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Rescuers race to find survivors after Miami-Dade building collapse
Rescue crews are sifting through a mountain of rubble hoping to find those still missing after a residential building partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida.
Continue ReadingRescue crews are sifting through a mountain of rubble hoping to find those still missing after a residential building partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida.
Continue ReadingBy Theresa Waldrop, CNN One man happened to be walking his dog. Another awoke to “an incredible bang” only to discover dust and debris outside his third-floor condominium. When part of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed early Thursday, it left a pile of rubble where the beachside residences once
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN When Britney Spears asked a court this week to end her years-long conservatorship, she renewed attention on a little-understood section of US law. A convervatorship is a legal arrangement that gives a court-appointed individual, known as the conservator, the power to handle the financial and/or personal affairs of another adult who
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN The parents of a student who died during the Parkland school shooting tricked a former president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) to give a speech in front of thousands of empty chairs representing victims of school gun violence. Video posted online shows David Keene addressing a makeshift field in Las Vegas. Keene thought
Continue ReadingDavid Keene, a former head and current board member of the National Rifle Association, was duped by a gun control activist group into giving a fake graduation speech to empty chairs that represented the victims of gun violence who would have graduated this year.
Continue ReadingJorge Soto, who lives across from the Florida condominium complex, tells CNN’s Victor Blackwell about what he experienced while speaking with survivors of the residential building collapse.
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis and Boris Sanchez, CNN A Virginia school district is under fire after chaos erupted during public comment at a school board meeting earlier this week over a proposed transgender policy and claims that critical race theory is being taught in the classroom. The turmoil ended with one person being arrested and
Continue ReadingBy Theresa Waldrop, Alisha Ebrahimji, Ray Sanchez and Claire Colbert, CNN The dead and unaccounted for residents of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, reflect the area’s rich cultural diversity, an international tragedy that has touched members of a tight-knit Jewish community and families from as far away as Argentina, Paraguay and Colombia. Scores
Continue ReadingBy Ganesh Setty and Leah Asmelash, CNN A controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt will finally be moved from its current location after years of debate — and one year after a formal request for its removal. The statue debuted in 1940 and stands in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN As New York Mets pitcher Tylor Megill walked off the mound after his Major League Baseball debut Wednesday night, the home faithful got to their feet and heartily applauded the 25-year-old. But those cheers soured when Megill was forced to make a pit stop. The home plate umpire approached Megill and
Continue ReadingAt least 99 people are unaccounted for after a building partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida. At least one person was killed and at least 11 were injured. The Miami-Dade mayor said at least 102 people have been accounted for as rescue efforts continue.
Continue ReadingBy Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Dozens of condominiums in a Surfside, Florida, residential tower were destroyed when part of the building collapsed early Thursday. At least one person was killed, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said, and 51 people were unaccounted for late Thursday morning, a Miami-Dade County official said. A search-and-rescue operation is underway after
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City. Personal Birth date: May 28, 1944 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Rudolph William Louis Giuliani Father: Harold Giuliani, a tavern owner Mother: Helen (D’Avanzo) Giuliani, a secretary Marriages: Judith Nathan (May 24, 2003-2019, divorced);
Continue ReadingVideo shows a boy being rescued from the rubble after a building collapsed in Surfside, Florida.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Krupa and Jason Hanna, CNN Out walking his dog after midnight, Nicholas Balboa felt the ground shake. Plumes of dust and debris soon billowed all around as a massive section of a condo complex in Surfside, Florida, crashed to the ground Thursday. No one could have survived, Balboa recalled thinking. As people gathered
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Leyla Santiago, CNN An intense search and rescue effort will continue through the night after part of a 12-story residential building collapsed early Thursday in the South Florida town of Surfside, killing at least one and leaving almost 100 people unaccounted for. About 55 of the 136 units at Champlain Towers
Continue ReadingNicholas Balboa speaks to CNN’s Brianna Keilar and John Berman about the collapse of a condo building in Surfside, Florida.
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN An extraordinary heat wave could hit the northwestern US this weekend, with triple-digit temperatures all the way up to Oregon. To make matters worse, people in some of these places may not have AC, since such record-breaking temps are almost unheard of. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingAuthorities in South Florida responded to a “partial building collapse” early Thursday morning, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. CNN’s Leyla Santiago reports.
Continue ReadingPortions of the Midwest are facing a flash flood and severe storm threat while the Northwest prepares for another record breaking heatwave. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the details.
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