Monday April 21st, 2025 7:58PM

AP National News

Fire tornadoes pose a threat in California. A pyrotechnics lab shows how they work
The National Weather Service's warning about the “particularly dangerous situation” in which any new fire could explode in size in the Los Angeles area didn’t mention fire tornadoes
12:08AM ( 3 months ago )
Fire tornadoes pose a threat in California. A fire lab shows how they work
The National Weather Service's warning about the “particularly dangerous situation” in which any new fire could explode in size in the Los Angeles area didn’t mention fire tornadoes
12:08AM ( 3 months ago )
AAPI adults prioritize immigration, but split on mass deportations: AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll
Immigration is a top issue many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders want the federal government to focus on this year, according to a new poll
12:01AM ( 3 months ago )
Biden's education chief says he avoided 'culture wars' despite goading from GOP governors
While Republican states were working to limit school history lessons and ban transgender athletes, President Joe Biden’s education chief said he was focused on what matters — putting more social workers in schools, expanding summer school and building a pipeline of new teachers
7:26PM ( 3 months ago )
Biden announces 2 new national monuments in California after wildfires scuttled previous event
President Joe Biden has announced the creation of two California national monuments that will honor Native American tribes while shielding picturesque mountains and deserts from mining and energy development
7:13PM ( 3 months ago )
Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez dies at 76
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and Co-Founder of the Rainbow Coalition, has died
6:50PM ( 3 months ago )
Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements
6:50PM ( 3 months ago )
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have been cited for anticipating a world wracked by climate change, racism and economic disparity
6:01PM ( 3 months ago )
Top DC prosecutor: Trump pardons couldn't erase impact of Capitol riot convictions
The top federal prosecutor for Washington, D
4:51PM ( 3 months ago )
A retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly Los Angeles fire
A surprising AP photograph of an undamaged Volkswagen van surrounded by destruction from a Los Angeles wildfire has astonished viewers
4:43PM ( 3 months ago )