100,000 Flee Los Angeles Wildfires, and Trump’s Last-Minute Supreme Court Ask

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<p>Plus, don’t eat your Christmas tree.  </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/heres-the-latest-on-the-fires?smid=url-share" target="_blank"><strong>New Wildfires Strain L.A. as Others Burn Unchecked</strong></a>, <i>by Corina Knoll, Soumya Karlamangla and Mike Ives</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/nyregion/trump-sentencing-supreme-court.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Asks Supreme Court to Halt His Sentencing in N.Y. Criminal Case</strong></a>, <i>by Ben Protess and Adam Liptak</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/us/justice-alito-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Alito Spoke With Trump Shortly Before Supreme Court Filing</strong></a>, <i>by Adam Liptak</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/us/politics/jimmy-carter-funeral.html" target="_blank"><strong>Nation’s Leaders Will Gather to Honor Carter at Washington Cathedral</strong></a>, <i>by Peter Baker</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hostage-found-dead.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hostage Is Found Dead in Gaza Tunnel, Israel Says</strong></a>, <i>by Ephrat Livni</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/world/europe/belgium-christmas-tree-eating.html" target="_blank"><strong>Please Don’t Eat Your Christmas Tree, Belgium Urges the Public</strong></a>, <i>by Amelia Nierenberg</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>