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| About 2 millimeters a year. That's how much a 12-story condominium north of Miami had been sinking into Earth as early as the 1990s before it crumbled, according to researchers. |
| But what exactly led to the building's collapse early Thursday? It's still unclear, along with the condition of the nearly 100 people still unaccounted for. |
| It's Julius and Kristina, here with Friday morning's news. |
| 🔵 The ATF's failure to produce public records keeps the gun industry in the shadows. |
| 🚫 Rudy Giuliani has been barred from practicing law in New York. |
| 🚧 'We have a deal': President Biden has reached a $1.2T infrastructure compromise with a bipartisan group of senators. |
| 🎤 Conan O'Brien ends his TBS late-night show: Jack Black helped with the send-off, and got hurt. |
| ⚕️ Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are among the unvaccinated. |
| On today's 5 Things podcast, hear the latest from a devastating building collapse in Miami. You can listen to the podcast everyday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
Derek Chauvin awaits sentence for George Floyd's murder |
| Derek Chauvin, the ex-officer who murdered George Floyd, will face a Minnesota judge Friday and receive a sentence of up to 30 years in prison . Chauvin has been in a maximum-security prison cell since a jury found him guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter on April 20. Though he's a first-time offender, Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill found that Chauvin should face a higher sentence because his crimes involved abusing his position and killing Floyd in the presence of children, among other aggravating factors. Chauvin's defense attorney Eric Nelson has asked for probation or far less prison time. Whatever the sentence, per Minnesota law, Chauvin will serve two-thirds of it behind bars and the remainder under a type of supervised release that's similar to parole. |
A desperate search for survivors |
| Rescue crews continue their search a day after a beachfront condominium just north of Miami collapsed, killing at least one person. Photographers captured the heartbreaking aftermath of the incident. Early Friday, President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency authorizing funding and other disaster relief to Surfside, a tight-knit community with about 6,000 residents. Authorities have yet to say what may have caused the collapse. "We won't have the answers immediately," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said. |
What else people are reading |
| 🔵 Visiting Hawaii? The state is ending its COVID-19 test requirement for vaccinated travelers on July 8. |
| 🔵 Gun violence PSA: A former NRA president was tricked into giving a fake graduation speech for an anti-gun violence video. |
| 🔵 Britney Spears: The pop star is 'speaking her truth.' Are we listening? |
| 🔵 'Crime against humanity': Investigators found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children in Canada. |
VP Harris will visit the US-Mexico border |
| After months of pressure from Congress, Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to the U.S.-Mexico border Friday. Harris, who was tasked with addressing the root causes of migration from Central America, will visit El Paso, Texas, alongside Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The trip comes after she drew criticism for comments she made earlier in June in Guatemala, where she told those considering the trek to the border not to come. |
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Biden will meet with Afghan leaders amid Taliban resurgence |
| President Joe Biden will meet with Afghan leaders at the White House on Friday amid an ongoing U.S. military withdrawal as Afghanistan's future remains in limbo. The president's meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, head of the country's High Council for National Reconciliation, comes as U.S.-backed peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have stalled. Meanwhile, the militant Islamic group has gained new territory at an alarming rate in recent weeks. In announcing Friday's meeting, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the Biden administration remains committed to working with the Afghan government "to ensure the country never again becomes a safe haven for terrorist groups who pose a threat to the U.S. homeland." |
Finally, a UFO update (maybe) |
| Is there anybody out there? Top intelligence and military officials are expected to release a report on UFOs as early as Friday. It comes after years of unexplained footage of strange objects surpassing military aircraft. While the public has long been fascinated by the possibility of UFOs, recent years have seen that same curiosity rise among top officials and lawmakers. "What is true, and I'm actually being serious here, is that there are – there's footage and records of objects in the skies, that we don't know exactly what they are," former President Barack Obama said last month upon news of the report's commission. |
ICYMI: |
| 🧛 Watch Ed Sheeran transform into a glam vampire in his new music video. |
| 📱 Apps that are not worth the trouble: Here's why you may want to remove CamScanner, Screen Recorder and even TikTok from your phone. |
| 🚗 Goodbye, V6: Six-cylinder engines are on their way out in most new cars. |
| 🎵 'Pure magic': The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson performed with his daughters and granddaughter for the first time. |
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