Rescuers were searching for survivors in the rubble Saturday after a 40-year-old South Florida beachside condo building collapsed, killing at least four people and leaving 159 unaccounted for.

Investigators were working to determine what caused part of the Champlain Towers South, a 12-story condominium, “pancaked” in the town of Surfside, Florida, shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday.

About half of the building’s more than 130 units were affected, said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

Why the building collapsed is not immediately known. Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said the roof was being worked on recently, but he did not think that caused the building to fall. A study published in 2020 also found the building was sinking at a rate of about 2 millimeters

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Four people are dead and one is in critical condition after a hot air balloon crashed into a power line Saturday morning in Albuquerque.

The hot air balloon with five people on board struck a power line about six miles west of the Albuquerque International Sunport Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating the crash. The balloon’s basket caught fire after crashing into the median of a busy street.

The crash caused power outages in the area, according to a tweet from the Albuquerque Police Department. Police spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos said the multi-colored balloon skirted the tops of power lines, knocking out power to more than 13,000 homes.

One person was taken to a local

SURFSIDE, Fla. – Firefighters battled smoke and time as the search continued for survivors after a 12-story beachfront condominium building collapsed just north of Miami early Thursday morning, killing at least four people and leaving 159 more unaccounted for. 

Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told USA TODAY the rescue efforts will continue “until we pull everybody we can out of that rubble.”

“We will not stop,” he said. “You can count on us to continue this search until we find every person who’s alive in that rubble.”

However, a fire burning beneath the rubble was hampering those efforts, officials said, as smoke spread laterally beneath the pile of debris.

“It’s a very deep fire, and it’s extremely difficult

The largest healthcare system in Indiana has emerged as the second U.S. hospital group facing pushback for requiring COVID-19 vaccines for all employees, despite a federal judge tossing out a lawsuit filed by resistant Houston hospital workers.

Hundreds of employees demonstrated outside one of the IU Health hospitals on a recent Saturday afternoon and another protest is planned for July 11. 

Houston Methodist hospital system also remains in the national spotlight for forcing out 153 employees this week who refused to get vaccinated. 

The nurse who led the opposition, Jennifer Bridges, appeared on Fox News’ Hannity Tuesday night. Her attorney vows to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court and another protest was

The town of Surfside received a required 40-year inspection report for the Champlain Towers South 16 hours after the beachside building’s catastrophic failure.An October 2018 inspection report found “abundant” cracking and spalling of the columns, beams and walls in the garage under the tower that collapsed early Thursday.

Engineers noted design flaws and failing waterproofing that would lead to “exponential damage” about 990 days before much of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex collapsed, documents released late Friday night show. The town of Surfside, Florida, released the documents including an “unverified” 40-year inspection report that had been received 16 hours after the building’s catastrophic failure.

A letter to

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Police on Saturday arrested the man suspected of shooting a Daytona Beach police officer in the head earlier this week, leaving the officer in critical condition and launching a days-long manhunt.

Police Chief Jakari Young said at an early Saturday press conference that the suspect, identified as Othal Wallace, 29, was captured while hiding in a treehouse in Dekalb County, Georgia, east of Atlanta.

Wallace was found in a remote wooded area with multiple weapons, ammunition and body armor. 

The property where Wallace was found is affiliated with the pro-gun group known as the NFAC, an organization known to demonstrate against white supremacy and police violence, Young said.

Young said Wallace