news2shortsWildfires fuelled by intense Santa Ana winds are still burning across Los Angeles despite some progress at containing them. At least 24 people have died and more than 100,000 are under evacuation orders, while at least 12,000 structures have been incinerated LA wildfires: death toll rises to 24 as winds threaten further destruction California wildfires … Read more
Incoming vice-president makes comments on Fox News, but later says pardons still remain a possibility for some people Donald Trump supporters who carried out violence during the US Capitol attack in early January 2021 should not be pardoned by him after he begins his second presidency, JD Vance said Sunday. The incoming vice-president’s remarks on … Read more
We’d like to hear about the disaster’s financial impact on people who have lost their home, business, or community – their mortgages, lost possessions, rents, insurances and investments California homeowners and business owners who lost everything in the devastating Los Angeles-area fires now have to tackle their insurance companies to recover the value of their … Read more
The Supreme Court turned away appeals filed by various oil companies seeking to shut down a lawsuit brought in Hawaii aiming to hold them accountable for climate change.
Wall Street’s largest banks simultaneously exited the same net-zero climate alliance that was probed by Republican lawmakers last year, announced just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office. Since 2021, banking giants have been prominent members of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a global group of financial institutions “committed to financing ambitious … Read more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Allstate insurance company for allegedly illegally collecting, using and selling the driving behavior data of over 45 million Americans. Paxton filed the suit in the District Court for Montgomery County, Texas, on Monday morning. In the suit, he accuses Allstate, and its subsidiary data analytics company “Arity,” of … Read more
President-elect Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, is expected to be grilled during his confirmation hearing over allegations of sexual and financial misconduct and alcohol abuse. NBC News’ Ali Vitali reports on Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick.
His easing of regulations could leave many unprotected from financial manipulation, misconduct and bursting bubbles As the United States prepares for Donald Trump’s inauguration on 20 January, all eyes are on the cryptocurrency markets. After Bitcoin’s price reached $100,000 (£81,917) for the first time in history in December 2024, the cryptocurrency community is eagerly anticipating … Read more
The online lender has thrived as it helped extend $400m in loans with its biggest individual investor, Don Hankey As the dust started to settle after the deadly 6 January Capitol attack in 2021, Donald Trump found himself losing corporate allies. Shocked by the rampage that followed efforts to overturn the US presidential election, companies … Read more
Questions raised of whether Palisades fire is connected to earlier fire put out new year’s day, with possible human origins California wildfires: live updates As efforts continue to put out two massive firestorms that are ravaging Los Angeles, officials have started to investigate the cause and origin of the blazes that have killed at least … Read more
