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A woman lays in the Sheep Meadow in Central Park in New York on June 29, 2021 as New Yorkers brace for heat and humidity. The scorching heat -- which is breaking records in Canada and the United States dating back more than 80 years -- has been blamed on a high-pressure ridge trapping warm air in the region. Picture: Timothy A. Clary / AFP

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30 million people under heat alerts as western US swelters

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Las Vegas matched its all-time record of 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47.2 Celsius), according to the National Weather Service (NWS) -- a temperature recorded in the...

  • Hollywood sign. Picture: AFP.

    Hollywood productions shut down again as LA COVID cases soar

    Los Angeles - the nation's most populous county - has emerged as the latest US epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, topping 7,000 COVID hospitalisations for the first time Monday.

    594 days ago
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    Latinos in Los Angeles twice as likely to contract COVID: data

    By mid-November, the daily infection rate per 100,000 Latinos was 274 new cases, compared to 125 among white people, according to county health data adjusted for age to make comparisons more meaningful.

    617 days ago
  • Dijon Kazzee. Picture: @KristenClarkeJD/Twitter

    US police shoot and kill another black man

    The man, named in local media as 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee, was riding his bicycle when Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies tried to stop him for an unspecified vehicle code violation on Monday afternoon.

    715 days ago
  • Picture: AFP

    Slow motion recovery: Cautious Hollywood edges back to work

    Health fears, uncertainty and a second wave of coronavirus cases have meant few movie producers braving a return so far - with some heading elsewhere or even overseas.

    730 days ago
  • FILE: President Donald Trump, with an eye on his re-election prospects in November, has pressed for a further reopening of the United States as job losses mount from coronavirus shutdowns. Picture: AFP

    LA dismisses Trump administration warning over 'unlawful' lockdown

    Los Angeles has begun to reopen facilities from beaches and golf courses to restaurants and retail businesses offering curbside pick-up services, but lags behind other parts of California.

    816 days ago
  • Firefighters outside destroyed homes along North Tigertail Road near The Getty Center in Los Angeles, California on 29 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    California braces for powerful winds that could feed fires

    Thousands of firefighters were racing against the clock to gain control of two major fires -- the Kincade Fire in northern California and the Getty Fire, west of Los Angeles.

    1023 days ago
  • Firefighters battle the Tick Fire in houses on fire in Brentwood, California on 28 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    Evacuations as wildfire breaks out in Los Angeles

    The so-called Getty Fire broke out overnight near a major freeway and quickly spread south and west, scorching 500 acres (202 hectares) and sending people fleeing in the dark.

    1024 days ago
  • Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters work at a home destroyed by the Tick Fire on October 24, 2019 in Canyon Country, California. Picture: AFP.

    Some 50,000 residents evacuated as fire rages near Los Angeles: officials

    The blaze also forced the closure of a major highway and several roads.

    1028 days ago
  • Nikki Bella attends the People's Choice Awards 2018 at Barker Hangar on 11 November 2018 in Santa Monica, California. Picture: Getty Images/AFP

    Nikki Bella feels 'free' after LA move

    Nikki Bella feels like a "free spirit" since moving to LA and throwing herself into the dating scene.

    1241 days ago
  • FILE: Jennifer Hudson. Picture: @iamjhud/Instagram

    Jennifer Hudson set to perform at the Oscars

    The 37-year-old star has been invited to perform at the glitzy awards bash in Los Angeles on 24 February.

    1293 days ago
  • A sign to a photo booth at the Disgusting Food Museum in Los Angeles. Picture: facebook.com

    Maggot cheese, putrid sea herring or virgin boy eggs - bon appetit!

    These delicacies are among some 80 items featured at the Disgusting Food Museum that opened in Los Angeles On Sunday, aiming to expose visitors to different cultures and foods and what we may all be eating in the future.

    1346 days ago
  • Yuba and Butte County Sheriff officers inspect a burned vehicle after discovering remains nearby in Concow, California, on 11 November 2018 after a camp fire ripped through the area. Picture: AFP

    Ferocious winds whip California fires as death toll rises to 31

    Hot dry winds expected to blow until Tuesday whipped up the flames and heightened the urgency of evacuation orders, officials said.

    1375 days ago
  • FILE: An inmate firefighter pauses during a firing operation in Redding, California on 27 July 2018.  The blaze on 28 October 2019, the largest of more than a dozen wildfires burning throughout the state, has destroyed dozens of homes and vineyards, including the renowned 150-year-old Soda Rock Winery. Picture: AFP.

    North California wildfires expand to more than two-thirds the size of LA

    Two blazes collectively called the Mendocino Complex burnt in Mendocino, Lake and Colusa counties, about 145 km north of San Francisco.

    1474 days ago
  • FILE: An inmate firefighter pauses during a firing operation in Redding, California on 27 July 2018.  The blaze on 28 October 2019, the largest of more than a dozen wildfires burning throughout the state, has destroyed dozens of homes and vineyards, including the renowned 150-year-old Soda Rock Winery. Picture: AFP.

    'My kids are deceased': US wildfire kills two children, four others

    More than 38,000 people remained under evacuation orders on Sunday in and around Redding, a city of 90,000 people about 257 km north of the state capital Sacramento.

    1480 days ago
  • A TraderJoe's employee is comforted after a suspect barricaded inside the supermarket in Silverlake, Los Angeles, on 21 July, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Gunman arrested after deadly LA store hostage standoff

    The man, 28 and not named by police, went out of the store and was surrounded by police.

    1487 days ago
  • A home where a couple was arrested after police discovered that 13 people had been held captive in filthy conditions with some shackled to beds with chains and padlocks, 15 January, 2018 in Perris California. Picture: AFP.

    California parents accused of starving, shackling children tried to seem normal

    They gave little indication of the horrors police would find in their tract home in Riverside County east of Los Angeles, family members and authorities said.

    1674 days ago
  • A home where a couple was arrested after police discovered that 13 people had been held captive in filthy conditions with some shackled to beds with chains and padlocks, 15 January, 2018 in Perris California. Picture: AFP.

    13 siblings found chained in California home; parents charged

    Police made the discovery after a 17-year-old girl escaped the house in Perris, about 113 km east of Los Angeles.

    1675 days ago
  • FILE: Lamar Odom. Picture: AFP.

    Lamar Odom 'collapses' at Los Angeles nightclub

    Odom collapsed in a nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning.

    1745 days ago
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