Rescue crews searched late into the night on Tuesday for 39 people reported missing in the Atlantic off Florida by a man found clinging to a boat that capsized in what the US Coast Guard called a suspected human smuggling attempt gone awry.

US communities across the country say terrifying predictions cited in the latest UN climate report are already happening.

Florida reported 22,783 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, breaking its record for the highest single-day case count since the pandemic began.

Haiti's newly-appointed Prime Minister Ariel Henry says his government plans to establish conditions for holding long-delayed elections as soon as possible, following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month.

While the country is mourning the loss of lives, the collapse, which led to tens of deaths, points to a bigger problem: a dilapidated US infrastructure.

The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Florida has risen to 79, after 14 bodies were recovered from the rubble, authorities said Friday.

There are no survivors in Florida building collapse, according to rescuers.

The US embassy inside Baghdad’s Green Zone has been targeted with several rockets. That is the third attack against American installations in Iraq in the past 24 hours.

The partially collapsed Miami-area condo where 24 people are confirmed dead was demolished on Sunday night, ahead of the possible arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa.

Searchers recovered two more bodies to bring the death toll in the Florida apartment block collapse to 24, authorities said Saturday.