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| Good morning! |
| President Joe Biden heads to Florida today to visit the site of the 12-story condo that collapsed last week, and what would have been Princess Diana's 60th birthday brings together her two sons amid a royal rift. |
| It's Kristina and Julius, here with Thursday's news. |
| 🔵 Bill Cosby released: Why did the court overturn his conviction? |
| 🚫 Latest on #FreeBritney: A judge denied the pop star's request to have her father removed as a conservator — for now. |
| 🌡️ Hundreds of people die as a heat dome traps hot air over the Pacific Northwest. |
| 🏀 The Phoenix Suns head to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1993, thanks to Chris Paul's brilliant performance. |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, Miami correspondent Romina Ruiz-Goiriena talks about families still waiting for news of their loved ones after the Champlain Towers South collapse. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
Biden visits the site of a tragedy |
| President Joe Biden heads to the site of the condo that collapsed in Surfside, Florida. He'll thank first responders and meet with the victims' families, per White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Biden wants "to play any constructive role we can play with federal resources in getting to the bottom of it and preventing it from happening in the future," Psaki said. As of early Thursday, 18 people have been confirmed dead, with 145 still unaccounted for. |
Trump Org. and its CFO indicted |
| The specific tax-related charges against the Trump Organization and its longtime CFO, Allen Weisselberg, are expected to be unsealed Thursday. The development comes after a grand jury in Manhattan indicted Weisselberg and the namesake enterprise founded by former President Donald Trump Wednesday. In addition to the charges being unsealed, Weisselberg is expected to turn himself in Thursday. The charges are part of a long-running inquiry headed by the Manhattan district attorney and New York's attorney general into the operations of the family real estate business. The charges come just days after Trump attorneys met with local prosecutors in a failed attempt to persuade prosecutors not to proceed with their case, Trump Organization lawyer Ron Fischetti said. |
What else people are reading |
| 📴 Judge blocks Trump-inspired law: A federal judge shot down a Florida law that would penalize social media companies for barring the speech of politicians. |
| 🔵US Historians rank Trump near the bottom of US presidents as Obama rises to the top 10. |
| 🔵 Gwen Berry responds to critics of her flag protest: 'I never said I hated the country.' |
| 🔵 'End of the romantic story': A Florida couple days away from their 59th anniversary died in bed together in the Surfside condo collapse. |
A new day in college sports |
| The landscape of college sports undergoes a major shift Thursday when legislation from several states goes into effect, allowing college athletes to monetize the use of their name, image and likeness without sacrificing their college eligibility. These laws take effect after the NCAA approved policy changes Thursday that will strengthen athletes' ability to make money from their fame. The decision is uncharted territory for the NCAA, which for over a century has steadfastly committed to an amateur model that resisted the call for enhanced benefits for the players. This NCAA structure will remain in place until federal legislation or new NCAA rules are adopted. |
William and Harry unveil Princess Diana statue |
| Prince William and Prince Harry will unveil a statue of their late mother, Princess Diana, at Kensington Palace Thursday in a long-awaited ceremony . The statue had been conceived years ago to mark the 20th anniversary of her death and to celebrate her legacy. The brothers will deliver separate speeches in what is anticipated to be a high-pressure, potentially awkward event thanks to a fierce falling-out between the two. "What happens on Thursday will be closely watched," said royal biographer Robert Lacey. "What are these two boys honoring? What values of Diana? The values of humanity, of accessibility?" |
Forecasters keep an eye on the Atlantic |
| Rescue and recovery teams at the condo collapse in South Florida braced for two tropical waves in the Atlantic Ocean. While one was not expected to develop into anything substantial, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said has become Tropical Storm Elsa . Crews in Surfside have already been coping with near-daily bouts of thunderstorms and lightning, which have forced the temporary suspensions of rescue efforts. Elsa is the fifth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. |
ICYMI |
| 🔵 Donald Rumsfeld has died. The former defense secretary who oversaw the Iraq and Afghanistan wars was 88. |
| 🔵 The House voted to create a bipartisan committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. |
| 🔵 Miami condo collapse: The bodies of two children, ages 4 and 10, were found in the rubble of the fallen structure. |
| 🚗 Traffic check: A new study shows which U.S. city has the worst traffic — and it's no longer Los Angeles. |
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