Condo Collapse: As many as 99 people are missing or unaccounted for after yesterday’s condominium collapse on a barrier island in Surfside Beach just north of Miami Beach. About half the right-angle building with 136 units dropped into a heap of rubble. …

Condo Collapse: Emergency responders in South Florida this morning were searching the rubble of a 12-storey condominium building that partially collapsed overnight. The building is in Surfside, north of Miami beach.   The L-shaped building completed in 1981 with more than 100 units …

Ballot Battle: Senate Republicans not only blocked the voting rights bill passed by the House, they also prevented any debate about it.   All 50 Democrats supported the bill called the “For the People Act,” including West Virginia’s fence-straddling Joe Manchin, but …

Pay for Play: In a game changer for college sports, The Supreme Court ruled that universities cannot limit educational benefits to athletes in the name of amateurism. The decision promises to blow open the façade of amateurism while the colleges and …

Viral News: Japan and the Olympic Games managers will allow Japanese residents to attend the summer games in Tokyo, ending the possibility of athletes performing to a silent stadium if the games go on.   Opening day is July 23d.   The games …

My Father Can Beat Your Father at Dominoooos: The Catholic Bishops of the United States are preparing a statement pushed by conservatives in their ranks aimed at excluding President Biden from taking communion because of his support of abortion rights. Biden, who …

Obamacare Lives: The Affordable Care Act, the health insurance law known as “Obamacare,” survived its third challenge in the Supreme Court by a 7-2 vote, possibly ending the Republican campaign to kill it.   Justice Stephen Breyer said in the majority opinion that …

Pure Business: President Biden says he told Vladimir Putin that the US would respond in a tough way if Russian hackers were to attack any of 16 vital infrastructure entities in the US. “I pointed out to him we have significant …

Eastern Threat: The 30 NATO defense pact countries issued a warning yesterday that that China increasingly poses a global security problem, shifting the focus of an organization founded to defend Europe and North America.    “The democratic values that undergird our alliance are …

Bye Bye Bibi: Nearly immediately after being voted out by Parliament, Israel’s long-serving prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to bring down the coalition government that has replaced him after 12 years in office.    “If it is destined for us to be …