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Death toll in Miami condo collapse at 32, funeral held

The death toll from a partially collapsed Miami-area condominium rose by four to 32, officials said on Tuesday, as rescue workers braced for a tropical storm and relatives of a deceased family of four prepared for the disaster's first funeral.

3y ago

New York prosecutors to indict Trump Org insider - but not Trump, sources say

New York prosecutors investigating former US President Donald Trump's business practices are likely to issue one or more criminal indictments this week – but not against Trump himself, according to people involved in the case.

3y ago

Death toll climbs to 11 in Florida condo collapse, 150 missing

Search-and-rescue teams pulled two more sets of remains from the concrete and steel rubble of a partially collapsed Florida condominium tower on Monday, bringing the death toll to 11 with 150 people still listed as missing four days after the disaster.

3y ago

Florida building collapse: death toll climbs to 9, with 150 still missing

As the death toll rose to nine, searchers worked on Sunday to find more than 150 missing residents amid the rubble of a Florida apartment building that collapsed three days ago, as questions arose about the tower's structural integrity.

3y ago

Death toll climbs to five, 156 still missing at collapsed Florida building

The death toll rose to five on Saturday at the site of the Florida building collapse where rescue workers methodically searched for more than 150 missing residents while firefighters made progress in battling a smoldering fire in the mountain of debris.

3y ago

Ex-police officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22-1/2 years for George Floyd murder

A Minnesota judge sentenced former police officer Derek Chauvin to 22-1/2 years in prison on Friday for the murder of George Floyd during an arrest in May 2020 on a Minneapolis sidewalk, video of which sparked global protests.

3y ago

Migrant children report overcrowding, spoiled food, depression in US shelters

Migrant children sent to emergency shelters within the United States described crowded living conditions, spoiled food, lack of clean clothes and struggles with depression, according to 17 testimonials filed in a court case on Monday.

3y ago

Alabama storm: 9 children, one adult killed in highway crash

Nine children and a young father were killed when a van and other vehicles slammed together on a rain-drenched Alabama highway during Tropical Storm Claudette, authorities said on Sunday.

3y ago

Trump heading to Switzerland as impeachment trial reconvenes

When President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial is called to order in the Senate this week, he won’t be watching from inside the chamber or on television from the White House. He’ll be thousands of miles away at the Davos economic forum in the Swiss Alps, trying to charm global CEOs over dinner.

5y ago

Historic Trump impeachment trial begins in Senate

The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump opens in the US Senate, as lawmakers take a solemn oath to be "impartial" in deciding whether to force the 45th US president from office.

5y ago

Bangladesh elected as the president of UNICEF Executive Board

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has been unanimously elected as the President of the UNICEF Executive Board at the elections of the Bureau held yesterday at the UN Headquarters in New York.

5y ago

'The worst briefing I've had': Senate Iran briefing gets heated

Following Wednesday’s briefing and the sessions, most of Trump's fellow Republicans praises the officials, and Trump, for the strike and the presentation.

5y ago

80 'American terrorists' killed: Iran state TV

Iranian state television says 80 "American terrorists" had been killed and US helicopters and military equipment damaged. It did not provide evidence of how it obtained that information.

5y ago

Trump insists ‘All is well!’ after Iran missile attack

President Donald Trump insisted “All is well!” on Tuesday after Iran fired surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing US troops. He promised to make a statement to the nation Wednesday morning about the increasingly precarious situation with Iran.

5y ago

India-US ties have grown from strength to strength: Modi to Trump

The ties between India and the US "have grown from strength to strength", Prime Minister Narendra Modi says in a phone call with US President Donald Trump, according to a statement by Indian government.

5y ago

US denies Iran's Zarif a visa to attend UN: US official

The United States has denied a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that would have allowed him to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday, a US official says.

5y ago

Pentagon chief denies US is leaving Iraq

The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says, following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country.

5y ago

Trump tweets Iran will 'never have a nuclear weapon'

President Donald Trump repeats his insistence that Iran will not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.

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