EVENT 1: Rescue efforts continue after condo collapse
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‘building, florida condo, condo, surfside, champlain towers, #surfside’
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The rest of the partially collapsed Florida condo was demolished by a controlled explosion, as anguished families still waited for news of the missing. https://t.co/mcLz8vd9pW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 5, 2021
The developers of the collapsed Surfside condominium tower worked around local building codes by adding a penthouse that wasn’t part of the original plan, a review of town building records shows https://t.co/KHdrI5qTVC
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 5, 2021
Florida’s high-rise building regulations have long been among the strictest in the nation. But after parts of Champlain Towers South collapsed, evidence has mounted that those rules have been enforced unevenly by local officials, and sometimes not at all. https://t.co/wLV0Uy8eXJ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 5, 2021
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EVENT 2: Discussion of teaching Critical Race Theory
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‘race’
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“We are in a race”: GOP governors implore residents to overcome vaccine hesitancy as delta variant rises https://t.co/EzOn1MJzVY
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 5, 2021
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EVENT 3: Concern over Coronavirus Delta Variant
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‘delta variant, #deltavariant’
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‘tropical storm, storm, #elsa, elsa’
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EVENT 5: NPR comments on Declaration of Independance
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‘defund npr, npr, #defundnpr’
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