• With storm looming, demolition of collapsed condo to start

    With storm looming, demolition of collapsed condo to start

    Jul 03, 2021 10:21 PM EDT

    ... Concerns had already been mounting over the past week that the damaged structure was at risk of failure, endangering the crews below and complicating the search. “The fear was that (Elsa) may take the building down for us and take it down in the wrong direction,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett ...

  • WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on Surfside, Florida building collapse

    WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on Surfside, Florida building collapse

    Jul 01, 2021 07:05 PM EDT

    SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden drew on his own experiences with grief and loss to comfort families affected by the Florida condo collapse, telling them to “never give up hope” even as the search for survivors paused early Thursday, a week after the building came down. Watch the event ...

  • Charges expected Thursday for Trump's company, top executive

    Charges expected Thursday for Trump's company, top executive

    Jun 30, 2021 03:48 PM EDT

    ... investigation in a statement Monday, deriding Vance's office as "rude, nasty, and totally biased" in their treatment of Trump company lawyers, representatives, and long-term employees. Trump, in the statement, said the company's actions were "things that are standard practice throughout the U.S. business community, and in ...

  • Analysis: Monitoring disease ‘hot spots’ could prevent the next pandemic

    Analysis: Monitoring disease ‘hot spots’ could prevent the next pandemic

    Jun 01, 2021 08:10 PM EDT

    ... v=G1DhV0fM_Ws Predictive modeling has, however, provided robust heat maps of the global “hot spots” where zoonotic spillover is most likely to occur. Long-term, regular surveillance at these “hot spots” could detect spillover signals, as well as any changes that occur over time. These could include an uptick ...

  • Putin signs law allowing him 2 more terms as Russia's leader

    Putin signs law allowing him 2 more terms as Russia's leader

    Apr 05, 2021 06:25 PM EDT

    ... Stalin — said he would decide later whether to run again in 2024 when his current six-year term ends. He has argued that resetting the term count was necessary to keep his lieutenants focused on their work instead of "darting their eyes in search for possible successors." The constitutional amendments ...

  • Federal look into Breonna Taylor's death casts a wider net

    Federal look into Breonna Taylor's death casts a wider net

    Mar 12, 2021 02:20 PM EDT

    ... the Louisville Police Department by a consulting firm found numerous problems with Louisville's warrant process. It said supervisors generally approved probable cause statements in search warrants "without performing an in-depth review" of the content. Proving that Jaynes and other officers were aware they were violating Taylor's or ...

  • Russia slows down Twitter as part of social media clampdown

    Russia slows down Twitter as part of social media clampdown

    Mar 10, 2021 03:07 PM EDT

    ... the two social media giants of “open censorship,” saying that “Russian media, without trial or investigation, are being labeled as allegedly unreliable, excluded from the search, blocked, and accounts are deleted.” Two weeks ago, Roskomnadzor demanded Twitter to explain why it removed 100 accounts linked to Russia. Twitter said the ...

  • Congressional Democrats back blueprint for Biden's relief plan

    Congressional Democrats back blueprint for Biden's relief plan

    Feb 05, 2021 11:55 PM EDT

    ... Leida Parker Sylvester was furloughed from her job in the hospitality industry. She said looking for work has been grueling. Leida Parker Sylvester: The job search has been really difficult. I just put in job after job. It has to be over 100 jobs that I have applied for. The ...

  • Calls for Trump’s removal from office grow louder across the political spectrum

    Calls for Trump’s removal from office grow louder across the political spectrum

    Jan 07, 2021 11:45 PM EDT

    ... Madeleine Dean: Thanks for asking me that. I have tried really to process it, Judy. Over the course -- I have been in Congress just one term, just beginning my second, and, of course, served on Judiciary through impeachment and so many other important pieces of legislation. I have tried to ...

  • How voters are being 'duped' by Trump's election challenges

    How voters are being 'duped' by Trump's election challenges

    Dec 10, 2020 11:45 PM EDT

    ... square -- again, how do you square that? Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan: Well, for me, I think the lawsuit feels a lot like a solution in search of a problem. I'm proud of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his team, proud of attorney general, Governor Kemp. We have all ...