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LAUSD Sets 2028 Deadline to Rebuild Fire-Ravaged Palisades Schools

Sophia A. Reynolds January 7, 2026

> At a Glance > - New LAUSD campuses for Palisades Fire-damaged schools ready by fall 2028 > - $604 million total rebuild; $202 million earmarked for...

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$15 Sprinklers Save 12 Homes from Palisades Inferno

Ethan R. Coleman January 7, 2026

At a Glance Jim Cragg used $15 sprinklers on his roof to stop the January 2025 Palisades Fire from jumping to nearby houses His nonstop watering...

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5-Foot-6 Woman Shuts Down Doubters to Become Florida Firefighter

Sophia A. Reynolds January 7, 2026

> At a Glance > - V'asiah Marie, 27, ignored family doubts that firefighting "isn't for women" and now serves full-time in Florida > - She pivoted...

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NTSB Retrieves Wedding-Day Helicopter That Killed 4 in Arizona Canyon

Amanda S. Bennett January 7, 2026

> At a Glance > - The helicopter that crashed on Jan. 2 near Superior, Arizona, has been recovered > - Pilot David McCarty and his three...

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Cow Stops Traffic in Murrieta, Police Turn Ranch Hands

Daniel J. Whitman January 7, 2026

> At a Glance > - A cow escaped its enclosure on Jan. 5 and wandered into a Murrieta, Calif., residential street > - Police and neighbors safely...

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Rescue Pup Chilli Joins Elite UK Team Sniffing Out CF Infections

Marcus L. Bennett January 7, 2026

> At a Glance > - Yellow Lab Chilli cleared final assessments in December 2025. > - He will train to detect Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a drug-resistant...

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Maryland Man Wanted for Ex-Girlfriend’s Murder Flees to India

Olivia M. Hartwell January 6, 2026

> At a Glance > - Police issued a first- and second-degree murder warrant for Arjun Sharma, 26, on Jan. 4 > - Victim Nikitha Godishala, 27, was found...

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NJ Police Kill Machete Killer Who Murdered Mom, Grandparents

Daniel J. Whitman January 6, 2026

> At a Glance > - Police in Piscataway, NJ shot a machete-wielding man after Tasers failed > - The suspect had killed his mother and grandparents...

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100-Year-Old Identical Twins Still Share Everything-Even a Bed

Ethan R. Coleman January 6, 2026

> At a Glance > - Wilma Cagle and Welthy Senn, identical twins, turned 100 in November > - They live together in Greenville, SC, dress alike, and...

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Colorado Hiker Killed by Mountain Lion Identified

Sophia A. Reynolds January 6, 2026

At a Glance Kristen Marie Kovatch, 46, died from neck compression after a mountain lion attack on New Year's Day Two mountain lions were euthanized;...