News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The death toll of the devastating partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in Surfside, Florida last month rose to 86, officials announced Saturday. https://t.co/Q1pFaZNzkC
— ABC News (@ABC) July 10, 2021
The historic Miami-Dade County Courthouse has been closed after an engineer reported "safety concerns" following the collapse of a condo in nearby Surfside, Florida, officials said. https://t.co/PKZSdrxUAq
— CNN (@CNN) July 10, 2021
There was one spot of good news amid the search for the dead in Surfside, Fla. A cat named Binx, who had lived on the ninth floor of the collapsed building, was found alive and reunited with his family. https://t.co/jdMhDfqhSL
— NPR (@NPR) July 10, 2021
Covid-19 cases are rising at "a pace that is almost unbelievable," with over 90% of ICU patients on ventilators, according to Erik Frederick, chief administrative officer at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. https://t.co/9pIDP7UjlE pic.twitter.com/gbkps3YVL5
— CNN (@CNN) July 10, 2021
A new study sheds light on why the delta variant is so contagious:
— NPR (@NPR) July 10, 2021
🫁 The variant grows more rapidly inside people's respiratory tracts and to much higher levels
⏲️ People are likely spreading the virus earlier in the course of their infectionhttps://t.co/qg20Oc4LC4
Cawthorn: Biden door-to-door vaccine strategy could be used to "take" guns, Bibles https://t.co/6BPECZNESz pic.twitter.com/Am6HtehCCH
— The Hill (@thehill) July 10, 2021
JUST IN: The U.S. will not be sending troops to Haiti, according to a senior administration official, after the Caribbean nation's government requested help to stabilize the country and secure critical infrastructure. https://t.co/66to2jUkvg
— ABC News (@ABC) July 10, 2021
JUST IN: A statue honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed Saturday morning in Charlottesville, Virginia, nearly 4 years after white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups stormed the town to protect it. https://t.co/ZIB7mCMTlC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 10, 2021
A "cyber disruption" caused websites of Iran's transport and urbanization ministry to lose service today. This is the second abnormality in computer systems related to the ministry.https://t.co/8FDtMdCBHY
— Axios (@axios) July 10, 2021
WATCH: Matt Schlapp spars with Chris Cuomo: "I'm not welcome at CNN" https://t.co/SG69wVlOQw pic.twitter.com/wiCqYlgTgP
— The Hill (@thehill) July 10, 2021
On Sunday billionaire Richard Branson plans to be the first owner of a private space company to launch into space, here's how to watch. https://t.co/6RwoJflurw
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 10, 2021
