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July 1, 2021

Florida man, 18, allegedly held gun to friend's head and forced him to flee traffic stop

An 18-year-old Florida man allegedly held a gun to his friend's head and forced him to flee from police on Tuesday when officers tried to initiate a traffic stop.

July 1, 2021

Biden, DeSantis, put politics aside as president tours Florida building collapse

Amid the horrific building collapse in Surfside, Florida – with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) working side by side with Florida authorities on the response efforts – partisan politics melted away on Thursday as Democratic President Biden and GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis sat side by side at a briefing close to the site of the deadly disaster.

July 1, 2021

Biden raises global warming as a possible contributor to Surfside condo collapse

President Biden raised concerns of global warming in remarks on what could have potentially contributed to the Surfside Condo collapse in Miami last week.

July 1, 2021

Disney World to bring back early park entry for resort guests starting October

A fan favorite perk is coming back to Disney.

July 1, 2021

Gaetz invites Britney Spears to speak before Congress: 'You have been mistreated by America’s legal system'

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. and three other members of Congress pointed out in a letter that many others "have used their fame to advance social, political, and criminal justice reform," before asserting their hope she will accept their invitation to speak before Congress for "the sake of the justice you and many Americans deserve."

July 1, 2021

Woman trapped in condo rubble pleaded with rescuers to save her

A Florida fire chief on Thursday said emergency workers heard the voice of a woman trapped in the rubble in the hours after last week’s horrific condo collapse – but they were unable to reach her.

July 1, 2021

Brother of Surfside condo collapse victim says he's losing hope sister will be found alive

Ignacio Maza, whose sister was visiting the Surfside, Fla., condominium when it partially collapsed last week and is now missing, told “America’s Newsroom” that he is “lost without her.”

July 1, 2021

Bidens visiting Surfside condo collapse site, will meet with families of those missing

President Biden is meeting with officials in Florida Thursday as search and rescue efforts at the Champlain Towers South condo building collapse site have been temporarily halted over structural concerns, with 18 confirmed dead and 145 still unaccounted for. 

July 1, 2021

Surfside collapse: Video shows water gushing into garage before building fell

Chilling new video footage shows water gushing into the garage of a Florida condominium building moments before it collapsed last week.

July 1, 2021

Harris chief of staff Tina Flournoy fought to shield Big Tobacco from liability as Philip Morris exec: memos

Vice President Kamala Harris' chief of staff, Tina Flournoy, worked to shield Big Tobacco companies from liability for the public health costs resulting from their products, documents reviewed by Fox News show.