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LA Fires Death Toll Rises to 30 After Remains Are Found

Nearly three months after the January wildfires in Los Angeles, investigators discovered human remains in a burned lot Wednesday in Altadena...
Burned properties following the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Jan 19, 2025. Nearly three months after the January wildfires in Los Angeles, investigators discovered human remains in a burned lot on Wednesday in Altadena, Calif., raising the total death toll from the fires to 30. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times)

LA Fires Death Toll Rises to 30 After Remains Are Found

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Student athletes hold signs during a hearing to consider bills to pass rules banning transgender student-athletes Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP/Yuri Avila)

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