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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Search crews have been nearing the bottom of a pile of rubble left behind after a Surfside condo building collapsed nearly a month ago, according to officials. And as more families get answers, the community is grieving those lost. “On the original collapse site, we are almost at the bottom,” Miami-Dade

By Brisa Colon and Sarah Moon, CNN The “catastrophic” fireworks explosion that injured 17 people last month in a South Los Angeles neighborhood was caused by “human error” after bomb technicians miscalculated the weight of the fireworks, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Michel Moore said in a news conference Monday. Ahead of the July

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A red tide has invaded the Gulf Coast of Florida, causing problems for wildlife and the community. The bacteria that makes up red tide, Karenia brevis, has already killed more than 613 tons of marine life and fish in and around Tampa as of last week, according to local officials.

By Tina Burnside, Rebekah Riess and Theresa Waldrop, CNN More than 110,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been destroyed in Georgia since December 2020, when vaccines were first administered in the state, Georgia health officials said. Georgia Department of Health spokesperson Nancy Nydam told CNN that 110,079 doses were destroyed because they were not being

By Raja Razek, CNN Six people were injured due to a home explosion in Plano, Texas, that also damaged two other homes, according to Plano Fire-Rescue Lt. Daniel Daly. Six people were taken to the hospital, including one person who was in the house, Plano Fire-Rescue said in a tweet. The other five were residents

By Scottie Andrew and Courtney Culp, CNN National Hockey League prospect Luke Prokop came out as gay via a heartfelt statement to fans Monday, saying he hoped it would improve gay visibility within the hockey community. Prokop and the Nashville Predators, the NHL team that drafted him in 2020, confirmed the news in statements on

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer used an empty bag of potato chips and some tape to treat a stabbing victim’s wound, which authorities said ultimately, saved the victim’s life. Officer Ronald Kennedy arrived at the scene in Harlem on July 7 and immediately approached the victim. “Go get

By Elizabeth Stuart and Eric Levenson, CNN A federal judge on Sunday preliminarily upheld Indiana University’s policy requiring students to receive Covid-19 vaccinations before returning to campus for the fall semester. “Recognizing the students’ significant liberty to refuse unwanted medical treatment, the Fourteenth Amendment permits Indiana University to pursue a reasonable and due process of

By Naomi Thomas, CNN The American Academy of Pediatrics released new Covid-19 guidance for schools on Monday that supports in-person learning and recommends universal masking in school of everyone over the age of 2, regardless of vaccination status — a stricter position than that taken this month by the US Centers for Disease Control and

By Madeline Holcombe and Joe Sutton, CNN A shooting at a Houston motel Sunday night left two people and a suspected gunman dead and two others wounded, according to Houston police. The incident does not appear to be an instance of domestic violence and it does not appear that the suspect knew the victims, Houston