A family suing the Champlain Towers South condo association names the engineering firm that performed a 2018 structural analysis of the building as a defendant, arguing the firm should have more thoroughly examined the building's stability.Maryland-based Morabito Consultants should have…
Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction, the first high-profile celebrity criminal trial of the #MeToo era, was reversed, but his accusers hope the movement will continue to inspire victims to come forward."It is a discouraging message to sexual assault survivors," said…
Extreme heat in the Northwest is easing, but only after hundreds of deaths were reported in this latest example of the global climate crisis.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can…
If one of many small moments of Iliana Monteagudo's last night in her Surfside, Florida, condo had gone differently, she said she believes she would not be alive today.Her credit cards were already in her purse, she checked her balcony…
Officials are considering demolishing the rest of the Champlain Towers South as operations continue in sections that crumbled to the ground a week ago, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Thursday evening.Work on the debris was halted for much…
At least 17 people were injured Wednesday evening in Los Angeles after an explosion occurred inside a police bomb squad disposal truck, officials said."This vessel should have been able to dispose of this material," Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel…
Major League Baseball has placed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on a seven-day administrative leave while the Pasadena Police Department investigates assault allegations against him.MLB says a league investigation is running concurrent with that of the police. The Cy…
A couple staying at a nearby hotel recorded video that shows debris and gushing water in the underground parking garage of the Surfside condominium building minutes before it collapsed.Adriana Sarmiento and Roberto Castillero were at a nearby hotel when they…
The mother of an incoming midshipman at the US Naval Academy was shot and killed at an Annapolis, Maryland, hotel, just hours after dropping off her son to start college.Police say Michelle Cummings, 57, and her husband Leonard, were sitting…
News of Bill Cosby's release from prison shocked many across the United States, especially his accusers.Cosby was released after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction, saying his due process rights were violated in the first major case of…
As rescue and recovery teams dig through the rubble of the collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, scientists and engineers are starting to consider what could have possibly caused the deadly tragedy.Among a long list of hypotheses: climate change. Sea…
As Julia Jassey packed up her things before flying off to college in Chicago, she had the usual concerns -- beginning her life as an adult, making friends and getting her work done. It never occurred to her to be…
When part of Champlain Towers South fell in Surfside, Florida, last week, members of a world-class search and rescue operation quickly arrived on the scene, working diligently to rescue victims from rubble that had once been condos.The team is used…
Bill Cosby was released from prison Wednesday after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction, saying the disgraced actor's due process rights were violated.The stunning decision in the case of the man once known as "America's Dad" reverses the…
Sara Nir and her two children were in their ground-floor condo at Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, moments before it partially collapsed. She was checking emails when they heard knocking sounds, she said.The knocking grew louder before she heard…
The board of trustees at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill voted Wednesday to grant tenure to award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones after facing backlash from Black students and faculty who said the board's initial failure to do so reflected a…
Zerious Meadows was 16 when a Michigan judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole for participating in a felony murder. Now, at 67, Meadows is free.During 20 of the 47 years Meadows was in prison, he said,…
Allison Mack, former "Smallville" actress and high-ranking member of the cultlike group Nxivm, was sentenced to 3 years in prison Wednesday. Mack is required to have 3 years of supervised release after serving her prison term and has to pay…
Dan Gannon wouldn't mind a full summer break. The Bronx high school history teacher is as drained as anyone by teaching remotely during the pandemic.He sympathizes with any educator taking the summer off. Many worked more hours than usual to…
More than 80 teens and adult staffers from a Central Illinois summer camp tested positive for Covid-19 in an outbreak that has impacted people across three states, officials said.The Crossing Camp in Schuyler County held in mid-June did not check…
