Nation

Collapsed Florida condo demolished ahead of storm, search to resume

Smoke is seen after partially collapsed Champlain Towers South residential building is demolished, in Surfside, Florida, U.S., July 4, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello

• Letter from Surfside: Tourists and locals united in mourning

• Tropical storm Elsa likely to pass near Florida Keys on Tuesday: NHC

Eleven arrested in armed militia group stand off with police near Boston

A Special Operations unit arrives after state police announced they were conducting a search for armed persons following a traffic stop in Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S. July 3, 2021. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi

• At Florida rally, Trump bashes New York charges against company, adviser

• Pro-Trump social media app hacked on launch day as half million sign up

• Americans' July Fourth festivities sparkle after last year's pandemic cancellations

Government, Politics, Campaigns  & Elections

Celebrating nation's birth, Biden urges Americans to help end COVID-19 pandemic

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House at a celebration of Independence Day in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

• White House reaching out with assistance to latest ransomware victims

• Biden on Richardson's sprinting suspension: 'the rules are the rules'

International

Rescuers in Japan hunt for 80 missing after deadly landslides

Members of Japanese Self-Defence Forces conduct rescue and search operartion at a mudslide site caused by heavy rain at Izusan district in Atami, west of Tokyo, Japan July 5, 2021, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS

• Philippines orders probe after military plane crash kills 50

• Exclusive: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving

• Peru's indigenous hope for a voice, at last, under new president

• Mexico officials hope vaccine coverage will make pandemic surge less deadly

Germany worried about COVID-19 vaccination 'no shows'

Cabins at a vaccination centre set up in the Erika-Hess ice stadium to fight the coronavirus disease in Berlin, Germany, January 14, 2021. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

• PM Johnson to set out lockdown easing, though pandemic 'not over'

• British royal Kate self-isolating after COVID-19 contact

• Pope alert and in good condition after surgery to remove part of colon

• French champagne industry group fumes over new Russian champagne law

ODD & Extraordinary

• Austrian gets shock of his life as python bites him on the toilet

Science, Medicine, Technology & Environment

Lack of side effects doesn't mean mRNA vaccine not working; mRNA shots limit breakthrough infection severity

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS.