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The Gun Violence Archive reports that shootings across the country this holiday weekend claimed the lives of more than 180 people.

The court's term ranged from compromise to confrontation, with the conservative supermajority holding back until almost the end of the term.

Three more victims were discovered in the newly accessible pile, raising the death toll to 27 people. More than 115 people remain unaccounted for.

"The concrete deterioration is accelerating." Champlain South Towers' condo board president wrote as she asked for a $15M special assessment for major structural repairs.

Amid one of the largest U.S. rescue operations in recent memory, those who escaped the tower or lost loved ones want to know how the 12-story structure could have fallen.

Vaccines may not be as effective for those who are immuno-compromised. Protecting them needs to be made a top priority, say researchers.

Emergency crews have been working at the site of the Champlain Towers South building collapse around the clock since last Thursday.

The message is about public health, not ideology. The focus is a group health officials term the “movable middle” — some 55 million unvaccinated adults seen as persuadable.

An engineering report in 2018 warned of "major structural damage" in the Florida condo that collapsed. The next month, a town inspector said the building was in "good shape."

The 2018 report found major damage to the concrete structural slab below the pool deck, and warned that extensive repairs would be needed soon.

An AP analysis of government data from May shows that “breakthrough” infections in fully vaccinated people accounted for fewer than 1,200 of 853,000+ COVID hospitalizations.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, extended the evictions moratorium from June 30 until July 31.

As part of the efforts, the Treasury Department will inform states that they can use funds allotted by the American Rescue Plan to aid in reducing gun violence.

More contagious than other variants, and maybe more likely to cause severe disease, Delta is spreading so fast it could cause yet another U.S. surge this summer or fall.

The Census Bureau must protect people's privacy when releasing demographic data. Plans to change how it does that have sparked concern over how it may affect redistricting.