‘They were on their balconies, screaming:’ The final minutes at Champlain Towers South … SURFSIDE, Fla. — From her fourth-floor balcony, Cassondra Stratton felt a tremor and saw the swimming pool cave in.  She immediately called her husband, Michael, in Denver, 2,000 miles away.

William Barr Speaks  —  Donald Trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him, but few betrayals have enraged him more than what his attorney general did to him.  To Trump, the unkindest cut of all was when William Barr stepped forward and declared …

‘Castrate, kill, remove voting rights’: Ex-Marine, Georgia deputy was in extremist cell, feds say  —  When FBI agents in San Diego seized the cell phone of a suspected white supremacist last year, they discovered text messages with a Georgia sheriff's deputy boasting of racial violence and preparations for a civil war.

Statement by President Joe Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework … On Thursday, I reached a historic agreement with a bipartisan group of Senators on a $1.2 trillion plan to transform our physical infrastructure.  The plan would make the largest investment in infrastructure in history …

USAA Urged to Pull Fox News Advertisements After Tucker Carlson's Mark Milley Comments  —  There are calls for the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) to stop advertising with Fox News following controversy over the comments by its anchor Tucker Carlson about the country's highest-ranking military officer.

Johnson & Johnson to Pay New York $230 Million to Settle Opioid Case  —  The settlement agreement came just days before opening arguments in a sweeping trial of several defendants, including the company.  —  Johnson & Johnson will pay New York State more than $230 million in a settlement …

Trump dishes the red meat but keeps revenge on ice  —  WELLINGTON, Ohio — Donald Trump's first MAGA rally since leaving the White House was billed as a takedown of one of the 10 Republicans who voted for the then-president's impeachment following the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots.

A grandmother didn't answer her phone during a class.  She was sent back to prison.  —  In the year she was out of prison, Gwen Levi, 76, was thriving.  —  After serving 16 years in different federal facilities for dealing heroin, Levi was allowed to leave last June and finish her 24-year sentence …

Inside the shady world of influencers promoting cryptocurrency  —  From FaZe Clan to Tana Mongeau, why are so many influencers shilling altcoins?  —  Everyone knows Kim Kardashian, the influencer and reality TV show star, but do you know Kim Kardashian, the cryptocurrency advocate?

As Parents Forbid Covid Shots, Defiant Teenagers Seek Ways to Get Them  —  Most medical consent laws require parental permission for minors to get a vaccine.  Now some places are easing restrictions for Covid shots while others are proposing new ones.  —  Teenagers keep all sorts of secrets from their parents.

It's OK to cause some internet drama if you get cut from cheer squad  —  In pop culture, America's most famous pedagogic tool for teaching everyone how the world could work, there are two opposing models for law and order in the high school cheerleading system.

The Cruel Logic of the Republican Party, Before and After Trump  —  Mr. Serwer is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the forthcoming “The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America.”  —  Donald Trump has claimed credit for any number of things …