip, the president plans to host a virtual meeting with leaders from Japan and the Philippines. A tech executive denies his sister's accusations of sexual abuse. Open AI CEO Sam Altman says it's utterly untrue that he abused his sister Annie. She's made the claim before on social media and is now suing in federal court, accusing him of regularly abusing her for nine years starting in 1997.
when he was 12 years old and she was three, at their family's home in Clayton, Missouri. A statement from Sam Altman, his mother and two brothers, says caring for a family member who faces mental health challenges is incredibly difficult and that she continues to demand more money despite having her monthly expenses covered by them.
Chris Foster, Fox News. Recapping the mixed finish on Wall Street for the Dow, a late rally up about 107 points. The S&P also in the green up nine points, but the Nasdaq finishes down at 10 points. Wall Street will close tomorrow on a national day of mourning for former President Carter. I'm Lisa Brady, Fox News.
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