Viral News: Cases of Covid-19 are spiking in areas of the country where the Delta variant is spreading and vast numbers of people are refusing to get vaccinated.   Medical authorities say a third of new cases are occurring in five hot spots: …

Private Space: Billionaire Richard Branson flew to the edge of space yesterday with a crew of two and three other passengers, winning the billionaire space race.   Amazon’s Jeff Bezos heads for the stars in 10 days. Tesla’s Elon Musk also has …

Haiti Crisis: Haitian authorities hunted down the people they say were responsible for the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, getting into a shootout in which four suspects were killed and two were arrested.   The suspects were not identified.   Prime Minister Claude …

Most Foul: A group of gunmen overnight burst into the home of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and killed him, also wounding the president’s wife, the country’s prime minister says.   Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in a statement that, “A group of unidentified …

Condo Down: A controlled explosion last night brought down the remaining tower of the Champlain condominium complex in Surfside, Florida. Search and rescue operations on the rubble pile of the first tower had been stopped in preparation.    Authorities had been worried …

Like You’ve Never Seen Before: The Trump Organization, the real estate and business empire founded by former President Donald Trump, and his chief financial officer, were charged in indictments opened yesterday outlining a 15-year scheme of paying executives off the books …

Where We Are Now: The president of the board for the collapsed condominium building in Florida warned less than three months ago that the building had serious deterioration that would require residents to pony up millions of dollars in special assessments …

Condo Collapse: After five days of digging through the rubble of that collapsed Florida condominium building, the number of confirmed dead has risen to 11, leaving 150 unaccounted for.   Searchers are finding the detritus of human life — photos, wallets, and …

Condo Collapse: Four more bodies as well as some human remains were found over the weekend in that collapsed Florida condominium, bringing the number of dead to 9. As the hours pass, hope wanes for finding anyone alive.   Emergency crews have …

Condo Collapse: Three bodies were found, bringing the total of dead to four in the Florida condominium collapse while the number of people missing or unaccounted for  jumped from 99 to 159.   A former New York woman named Stacie Fang, whose 15-year-old …