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Search-and-rescue operations paused at Champlain Towers South collapse site – WPTV News – FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast

Search-and-rescue operations paused at Champlain Towers South collapse site  WPTV News – FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast Infighting and Poor Planning Leave Condo Sites in Disrepair  The New York Times Biden arrives in Surfside area as rescue work halted over safety

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Codat raises $40M from Tiger for its SMB-focused API service

This morning Codat, a startup that provides APIs to link small-business fintech data to external services, announced that it has closed a $40 million round led by Tiger Global. The company raised $10 million in a Series A around a

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China’s national security legislation is destroying Hong Kong’s rule of law

Pedestrians walk under the flags of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in Hong Kong on June 30, 2021. | Lam Yik/Bloomberg via Getty Images One year on, the first national security trial shows how. Tong Ying-kit was

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Duolingo Director of engineering Karin Tsai talks opinionated development

Karin Tsai joined Duolingo in 2012 and is now the director of engineering. Yesterday, at TechCrunch’s City Spotlight: Pittsburgh, she spoke on the company’s extensive development process and unique culture.  This interview was pre-recorded and aired a day after the

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House Opens Jan. 6 Investigation Over Republican Opposition

With all but two Republicans voting no, the House created a select committee, controlled by Democrats, to scrutinize the security failures and root causes that contributed to the Capitol riot.

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N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race Remains Tight With Adams Leading in Revised Tally

Eric Adams kept his lead in a new tally of ranked-choice preferences, after the Board of Elections scrapped the results of an earlier count.

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Inside the Turmoil at the Agency That Is Running Ranked-Choice Voting

The Board of Elections, which has a history of mishaps, is now under intense fire for its error in releasing mayoral primary results.

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Champlain Towers Condo Board Hires A Crisis PR Firm After The Surfside Collapse – NPR

Champlain Towers Condo Board Hires A Crisis PR Firm After The Surfside Collapse  NPR Rescue workers at Surfside building collapse find bodies of two children  CNN Crews in Pennsylvania, New Jersey deployed to site of deadly Surfside building collapse  WPVI-TV Mr. President, use

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Adams in the lead, Garcia gains after new results released by NYC election board – POLITICO

Adams in the lead, Garcia gains after new results released by NYC election board  POLITICO Rebuild the board: New York must finally fix the city’s Board of Elections  New York Daily News Adams again tops Garcia in mayoral re-tally that still doesn’t

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Top Trump Executive Allen Weisselberg Surrenders to Face Charges

The Trump Organization and Mr. Weisselberg have been indicted in connection with a tax investigation and are expected to appear in court later Thursday.

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