Political Stakes High As U.s. Congress Returns

Avery Colvert, 14, never imagined her recovery fund for the teenage victims of the Eaton Fire, one of multiple blazes raging in Los Angeles County, would go viral, but less than 24 hours after its creation, it did just that. Paris Hilton posted about Altadena Girls on her Instagram story.

WASHINGTON — Vice President-elect J. D. Vance says people responsible for the violence during the Capitol riot “obviously” should not be pardoned, as President-elect Donald Trump is promising to use his clemency power on behalf of many of those who tried on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the results of the election that Trump lost. Vance insisted in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” that the pardon question is “very simple,” saying those who “protested peacefully” should be pardoned and “if you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned.” He later said there was a “bit of a gray area” in some cases. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump said he would issue pardons to rioters on “Day 1” of his presidency, which begins Jan.

LOS ANGELES — Investigators are considering an array of possible ignition sources for the huge fires that have killed at least 16 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in the Los Angeles area. In hilly, upscale Pacific Palisades, home to Hollywood stars like Jamie Lee Curtis and Billy Crystal who lost houses in the fire, officials have placed the origin of the wind-whipped blaze behind a home on Piedra Morada Drive, which sits above a densely wooded arroyo. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] While lightning is the most common source of fires in the U.

A woman was killed and two men were injured Saturday night in a string of stabbings along 16th Street Mall in Denver’s Central Business District. All three stabbings happened on 16th Street between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, the Denver Police Department said in a news release. Officers first responded to a stabbing in the 700 block of 16th Street, near California Street, around 5:20 p.m., police said in the news release. Police said paramedics took an unidentified woman to the hospital, where she later died from her injuries. Two other nonfatal stabbings are under investigation: one that happened near 16th Street and Lawrence Street around 5:56 p.m.

A Denver pedestrian was killed Saturday night in a hit-and-run crash near Empower Field, according to the police department. Police first posted on social media about the crash, which happened at the intersection of West Colfax Avenue and Federal Boulevard, at 7:59 p.m. Saturday. At that point, the pedestrian had been taken to the hospital with serious injuries. In a Sunday morning update, police said the pedestrian died overnight. No suspects have been identified in the crash and police said the investigation is ongoing. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | Colorado road conditions: I-70 reopens east of DIA to Burlington Crashes and Disasters | Drunken driver gets 20 years in prison for crash that killed Commerce City police detective, woman Crashes and Disasters | Police search for road-raging driver who struck pedestrian in Commerce City hit-and-run Crashes and Disasters | Los Angeles fires: Catastrophic weather conditions drive firestorms across Southern California Crashes and Disasters | CSP walks back claim driver in double-fatal New Year’s Day crash on U.

Scattered snow showers will dust Colorado’s mountains Sunday and Monday as strong wind gusts blow across the Eastern Plains, according to the National Weather Service. Less than an inch of snow accumulation is forecast for most of the mountains, according to Sunday morning snow forecasts. A few isolated peaks — including the Park Range’s Mount Zirkel and Mount Farwell, the San Juan Mountain’s Expectation Mountain and the Sangre de Cristo Mountain’s Cucharas Pass — could see up to 2 inches of snow, NWS forecasters said. The snow could create dangerous winter driving conditions overnight Sunday, especially on mountain passes, forecasters said in a Hazardous Weather Outlook. Denver and the Eastern Plains won’t see snow on Sunday but it will be windy, forecasters said. Winds of up to 10 mph in the metro area will make 36-degree temperature highs feel below-freezing, according to NWS forecasters.