Breaking News Reporter, National Desk

Theresa Braine

Theresa Braine has been at the Daily News since November 2018, having previously reported for newspapers in Connecticut, been a copy editor and copy chief for several national magazines, worked as a freelance correspondent based in Mexico City, and served as environment and Canada editor for an indigenous-focused news site.

Firefighters work on the Palisades fire in Los Angeles on Saturday. Two men were arrested on suspicion of burglary near Vice President Kamala Harris’s family home in the area.

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2 men arrested on suspicion of burglary near VP Harris’s Brentwood home

January 13, 2025 at 3:42 p.m.

Two men were arrested on suspicion of burglary near Vice President Kamala Harris’s family home in Los Angeles, which has been evacuated due to the fires raging around the city.

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Olympic kite surfer rescues drowning woman in dramatic video

January 13, 2025 at 1:14 p.m.

A routine training session turned into a lifesaving mission when Brazilian Olympic kite surfer Bruno Lobo plucked a drowning woman from the ocean and brought her to shore.

Public schools throughout Montclair, New Jersey were closed Monday “due to a security concern,” district officials said, though by midmorning the threat had been “neutralized.”

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Montclair, NJ schools closed Monday due to ‘security concern’

January 13, 2025 at 11:13 a.m.

Public schools throughout Montclair, New Jersey were closed Monday “due to a security concern,” district officials said, though by midmorning the threat had been “neutralized.”

A burned out neighborhood is seen along Pacific Coach Highway after the Palisades Fire, while several National Guard vehicles line up along the beach, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades.

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Calif. wildfires death toll hits 25, with 16 missing and more winds coming

January 13, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

The death toll in the fires scorching the Los Angeles area rose to 24 late Sunday, with 16 people missing, as the National Weather Service forecast more fierce winds starting...

Leslie Charleson, whose Dr. Monica Quartermaine was the longest-tenured character on “General Hospital,” has died.

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‘General Hospital’ actress Leslie Charleson, who played Monica Quartermaine, dies at 79

January 12, 2025 at 11:22 p.m.

Leslie Charleson, whose Dr. Monica Quartermaine was the longest-tenured character on “General Hospital,” has died. She was 79.

Kohl’s department store is closing 27 locations in 15 states by April as it and other retailers contend with sagging sales.

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Kohl’s to close 27 stores, one in New Jersey, in latest retail rupture

January 12, 2025 at 8:11 p.m.

Kohl’s department store is closing 27 locations in 15 states by April, including one in New Jersey, as it and other retailers contend with sagging sales. While that is just...

A woman who stabbed her classmate nearly to death along with another schoolmate when all three were 12 was granted conditional release from a psychiatric hospital Thursday, after her fourth request.

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Wisconsin ‘Slender Man’ stabber granted release from psych facility

January 9, 2025 at 10:55 p.m.

A woman who stabbed her classmate nearly to death along with another schoolmate when all three were 12 was granted conditional release from a psychiatric hospital Thursday, after her fourth...

Dark smoke billows from a burning structure during the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 8, 2025.

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6 dead in historic L.A. fires, over 100,000 evacuees flee flames

January 9, 2025 at 6:29 p.m.

The death toll rose to at least six amid a still-unfolding disaster on Thursday as 0% contained fires continued to ravage the Los Angeles area.

Mike Lindell's MyPillow was ordered Wednesday to pay shipping service DHL nearly $778,000 in unpaid bills and interest.

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MyPillow’s Mike Lindell ordered to pay DHL nearly $778,000 in unpaid bills

January 8, 2025 at 11:03 p.m.

Mike Lindell's MyPillow was ordered Wednesday to pay shipping service DHL nearly $778,000 in unpaid bills and interest.

The Critics Choice Awards were postponed, Hollywood studios suspended production and premieres were canceled Wednesday as fires raged in Calif.

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L.A. fires postpone Critics Choice Awards, shut down studios

January 8, 2025 at 7:59 p.m.

The Critics Choice Awards were postponed, Hollywood studios suspended production and premieres were canceled Wednesday as fires raged in Calif.

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