VOORHEES TOWNSHIP, N.J. – A New Jersey high school valedictorian was silenced briefly during commencement remarks about mental illness and his own experience as a queer-identifying teen surviving high school.

Now, the Voorhees school district wants a federal agency to review whether it acted improperly in muting Bryce Dershem’s microphone and allegedly crumpling the paper copy of his speech on the dias before 450 graduates and their families. 

Eastern Regional Camden County High School District Superintendent Robert Cloutier told the Courier Post, part of the USA TODAY Network, on Monday that he has directed school district attorney Anthony Padovani “to contact an appropriate government agency to conduct an independent review.”

Padovani said he’s filed a complaint with the

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SURFSIDE, Fla. – Six days after a condo building just outside of Miami collapsed, families of the 150 people still missing are growing weary as they desperately wait for answers.

The death toll remains at 11, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Tuesday. Levine Cava said the all 11 families have been notified by authorities.

As the Surfside community continues to mourn, President Joe Biden also announced Tuesday he would visit the site of the collapsed condo building on Thursday.

Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said he has received questions from frustrated families about why rescue efforts would stop during thunderstorms. Buckett said the fire chief told families he would get back to them

If your friendly neighborhood Jeep or Land Rover salesman looks a little nervous this summer, blame the 2021 Ford Bronco.

Reborn with a revered name, familiar looks and innovative features, Ford’s two- and four-door SUV is a breath of fresh air — whether the convertible top is open or closed — in a class of vehicles begging for new ideas and more competition.

Arriving in dealerships now, the Bronco rides on a new body-on-frame architecture that will also underpin the next generation of Ford’s Ranger midsize pickup. A new version of the Ranger using the architecture is expected to go into production in 18 to 24 months.

The Bronco’s not exactly a

United Airlines is making a big bet on inflight entertainment as part of a major post-pandemic plan announced Tuesday.

The Chicago-based airline is buying nearly 300 new planes — the latest sign of confidence in the travel industry’s comeback — and said each of them will be outfitted with seatback entertainment screens as they arrive in the next five years. 

Passengers won’t have to be on a new plane to watch the free lineup of movies, TV shows, games and other entertainment, however. 

United said it plans to add seatback screens to existing narrowbody planes without screens (except for regional aircraft). The retrofitting project, which will also include other features including larger overhead bins, will begin next year

The World Health Organization has urged fully vaccinated people to continue wearing masks indoors and practice social distancing as the delta variant surges in many parts of the world. 

“People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses. They still need to protect themselves,” said Dr. Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant director-general, during a news briefing Friday. 

The Centers for Disease Control, however, told vaccinated Americans in May that they no longer needed to wear masks indoors. CDC officials pointed to the guidance Monday and gave no indication it would change, according to the New York Times. 

But some areas around the country are still urging vaccinated residents to wear masks indoors.

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DETROIT— Jahn Martin was visiting Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore when a 200-foot chunk of the cliff suddenly broke off and fell into Lake Superior. 

He captured the entire scene on video.  

He was on a pontoon with some friends when they heard the wall popping and cracking, he told Mid-Michigan Now. Then, within 60 seconds, the cliff face slid down and crashed into the water. 

“We could hear the cliff wall popping and cracking and within 60 seconds a section of cliff approximately 200 feet wide fell before us,” Martin told WLUC-TV. “The splash and swell wave were very dramatic.”

Rockfalls can occur for a variety of reasons, ranging from water seeping in between any cracks to earthquakes to

High humidity and light winds are adding to the heat misery across the Northeast.Some severe thunderstorms are possible Wednesday afternoon and evening in portions of the Northeast.In Dallasport, Washington, the mercury rose to a staggering 118 degrees on Monday afternoon.

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

After hitting at least 90 degrees on Monday, temperatures are forecast to remain in the 90s in the big cities of the Northeast through Wednesday, forecasters said. Three days of highs in the 90s officially constitutes a heat wave in the region, according to AccuWeather.

High humidity and light