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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers. The slow work of sifting through the rubble of a condo building that collapsed just outside Miami is stretching into a sixth day, as desperate families wait for answers. If you're in the Pacific Northwest, respite from the unrelenting heat is near – but be warned, it'll still be hotter than usual. And Serena Williams is continuing her quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon. |
| It's Jane, with Tuesday's news. |
| 📩 Millions of dollars in needed repairs: The concrete deterioration of the collapsed condo building in Florida was accelerating in April, according to a letter obtained by USA TODAY. |
| 🏃🏾♂️ World, meet Erriyon Knighton. The 17-year-old sprinter is believed to be the youngest American man to make the Olympic track and field team since 1964. |
| 📲 Worried that those excess cat photos will push you into paying for extra storage on Google? Fear not: Here's how to update your Gmail inbox. |
| 🔵 Hammer thrower Gwen Berry turned away on the podium when The Star-Spangled Banner was played. Now, one congressman says she should be kicked off Team USA. |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, Supreme Court correspondent John Fritze breaks down the court's decision not to wade into a dispute over whether schools may bar transgender students from using a bathroom that reflects their gender identity. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
| Here's what's happening today: |
Rescue crews continue search for Miami condo collapse survivors |
| Rescuers continue to search Tuesday for survivors of the condominium that collapsed in Surfside , just outside Miami in Florida, on Thursday. The death toll from the collapse rose to 11 after first responders pulled two bodies from the site Monday. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 150 people remain unaccounted for. "We have people waiting and waiting and waiting for news," Cava told reporters Monday. "We have them coping with the news that they might not have their loved ones come out alive and still hope against hope that they will." |
After record-breaking heat, Pacific Northwest residents 'to see relief' |
| After a record-breaking heatwave hit the Pacific Northwest over the past few days, residents will "start to see relief" Tuesday , according to Tyler Kranz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland. However, Kranz noted the temperatures will still remain warmer than usual. "This time of year we're typically in the upper 70s, and we're clearly quite a bit above that," he said. "But it's much better than 115." Over a three-day stretch, temperatures in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle soared to 113 and 106, topping previous all-time highs. Those are suffocating numbers for a region where many residents don't have air conditioning. |
Biden hits the road with infrastructure deal, set to speak in Wisconsin |
| Taking his infrastructure deal on the road, President Joe Biden will look to sell voters on the economic benefits of the $973 billion package while in Wisconsin on Tuesday, hoping to boost the bipartisan agreement that is held together in large part by the promise of millions of new jobs. Biden will travel to La Crosse, population 52,000, and tour its public transit center, followed by a speech about the infrastructure package announced last week. The deal spends $1.2 trillion on mostly traditional infrastructure, including transportation, energy, water and telecommunications systems, among other things, over eight years. |
What else people are reading: |
| 🔵 The World Health Organization has urged fully vaccinated people to continue wearing masks indoors and practice social distancing as the delta variant surges. |
| 🔵 Tropical Storm Danny made landfall, then weakened to a Tropical Depression. Heavy rains will continue across Georgia and South Carolina into late Tuesday. |
| 🔵 A former "Bachelorette" contestant is returning to the franchise to shake things up for Katie Thurston: Blake Moynes, who was on the show last summer, crashed Monday's episode in a big way. |
| 🔵 Jamie Lynn Spears broke her silence about her sister Britney's conservatorship. "I just want to take a second to address a few things," she said in an Instagram video. |
 | | Jamie Lynn Spears spoke publicly about Britney Spears' conservatorship. | | USA TODAY | |
Serena Williams takes the court at Wimbledon |
| Wimbledon resumes Tuesday with No. 6 seed Serena Williams going up against Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round. Williams, who is looking to win her eighth Wimbledon and record-tying 24th major title, is coming off of a surprising loss to Elena Rybakina in the fourth round of the French Open earlier this month. The American tennis star is at Wimbledon after announcing she will not compete at the Olympics for the first time since the 2004 Games. She said last week there were "a lot of reasons that I made my Olympic decision. I don't feel like going into them today, but maybe another day." |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| 🤸🏼♂️ Gymnast Suni Lee is going to the Tokyo Olympics after a rare win over Simone Biles, besting the sport's greatest gymnast in the all-around on Sunday. |
| 🔴 "Their tears are welling up." Heartbroken North Koreans have been worrying about leader Kim Jong Un's "emaciated looks," state media reported. |
| 🔵 Five first-time Olympians are heading to Tokyo as part of the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team. Get to know the six gymnasts representing the U.S. |
| 📸 Megan Thee Stallion, Queen Latifah, Lil Nas X, Cardi B and more! Check out the stars at the 2021 BET Awards. |
Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino's first novel is a familiar tale |
| Acclaimed movie director Quentin Tarantino tackles a new art form Tuesday with the publication of his first novel. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is a novelization of his 2019 Academy Award-winning film of the same name. Publisher HarperCollins promises it will be an "always surprising, sometimes shocking" take on the movie, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio as an actor in 1969 Hollywood and Brad Pitt as his stunt double. Tarantino may soon have more time for writing: He has said he will retire from filmmaking after one more movie. |
📸 It's official! These are the most popular dog breeds in America 📸 |
 | | The Labrador Retriever has topped the American Kennel Club's list of most popular breeds in the United States for 30 years. | | sanjagrujic / Getty Images | |
| Did your pooch make the American Kennel Club's cut? The purebred dog registry has ranked the most popular dog breeds in America. Check out our gallery of the 50 top dogs here. And to all the mutts who didn't make the list – we love you anyway. |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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