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Officials revealed preliminary findings regarding the Surfside collapse, but a victim's father says it feels like there is an "excessive delay" with the investigation. Federal investigators looking into the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse that killed 98 people in 2021 said Thursday the structure did not meet building codes when it was erected 42 years ago. "Our preliminary analysis of the original structural design of CTS shows that the building did not meet building codes in effect at the time, nor today’s building codes," National Institute of Standards and Technology project leader James Harris said at a public hearing. "Furthermore, there’s evidence of errors in construction and renovations that compounded those deficiencies." NIST cautioned that these updates are preliminary. Investigators are placing a particular emphasis on the pool deck, with NIST's Glenn Bell saying there were pervasive concerns with the deck's design and misplac...

Four people were killed and several others were injured in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, authorities said. Four people were killed and seven others injured when a mass shooting broke out at a July 4 block party in Shreveport, Louisiana, authorities said. About 200 people were at the annual event when, around 11:40 p.m., multiple men engaged in an exchange of gunfire, Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith and Councilwoman Tabatha Taylor said at a news conference on Wednesday. A van marked "coroner" heads to the scene in Shreveport, La., after a mass shooting at a house party, July 4, 2023. KTBS MORE: 7-year-old boy fatally shot in head by stray bullet amid altercation over jet skis At first, three people were reported killed , the chief said, and then on Wednesday morning, a fourth body was discovered in the area. No arrests have been made. Police block a road in Shreveport, La., after a mass shooting at a house party, July 4, 2023. KTBS MORE: Philadelphia mass ...

An early morning fire has killed multiple animals at a wildlife center in Florida MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. -- An early morning fire on Thursday killed n early all the Animals at a wildlife center in Florida, officials said. News outlets reported the fire broke out around 3 a.m. Thursday at the Alligator and Wildlife Discovery Center in Madeira Beach, near St. Petersburg on Florida's Gulf Coast. “We suffered from a tragic fire last night. N early all of the Animals are gone. We are devastated,” a post on the wildlife center 's Facebook page said. Sonny Flynn, who owns the center, told WTSP that all of the mammals inside the building died and many of the reptiles were injured. Small mammals, lizards, amphibians, turtles and tortoises, fresh and saltwater marine life, and alligators were among the 250 animals at the center. “They didn’t deserve this. This is my whole life,” Flynn said. “They all have names, they all have personality, I come in every morning and talk to them l...

A dad has been arrested following a more than two-year investigation when police determined he killed his two-month old daughter by stuffing a baby wipe down her throat. A father has been arrested following a more than two-year investigation after police determined he killed his two-month-old infant daughter by stuffing a baby wipe down her throat , police say. The incident originally occurred on May 28, 2021, when the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Dispatch received a 911 call regarding a two-month-old unresponsive infant in Vero Beach, Florida, according to a statement from the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office released on Monday. MORE: Father killed after confronting scooter thieves with his son in their own backyard: Police Dispatchers immediately began giving the infant’s father, Joseph Napier, instructions on how to give CPR to the child and notified police deputies and fire rescue to respond to the scene. But when authorities arrived at the Vero Beach ...

Montana officials said first responders shot a bear that was linked to a fatal July incident in West Yellowstone after it and its cub broke into a home. Montana wildlife officers and law enforcement euthanized a bear that was involved in a fatal attack on a woman over the summer after the grizzly was caught trying to break into a home, officials said. A West Yellowstone homeowner reported a bear with a cub broke through a kitchen window Saturday morning and removed a container of dog food from inside the house, according to the office of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP). The agency said in a release it sent staff and local officers to the scene and, with the authorization of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, shot the 10-year-old female grizzly "due to an immediate public safety threat from the bear’s food-conditioned behavior." File image of a wild grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Oct. 21, 2010. Newsbase/AP Photo, FILE The cub, who was right...

Exposure to anhydrous ammonia apparently caused the deaths of five people when a tanker truck loaded with the hazardous material overturned Friday night in Illinois. Exposure to anhydrous ammonia apparently caused the deaths of five people, including two children, when a tanker truck loaded with the hazardous material overturned on a highway Friday night in a rural Illinois community, according to preliminary findings from the local coroner's office. At least seven other people from six different states were also treated at hospitals after being overcome by what authorities described as a "large plume cloud" that was released when the tanker truck spilled its load on a highway east of Teutopolis, Illinois, Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes said in a statement Sunday evening. Autopsies are scheduled to be performed Monday morning on the victims to confirm the preliminary findings, Rhodes said. Emergency responders set up a staging area near Teutopolis High School, Sept. ...

The single-engine Piper PA-23 crashed around 8:20 p.m. PT on Sunday shortly after taking off from Canyonlands Regional Airport, according to the FAA. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a small plane crash that killed all four occupants -- North Dakota state Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife and their two children -- in Moab, Utah, according to officials. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum confirmed the deaths in a statement Monday afternoon. "First Lady Kathryn, Lt. Gov. [Tammy] Miller and I are deeply saddened by the heartbreaking loss of Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife, Amy, and their two young sons," Burgum wrote. "Sen. Larsen was a father, husband, coach, entrepreneur, businessman, state senator and lieutenant colonel in the North Dakota National Guard who committed himself fully to each of those roles with an unwavering sense of honor and duty," he continued. "As a legislator, he was a tenacious advocate for ...

The Michigan Supreme Court has turned down an appeal and cleared the way for the parents of the Oxford High School shooter to face trial on involuntary manslaughter charges DETROIT -- The parents of a teenager who killed four students at Michigan's Oxford High School lost an appeal Tuesday and will face trial on involuntary manslaughter charges, a rare case of prosecutors attempting to pin some responsibility for a school shooting on the perpetrator's family. James and Jennifer Crumbley are accused of making a gun accessible to Ethan Crumbley and ignoring his mental Health needs. The state appeals court said in March that the couple could face trial , and the Michigan Supreme Court let that decision stand in a one-sentence order. Prosecutors in suburban Detroit had to show only that there was probable cause to put the parents on trial, a low threshold at this stage. The appeals court noted that an Oakland County jury will hear a more expansive case from all sides. The shoote...

Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the university's Department of Applied Physical Sciences, was shot seven times, according to an autopsy report. The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill professor found dead in his office on campus in August was shot seven times, according to the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the department of Applied Physical Science s at the College of Arts and Science s, suffered wounds to the head, face and neck, left arm and chest, abdomen, a graze wound to the right upper arm, and a graze wound to the left hand and left forearm in the Aug. 28 shooting, according to an autopsy report. Law enforcement respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., Aug. 28, 2023, after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus. Hannah Schoenbaum/AP, FILE MORE: UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member killed, suspect in custody after campus lockdown Police r...

Kansas child welfare officials say they investigated the family of a 5-year-old Kansas girl five times during the 13 months before she was raped and killed TOPEKA, Kan. -- Child welfare officials investigated the family of a 5-year-old Kansas girl five times in the 13 months before she was raped and killed , but couldn't confirm allegations of neglect or drug use by her mother, and the family repeatedly declined offers of help, a report released Tuesday showed. The report by the state Department of Children and Families said in one case, the agency confirmed that the mother wasn't properly supervising Zoey Felix, but the girl was placed with her father and because of that, “No safety concerns were identified.” After receiving allegations in late August of drug use and lack of utilities in the home, child welfare officials made seven failed attempts to reach the family over the next month. On Oct. 2, Zoey died after fire crews couldn't resuscitate her at a gas station...

Three children were killed in a New Orleans house fire that was allegedly set by their father, police said. Three children were killed in a house fire in New Orleans early Wednesday morning that was allegedly set by their father following an apparent domestic dispute, police said. The father -- identified by police as Joseph Washington Sr., 29 -- was apprehended following a manhunt Wednesday and faces multiple charges including second-degree murder, according to New Orleans Deputy Superintendent Ryan Lubrano. "We are here because of the tragic and senseless, horrific deaths of three young children last night in a domestic violence situation," New Orleans interim Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said at a press briefing Wednesday. A fire truck outside of a house fire that left three children dead in New Orleans, Oct. 18, 2023. WGO The children's mother called 911 at 11:55 p.m. Tuesday night to report that their father intended to burn down their house, New Orleans poli...