in early efforts to fight the fires, prompting a swirl of criticism on social media, including from President-elect Donald Trump, against the water management policies of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. State and local officials and experts said critics were connecting unrelated issues and spreading false information. State water distribution choices were not behind the hydrant problems, they said, nor was a lack of overall supply in the region.
Players react during a basketball game in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Former player Salimata Sylla welcomes players before a women’s basketball tournament where players can wear a headscarf, in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
Former player Salimata Sylla welcomes players before a women’s basketball tournament where players can wear a headscarf, in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Former player Salimata Sylla poses for a photo before a women’s basketball tournament where players can wear a headscarf, in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Former player Salimata Sylla poses for a photo before a women’s basketball tournament where players can wear a headscarf, in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
Players wearing headscarves train before a competition, in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. Board reads: Access only to users wearing sportswear. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Players wearing headscarves train before a competition, in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. Board reads: Access only to users wearing sportswear. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
A player wearing a headscarf warms-up before a basketball game in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
A player wearing a headscarf warms-up before a basketball game in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)“You’ve got one very widely distributed brood in Brood XIX, but you have a very dense historically abundant brood in the Midwest, your Brood XIII,” said University of Maryland entomologist Mike Raupp.
“And when you put those two together… you would have more than anywhere else any other time,” University of Maryland entomologist Paula Shrewsbury said.Georgia Institute of Technology biophysicist Saad Bhamla holds a periodical cicada nymph in his hand on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta on Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Georgia Institute of Technology biophysicist Saad Bhamla holds a periodical cicada nymph in his hand on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta on Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)These hideaway cicadas are found only in the eastern United States and a few tiny other places. There are 15 different broods that