CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and resulted in more than 50,000 people being put under evacuation orders or warnings.

Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of L.A.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that he said aims to restore freedom of speech and end censorship, drawing fire from critics who point to his past actions threatening and suing journalists,

Firefighters spent early Wednesday morning working a two-alarm house fire in Pointe Coupee Parish. The fire broke out at a home on Mitchell Lane in Morganza. Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff Rene’ Thibodaux says two people and a dog were inside the home and made it out safely.