Surfside victims

Hundreds of claims on the more than $1 billion settlement from the Champlain Towers South litigation have been tossed out as phony.

A year ago this past Friday, the Champlain Towers South condominium collapsed in Surfside. Many first responders who searched for weeks to find victims are still struggling with what they saw, smelled and heard.

Colombia has its first left-wing president. It’s been one year since the tragic condo collapse in Surfside. We’re hearing from locals about the healing process. Plus, for Wildlife Thursday, we’re going to look at one of the most beloved species in the state — the Florida panther.

Friday marks one year since the collapse of the Champlain Towers south condo in Surfside that killed 98 people. This morning loved ones of the victims gathered at the site of the collapse for a vigil.

Jonah Handler’s miraculous rescue from one of the deadliest building collapses in U.S. history might seem to have an obvious parallel, given his name. For his father and others, the rescue brings to mind the Old Testament tale of the prophet Jonah.

A judge in Miami has given his initial approval to a roughly $1 billion deal for the families of the 98 victims of the Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside last year. The victims' ages at the time of the collapse will play a huge role in deciding how much money their families will get.

People who owned condominiums in the Florida building that collapsed almost a year ago but did not suffer a loss of life will share at least $96 million from a court settlement, a judge said Tuesday.

Attorneys representing victims of the Champlain Towers South collapse announced that after working with a mediator, they reached a tentative deal of $997 million for the wrongful death claimants.

Lawyers representing families of victims and survivors of the condominium collapse in Surfside last June have told a judge that they've reached a nearly $1 billion tentative settlement.

A date has been set to sell the beachfront property in Surfside where the Champlain Towers South collapse took place last year.

It's been almost a year since a condominium building collapsed in Surfside, Fla., killing 98 people. Legal wrangling continues about how to pay the victims and honor those who died in the accident.

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