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 | | | Stay hydrated, Seattle | | The U.S. Olympics gymnastics team roster is set. And a newly formed tropical depression could make landfall tonight. It's Monday's news. | | |
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| Search and rescue teams continue to sift through the rubble of the collapsed Florida condo. The Supreme Court has ruled on a transgender bathroom case by ... not ruling on it. And to the Pacific Northwest, let us know if you need a fan. |
| It's Alex. Mondays are long. Luckily, the Short List isn't. |
| But first, I challenge you to beat this Guinness World record: A British civil engineer won the title for the tallest stack of M&Ms. How many? Just five. |
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It's gettin' hot in here |
| The entirety of the Northwest baked under triple-digit temperatures over the weekend. And the history-making heat wave isn't over. The National Weather Service warned that Monday "will be the hottest day for the big cities of Seattle and Portland with all-time record highs likely in both cities." So, how hot are we talking? Salem, Oregon, smashed its heat record Sunday, reaching a sweltering 113 degrees. The city of Eugene broke 110 degrees — its highest temperature since 1981. |
| To all our Short List readers in the Pacific Northwest, stay safe: "Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors," according to the weather service. "Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances." |
High court leaves it to lower courts |
| The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a dispute over whether schools may bar transgender students from using a bathroom that reflects their gender identity, permitting a lower court ruling against those prohibitions to stand . By not taking the case, the Supreme Court, without comment, let stand a ruling that found the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia discriminated against Gavin Grimm, a transgender man who was denied access to the boys' bathroom years ago when he was a high school student. "I am glad that my years-long fight to have my school see me for who I am is over," Grimm said in a statement released by the American Civil Liberties Union. |
| In addition: The court overturned a lower court's ruling in a case on whether St. Louis police used excessive force on a man who died after officers handcuffed him and put their weight on his back inside a jail cell. The case will be sent back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit for further review – a move that prompted cautious praise from groups seeking to overhaul policing. |
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'Out there with every resource' |
| Five days after a Florida condo partially collapsed, town officials are holding on to hope of finding survivors in the rubble. The death toll has risen to 10 after first responders pulled a body from the site on Monday, and 151 people remained unaccounted for. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava stressed that first responders are "out there with every resource that they need to ensure that they can search this area." |
| Just north of Champlain Towers South sits a nearly identical condo, in which residents have been asking whether their homes are safe. The building did not appear to be damaged when the south building collapsed, but Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said resources would be available to residents who want to evacuate. "It's scary," said resident Bud Thomas, 55. "I'm hoping that this one doesn't have the same structural problems as the other one." |
| • | As the search for survivors continues, authorities have begun to release the names of those who died. These are their stories. | |
 | | Crews work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. | | Wilfredo Lee, AP | |
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US airstrikes target militias in Syria, Iraq |
| The U.S. military launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Syria in retaliation for drone attacks, the Pentagon announced Sunday evening . The strikes targeted sites used to launch drone attacks on U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq. It's too early to tell whether there were casualties on the ground among civilians or militants, according to a defense official who was not authorized to speak publicly. Navy Cmdr. Jessica McNulty said Sunday night that Iranian-backed militias launched five drone attacks against facilities used by U.S. and allied troops in Iraq since April. Militia members have also fired rockets. |
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