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Rescue Crews at Surfside Condo Collapse End Search for Survivors: ‘No Chance of Life’ in Rubble
The death toll from the Surfside disaster stands at 54, with 86 people still unaccounted for
‘A True Maverick.’ Countercultural Filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. Dies at 85
Robert Downey Sr. had Parkinson’s disease for more than five years.
Former President Trump Files Class Action Lawsuits Against Facebook, Twitter and Google Over Alleged Censorship
Trump was suspended from Twitter and Facebook after his followers stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6
Jovenel Moïse, Haiti’s Embattled President, Killed at 53
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, a former banana producer and political neophyte who ruled Haiti for more than four years as the country grew increasingly unstable under his watch, was killed on Wednesday. He was 53. Moïse was assassinated at his private home following “a highly coordinated attack by a highly trained and…
Jeff Bezos Is the Richest Person Ever After His Net Worth Soars to $211 Billion
Amazon stock rallied Tuesday and raised Bezos’s fortune by $8.4 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Former NYPD Captain Eric Adams Wins New York City Mayoral Democratic Primary
Adams will be the prohibitive favorite in the general election against Curtis Sliwa, the Republican founder of the Guardian Angels
Tropical Storm Elsa Strengthens Into Hurricane as It Hurtles Toward Florida’s Gulf Coast
Hurricane Elsa was packing winds as high as 75 mph (121 kph) as it hurtled toward Florida’s northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday.
Pentagon Cancels $10 Billion ‘JEDI’ Cloud Deal Awarded to Microsoft
The Pentagon scrapped a $10 billion cloud-computing contract awarded in 2019 to Microsoft Corp. after several years of wrangling between the government and some of the biggest U.S. tech companies over the deal, indicating it plans to divide the work between Microsoft and rival Amazon.com Inc. instead. “With the shifting technology environment, it has become…
China Signals Broad Clampdown on Company Data, Offshore Listings
The news comes just days after Didi Global Inc.’s contentious decision to go public in the U.S.
Tropical Storm Elsa Threatens to Hamper Search at Collapsed Florida Condo
Four more victims were discovered, raising the death toll to 28 people. Another 117 people remained unaccounted for
U.S. Pulls Out of Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield in the Middle of the Night—Without Telling the New Commander
The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base's new Afghan commander
It’s Winter in New Zealand, and June Was the Warmest on Record
The average temperature in June was 2 degrees C above the 30-year average for the month