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Florida Gov. DeSantis calls on lawmakers to address issues facing condo owners
Read full article: Florida Gov. DeSantis calls on lawmakers to address issues facing condo ownersA 2022 bill set requirements for inspections of condominium buildings that are three stories or higher. But now, some condo owners are being hit with huge assessments and fees to meet the new law's deadline early in the new year.
Ormond Beach condo owners hit with $100K in assessment fees
Read full article: Ormond Beach condo owners hit with $100K in assessment feesThere are now just six months left before the state-wide deadline for condo buildings to get their mandatory engineering assessments done. In Volusia County, this costs over $100,000 per condo owner at one building.
‘I was trying to escape:’ Gisele Bündchen pulled over in Florida, claims she was being stalked by paparazzo
Read full article: ‘I was trying to escape:’ Gisele Bündchen pulled over in Florida, claims she was being stalked by paparazzoBody-camera footage shows an officer pulling over the model, who was identified as Gisele Bündchen.
Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable as Meta scales back news and political content
Read full article: Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable as Meta scales back news and political contentMeta will be sunsetting Facebook News in early April for users in the U.S. and Australia as the platform further deemphasizes news and politics.
Investigators say tenant garage below collapsed Florida condo tower had many faulty support columns
Read full article: Investigators say tenant garage below collapsed Florida condo tower had many faulty support columnsFederal investigators determining why a Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago have determined there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining pool deck.
DID YOU WIN? Here are the winning numbers as Powerball jackpot grows to $1.55B
Read full article: DID YOU WIN? Here are the winning numbers as Powerball jackpot grows to $1.55BThe Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.73 billion after no one matched the game’s six numbers and won the giant prize.
Pool deck at collapsed Florida condo building failed to comply with codes, standards, officials say
Read full article: Pool deck at collapsed Florida condo building failed to comply with codes, standards, officials sayFederal investigators say the swimming pool deck of a beachfront South Florida condominium that collapsed two years ago, killing 98 people, failed to comply with original building codes and standards.
Average long-term US mortgage rates dip to 6.66% this week
Read full article: Average long-term US mortgage rates dip to 6.66% this weekAverage long-term U.S. mortgage rates ticked down modestly this week after six straight weeks of gains pushed rates to heights not seen in more than a decade, before a crash in the housing market triggered the Great Recession in 2008.
Developers, family discuss memorial for collapse victims
Read full article: Developers, family discuss memorial for collapse victimsDevelopers and city officials are pushing back on family members’ expectations for a memorial for 98 people who died last year when a beachfront Florida condominium building collapsed.
US wholesale inflation declines in August to still-high 8.7%
Read full article: US wholesale inflation declines in August to still-high 8.7%Inflation at the wholesale level jumped 8.7% in August from a year earlier, a slowdown from July yet still a painfully high level that suggests prices will keep spiking for months to come.
First Lady Jill Biden coming to Florida for cancer initiative
Read full article: First Lady Jill Biden coming to Florida for cancer initiativeFirst Lady Jill Biden will arrive at the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach Thursday afternoon as part of the administration’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, according to a news release.
Florida building collapse probe to begin structural testing
Read full article: Florida building collapse probe to begin structural testingThe federal investigation into the deadly collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building is entering a new phase that involves cutting and drilling into concrete and steel to determine what role they played.
Attorneys in Florida condo collapse seek about $100M in fees
Read full article: Attorneys in Florida condo collapse seek about $100M in feesAttorneys who worked to secure settlements topping $1 billion in the collapse of a beachfront Florida condominium building in which 98 people died are requesting about $100 million in fees and costs.
Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapse
Read full article: Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapseA Florida judge has given gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people died.
Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapse
Read full article: Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapseA Florida judge has given gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people died.
Florida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billion
Read full article: Florida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billionAttorneys for the families who lost relatives or homes in last year’s collapse of a Florida condominium tower that killed 98 people have reached a $1.02 billion settlement.
Average long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year loan at 5.1%
Read full article: Average long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year loan at 5.1%Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for the second week in a row, though interest rates on the key 30-year home loan remain at decade-high levels.
Dubai developer to buy Florida condo collapse site for $120M
Read full article: Dubai developer to buy Florida condo collapse site for $120MA billionaire developer from Dubai is set to purchase the site of a South Florida condominium that collapsed last June, killing 98 people, for $120 million after no other bids were submitted by the Friday evening deadline for next week’s auction.
Surfside families still want answers despite settlement
Read full article: Surfside families still want answers despite settlementFamily members of some of the 98 people killed in a Florida condominium collapse last June say they are too deep in mourning to contemplate the nearly $1 billion settlement their attorneys negotiated on their behalf.
Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapse
Read full article: Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapseLawyers representing families of victims and survivors of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, last June have told a judge that they've reached a nearly $1 billion tentative settlement.
Judge OKs $83M for property loss in Florida condo collapse
Read full article: Judge OKs $83M for property loss in Florida condo collapsePeople who owned units in a Florida oceanfront condominium building that collapsed last year will divide $83 million for property losses, with the compensation for families over the 98 deaths still to be determined.
Mayor wants Florida town to remember condo collapse victims
Read full article: Mayor wants Florida town to remember condo collapse victimsThe newly elected mayor of Surfside, Florida, is making the town’s response to the deaths of 98 people in the collapse of an oceanfront condominium a top priority in his new administration.
Surfside mayor voted out less than year after condo collapse
Read full article: Surfside mayor voted out less than year after condo collapseResidents of a small South Florida town where a beachfront condominium building collapsed last summer killing 98 people voted their mayor out of office on Tuesday.
Lawsuit: Florida condo collapse triggered by building work
Read full article: Lawsuit: Florida condo collapse triggered by building workA new lawsuit contends that construction of a luxury building next door triggered the collapse of an already fragile Florida condominium that killed 98 people in June.
Australia wants Facebook to seek parental consent for kids
Read full article: Australia wants Facebook to seek parental consent for kidsAustralia plans to crack down on online advertisers targeting children by making social media platforms seek parental consent for users younger than 16 years old to join or face fines of $7.5 million under a draft law.
‘We are going to contest that immediately:’ DeSantis plans to fight federal COVID vaccine mandate
Read full article: ‘We are going to contest that immediately:’ DeSantis plans to fight federal COVID vaccine mandateGov. Ron DeSantis is gearing up for another legal fight with the federal government as President Joe Biden plans to release an executive order that will mandate companies with more than 100 employees to require vaccinations for workers or submit them to weekly COVID-19 testing.
Plan approved to sell Surfside collapsed condo property
Read full article: Plan approved to sell Surfside collapsed condo propertyA plan to possibly sell the South Florida property where the collapse of a condo building killed 98 people to a United Arab Emirates-based developer has been endorsed by a Florida judge.
Nearly $1 million found at Surfside collapse site, distributing it to victims is a challenge
Read full article: Nearly $1 million found at Surfside collapse site, distributing it to victims is a challengeA hearing was held Thursday morning to discuss several topics surrounding the aftermath of the Surfside condominium collapse.
Memorial or high-rise? Future of condo collapse site argued
Read full article: Memorial or high-rise? Future of condo collapse site arguedThe fight over whether the site of June’s deadly Florida condominium collapse should be sold for development or turned into a memorial boiled over during an emotional court hearing.
Report: Evidence of extensive corrosion in Florida condo collapse
Read full article: Report: Evidence of extensive corrosion in Florida condo collapseVideo released by a team of federal investigators shows more evidence of extensive corrosion and overcrowded concrete reinforcement in a Miami-area condominium that collapsed in June, killing 98 people.
Biden admin backs Texas, Florida districts on mask mandates
Read full article: Biden admin backs Texas, Florida districts on mask mandatesPresident Joe Biden’s administration is offering its full-throated support for local cities and school boards in Texas and Florida that are defying orders by their Republican governors that prohibit mask-wearing mandates in schools.
Bidder offers up to $120 million for collapsed condo site
Read full article: Bidder offers up to $120 million for collapsed condo siteA private bidder is willing to offering up to $120 million to purchase the Miami-area oceanfront property where the collapsed Champlain Towers South building once stood.
Facebook bans firm behind Pfizer, AstraZeneca smear campaign
Read full article: Facebook bans firm behind Pfizer, AstraZeneca smear campaignFacebook has removed hundreds of accounts linked to a disinformation network operating out of Russia that sought to smear COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca.
Judge: $150M initially for victims in Florida condo collapse
Read full article: Judge: $150M initially for victims in Florida condo collapseA judge says victims and families who suffered losses in the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront Florida condominium will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially.
Judge: All options on table for site of collapsed building
Read full article: Judge: All options on table for site of collapsed buildingA South Florida judge says all options remain on the table as a decision is made over what to do with the property where a 12-story condominium tower collapsed last month.
Searchers recover personal possessions from collapse rubble
Read full article: Searchers recover personal possessions from collapse rubbleRecovery crews at the Florida condominium collapse are cataloging all personal possessions found in the rubble in hopes of returning them to families of the dead or survivors.
Collapsed condo: Weighing how to honor dead at 'holy site'
Read full article: Collapsed condo: Weighing how to honor dead at 'holy site'Even as crews are continuing their search for the last remaining souls that perished in the collapse of condominium town in Surfside, Florida, questions are swirling across the community about what to do with the property.
Search in Florida condo collapse to take weeks, deaths reach 90
Read full article: Search in Florida condo collapse to take weeks, deaths reach 90Authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse in Florida say they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks as a team of first responders from Israel departed the site.
Officials across Florida rethink condo inspection policies
Read full article: Officials across Florida rethink condo inspection policiesAcross Florida, people living in the thousands of condominiums rising above the state’s 1,350 miles of coastline wonder if the building collapse in Surfside could happen to their home.
Search at Florida condo collapse site revives memories of past tragedies
Read full article: Search at Florida condo collapse site revives memories of past tragediesRescuers who responded to past disasters say the search for victims of the Florida condo collapse brought back memories of the Oklahoma City bombing and the Sept. 11 attacks.
Cat from Florida condo collapse found alive, returned to family
Read full article: Cat from Florida condo collapse found alive, returned to familyOfficials say a cat that had lived on the ninth floor of a South Florida condo building before it collapsed last month has been found and returned to its family.
Review prompted by building collapse closes Miami courthouse
Read full article: Review prompted by building collapse closes Miami courthouseOfficials say the Miami-Dade County Courthouse will begin undergoing repairs immediately because of safety concerns found during a review prompted by the deadly collapse of a nearby condominium building.
Awaiting news, families of Florida condo collapse victims bond together
Read full article: Awaiting news, families of Florida condo collapse victims bond togetherFamilies waiting in agony for news on relatives who were in the Florida condo building when it collapsed are turning to each other for support.
Central Florida real estate experts weigh in on future of oceanfront condo market amid Surfside collapse
Read full article: Central Florida real estate experts weigh in on future of oceanfront condo market amid Surfside collapseNews 6 investigator Merris Badcock set out to find if what happened in Surfside is affecting Florida’s oceanfront housing market.
Two weeks later: These 13 photos show the grim reality of Miami condo collapse
Read full article: Two weeks later: These 13 photos show the grim reality of Miami condo collapseA somber moment of silence marked the end of the two-week search for survivors of a Florida condominium collapse, as rescue workers stood at solemn attention and clergy members hugged a line of local officials while many of them sobbed.
Florida condo collapse death toll reaches 64 with 76 still missing
Read full article: Florida condo collapse death toll reaches 64 with 76 still missingRescue workers now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in a Florida condominium collapse are vowing to keep up their search for victims until they have cleared all the rubble.
Condo building collapse shows Surfside’s rich, middle-class division
Read full article: Condo building collapse shows Surfside’s rich, middle-class divisionThe condo building collapse in Surfside highlights the division between the tiny Florida town's new luxury buildings and those built decades ago for the middle class.
Searchers at Florida condo collapse site ‘not seeing anything positive’
Read full article: Searchers at Florida condo collapse site ‘not seeing anything positive’Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse sounded increasingly somber Tuesday about the prospects for finding anyone alive.
Work review for ex-official connected to collapsed building
Read full article: Work review for ex-official connected to collapsed buildingThe vice mayor of a South Florida city says he wants a review of all the work done by a former municipal official who assured condo board members in another city that their building was in “very good shape” three years before it collapsed.
4 more victims found in Florida condo rubble; death toll rises to 32
Read full article: 4 more victims found in Florida condo rubble; death toll rises to 32Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive.
Surfside first responders impacted by trauma receive help from Central Florida nonprofit
Read full article: Surfside first responders impacted by trauma receive help from Central Florida nonprofitThe first responders who helped in Surfside worked 12-hour shifts, moved heavy debris and witnessed the devastation.