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A resident who survived Thursday's partial building collapse at Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla . filed a lawsuit in connection with the collapse on Saturday. News of the lawsuit against the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association became public on Monday. The complaint was filed on behalf of Steve Rosenthal in the circuit court of the 11th judicial circuit of Miami-Dade County . Rosenthal is seeking unspecified monetary damages and a jury trial. Rosenthal's suit is the second one made public since the building's collapse. Rosenthal's attorney Robert McKee spoke with ABC affiliate WPLG regarding the suit. "The tragedy of Champlain Towers South should not be allowed to be repeated'" he said. "It is not a solitary freak event." "The conditions relating to its collapse exist in many of our hi-rise concrete buildings," McKee added before speaking of a need for better safety in such large dwellings. Without measures such as more frequent building inspections, the … [Read more...] about Surfside Resident Files Lawsuit Against Property, 2nd Since Collapse

close Video Samantha Markle tells Tucker Carlson their dad paid for 'every penny' of estranged sister Meghan's education The sister of 'California Duchess' Meghan Markle tells Tucker Carlson about their relationship and family on Fox Nation. Meghan Markle’s estranged half-sister, Samantha Markle, wants Prince Harry to testify in her defamation case against the Duchess of Sussex. According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital on Monday, Samantha has demanded the Sussexes to take the stand after allegedly making "false" statements in their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. The televised tell-all was viewed by nearly 50 million people globally. In the paperwork filed on Friday, Samantha noted that she wants the couple to be deposed in separate interviews. The documents said that "to date, the Duchess has not agreed to schedule one single deposition." In addition to the Sussexes, the 58-year-old has requested the depositions of … [Read more...] about Meghan Markle’s half-sister wants Prince Harry to testify in defamation lawsuit over Oprah Winfrey tell-all

The New York State attorney general, Letitia James, filed a motion on Thursday asking a judge to hold Donald J. Trump in contempt for failing to turn over documents in her civil investigation into his business activities. The request by lawyers in Ms. James’s office, which was filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, said that the former president had declined to turn over documents that the attorney general had sought in eight requests. The filing also asked the judge to fine Mr. Trump $10,000 a day until he turns over the materials. The filing cited a response from Mr. Trump’s legal team arguing that the attorney general’s requests were “grossly overbroad, unintelligible, unduly burdensome” and did not “adequately” describe the requested materials. In a statement Thursday evening, Mr. Trump criticized the investigation as a “witch hunt” being used by Ms. James for political gain. He described the investigation and others before it as “an attempt to silence a … [Read more...] about N.Y. Attorney General Seeks to Hold Trump in Contempt

A Goldman C.E.O. also-ran gets to lead Carlyle said this morning that it had hired Harvey Schwartz , a former co-president of Goldman Sachs, as its new chief executive. It’s a bet by Carlyle that it has finally found the right leader — and a chance for Mr. Schwartz to finally become a Wall Street chieftain, after losing a succession race at his former employer. Schwartz is joining Mr. Carlyle seven months after its last C.E.O. stepped down. Kewsong Lee, who became the firm’s co-chief executive in 2018 and then sole C.E.O. in 2020, resigned after clashing with the private equity giant’s co-founders over priorities and control. (So sudden was Mr. Lee’s departure that Carlyle didn’t have a replacement lined up; a co-founder, Bill Conway, has been serving as interim chief.) Carlyle’s board reportedly considered a variety of potential candidates , according to The Financial Times, including John Waldron, Goldman’s current president; Mark Mason, Citigroup’s C.F.O.; and current … [Read more...] about Carlyle Taps a Former Goldman Executive to Fill Its Leadership Void

William H. Rehnquist, who died Saturday at the age of 80 almost a year after learning he had thyroid cancer, helped lead a conservative revolution on the Supreme Court during 19 notably successful years as chief justice of the United States. Including 14 years as an associate justice, Chief Justice Rehnquist's tenure on the court was not only one of the longest in the institution's history but also one of the most consequential. With a steady hand, a focus and commitment that never wavered, and the muscular use of the power of judicial review, he managed to translate many of his long-held views into binding national precedent. Chief among those was an enhanced role for the states within the federal system, which the court accomplished under his leadership by overturning dozens of federal laws that sought to project federal authority into what the Supreme Court majority viewed as the domain of the states. In the zero-sum game of the tri-partite separation of powers, the Supreme … [Read more...] about William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Is Dead at 80

The memos of Supreme Court clerks evaluating death row petitions usually consist of a brief review of the facts and then a dispassionate legal analysis as to whether the court should hear the case. Not so for Ted Cruz . Mr. Cruz, the most ardent death penalty advocate of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist’s clerks in the 1996 term, became known at the court for his signature writing style. Nearly two decades later, his colleagues recall how Mr. Cruz, who frequently spoke of how his mentor’s father had been killed by a carjacker, often dwelled on the lurid details of murders that other clerks tended to summarize before quickly moving to the legal merits of the case. “That, I think, was a special interest of his,” said Renée Lerner, then a clerk for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who said she was impressed with how deeply Mr. Cruz delved into the facts and history of a murder case. “It was unusual for a Supreme Court clerk to do that.” Other clerks, however, had a less admiring … [Read more...] about As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 6 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The ride at an Iowa amusement park where an 11-year-old boy was killed in 2021 will never reopen, the park's owners said. Bill Lentz, Adventureland's general manager, said in a letter posted on the park's website Friday that after spending months reviewing the safety of the Raging River ride, officials decided to close it permanently. "The decision comes after months of examination of the ride, working closely with its manufacturer to identify what enhancements each would need to meet our operating standards," Lentz said in the statement. "Based upon that review, the best path forward is to close Raging River, and focus on enhancing the Adventureland experience elsewhere." FATHER RECOUNTS IOWA AMUSEMENT RIDE ACCIDENT THAT KILLED SON Michael Jaramillo died and his brother and father were … [Read more...] about Iowa amusement park ride that killed an 11-year-old boy will never reopen, according to park’s owners

MIAMI — Since President Joe Biden rolled out a parole program to accept a limited amount of migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti, an underground industry has been brewing that is ripe for fraud. One of the conditions to be able to apply for the parole program is to have a sponsor in the United States. These supporters, usually close relatives, are required to provide financial support for at least two years. Although it was not designed for people to profit from it, many deals are being made quietly through word of mouth and the messaging app WhatsApp — there’s even advertising for sponsorship on social media. Prices typically range from $8,000 to $10,000, but many of them are scams. A resident of Cuba, a young doctor whose name is being withheld for safety reasons, told NBC News she was scammed by a Facebook user. She thought she had found someone reliable who could be her ticket to the U.S. "Most of them say they have relatives in Cuba that will refund … [Read more...] about Scammers target hopeful applicants to Biden’s humanitarian parole program

The flow of immigrants and refugees into the United States has ramped up over the past year, helping to replenish the American labor force after a decline that began with restrictions imposed under the Trump administration and that was compounded by the pandemic. The Biden administration has been accelerating visa processing and broadly using humanitarian parole programs for migrants fleeing war and economic instability. Those efforts have driven a rebound in the foreign-born population — welcome news for the Federal Reserve, which has been concerned that a persistent shortage of workers could send wages higher and lead inflation to become entrenched. Friday’s employment report for January, showing a blockbuster gain of 517,000 jobs, confirms that the economy continues to demand more labor. Moderating wage growth, however, suggests that enough workers are arriving to keep costs in check. “When the unemployment rate goes down, you would normally expect wage inflation to go up, … [Read more...] about Immigration Rebound Eases Shortage of Workers, Up to a Point

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android . Late one summer evening in 2018, an American citizen named Joseph Mahmoud Dibee was sitting in José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba — trying, unsuccessfully, to sleep — when he was approached by three men. Dibee, a civil engineer, was in Havana on a layover. After a long business trip in Ecuador, he was heading home to Russia, where he lived with his wife and stepson. The men demanded his passport, then led him out of the terminal and into a waiting sedan. Dibee asked where they were going, but got no response. Sandwiched between his captors, he was driven miles through the night before finally arriving at what appeared to be a jail. For the next three days, Dibee would claim in a subsequent court filing, he was imprisoned without explanation and, in effect, tortured. His small concrete cell was open to the elements; during the day, the cage baked. As … [Read more...] about The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground