NORTH MIAMI BEACH – A 10-story apartment complex in North Miami Beach was ordered to shut down and evacuate its residents on Friday after the building submitted a recertification report based on an inspection in January that documented “unsafe structural and electrical conditions.” . The 156-unit building, Crestview Towers, was built in 1972 and is … Read more
CNN — Your keyboard is like your mattress: You might not think about it a lot, but you spend a significant chunk of your time with it — and if it’s uncomfortable, it can ruin the rest of your day. That’s why CNN Underscored spent several weeks testing 14 different models, from gaming keyboards … Read more
New York City election officials are still counting votes from the June 22nd mayor’s primary. New Yorkers will have to wait for more rounds of counting, which will be carried out according to the new ranking system. (2nd July)
Daily Business Briefing July 2, 2021Updated July 2, 2021, 8:35 a.m. ET July 2, 2021, 8:35 a.m. ETThe leisure and hospitality sectors suffered the biggest job losses from the pandemic.Credit…Karsten Moran for The New York Times Hiring leapt back up in June as employers added 850,000 workers, the government reported Friday, a fresh sign that … Read more
Three major forest fires destroyed several homes and forced mountain communities to evacuate in Northern California, where hundreds of firefighters battled the flames in triple-digit heat on Thursday. (2nd July)
Here’s what you need to know: President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden paid their respects at the memorial site for the victims of the building collapse.Credit…Tom Brenner for The New York Times SURFSIDE, Fla. — President Biden on Thursday offered impassioned remarks in a hotel ballroom filled with the families of some of … Read more
The ruling will limit the ability of minorities to challenge government laws that they believe are discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act. The votes in this case are 6: 3 and break along conservative-liberal ideological lines. Judge Samuel Alito gave the majority opinion. The court upheld two provisions of Arizona law. The first provision states … Read more
A senior US official suggested on Wednesday that people who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are likely to be protected against the Delta variant. US surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy told CNBC that data shows that the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot – a “cousin” of the J&J – is highly effective against the variant first identified … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Brazil’s minister of health, Marcelo Queiroga, left, and the U.S. ambassador to Brazil, Todd Chapman, receiving a U.S. shipment of doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine last week.Credit…Carla Carniel/Reuters WASHINGTON — When a commercial plane carrying 2.5 million doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine took off on Wednesday from … Read more
Bill Cosby is handcuffed after his 2018 conviction. Mark Makela / Getty Images Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby’s attorney told CNN, “We believe he will be released from prison this afternoon.” Attorney Brian Perry said he was on his way to the jail where Cosby was being held after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled to overturn … Read more