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Year: 2021

Four of the five victims killed in the Florida building collapse were identified. 156 people remain unaccounted for

By Jason Hanna, Aya Elamroussi, Hollie Silverman, Ray Sanchez and Casey Tolan, CNN The death toll in the Surfside, Florida, residential building collapse has risen to five, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a Saturday evening news conference. “Today our search and rescue teams found another body in the rubble,” Levine Cava said.

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Virgin Galactic gets FAA’s OK to launch customers to space from southern New Mexico

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — Virgin Galactic finally has the federal government’s approval to start launching customers into space from southern New Mexico. Richard Branson’s rocket-ship company announced the Federal Aviation Administration’s updated license as the week drew to a close. It’s the final hurdle in Virgin Galactic’s yearslong effort to send paying passengers on

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Tesla recalls nearly 300,000 cars in China over cruise control safety issue

Philip Wang, CNN Tesla began recalling more than 285,000 vehicles in China on Saturday over a safety risk concerning the vehicle’s cruise control feature. The cruise control system in certain models can be activated when drivers try to shift gears or accidentally touch the gear selector, resulting in accidental acceleration, according to China’s State Administration

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Marjorie Taylor Greene wants a seat on Pelosi’s January 6 committee even as she spreads baseless claims

By Jim Acosta and Alexander Hunter, CNN GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene would like to serve on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s select committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection, the Georgia freshman told CNN in an interview Thursday. “Sure. She should put me on the committee. That would be great,” Greene told CNN. Greene’s interest

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Pence seizes his chance

Opinion by Michael D’Antonio Former Vice President Mike Pence is seizing his chance. After four humiliating years playing the role of the President’s lapdog, which culminated in his fleeing a mob of Trump supporters, who threatened his life during the US Capitol attack on January 6, Pence seems to have begun his push to claim

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Aiming to preserve fragile infrastructure deal, Biden says he didn’t intend to suggest veto unless Dem bill passes, too

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is seeking to clarify his position on the bipartisan infrastructure package proposed by lawmakers. On Saturday, Biden said he didn’t mean to suggest he would veto the bill unless Congress also passed a larger package to expand the social safety net. Days earlier he said both packages needed to

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