July 14, 2021 Surfside condo collapse: Who is Cassie Stratton? Cassondra ‘Cassie’ Stratton was on the phone with her husband, Colorado Democratic strategist Michael Stratton, when the Champlain Towers South high rise in Surfside, Fla., collapsed around her in the early morning hours of June 24.
July 14, 2021 Two dead at former Gianni Versace mansion, now Miami Beach luxury hotel Two males were found dead Wednesday inside a Miami Beach, Fla., hotel room in what was formerly the mansion of Gianni Versace, the Italian fashion designer who was killed outside the building 24 years ago this Thursday.
July 14, 2021 California, Florida fish mortality pinned to drought, climate change California officials warned this week that salmon in the state's Sacramento River might not survive the region's historic drought.
July 14, 2021 DNA helps Florida police arrest suspect in ‘Woodline Rapist’ cold cases after nearly 20 years Investigators in Florida have used DNA evidence to link a pair of rape cases nearly 20 years old to a suspect living in Orlando, authorities said Tuesday.
July 14, 2021 Florida breaks annual manatee death record in first 6 months More manatees have died already this year than in any other year in Florida's recorded history, primarily from starvation due to the loss of seagrass beds.
July 14, 2021 Blinken invites UN envoys on racism, minority issues to visit US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday announced that he has invited the United Nations' envoys on racism and minority issues to visit the U.S., a move that immediately drew criticism.
July 14, 2021 Senate Democratic candidates in key races fundraise off scrapping filibuster Leading Democratic Senate candidates in three key races where their party aims to flip a red seat blue in the 2022 midterm elections are hauling in campaign cash as they spotlight their opposition to the legislative filibuster.
July 14, 2021 Florida condo collapse: Remains of nanny for family of Paraguay’s president return to home country The remains of a 23-year-old Paraguayan woman who was a nanny at the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida, was returned to her home country on Tuesday.
July 14, 2021 ‘Where is Biden?’ chant breaks out at Florida protest in support of Cuba A protest broke out in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday in support of the anti-government protesters in Cuba and participants appealed to the Biden administration to take a firmer stance on the crackdown in Havana.
July 13, 2021 Condo collapse: Slab at center of investigation into Florida building was showing weakness in 1996: report A concrete slab that supported the pool deck at Florida's Champlain Towers South condo building, which collapsed last month and resulted in the deaths of at least 95 people so far, needed "concrete structural repair" to seal 500 feet of cracks in 1996, new documents obtained by the Miami Herald show.
