A baseball player and honor student: What we know about the teen who confessed to burning Mississippi’s oldest synagogue

Hours before a destructive arson fire at the oldest synagogue in Mississippi, the 19-year-old suspect posted an antisemitic meme on Instagram, an account that appears to belong to him shows.

Wildfires in Palisades and Altadena upended life for many residents. A year later, the community’s strength keeps them going

Parched soil crunched under Jessica Rogers’ boots as she crossed the empty lot overlooking Palisades’ Stadium By the Sea. She sprayed her hose towards a cluster of leafy bushes growing at the base of ...

A year after L.A. fires, survivors face a perfect storm of insurance shortfalls and rising homebuilding costs

Fewer than a fifth of burned-out homes in Altadena have been issued rebuilding permits, county records show, let alone started construction. After an early rush of property sales, some homeowners have ...

FBI: Arson suspect admitted to starting fire at Mississippi’s largest synagogue ‘due to building’s Jewish ties’

The suspect in a fire at a prominent Jackson, Mississippi, synagogue, confessed to starting the blaze, according to a criminal complaint released by the FBI.

California wildfires: How politics crept into the 2025 natural disaster

Jacob Soboroff, author of “Firestorm,” speaks to Bianna Golodryga one year after parts of Los Angeles were devastated by wildfires.

5 things to know for Jan. 7: Greenland, California wildfires anniversary, Venezuela, Flu season, Brown University shooting

The suspect in last month’s shooting at Brown University and subsequent killing of an MIT professor admitted to the attacks in a series of short videos authorities recovered from an electronic device, ...

January 1, 2026 — Switzerland ski resort fire

A blaze at a New Year’s party in a Swiss ski resort bar has left dozens dead and about 115 injured, officials said.