LA Fires 'Like a Horror Movie' (Newser Morning 8)

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January 8, 2025     "Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so." —Galileo Galilei   1 Biden: I Think I Could Have Won President Biden has begun giving exit interviews ahead of his departure from the White House, and in one with Susan Page of USA Today, the president suggests he could have beaten Donald Trump had he stayed in the race. Keep reading   2 LA Fires 'Like a Horror Movie' Worsening conditions Wednesday are expected to fuel three fast-moving wildfires in the Los Angeles area of Southern California, where at least 49,000 residents are under mandatory evacuation orders and thousands more have been told to prepare to flee. Keep reading   From our sponsors Local Residents Get Huge Home Insurance Reduction Check if you qualify for cheaper home insurance today KEEP READING   At a Glance The Palisades Fire burns a Christmas tree inside a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Keep reading   3 As Jimmy Carter Is Eulogized, Trump Disses Him Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington on Tuesday for state funeral rites that featured the kind of bipartisan praise and ceremonial pomp the Georgia Democrat rarely enjoyed at his political peak. Keep reading   4 Matt Gaetz Has His Eye on a New Job With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leaving his post in two years due to term limits, some have speculated controversial former lawmaker Matt Gaetz might run to replace him. Keep reading   5 Lawsuit: High School Coaches Injured Players With Push-Up Order A parent of one of the students involved in a 2023 high school football practice that allegedly included 398 push-ups is now suing the coaches allegedly involved. Keep reading   6 Man Accused of Mowing Down Gaudreau Brothers Rejects Plea The driver charged with killing NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road pleaded not guilty to the indictment Tuesday after turning down a prosecution offer of 35 years in prison, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 Feds: George Santos Made $400K on Cameo George Santos is asking a judge to delay his federal fraud sentencing until he can make more episodes of his podcast to raise the money needed to pay his more than $500,000 in fines, but prosecutors say the disgraced ex-lawmaker has more than the $1,000 in liquid assets he's claiming. Keep reading   8 New Details Released on Vegas Cybertruck Blast The Army Green Beret who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Woods, McIlroy Launch High-Tech Indoor Golf League See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Jan. 8, 2011, US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot and critically wounded when a gunman opened fire as the congresswoman met with constituents in Tucson; six people were killed and 12 others were injured. (Gunman Jared Lee Loughner was sentenced in November 2012 to seven consecutive life sentences, plus 140 years.) Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2023: Prosecutors' Dilemma: Shooting Suspect Is Only 6   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2025 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved