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PHOTOS: High tide brings coastal flooding to SE Texas as tropical system continues in Gulf
Read full article: PHOTOS: High tide brings coastal flooding to SE Texas as tropical system continues in GulfCoastal flooding is ongoing in several communities along the Texas coast as Potential Tropical Cyclone 1 continues to churn in the Gulf.
Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable as Meta scales back news and political content
Read full article: Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable as Meta scales back news and political contentMeta will be sunsetting Facebook News in early April for users in the U.S. and Australia as the platform further deemphasizes news and politics.
Investigators say tenant garage below collapsed Florida condo tower had many faulty support columns
Read full article: Investigators say tenant garage below collapsed Florida condo tower had many faulty support columnsFederal investigators determining why a Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago have determined there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining pool deck.
Numbers drawn for $1.2B Powerball jackpot that keeps growing after 11 weeks without a winner
Read full article: Numbers drawn for $1.2B Powerball jackpot that keeps growing after 11 weeks without a winnerThe Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion after no players matched all six numbers and hit it rich.
Pool deck at collapsed Florida condo building failed to comply with codes, standards, officials say
Read full article: Pool deck at collapsed Florida condo building failed to comply with codes, standards, officials sayFederal investigators say the swimming pool deck of a beachfront South Florida condominium that collapsed two years ago, killing 98 people, failed to comply with original building codes and standards.
Average long-term US mortgage rates dip to 6.66% this week
Read full article: Average long-term US mortgage rates dip to 6.66% this weekAverage long-term U.S. mortgage rates ticked down modestly this week after six straight weeks of gains pushed rates to heights not seen in more than a decade, before a crash in the housing market triggered the Great Recession in 2008.
Developers, family discuss memorial for collapse victims
Read full article: Developers, family discuss memorial for collapse victimsDevelopers and city officials are pushing back on family members’ expectations for a memorial for 98 people who died last year when a beachfront Florida condominium building collapsed.
Over 150,000 pounds of baby formula to arrive at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport Sunday morning
Read full article: Over 150,000 pounds of baby formula to arrive at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport Sunday morningA cargo plane carrying up to 150,000 pounds of baby formula landed at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport Sunday morning.
Florida building collapse probe to begin structural testing
Read full article: Florida building collapse probe to begin structural testingThe federal investigation into the deadly collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building is entering a new phase that involves cutting and drilling into concrete and steel to determine what role they played.
Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapse
Read full article: Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapseA Florida judge has given gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people died.
Florida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billion
Read full article: Florida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billionAttorneys for the families who lost relatives or homes in last year’s collapse of a Florida condominium tower that killed 98 people have reached a $1.02 billion settlement.
Average long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year loan at 5.1%
Read full article: Average long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year loan at 5.1%Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for the second week in a row, though interest rates on the key 30-year home loan remain at decade-high levels.
Dubai developer to buy Florida condo collapse site for $120M
Read full article: Dubai developer to buy Florida condo collapse site for $120MA billionaire developer from Dubai is set to purchase the site of a South Florida condominium that collapsed last June, killing 98 people, for $120 million after no other bids were submitted by the Friday evening deadline for next week’s auction.
Surfside families still want answers despite settlement
Read full article: Surfside families still want answers despite settlementFamily members of some of the 98 people killed in a Florida condominium collapse last June say they are too deep in mourning to contemplate the nearly $1 billion settlement their attorneys negotiated on their behalf.
Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapse
Read full article: Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapseLawyers representing families of victims and survivors of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, last June have told a judge that they've reached a nearly $1 billion tentative settlement.
Residents evacuated from Florida apartments deemed unsafe
Read full article: Residents evacuated from Florida apartments deemed unsafeCity officials in North Miami Beach ordered residents of a five-story apartment building to evacuate after deeming the building “structurally unsound” during its 50-year recertification process.
Judge OKs $83M for property loss in Florida condo collapse
Read full article: Judge OKs $83M for property loss in Florida condo collapsePeople who owned units in a Florida oceanfront condominium building that collapsed last year will divide $83 million for property losses, with the compensation for families over the 98 deaths still to be determined.
Australia wants Facebook to seek parental consent for kids
Read full article: Australia wants Facebook to seek parental consent for kidsAustralia plans to crack down on online advertisers targeting children by making social media platforms seek parental consent for users younger than 16 years old to join or face fines of $7.5 million under a draft law.
Memorial or high-rise? Future of condo collapse site argued
Read full article: Memorial or high-rise? Future of condo collapse site arguedThe fight over whether the site of June’s deadly Florida condominium collapse should be sold for development or turned into a memorial boiled over during an emotional court hearing.
Biden admin backs Texas, Florida districts on mask mandates
Read full article: Biden admin backs Texas, Florida districts on mask mandatesPresident Joe Biden’s administration is offering its full-throated support for local cities and school boards in Texas and Florida that are defying orders by their Republican governors that prohibit mask-wearing mandates in schools.
Facebook bans firm behind Pfizer, AstraZeneca smear campaign
Read full article: Facebook bans firm behind Pfizer, AstraZeneca smear campaignFacebook has removed hundreds of accounts linked to a disinformation network operating out of Russia that sought to smear COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca.
Judge: All options on table for site of collapsed building
Read full article: Judge: All options on table for site of collapsed buildingA South Florida judge says all options remain on the table as a decision is made over what to do with the property where a 12-story condominium tower collapsed last month.
911 recordings show panic, disbelief when Florida condo collapsed
Read full article: 911 recordings show panic, disbelief when Florida condo collapsedRecordings of 911 calls after an oceanfront Florida condominium collapsed show disbelief, panic and confusion as people tried to comprehend the disaster.
Collapsed condo: Weighing how to honor dead at 'holy site'
Read full article: Collapsed condo: Weighing how to honor dead at 'holy site'Even as crews are continuing their search for the last remaining souls that perished in the collapse of condominium town in Surfside, Florida, questions are swirling across the community about what to do with the property.
Search in Florida collapse to take weeks; deaths reach 90
Read full article: Search in Florida collapse to take weeks; deaths reach 90Authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse in Florida say they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks as a team of first responders from Israel departed the site.
Officials across Florida rethink condo inspection polices
Read full article: Officials across Florida rethink condo inspection policesAcross Florida, people living in the thousands of condominiums rising above the state’s 1,350 miles of coastline wonder if the building collapse in Surfside could happen to their home.
Two weeks later: These 13 photos show the grim reality of Miami condo collapse
Read full article: Two weeks later: These 13 photos show the grim reality of Miami condo collapseA somber moment of silence marked the end of the two-week search for survivors of a Florida condominium collapse, as rescue workers stood at solemn attention and clergy members hugged a line of local officials while many of them sobbed.
Recovery workers vow not to let up in Florida condo collapse
Read full article: Recovery workers vow not to let up in Florida condo collapseRescue workers now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in a Florida condominium collapse are vowing to keep up their search for victims until they have cleared all the rubble.
Building collapse shows town’s rich, middle-class division
Read full article: Building collapse shows town’s rich, middle-class divisionThe condo building collapse in Surfside highlights the division between the tiny Florida town's new luxury buildings and those built decades ago for the middle class.
Work review for ex-official connected to collapsed building
Read full article: Work review for ex-official connected to collapsed buildingThe vice mayor of a South Florida city says he wants a review of all the work done by a former municipal official who assured condo board members in another city that their building was in “very good shape” three years before it collapsed.
Demolition preparations begin at condo with storm looming
Read full article: Demolition preparations begin at condo with storm loomingRescuers have suspended their search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida condo building to allow crews to begin preparing the remainder of the structure for demolition ahead of a tropical storm.
Jill Biden's travels show range of missions and emotions
Read full article: Jill Biden's travels show range of missions and emotionsWithin the span of 36 hours this past week, Jill Biden went from clinking cups of beer with Doug Emhoff, the vice president's spouse, at a baseball game in Houston to joining the president in Florida to comfort families affected by the collapsed condominium building in Surfside.
Firefighter's daughter, 7, found in Florida condo rubble
Read full article: Firefighter's daughter, 7, found in Florida condo rubbleOfficial say the body of a Miami firefighter’s 7-year-old daughter was recovered from the site of a South Florida condo collapse by the search and rescue team he had been assisting.
Body of Miami firefighter’s 7-year-old daughter pulled from collapse scene rubble as confirmed death toll stands at 20
Read full article: Body of Miami firefighter’s 7-year-old daughter pulled from collapse scene rubble as confirmed death toll stands at 20The number of people missing in the Florida condominium collapse fell following a new review.
6 more bodies pulled from tower rubble in highest daily toll
Read full article: 6 more bodies pulled from tower rubble in highest daily tollMiami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says two additional victims have been found in the rubble of a collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, bringing the death toll to 18.
Army of volunteers showers first responders with food, water
Read full article: Army of volunteers showers first responders with food, waterA virtual army of volunteers is offering free food and drink to the hundreds of first responders who have been working nonstop for six days at the site of a partially collapsed Florida condo building.
Condo board boss warned of worsening damage before collapse
Read full article: Condo board boss warned of worsening damage before collapseWeeks before a Florida condo building collapsed, the president of its board wrote that structural problems identified in a 2018 inspection had “gotten significantly worse” and owners needed to pay a hefty price to get them fixed.
Biden to visit site of Florida building collapse on Thursday
Read full article: Biden to visit site of Florida building collapse on ThursdayThe White House says President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Surfside, Florida, on Thursday to visit with families of the victims of the collapsed Miami-area condominium tower.
Florida officials seek federal help with building collapse
Read full article: Florida officials seek federal help with building collapseFlorida officials say they have requested help from the federal government as they near the end of the sixth day searching the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo building.
Crews spend 5th day atop shaky pile of collapsed concrete
Read full article: Crews spend 5th day atop shaky pile of collapsed concreteRescuers searching for a fifth day for survivors of a Florida condo building collapse used bucket brigades and heavy machinery Monday as they worked atop a precarious mound of pulverized concrete, twisted steel and the remnants of dozens of households.
Despite warning, town deemed condo building in 'good shape'
Read full article: Despite warning, town deemed condo building in 'good shape'Despite an engineer’s warning of major structural problems, a town building official told board members their Florida high-rise condominium was in “very good shape” almost three years before it collapsed.
Mayor: Child alone outside collapse site brings tragedy home
Read full article: Mayor: Child alone outside collapse site brings tragedy homeThe mayor of a Florida town where a beachfront condo tower collapsed says his recent encounter with a little girl near the site reminded him of the enormous impact the tragedy has had on the community.
Crews spend 5th day atop shaky pile of collapsed concrete
Read full article: Crews spend 5th day atop shaky pile of collapsed concreteRescuers searching for a fifth day for survivors of a Florida condo building collapse used bucket brigades and heavy machinery as they worked atop a precarious mound of debris.
Before building collapse, $9M+ in repairs needed
Read full article: Before building collapse, $9M+ in repairs neededOwners of units in a collapsed Florida oceanfront condo building were just days away from starting to pay for more than $9 million in major repairs that were recommended three years ago.
Houston native dead, another missing among 150 people unaccounted for following Florida condo collapse
Read full article: Houston native dead, another missing among 150 people unaccounted for following Florida condo collapseA Houston man is among the dead following the collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department. Police said more than 150 people remain unaccounted off.
Team of specialists sent to south Florida to probe collapse
Read full article: Team of specialists sent to south Florida to probe collapseA half-dozen scientists and engineers who specialize in disastrous structure failures are headed to south Florida to collect firsthand information on the cause of the catastrophic collapse of Champlain Towers South.
Victims in Miami condo collapse came from around the world
Read full article: Victims in Miami condo collapse came from around the worldThe seaside condominium that collapsed in Florida this week was a true reflection of Miami’s international mix _ South American immigrants, Orthodox Jews, foreign retirees.
Resident files class-action lawsuit after Florida condo collapse, NBC reports
Read full article: Resident files class-action lawsuit after Florida condo collapse, NBC reportsAs the death toll rises to four in the Florida high-rise condo collapse, a resident filed a class-action lawsuit within 24 hours of the deadly incident, NBC News reports.
PHOTOS: Beachfront apartment building collapses outside Miami
Read full article: PHOTOS: Beachfront apartment building collapses outside MiamiA wing of a 12-story beachfront apartment building collapsed in a town outside Miami early Thursday morning, killing at least one person while trapping residents in rubble and twisted metal. Scores of rescuers pulled survivors from the debris as a cloud of dust floated through the neighborhood.
‘The building is literally pancaked’: Many feared dead after Florida beachfront condo collapses
Read full article: ‘The building is literally pancaked’: Many feared dead after Florida beachfront condo collapsesAuthorities say nearly 100 people are still unaccounted for after part of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed in a town outside Miami.