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Search efforts at a Surfside, Florida, condo that collapsed June 24 have shifted from rescue to recovery.

“Our sole responsibility at this point is to bring closure,” said Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah.

Fifty-four people are now confirmed dead in the Champlain Towers South Condo collapse with 90 people still unaccounted for, though officials warned there is "no livable space left."

Jadallah told the families at a private briefing Wednesday that search teams would remove rescue dogs and sound devices but continue to dig through the rubble for the bodies of victims.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said at a news conference Wednesday that it remains unclear whether structural flaws in the condo were unique to the building, its construction, or its maintenance.

While experts have argued the collapse reveals inadequacies in the certification process and need for statewide condo checks, DeSantis said he wouldn't commit to actions on the state level as condominiums are “kind of a dime a dozen, particularly in southern Florida” and that the collapsed Champlain Towers South “had problems from the start."

How do you feel about shifting from rescue to recovery?

Greene compares Biden vaccine push to Nazi-era 'brown shirts'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is embroiled in a new controversy over comments comparing the Biden administration's COVID vaccine push to Nazi actions.

Greene’s latest controversial comments came in response to President Joe Biden saying the next phase of the vaccination rollout will involve government officials going “community by community, neighborhood by neighborhood, and oftentimes, door to door ― literally knocking on doors” to get people vaccinated. Greene tweeted on Tuesday (emphasis original): 

“Biden pushing a vaccine that is NOT FDA approved shows covid is a political tool used to control people. People have a choice, they don’t need your medical brown shirts showing up at their door ordering vaccinations. You can’t force people to be part of the human experiment.”

“Brown shirts” is a term used to describe what was the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, which assisted Adolf Hitler’s rise to power through intimidation and violence against political opponents and Jews. 

Should the House censure Marjorie Taylor Greene for her comments?

The 10 Worst Plastic Polluters - #1 Won't Surprise You

If you hit the beaches this past weekend, you likely got smacked with at least a scrap of garbage. And if you did, it probably came from one of these culprits:

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And, In The End...

Stretch those calves: on this date in 1969, the U.S. Patent Office issued a patent for the game "Twister."

And yes, later versions of the box included a more representational cross-section of America,

—Josh Herman

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