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It was 1:30 AM when Champlain Towers South began to fall. Seven minutes after a piece of the pool deck caved in, the building ...

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Federal investigators examining the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, Florida, are leaning toward the conclusion that the building’s pool deck was the ...

Attorneys with the 17 law firms who brokered the $1.1 billion settlement between Florida’s Champlain Towers and victims of its deadly 2021 collapse were awarded $70 million in fees Monday. Miami-Dade ...

SURFSIDE, FLA. (WSVN) - The Surfside commission voted 3-1 in favor of approving a luxury condo site plan for the location once occupied by the ill-fated Champlain Towers South. The contentious meeting ...

SURFSIDE, Fla. — A Dubai-based developer plans to build a 12-story luxury condominium project on the South Florida site where a building collapsed in 2021, killing 98 people. DAMAC International said ...

SURFSIDE, FLA. (WSVN) - Federal investigators are set to hold a meeting to discuss the 2021 partial collapse of the Champlain Tower South in Surfside. On Thursday at 9 a.m., the National Institute of ...

Investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a preliminary summary of their findings Thursday regarding the catastrophic collapse of Champlain Tower South, stating the ...

The partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside killed 98 people. A federal investigation into what caused it has zeroed in on the building’s pool deck. Emily Michot Miami ...