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A structural engineer says the process for investigating the collapse will involve trying to reconstruct parts of the building and look for how the critical pieces failed.

A Structural Engineer Explains How The Florida Condo Collapse Will Be Investigated

John Pistorino has been hired to investigate the building collapse in Surfside, Fla. He says the process will involve trying to reconstruct parts of the building to see where critical pieces failed.

Ethan Nordean, with backward baseball hat and bullhorn, leads members of the far-right group Proud Boys before the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The self-described sergeant-at-arms of the Seattle Proud Boys is facing federal charges over his role in the attack.

Prosecutors: Proud Boys Gave Leader 'War Powers,' Planned Ahead For Capitol Riot

A federal court filing details how Ethan Nordean allegedly recruited members and raised money ahead of the Jan. 6 attack, which prosecutors say he helped coordinate and lead.

An undated artist rendering of the coronavirus.

September 2021: Coronavirus Blog Archive

This is the September 2021 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

Andrew Brown Jr. was shot in the back of his head, his family's attorneys said on Tuesday, citing an independent autopsy. Here, Glenda Brown Thomas displays a photo of Brown, her nephew, on her cell phone at her home in Elizabeth City, N.C.

Andrew Brown Jr. Was Shot In The Back Of His Head, Family Says, Citing Autopsy

"It was a kill shot to the back of the head" that cost Brown his life, family attorney Ben Crump said as his office released the results of an independent autopsy. The FBI said it was investigating.

A man takes a picture at sunset with the Eiffel Tower in the background on March 30, 2021. The president of the European Commission says fully vaccinated Americans will be able to visit the EU this summer.

Vaccinated U.S. Travelers Will Be Allowed To Visit Europe Again Starting This Summer

The European Commission president says she expects all 27 EU member states will accept visitors who've received COVID-19 vaccines, but the CDC is still warning against travel to much of Europe.

Sharmistha Chaudhuri (center, wearing pink), 35, at her wedding in Kolkata, India, in January 2020. Chaudhuri found some Indian wedding traditions retrograde, so she hired four feminist priestesses to officiate at hers. They performed a multilingual, egalitarian ceremony stripped of patriarchal traditions.

Hindu priestesses fight the patriarchy, one Indian wedding at a time

The priestesses are part of a feminist push to make Hinduism more inclusive. Some have begun officiating at Indian weddings stripped of patriarchal traditions: No more "donating" brides to in-laws.

A person wearing a mask walks past posters encouraging census participation in Seattle in April 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted not only last year's national head count, but also a critical follow-up survey that the U.S. Census Bureau relies on to determine the tally's accuracy.

How many people of color did the 2020 census miss? COVID makes it harder to tell

A final round of door knocking for a follow-up survey is now set to last until early 2022. Delays have raised concerns about whether the bureau can determine which groups the 2020 census undercounted.

Daniel Duron and Kenny Butler, who started college in prison, participate in a mountain hike with their Pitzer College classmates and professors after resuming their classes on campus.

Getting a bachelor's degree in prison is rare. That's about to change

Kenny Butler and Daniel Duron worked toward their degrees while in prison. Their journey could become more common with Pell grants becoming available to incarcerated people.

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Prosecutors Allege 'Substantial Evidence' Of Oath Keepers Conspiracy To Storm Capitol

The founder of the Oath Keepers militia had a phone call with a member of the group who minutes later took part in a military-style "stack" formation to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, prosecutors say.

Lütfullah Kuçar, 8, waits at home for his sister, Aysu Kuçar, to return from school, in Istanbul. The two Uyghur children were forcibly separated from their family and spent nearly 20 months in state boarding schools in Xinjiang, China.

Uyghur kids recall physical and mental torment at Chinese boarding schools in Xinjiang

Being hit, locked in a dark room and forced to hold a stress position — two small Uyghur children recount abusive experiences in boarding school in Xinjiang, where they also lost their mother tongues.

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