Officials didn’t give an estimate of structures damaged or destroyed in the Pacific Palisades wildfire, but they said about ...

Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force on Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.

The FTSE 100 ( ^FTSE) and European stocks were mixed on Wednesday after Wall Street slumped last night and China’s currency hits a 16-month low on Trump tariff fears.