Los Angeles area fires are turning entire neighborhoods into ash.

USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen puts Donald Trump's hush money sentencing in context.

The Biden administration extends protections for nearly 1 million immigrants.

USA TODAY Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe breaks down Friday arguments over TikTok.

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At least 10 people have been killed in Los Angeles area wildfires, while more than 10,000 structures have been destroyed.

USA TODAY Money Reporter Bailey Schulz talks about the insurance impact from this week's wildfires. Plus, we hear from some of the people forced to flee their homes.

USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page recaps late President Jimmy Carter's funeral, and discusses his lasting legacy.

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The practice of profiting from prison labor, both inside prisons and outside for private industries is complex and fraught. Last month in Alabama, a Hyundai supplier ended its work release program following intense pressure to do so. But, in California, Proposition 6, which would have banned involuntary prison labor, was defeated last November. Are laws that allow private industry as well as state governments to profit from prison labor constitutional? Darrick Hamilton, the Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy at The New School, and Chief Economist of the AFL-CIO joins The Excerpt to explain the way some of these programs work and to share what both proponents and detractors of the practice say about them.

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