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Condo demolition opens up fresh rubble in collapse search
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Condo demolition opens up fresh rubble in collapse search

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers searched through fresh rubble Monday after the last of the collapsed Florida condo building was demolished, which allowed crews into previously inaccessible places, including bedrooms where people were believed to be sleeping at the time of the disaster, officials said. Three more victims were discovered in the new pile, Miami-Dade...

Two More Victims in Surfside Collapse Identified as Jewish Couple
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Two More Victims in Surfside Collapse Identified as Jewish Couple

Miami-Dade police announced two more victims of the Surfside condo collapse have been identified as Tzvi Ainsworth a”h, 68, and Ingrid “Itty” Ainsworth a”h, 66. The Chabad couple had recently moved from Australia to Florida in order to be close to their children, according to Collive.com. They were described as warm, friendly people who smiled...

Florida’s proposed Holocaust education standards prompt ‘deep concerns’ from state experts
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Florida’s proposed Holocaust education standards prompt ‘deep concerns’ from state experts

Already mired in educational culture wars over critical race theory and civics lessons, Florida has been fighting a similar yetquieter battle over its new initiative to teach students more about the Holocaust. Experts tapped by the state to help write or review new Holocaust standards say Florida’s proposal fails to connect the horrors of the...