Crews at collapsed Florida condo face time, weather and other challenges

In addition to weather and debris, emergency responders are fighting time, heat and water as they continue their search Wednesday for the 149 unaccounted for victims of the condo collapse in Surfside, just outside Miami. The death toll stands at 12. On Tuesday, crews completed the sixth day of painstaking work since the incident. Officials say they consider it a rescue mission, not a recovery. However, no one has been found alive since the day of the collapse Thursday amid the piles of broken and pulverized concrete, twisted metal, and dangling debris. The longer the search takes, the more likely it is that human remains will

Temperatures are forecast to remain in the 90s in the big cities of the Northeast through Wednesday.Heat contributed to at least four deaths in Bremerton, Washington, on Monday, officials said. A farmworker in Oregon died Saturday at a workplace as temperatures that day hit 104 degrees.The stagnant weather pattern of sunny, hot and humid conditions is forecast to break down during the second half of the week, according to AccuWeather.

Although not as extreme as the one in the Pacific Northwest, the Northeast is enduring its own heat wave this week.

After hitting at least 90 degrees Monday, temperatures are forecast to remain in the 90s in the

DALLAS — Emmitt Smith extended his hand to 14-year-old high school receiver Chase Walton. Walton, reaching out from beneath a rolled-up sleeve, clasped the Pro Football Hall of Fame running back’s palm in return.

“Trust me, I got my shots, too,” Smith told Walton at a Dallas vaccine clinic Tuesday afternoon. “It’s going to be all right.”

Walton closed his eyes tightly and received his first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

“You really truly are protecting someone else when you protect yourself,” Smith added. “It’s up to someone else now to do what you just did so they can protect the next person.”

The Cowboys legend and three-time Super Bowl champion joined First

WASHINGTON – The bipartisan infrastructure deal that President Joe Biden embraced last week would add hundreds of billions of dollars to the economy by 2050, in contrast to the economic drag of his original proposal, according to a new analysis.

The difference is the corporate taxes that Biden proposed raising when he laid out his initial infrastructure plan, which are not part of the bipartisan agreement.

Biden argued his proposal would create good jobs and strengthen the economy while making corporations pay their fair share.

But economists at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School calculated the higher taxes would decrease firms’ incentives to invest and disincentivize saving by households. 

“That acts as a significant drag

ATLANTA — Injuries continue to play an enormous role in the NBA playoffs.

In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, the Atlanta Hawks were without Trae Young (bruised bone in his right foot), and nearly five minutes into the third quarter, Bucks All-NBA forward Giannis Antetokounmpo sustained a hyperextended left knee while trying to defend a Clint Capela dunk and did not return to the game.

Antetokounmpo’s injury overshadowed an impressive 110-88 Hawks victory on Tuesday and cast a distressing atmosphere over the series.

The Hawks evened the series at 2-2, and Game 5 is Thursday in Milwaukee (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT).

Even before Antetokounmpo’s injury, the Bucks slept-walked through the first

The Lava Fire in northern California exploded more than 12,000 acres Tuesday morning, triggering evacuations and burning brush and timber in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

The blaze, burning between the city of Weed and Mt. Shasta, grew from 1,446 acres on Monday to 13,300 acres Tuesday night. It’s 19% contained, said Cal Fire, and about 800 firefighters are battling the blaze.

The Lava Fire is one of several fires ignited by lightning during mountain thunderstorms last Thursday. Two others, the Tennant Fire and Beswick Fire, are not nearly as large. The area had been under a red flag warning because of high wind and low humidity, as well as temperatures ranging from 100 to 110 degrees.

Crews thought

With the performance Shohei Ohtani put on Tuesday by hitting a pair of home runs in Yankee Stadium, it’s almost impossible to resist all the potential “Broadway Sho” puns. 

The list could run as long as the musical “Cats” did.

With all of Ohtani’s amazing exploits, it’s still hard to fathom that a is leading the major leagues in home runs. His two dingers against the Yankees gave him 28 on the season. That’s two more than Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Three more than Fernando Tatis Jr. and the scorching-hot Kyle Schwarber.

That majestic shot in the third inning broke a tie with Guerrero for the most in baseball this season. It carried 395

Fox News host Tucker Carlson accused the NSA Monday of electronically monitoring his TV show.The NSA released a statement Tuesday denying Carlson’s claims.The NSA is prohibited from targeting U.S. citizens without a court order, per an official statement.

WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency released a statement Tuesday denying a conservative television host’s claims that he is an intelligence target of the agency.

Tucker Carlson, a political commentator and host of Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight”, said Monday that the NSA is “spying” on him with intent to leak certain information to get his show canceled — an allegation the NSA firmly denied.

“This allegation is untrue. Tucker Carlson has never been

NEW YORK – Brooklyn borough President Eric Adams, a former police captain, had his lead narrow Tuesday in the New York City mayor’s race after the first calculation of ranked choice votes was released.

But doubts around partial results were raised after the city’s Board of Elections acknowledged a “discrepancy” in the elimination round tallies, which later appeared not to be accessible on its website.

The partial results showed Adams narrowly edging out Kathryn Garcia in the last of 11 elimination rounds, but a complete and certified vote tally had yet to be released, and there were tens of thousands of mail-in votes to be counted.

In a statement hours after the election results were posted online, the Board of Elections said it was aware

The claim: The Make-A-Wish Foundation will only grant wishes to children who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of wishes granted to critically ill children by the nonprofit Make-A-Wish Foundation were delayed or altered due to stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions. However, as vaccines become more available and case counts decline, the organization has updated its policy on granting travel wishes.

Several widely shared social media posts and articles have misrepresented that change.

“Make A Wish Foundation Will Only Grant Wishes To Fully Vaccinated Children,” reads a June 26 Instagram post with more than 5,700 likes. Similar versions of the claim have made their way to Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. 

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