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FILE - A giant tarp, bottom, covers a section of rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Federal investigators determining why the Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago, killing 98 people, said Thursday, March 7, 2024, that there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining pool deck. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Investigators say tenant garage below collapsed Florida condo tower had many faulty support columns

By Terry Spencer - Associated Press

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, center, talks with local officials while touring the site of an apartment building collapse, Monday, June 5, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. The six-story, 80-unit building partially collapsed May 28. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

New lawsuit filed after Iowa building collapse, governor asks White House for help

By Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

A giant tarp, bottom, covers a section of rubble where search and rescue personnel have been working at the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., on July 4, 2021. Lawyers who secured a $1.1 billion settlement in the deadly collapse last year of the beachfront Florida condominium building were awarded more than $70 million in fees Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 by a judge. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Lawyers awarded $70M+ fees in deadly Florida condo collapse

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

FILE - Search and rescue personnel work atop the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of people remain missing after it partially collapsed the week before June 30, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Friday, June 24, 2022, marks the anniversary of the oceanfront condo building collapse that killed 98 people in Surfside, Florida. The 12-story tower came down with a thunderous roar and left a giant pile of rubble in one of the deadliest collapses in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

A year on, Surfside remembers 98 victims of condo collapse

By Adriana Gomez Licon and Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Rescue crews work at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building after the remaining structure was demolished Sunday, in Surfside, Fla., Monday, July 5, 2021. Attorneys for the families who lost relatives or homes in last year’s collapse of a Florida condominium tower that killed 98 people finalized a $1 billion settlement on Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Attorneys in Florida condo collapse seek about $100M in fees

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Rescue crews work at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building after the remaining structure was demolished Sunday, in Surfside, Fla., Monday, July 5, 2021. Attorneys for the families who lost relatives or homes in last year’s collapse of a Florida condominium tower that killed 98 people finalized a $1 billion settlement on Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapse

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

FILE - A giant tarp covers a section of rubble where search and rescue personnel have been working at the Champlain Towers South condo building on Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Attorneys for the families who lost relatives or homes in last year’s collapse of a Florida condominium tower that killed 98 people finalized a $1 billion settlement on Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Florida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billion

By Terry Spencer - Associated Press

Christopher Rosa Cruz installs a large banner at the site of the Champlain Towers South condominium building, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Surfside, Fla. The banner lists the names of the 98 people killed when the building suddenly collapse nearly a year ago. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Florida lawmakers take up condo bill in wake of Surfside

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Pablo Langesfeld looks at the name of his daughter Nicole Langesfeld, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Surfside, Fla. A large banner with the names of the 98 killed in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South building nearly a year ago, was installed around the site. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Surfside families still want answers despite settlement

By Adriana Gomez Licon and terry Spencer - Associated Press

Indiana city considering cameras to help in contact tracing

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FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2017 file photo, police lift the coffin that contain the remains of a fellow officer who died while trying to cross a river in his car during the passage of Hurricane Maria, in Aguada, Puerto Rico. U.S. researchers who estimated that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Maria are now investigating deaths that might have been missed and could be linked to infrastructure damaged by the Category 4 storm, officials announced Wednesday, sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

New project to probe Hurricane Maria deaths in Puerto Rico

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

U.S. agency: Pandemic masks thwarting face recognition tech

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

Spending bill has $1.5M for crumbling foundations research

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Senate Finance Committee ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., questions Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during testimony before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Ron Wyden urges agencies to abandon Adobe Flash, citing ‘inherent security vulnerabilities’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Nuclear agency inspecting Maryland lab after contamination

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This Dec. 13, 2005, file photo, shows product identification cards for medicines containing pseudoephedrine displayed at a Meijer store in Roseville, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Meth experiment gone bad blamed for explosion at NIST lab; ex-guard to plead guilty

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A police officer ties police tape to a handrail. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Possible drug-related explosion investigated at federal lab in Maryland

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It’s about time: New atomic clock is more accurate

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Institute releases final report on Joplin tornado

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Google's data centers in Oregon and elsewhere process hundreds of millions of searches that Internet users make each day. Such centers also store email, photos, video, calendar entries and other information that may not be as secure as users believe because of encryption subversion. (Google via Associated Press)

NSA wages secret war against encryption

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times