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No 'water system in the world' could have handled the LA fires

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Wind, drought, old houses made an unprecedented disaster inevitable. Still, the region could have been better prepared.
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Trump's criminal sentencing

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Attorney Emil Bove, left, listens as Attorney Todd Blanche and President-elect Donald Trump, seen on a television screen, appear virtually for sentencing, at Manhattan Criminal Court on January 10, 2025 in New York City.
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