Missing California girl Melodee Buzzard, 9, was found dead in a rural part of Utah’s Wayne County from multiple gunshot wounds to the head, authorities said. AdvertisementLilly Denes, the paternal grandmother of missing California girl Melodee Buzzard, in her home in Orcutt on Nov. 6. (Santa Barbara County Sheriff)On Oct. 7, Buzzard and Melodee left their Vandenberg Village home and traveled to Nebraska, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Two days later the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office notified the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office of the discovery. “Their commitment did not falter and their determination did not fade.”AdvertisementBrown said detectives would continue to work with the Santa Barbara County district attorney’s office to ensure that justice is served.

I strongly urge you to reconsider publishing the report as it stands.”In the email, Cook also raised concerns that the LAFD’s final report would be at odds with a report on the January wildfires commissioned by Gov. Mayor Karen Bass’ office said the LAFD wrote and edited the report, and that the mayor did not demand changes. The previous day, The Times had disclosed the watering down of the after-action report after analyzing seven drafts obtained through a public records request. The immediate and most pressing crisis is the Palisades After Action Report,” LAFD Asst. AdvertisementThe after-action report has been widely criticized for failing to examine a New Year’s Day fire that later reignited into the Palisades fire.

The excessive rainfall also has the potential to raise the dangers associated with flash flooding, according to the National Weather Service. Areas at risk of flash flooding include the southern slopes of the Santa Monica, San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains. California Holiday storm: SoCal evacuations, road closures and safety tips ‘There will almost certainly be numerous mudslides, severe flooding either from heavy rain or clogged storm drains, and possibly debris flows,’ the National Weather Service said. Los Angeles County residents can sign up with Alert L.A. County, Notify L.A. and Nixle to receive notifications via text message or email. Stay updated on weather forecasts by tuning in to your local news broadcast station and checking the National Weather Service Los Angeles office website.

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“The number of cases appears to be higher at an earlier time in the usual flu season than we’ve seen in years past,” she added. But the experience in other nations have led some experts to worry another severe flu season could be on deck for California. During the flu season that ended in September, 280 children died from flu — the most since the swine flu pandemic season of 2009-10. AdvertisementOverall, the 2024-25 season was considered the worst flu season since 2017-18, and hit adults hard as well. AdvertisementDoctors have been urging everybody to get the flu vaccine — the CDC recommends it for everyone age 6 months and up.

And if you looked at a lot of the companies that were riding high on the dot-com bubble, they had real revenue. But look, we know they’re real businesses. The issue is that underneath these real businesses, there was a lot of financialization going on. It absolutely has real revenue. There are real businesses.

Is Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids a Good Idea? On the “Hard Fork” podcast, the hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss a new law in Australia barring kids under 16 from social media. By ‘HARD Fork’December 23, 2025

John R. Bolton was ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush and national security adviser under President Donald Trump. The Trump administration reportedly tried to derail the Europeans’ plan in order to deploy the same assets in President Donald Trump’s own peace plan. This was failure pure and simple by leaders Vladimir Putin whom had called little piglets just days before. Trump has repeatedly said, without evidence, that Putin is anxious to have peace in Ukraine. Moreover, the Ukraine crisis has underlined that the E.U., despite its supranational pretensions, is simply not competent in matters of peace and security.

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Case 1:25-cv-04480 Document 1 Filed 12/22/25 Page 12 of 18 Trump stands in opposition to these values, and his name should not be placed alongside President Kennedy's. President Kennedy's niece Maria Shriver said: It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy's name is acceptable. Next thing perhaps he will want to rename JFK Airport, rename the Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Lincoln Memorial. Congress has determined that the Kennedy Center's purpose is to serve as a living memorial to President Kennedy.

On a Hard Forkin’ Christmas, my true love gave to me 12 A.I. bubbles, 11 chimpanzinis, 10 Signal war chats, nine Meta reorgs, eight MechaHitlers, seven White House memecoins, six Roblox scandals, five Bum Bum creams, – Bum, bum bum four Humane pins, three code reds, two robot pants, and a bot trained on all our I.P. – That’s “intellectual property.” – Can Ezra Klein do that? I don’t think so. Merry Christmas, you filthy animals.

Due to regulatory action, Apple has agreed to allow alternative app stores, third-party payment systems for in-app purchases, and in-app links to external offers on iOS in Brazil, according to legal news website MLex and Brazilian blog Tecnoblog. This means that iPhone users in Brazil would gain access to options beyond Apple's App Store, such as the AltStore from Riley Testut and Shane Gill. Apple has already allowed alternative app stores and/or third-party payment systems on iOS in the EU, Japan, and South Korea, and it will likely be forced to do so in the UK and Australia too, due to similar regulations across those regions. AltStore AltStoreApple has opposed alternative app stores due to privacy and security concerns. "If you prefer using apps that have met all of Apple's App Review Guidelines, including Apple's standards for privacy, security, and quality, you can use the App Store," says Apple, in a support document about alternative app distribution.