The collapse of a condominium in Florida: The number of victims has increased to 20, among them-the 7-year-old daughter of a firefighter

July 21, 2021

The seven-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter was among two dead found overnight in the ruins of a collapsed apartment building in Florida. The number of victims has increased to 20, while 128 people are still missing. «This tragedy follows on the heels of so many of us, because many of us know someone who was in the building or was affected by this tragedy,» Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said…

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The collapse of a high-rise building in Florida: Search work was suspended due to «structural problems»

July 21, 2021

Search and rescue efforts at the site of a partial collapse of a condominium in Surfside, Florida, were suspended on Thursday — due to what officials described as structural problems with the remaining part of the building. According to the chief of the Miami-Dade fire department, Alan Kominsky, the work was stopped around 2 a.m. Kominsky said that, according to civil engineers who assessed the scene, the support columns and…

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A couple whose sex announcement party caused a deadly fire has been charged

July 21, 2021

Authorities have announced that a Southern California couple whose baby sex announcement party allegedly triggered a deadly fire in El Dorado in 2020 has been charged with 30 crimes-including the manslaughter of a firefighter extinguishing a blaze. A smoke bomb detonated by a couple in Yucape, California, on September 5 during a party caused a fire that burned more than 20 thousand acres of land in two counties, San Bernardino…

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In Texas, teachers will no longer be required to call white supremacy «morally wrong»

July 21, 2021

According to the bill, which was passed by the Texas State Senate, public school teachers will no longer have to tell students about the Ku Klux Klan or that the concept of white supremacy is «morally wrong.» In the Republican-controlled state, there are two dozen educational programs that were once mandatory in public schools — such as teaching Martin Luther King’s «I Have a Dream» speech, the achievements of Cesar…

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The jury ruled that the dismissed Walmart employee with Down syndrome should receive $125 million.

July 21, 2021

An eight-person jury ruled that Walmart violated the Americans with Disabilities Act after firing a sales representative with Down syndrome due to changes in her work schedule. According to the New York Times, after a four-day trial, a jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin found that the company did not take into account Marlo Shpet’s disability when she asked to change her schedule. Shpet,…

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The judge ruled that the US should close DACA for new applicants

July 21, 2021

A federal judge in Texas ordered the US government on Friday to close DACA for new applicants-saying that the Obama administration did not have the legal authority to provide deportation assistance and work permits to illegal immigrants who came to the US as children. Satisfying the request of Texas and other Republican-led states, Judge Andrew Hanen demanded that the Biden administration stop approving new applications for DACA, blocking access for…

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Two men have been charged for conspiring to blow up the headquarters of Democrats in California

July 21, 2021

Two men have been charged in connection with alleged plans to detonate a bomb at the headquarters of the Democratic Party in California after last year’s presidential election. Ian Benjamin Rogers, 45, of Napa, and Jarrod Copeland, 37, of Vallejo, California, face multiple charges, including conspiracy to destroy a building with «incendiary devices» and obstruction of justice. According to prosecutors, they planned the attack after the elections in November 2020…

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Illinois passed the first law in the United States prohibiting lying to minors during interrogation

July 21, 2021

Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker on Thursday signed the first law in the country prohibiting law enforcement agencies from lying and using other methods of deception when interrogating minors. The rules, which come into force on January 1, prohibit such techniques as the false promise of mitigation of punishment and the claim that incriminating evidence exists when there is none. According to Pritzker, this indicates that the state recognizes «the…

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In Texas, a reward will be provided for information about violators of the new abortion law

July 21, 2021

From September 1, in Texas, for information about women who want to have an abortion after the sixth week, you can get a reward of $10 thousand-after the state legislature passed the heartbeat bill, according to UNILAD. The law will allow anyone to sue private medical companies and health workers for providing abortions after a heartbeat is detected in the fetus, as well as anyone who contributed to the procedure….

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