Politics Trump-appointed judges rule Alabama must use redistrict map with 2 Black majority districts until 2030 Published: Aug. 08, 2025, 9:56 a.m.

Canyon Fire in Southern California: Evacuations, Maps and Updates A brush fire in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles ignited and spread quickly Thursday, forcing thousands of evacuations.

The Canyon Fire is burning through steep terrain near the Ventura-Los Angeles county line, prompting evacuations and air quality warnings.

California’s largest fire of 2025 has scorched more than 96,000 acres across two counties.

The Bluffton Township Fire District has once again earned accreditation as an Internationally Accredited Agency through the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.

A fire occurred this evening in Marshall, Illinois, that required three different departments to fight.

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

The map above shows Gifford’s evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Shown as a gray tone is the Madre Fire perimeter.

The Gifford Fire in California has grown to nearly 84,000 acres as of Wednesday, Aug. 6, making it the largest blaze the state has seen this year. The Gifford wildfire, which the Los Padres ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) joked Tuesday that a “kindergarten class” drew his state’s district map after comedian Stephen Colbert called the map “crazy.” “If you’re considering ...

Stephen Colbert showed Gov. JB Pritzker a map of Illinois on Tuesday that displayed gerrymandered districts during a discussion about the Texas GOP's efforts.

Stephen Colbert showed Gov. JB Pritzker a map of Illinois on Tuesday that displayed gerrymandered districts during a discussion about the Texas GOP's efforts.