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Officials warned that a fire that broke out Thursday was expanding rapidly, as the death toll from blazes across Los Angeles rose to 10 people. Follow live updates.

Los Angeles Wildfires Live Updates: 10 Dead as Kenneth, Eaton, and Palisades Fires Rage The Kenneth fire exploded in a few hours. The Palisades and Eaton fires each appeared to have destroyed some 5,000 or more structures, officials said, which would put them both among the five most destructive fires in California history.

People gathered across the globe to commemorate the end of 2024 and welcome the New Year. See celebrations from around the world:

New Year’s Eve 2025: Photos of Celebrations Around the World See how people across the globe celebrated.

For years, Germany has been strengthening security measures around Christmas markets in reaction to an attack in 2016 in which a man killed 12 people by driving a truck into a market in central Berlin. The latest deadly assault on a beloved German tradition illustrates the challenge of holiday safety.

Germany Bulked Up Christmas Market Security. An Attack Still Happened. The latest deadly assault on a beloved German tradition illustrates the challenge of holiday safety.