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Surfside, Florida, is marking five years since a beachfront condominium collapsed, killing 98 people. It was one of the largest structural failures in U.S. history.
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A biography of Hannibal Lecter. A meditation on trees. A memoir by a child prodigy violinist. A treatise on the way we poop. These are just a few of the nonfiction books our NPR colleagues are enjoying.
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Matt Gaetz’s appointment to Triumph Gulf Coast places a prominent Trump ally on a high-stakes economic development board as vacancies, expiring terms and GOP infighting raise new questions about the future of Northwest Florida’s oil-spill settlement funds.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has made a large property tax cut ballot measure central to his message in his last year in office, and on Wednesday he signed two bills in line with that priority.
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Two U.S. wins and two Turkey losses already on the books mean the Americans have won this World Cup group no matter the outcome of Thursday's game. Still, the Americans say they're playing to win. -
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake and a 7.5-magnitude were less than a minute apart, said the U.S. Geological Survey. The second earthquake was the largest to hit the country since 1900. -
Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian Texas summer camp, where 28 people died during the catastrophic floods last year filed for bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday.
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The biggest wildfire in America last year was at Grand Canyon National Park. The area that burned recently re-opened and recovery, of the land and emotions of people who loved it has begun.
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Long before most Americans paid attention to soccer, Philadelphia had a thriving culture of athletes and fans shaped in large part by Ukrainian immigrants. The sport offers a rallying place for Ukrainians at a time when their home country is fighting for survival.
