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Washington Post:
‘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.
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Associated Press:
‘Deep fire’ slowing rescue effort at collapsed Florida condo — SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Fire and smoke coming from deep inside the concrete and metal remains of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami hampered rescue efforts Saturday as emergency workers raced to recover any survivors beneath the mountain of rubble.
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Miami Herald:
Death toll up to 5 as search for survivors goes on. Miami-Dade orders audit of high rises
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WINK NEWS, Associated Press, The Hill and Forbes
New York Times:
Engineer Warned of ‘Major Structural Damage’ at Florida Condo Complex
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Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘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.
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The White House:
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 …
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden reverses himself on infrastructure, says he would sign bipartisan deal
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Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
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 …
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Attorney General James Reaches $230 Million Settlement for Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Crisis in New York, Johnson & Johnson Ends Sale of Selling Opioids
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Brendan Cole / Newsweek:
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.
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
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.
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Washington Post:
Trump's endorsements: revenge against enemies, rewards for friends and purveyors of election falsehoods
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump's revenge tour begins with eyes on one Ohio Republican
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Adam Serwer / New York Times:
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 …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
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.
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
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.
Stundin:
Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment — A major witness in the United States' Department of Justice case against Julian Assange has admitted to fabricating key accusations in the indictment against the Wikileaks founder. — bjartmar@stundin.is — ritstjorn@stundin.is
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: White House national security adviser misleadingly describes pipeline company as ‘not Russian’ — Top WH official responds to bipartisan criticism of Biden-Putin summit — full interview — Washington (CNN)Last Sunday, CNN “State of the Union” co-anchor Dana Bash pressed White …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A legendary Chicago newspaper columnist bids farewell — and wonders who will be left to tell her city's tale — In 29 years as a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Mary Schmich was often adored and occasionally reviled by readers, as are all good newspaper columnists.
Washington Post:
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 …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
In Arizona, G.O.P. Lawmakers Strip Power From a Democrat — The State Legislature shifted legal authority from the secretary of state to a Republican attorney general, and enacted election measures it said would stop fraud. — WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled State Legislature …
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