Donald Trump on Thursday selected yet another Fox News figure to serve in his administration, naming former contributor Leo Terrell as senior counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights. Terrell, who will work under fellow California attorney Harmeet Dhillon, is the 18th current or former Fox News staffer set to join the Trump Administration. On that network Wednesday night, Terrell joined many other conservatives in criticizing Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, who is the first woman to hold that position. “You got a city fire chief who thinks DEI is the number one issue!” Terrell told a receptive Sean Hannity. “It’s insulting. And you know what? I blame the voters and I blame the media here. Sean, you think national media’s biased? The local media in California kiss the ring of the Democrat party. They do nothing. They don’t ask the right questions.” Trump himself has made similar accusations amid the wildfires. A Fox spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Beast that Terrell’s contributor contract was terminated following Trump’s announcement Thursday.

Former beauty queen and 1960s pop singer-turned anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant has died, according to a family obituary published in her hometown newspaper, the Oklahoman. Bryant died Dec. 16 in Edmond, Oklahoma, at age 84, according to the obituary, leaving behind four children, two stepdaughters, seven grandchildren and “her legacy of faith and love.” In addition to her early careers, and stints as a spokesperson for Florida orange juice and Coca-Cola, Bryant is best-known for being a devout evangelical Christian and her polarizing stances against what she referred to as the LGBTQ takeover of America. Her stance was celebrated by many religious conservatives but rebuked by LGBTQ rights advocates. When she was famously hit in the face with a pie while speaking at an Iowa event against anti-discrimination policies, she quipped, “At least it’s a fruit pie.” Bryant was a three-time Grammy nominee, singing at the 1971 Super Bowl, and cohosting the televised Orange Bowl Parade for nine years.

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A Pasadena couple recalled witnessing the first moments of the horrific Eaton fire as it broke out Tuesday evening near Los Angeles. “My husband came home at 6:15 and ran in and said the electrical tower that’s across the canyon and up from us, is on fire,” resident Jennifer Errico told Pasadena Now on what her husband Marcus first saw. “I called 9-1-1 and within 10 minutes the fire was down across the canyon.” The couple were among the first to spot and report the wildfire in the area, with Errico recalling: “We grabbed our to-go boxes, ran around the cul-de-sac ringing doorbells.” She added that fire crews arrived within 15 minutes and ordered everyone to evacuate immediately. Since Tuesday, the Eaton fire has exploded to more than 10,600 acres. Officials have confirmed that at least five people have died since fires began blazing across Los Angeles County, but suggest that the toll may be higher. “It’s absolutely horrifying,” Errico said of the fire’s wreckage. “When we were up there yesterday, after seeing what’s happened in Altadena…it’s like my heart’s broken.”

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly planning to reimplement Title 42, a border restriction used to block migrants from entering the United States due to public health concerns—but are still searching for the right disease to justify the policy. The first Trump administration first invoked Title 42 in March 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic surged. President Joe Biden initially kept the policy in place for years, but later ended the restriction in May 2023. The incoming administration has been searching for a disease to justify reimplementing Title 42, The New York Times reported, and has already considered using tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases. They also reportedly asked Border Patrol officials to identify diseases currently being detected at the border. Trump’s reintroduction of Title 42 is expected to be a major component of his sweeping plans to shut down the border, multiple sources told Axios, which he previewed alongside his longtime ally and immigration policy advisor Stephen Miller in a meeting with Senate Republicans on Wednesday. The Trump transition team did not immediately return a request for comment.

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At least 20 people have been arrested in evacuated zones around Los Angeles County for looting, even as multiple wildfires continue to rage on. “I promise you, you will be held accountable,” L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said at a news conference Thursday, addressing the alleged looters. “Shame on those who are preying on our residents during this time of crisis.” L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna added that deputies will continue to patrol evacuated areas to stave off looting and other criminal activity. “I’m gonna make this crystal clear to everybody out there: Over last night and this morning we are up to 20 individuals who chose to go into our area and deprive these poor people who have been through so much of their property,” Luna said. “When we have an evacuation order, by law, if you remain in that area, you are guilty of a misdemeanor,” he continued. “If you commit certain crimes, it could jump up to a felony.” At least five people have died since wildfires erupted across the area Tuesda. More than 6,000 structures having burned down and at least 130,000 residents have been placed under evacuation orders, per the Los Angeles Times.

Tom Holland and Zendaya sealed their love with matching tattoos a month before they got engaged, People magazine reports. The couple both got tattoos of each other’s initials on Nov. 27 at the Boston Tattoo Company. Zendaya got a “t” tattoo underneath her armpit, while Holland got a “z” tattoo above his ribcage. “They were lovely to meet and it was a lot of fun,” the pair’s tattoo artist, Lily Jarnryd, told People. The actors met while working on 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming and began publicly dating in 2021. Earlier this week, it was confirmed that they had gotten engaged over the holidays, with TMZ reporting that Holland proposed at the home of one of Zendaya’s family members. The Euphoria star sent the internet into a frenzy Sunday night when she arrived at the 2025 Golden Globes donning her new diamond ring.

Venezuela’s most influential opposition leader, María Corina Machado, was “kidnapped” in Caracas by regime officials, her allies allege. She was reportedly “violently intercepted” after coming out of hiding to lead protest against the country’s president Nicolás Maduro. Despite widespread suspicions that he rigged the Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election, Maduro is set to be sworn in for his third term on Friday. Meanwhile, Machado’s opposition movement has published voting tallies contradicting Maduro’s claim to power. On Thursday, thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets in cities across the country in protests organized by Machado. She went into hiding in late July, shortly after the vote, reappearing Thursday afternoon to speak to protestors. After her speech, her spokespeople claim “Regime officials opened fire on the motorbikes that were transporting her.” Several prominent Venezuelan journalists circulated the allegations and Panama’s president slammed her disappearance on X. “The dictatorial regime is responsible for her life,” he wrote.

Three-time Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr. revealed that he lost his home and medals in the fires currently ravaging Los Angeles. “It was worse than any apocalypse movie you’ve ever seen, and 1,000 times worse,“ he said in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday. “It’s mayhem in Los Angeles. We were surrounded by flames.” The American added that he was only able to grab his dog and a few items while fleeing his house. “I did think about the medals. I did not have time to get them,” he said. “Everyone wants to know did the medals burn? Yeah, everything burnt. It’s something I can live without. I guess everything is just stuff. It’ll take some hard work to start over. What can you do?” Hall Jr. has 10 medals--five gold, three silver and two bronze medals from three Olympic appearances. He swam for the U.S. in Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004. His sister set up a GoFundMe to support Hall Jr., which has already raised $36,000. The Olympian said he’d return to the place where his house stood and see if the medals melted together. “Will I be able to find anything worth saving?” he said. “Probably not. I don’t know.”

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Mariska Hargitay has revealed how she landed her iconic role as Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in a new interview on the Today show. Hargitay said she had left the show ER and was looking for a new opportunity. “After ER I said, ‘What am I—what am I going to do? This is the greatest show ever. There’s no other show. Oh, except for Law & Order,” she recalled. “And I was making jokes, ‘I need to get on that Law & Order.’” Hargitay said she and producer Dick Wolf “kind of hit it off” during her audition, but she grew nervous when she saw a “stunning girl in the waiting room.” Hargitay recalled how she convinced Wolf to give her the part. “I panicked,” she said. “And I walked in, I go, ‘Listen, I don’t know what you’re doing, but you’re a little confused: This is my role. This is my part. I am Olivia Benson.’ And he was sort of laughing, I could tell, and I was like, ‘No, no, you don’t understand.’” Hargitay added that once she auditioned opposite co-star Christopher Meloni, the role was a done deal. “It was a sort of once-in-a-lifetime experience,” she said.

Cameras inside Jimmy Carter’s funeral captured Donald Trump and Barack Obama making each other laugh as they chatted up a storm while former—and current—U.S. leaders took their seats on Thursday morning. What the men spoke about remains unknown, but the two ex-presidents shared whispers for more than five minutes after they greeted each other with a handshake. Melania Trump sat stoically next to her husband during the conversation and Michelle Obama did not turn up for the funeral at the Washington National Cathedral. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden—who took seats in a row in front of the Trump’s, Bush’s, Clinton’s, and Obama—did not share handshakes with any of the ex-presidents or their wives. Harris, however, did appear to turn her head to take a peek at Trump and Obama as they continued their mystery—but apparently funny—funeral convo.