FDNY veteran who responded to both World Trade Center terror attacks weighs in on Miami collapse rescue effort

The fact that rescuers heard banging sounds from beneath the collapsed Champlain Towers South apartment building in us-regions, just outside miami” target=”_blank”>Miami< “Typically, when victims make noise, it tends to be like a rhythmic sound,” he said. “Like banging a pipe every 10 seconds. It’s not just some noise that would be repeated for some…

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TSA reminds passengers to ‘remain calm and respectful’ after security officers attacked, bitten

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is asking passengers to “remain calm and respectful” at security checkpoints following a series of incidents involving unruly travelers, including one who allegedly bit two agents.  The biting incident occurred earlier this month in Denver and remains under investigation, the TSA said Thursday. In another occurrence, a passenger in Louisville,…

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'Horrible:' 64 dead in Ethiopian airstrike on Tigray

world-regions’s military on Thursday said it was responsible for a deadly conflicts” target=”_blank”>airstrike < workers said the attack killed at least 64 people, including children, but the military insisted only combatants were targeted. A doctor who managed to reach the market in Togoga village after Ethiopian soldiers blocked medical teams from responding to Tuesday’s attack…

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San Diego fentanyl overdoses tripled amid COVID-19 lockdowns

The san-diego” target=”_blank”>San Diego< overdoses in the Southern California city. Fentanyl-related overdoses tripled in 2020 amid infectious-disease lockdowns, with 461 deaths compared to 151 in 2019, according to the DA’s office. “Parents are finding their children dead from fentanyl overdoses, boyfriends finding their girlfriends dead, and children are being put at risk by this alarming…

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Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida: What to know

The Champlain Towers condominium suffered a partial collapse early Thursday morning, with dozens of residents rescued, more missing and at least one person reported dead. The 12-story condo building in Surfside, Fla., was built in 1981.  The total complex, including Champlain Towers East and North, is comprised of 342 apartments. The south building, which is…

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