Author: Associated Press

Biden announced bipartisan deal made on huge infrastructure plan

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has announced a bipartisan agreement on a pared-down but still huge infrastructure plan. The agreement with a group of Republican and Democratic senators on Thursday would make a start on his top legislative priority and validate his efforts to reach across the political aisle. However, Biden acknowledged that Democrats will likely have to tackle…

Many feared dead after Florida beachfront condo collapses

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say nearly 100 people are still unaccounted for after part of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed in a town outside Miami. The collapse in the community of Surfside killed at least one person and trapped others in rubble and twisted metal. Rescuers pulled dozens of survivors from the tower Thursday morning and continued to…

Wet weather eliminates drought across state, committee says

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina committee that monitors how dry South Carolina is has declared the state is drought free for now. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee voted Wednesday to remove six counties in the northeast part of the state from an incipient drought, which is the first of four levels. Rain from several systems, including Tropical…