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Week after Iowa building collapse, Minnesota condo evacuated over stability concerns

Jun. 03, 2023 16:07 PM EDT

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Less than a week after an apartment building partially collapsed in Iowa, more than 140 people were evacuated from a condominium in Minnesota after a structural engineer expressed concerns about its stability. Officials in Rochester, Minnesota, ordered...

Connecticut lawmakers send wrong-way driver bill to governor

Jun. 02, 2023 21:51 PM EDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers, still grieving the death of a fellow legislator killed in a wrong-way crash in January, gave final legislative approval Friday to a bill that attempts to address the large increase in wrong-way crashes on the state's roads. The bill,...

Rescuers at site of Iowa building collapse complete search for survivors, move on to recovery

Jun. 02, 2023 19:50 PM EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa task force has completed its search for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed Davenport apartment building without finding three missing people who are feared dead, authorities said Friday. The focus has shifted to shoring up the structure so recovery...

'Do I have regrets? ... Hell yeah,' says Davenport mayor after partial collapse of Iowa building

Jun. 02, 2023 19:56 PM EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A structural engineer’s report issued last week indicated a wall of a century-old apartment building in Iowa was at imminent risk of crumbling, yet neither the owner nor city officials warned residents of the danger days before the building partially collapsed, leaving...

8 construction workers injured as building partially collapses during concrete mishap in New Haven

Jun. 02, 2023 18:23 PM EDT

A building under construction partially collapsed Friday in New Haven, Connecticut, when a concrete pour went awry, injuring eight workers, including two critically, city officials said, adding there were no fatalities. City firefighters and other authorities were called to Lafayette...

People trapped after building under construction partially collapses near Yale University campus, authorities say

Jun. 02, 2023 14:02 PM EDT
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — People trapped after building under construction partially collapses near Yale University campus, authorities say.

Search for survivors at site of Iowa building collapse completed, rescuers move to shore up structure for recovery

Jun. 02, 2023 11:51 AM EDT
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Search for survivors at site of Iowa building collapse completed, rescuers move to shore up structure for recovery.

A timeline of concerns raised about Iowa apartment building, months before it partially collapsed

Jun. 01, 2023 17:26 PM EDT

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — City documents released Wednesday show engineers and city officials visited a Davenport building nearly a dozen times in the months before it partially collapsed on Sunday. The most recent engineer's report came out just days before the building crumbled, suggesting the...

Amputation frees woman from collapsed Iowa building debris

May. 31, 2023 21:33 PM EDT

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — One moment Lexus Berry and her wife were rushing toward the door of their fourth-floor apartment, and the next, Quanishia “Peach” Berry was gone. Their apartment had disappeared into a heap of bricks and steel far below, leaving Lexis Berry running by...

Iowa apartment collapse leaves residents missing, rubble too dangerous to search

May. 31, 2023 17:01 PM EDT

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Five residents of a six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in eastern Iowa remained unaccounted for Tuesday, and authorities feared at least two of them might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to search. The three other missing...