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The Thomas Fire is now the fifth-largest fire in modern California history. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with battalion chief Fred Burris about what battling this wildfire is like.

A federal judge upheld a temporary injunction against President Trump's ban on new trans troops in the military. Now, the Pentagon faces a deadline to begin accepting these applicants in the new year.

The first elected Asian-American mayor of the city was not known to be ill; he collapsed while shopping Monday night and died at a San Francisco hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The blaze raging in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties covers more ground than New York City. And as other, smaller fires are reined in, weather forecasts portend the Thomas Fire will spread.

The tax overhaul limits the amount of state and local taxes deductible on federal returns. The IRS says taxes can be prepaid and deducted if they are levied in 2017 and paid by Dec. 31.

The fire broke out in a five-story apartment building near the Bronx Zoo. The boy's mother left her door open when fleeing the blaze — likely helping it to spread, New York officials say.

In need of some racially diverse children's Christmas literature? Here's our holiday Code Switch sampler.

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said his panel has much more work to do before it can assess whether anyone colluded with Russia's attack on the election.

Caitlan Coleman, her Canadian husband and their three children had been held by an extremist group in Afghanistan. The U.S. and Pakistan say they worked together to secure the release.

The video raises a central question, given that much of the area is under a mandatory evacuation order and curfew: Who's going to get that mail?