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Death Toll Climbs in L.A. Fires, and TikTok’s Last Chance

Death Toll Climbs in L.A. Fires, and TikTok’s Last Chance

The Headlines
Jan 10, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, goodbye to a hairy “Shrek” icon.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/09/us/california-fires-los-angeles" target="_blank"><strong>New Fire Threatens Los Angeles, as Death Toll Rises to 10</strong></a>, <i>by Corina Knoll, Soumya Karlamangla, Juliet Macur and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/nyregion/trump-sentencing-supreme-court.html" target="_blank"><strong>Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Avoid Sentencing</strong></a>, <i>by Ben Protess, Kate Christobek and Adam Liptak</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/supreme-court-tiktok-ban-law.html" target="_blank"><strong>Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law That Could Shut Down TikTok</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Liptak</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/us/politics/biden-title-ix-ruling.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Rejects Biden’s Title IX Rules, Scrapping Protections for Trans Students</strong></a>, <i>by Zach Montague</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/us/shrek-donkey-perry-dead.html" target="_blank"><strong>Perry the Donkey, Model for ‘Shrek,’ Dies at 30</strong></a>, <i>by Sara Ruberg</i></p><p> </p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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