Surfside

Money from the sale of Florida beachfront property where a collapsed condominium tower once stood will be used to pay property taxes of the destroyed units, a judge ordered Monday. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said in a brief ruling that the 2022 tax payments should not be deducted from the $96 million previously earmarked to compensate owners of the 136 units of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida.

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 federal investigation into the Champlain Towers South building collapse likely won’t conclude until 2024.

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.

A Florida judge on Saturday gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people died.

Florida would require statewide recertification of condominiums over three stories tall under a bill sent Wednesday to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis by lawmakers, their legislation a response to the Surfside building collapse that killed 98 people.

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.

The purchase of the former Champlain Towers South property by a Dubai-based developer may lead other condominium associations in Florida to sell their buildings instead of their individual units.

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.