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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildfires that ravaged some of the most picturesque neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area continued to grow Wednesday as fire crews battled three major out-of-control blazes that killed at least five people.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A daytime Russian missile attack on the southern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 civilians and wounded about 30 others on Wednesday, officials said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump, who has alternated among praising, criticizing and even mocking Jimmy Carter , came Wednesday to the Capitol Rotunda to pay his respects as the 39th president lay in state ahead of his funeral Thursday

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Multiple gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Chad's capital Wednesday evening, residents said, while the African country's foreign minister said soldiers were defending the president and the situation was under

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Multiple gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in the capital of the African nation of Chad on Wednesday evening, residents said, while one government minister reported that the situation was under control.

MIAMI (AP) — Hockey. Outdoors. In Florida. Next season, the NHL is making it happen — twice.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers recovered the body of a 53-year-old hostage in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza , the military said Wednesday, and the army was determining if another set of remains belongs to the man's son.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration will continue protecting about 2,000 grizzly bears in four Rocky Mountain states despite objections from Republican-led states, U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration will continue protecting about 2,000 grizzly bears in four Rocky Mountain states despite objections from Republican-led states, U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday.

LONDON (AP) — The governing body for track and field in Britain and a sports official have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a Paralympic athlete who was hit on the head by a metal pole during training in 2017.