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TORONTO—A suburban Toronto man who was killed by police after authorities say he fatally shot five people in his condominium building, including three members of the condo board, had a court hearing scheduled for the next day to determine if the building’s management could evict him. Francesco Villi, 73, attacked neighbors on three floors of […]

TORONTO—A 73-year old man who had a long-running dispute with his condo board in a suburb above Toronto killed five people, including three board members, after he claimed in court and on social media that the building’s electrical room was making him sick. Chief James MacSween of the York Regional Police identified the suspect in […]

ROME—A man opened fire Sunday during a condominium board meeting in a coffee shop in northern Rome, killing three people and injuring others, authorities and witnesses said. Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri called an emergency security meeting for Monday after what he called “the grave episode of violence that has struck our city.” In a tweet, […]

MIAMI BEACH—An evacuation order has abruptly forced out residents of a 14-story oceanfront building on the same avenue where a condominium collapse killed nearly 100 people last year. The city posted an unsafe structure notice Thursday evening at the Port Royale condominium, Miami Beach spokesperson Melissa Berthier said in an email. A structural engineering report […]

Construction of a luxury building next door triggered the collapse of an already fragile Florida condominium that killed 98 people in June, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed late Tuesday on behalf of Champlain Towers South victims and family members, contends that work on the adjacent Eighty Seven Park tower damaged and destabilized […]

BANGKOK—A resident of a high-rise condominium in Thailand cut the support rope for two painters, apparently angry she wasn’t told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor until a couple rescued them, police said Wednesday. The woman is facing attempted murder and property destruction charges, Pol. Col. Pongjak Preechakarunpong, […]

New video footage of investigators working at the condominium building that collapsed in Florida in June, killing 98, shows structural issues, according to experts. The footage was released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as the federal agency announced it would launch a technical probe into the collapse of the building, which […]

MIAMI—Residents of an eight-story condo building in Miami were ordered to evacuate after the building was deemed “unsafe” by city officials. On Monday night, some six weeks after 98 people died in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in nearby Surfside, residents of the 138-unit building lugged belongings to their vehicles, news outlets reported. They were […]

MIAMI—Firefighters officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building on Friday, even as police and forensic specialists continue working to identify human remains. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told The Associated Press that the fire department’s role in recovering remains at the collapsed Surfside condominium has finished. […]

SURFSIDE, Fla.—An engineer hired to help figure out why a South Florida condominium collapsed last month is warning officials that the site may still not be safe. Structural engineer Allyn Kilsheimer told Surfside and Miami-Dade officials in a letter Thursday that Collins Avenue could crumble, the Miami Herald and WPLG reported. All that remains of […]

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Recordings of 911 calls after an oceanfront Florida condominium building collapsed in the middle of the night show disbelief, panic and confusion as people tried to comprehend the disaster. “Oh my God! The whole building collapsed!” one caller said to a dispatcher at the Miami-Dade Police Department, which released the recordings Wednesday from […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Across Florida, people living in the thousands of condominiums rising above the state’s 1,350 miles of coastline wonder if the building collapse in Surfside could happen to their home as state and local officials discuss what they can do to make sure it doesn’t. Although building collapses are rare, local governments are looking at […]

Condo collapse searchers collect personal items from the rubble. They hope to reunite them with family members. And a U.S. fighting champion raises money for the victims.

Vice president Kamala Harris has announced the Democratic National Committee will invest 25 million dollars into expanding voting rights. This comes as the Republican National Committee attempts to intervene in the Biden administration’s lawsuit against the election reform law in Georgia.

The White House had to clarify comments President Joe Biden made earlier this week about going door to door to get more Americans vaccinated. The remarks set off a fire-storm of protest from Republican lawmakers saying the tactic is intrusive and raises privacy concerns.

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—A North Miami Beach condominium building that was evacuated last week because of safety concerns must stay unoccupied until the condo association submits a new 40-year recertification report that addresses all structural and electrical issues, city officials said Thursday. The building is about 5 miles from Surfside, where Champlain Towers South collapsed […]

A grand jury in Florida is tasked with finding ways to prevent another building collapse. The news comes the same day first responders shift from search and rescue to recovery efforts.

SURFSIDE, Fla.—The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its 14th day on Wednesday, as workers uncovered 10 more bodies from the rubble and officials sounded more and more grim about the prospects of finding anyone alive. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah broke the discovery of the additional bodies […]

Full speed ahead for search efforts at the Florida condo collapse. The mayor says it’s much safer for rescuers since they demolished the rest of the building.

The CEO of the software company struck by the latest ransomware attack says up to 1,500 businesses around the world were affected. He says they’re turning to the FBI for what to do next.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now appealing to the public for information on suspicious cross-border activity. That’s while more guns and ammo are being smuggled into Mexico.