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Condo Collapse Kicks Off Inspections Of Older Buildings In Miami-Dade County

4:50pm June 29, 2021

by Greg Allen

Following the Surfside collapse, building departments are doing emergency inspections of older condominiums to ensure safety. The condo in Surfside, Fla., collapsed just as required work was starting.

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Rescue And Recovery Efforts Continue In Surfside, Fla.

7:43pm June 28, 2021

Workers in Surfside, Fla. have recovered more bodies in the ruins of the collapsed condominium. More than 150 people are still unaccounted for as rescuers work around the clock to find them.

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Questions Arise As The Search Through The Condo Rubble Continues In Surfside, Fla.

5:21pm June 28, 2021

by Greg Allen

More than 150 are still missing after last week's collapse of a condominium in Surfside, Fla. As crews pick through the rubble, more questions have bubbled up about how this could have happened.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, pictured in February at the Pentagon, says Sunday's airstrikes selected three targets in Syria and Iraq that were weapons storage and operational facilities and that "President Biden has been clear that he will act to protec

U.S. Airstrikes Target Iran-Backed Militia Sites In Iraq And Syria

7:56am June 28, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

They mark the second such attacks against similar facilities in and around Syria under the Biden administration.

In an image from video footage from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it soars among the clouds, traveling against the wind. "There's a whole fleet of them," a naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown.

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UFO Report: No Sign Of Aliens, But 143 Mystery Objects Defy Explanation

1:34pm June 26, 2021

by Greg Myre

The U.S. government report is the most substantial public effort to date to address decades of speculation about UFOs and whether the government had a role in concealing information.

Vice President Harris Talks With Migrants And El Paso Residents In Visit To Border

4:24pm June 25, 2021

by Tamara Keith

Vice President Harris has been working on the root causes pushing so many Central Americans to seek asylum at the U.S. border. On Friday, she visited El Paso to talk to migrants and community members.

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One Of The World's Best Search And Rescue Teams Has Been Called To Their Own Backyard

4:24pm June 25, 2021

by Jenny Staletovich

The urban search and rescue team combing through the condominium that collapsed in Surfside, Fla. is often called to major disasters worldwide. Now its searching for survivors in their backyard.

Silhouette of a United States Marine praying, photographed from behind.

Since 9/11, Military Suicides Are 4 Times Higher Than Deaths In War Operations

5:13pm June 24, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

The new data highlights the divide between the dangers posed by war and the persistent mental health crisis in not only the military but the country at large.

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Rescuers Search For Survivors After Partial Collapse Of 12-Story Condo Near Miami

4:39pm June 24, 2021

by Greg Allen

A 12-story oceanfront condominium building partially collapsed overnight in Surfside, Fla. Rescuers have pulled survivors out as the search for victims continues — as do questions of what happened.

Iran's President-Elect Is Making Clear Talking About Missiles Program Is Off-Limits

4:39pm June 24, 2021

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. envoy on Iran is getting ready for another round of indirect talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. It is complicated now by a newly elected president of Iran.