Miami condo collapse death toll rises to 27 after demolition clears way for search to resume

Search crews who resumed their work after the still-standing portion of the partially collapsed condo building in Surfside, us-regions, was brought down using explosives Sunday night found three more bodies. The death toll now stands at 27, with 118 people still unaccounted for, Miami-Dade County officials told family members, the Associated Press reports. Two of…

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Alvin Bragg poised to be Manhattan's first Black DA

justice-department” target=”_blank”>Alvin Bragg< won nearly 34% of the vote, compared with Ms. Farhadian Weinstein’s 30%, a lead of about 7,000 ballots. The New York City Board of Elections has been counting absentee ballots since then. “We made history,” Mr. Bragg said. “I promise that I will never stop working to bring the change that New…

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Grasshopper infestation ravages drought-stricken West

The western United Statesa>,< by a severe drought, now has disasters” target=”_blank”>plague< to contend with.  Agriculture officials have launched the largest grasshopper-killing campaign since the 1980s as the insects strip an already ravaged land. The swarms are so dense they cover roads and pelt bicyclists.  The population normally remains in check, but the prolonged drought…

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Man killed in shooting at Atlanta-area country club

A shooting at an atlanta” target=”_blank”>Atlanta-area country club< crime Shenise Barner said, according to the atlanta” target=”_blank”>Atlanta< Neighbor John Lavender told WAGA-TV that he heard “five, six booms go off” and wasn’t sure whether it was gunshots or fireworks. “You just don’t think it’s gunshots in this area,” he said. The country club is near…

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