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NEED TO KNOW

Tragedy in Surfside

At least one person has been confirmed dead with almost 100 people unaccounted for as rescue crews worked around the clock yesterday, searching for survivors of the partial collapse of a Miami-area condo building. Thirty-five people have been pulled from the rubble; at least one woman reportedly had to have her leg amputated in order to be freed.

Investigators have just begun to probe potential causes for the collapse. The building, constructed in 1981, was undergoing roof repairs at the time, though officials doubt the activity contributed to the collapse. One researcher noted the building had been built on reclaimed wetlands and had been slowly sinking by roughly two millimeters per year.

See photos from the scene, and a video of the moment of collapse here (warning: sensitive content).

A Tentative Deal

President Joe Biden said yesterday he had agreed in principle​ to a bipartisan infrastructure package. The deal has a total price tag of $1.2T over eight years, with roughly $579B in new spending ($20B repurposed from COVID-19 stimulus spending). Twenty-one senators, 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats, have publicly signed on to the deal.

Full details of the proposal have yet to be released, but the plan reportedly includes $312B in roads and bridges, $66B for rail projects, and $49B for public transit. A reported $73B is set aside for the power grid, $65B to expand broadband, and $55B for water. 

The announcement came with one caveat—Biden said he wouldn't sign the bill unless a separate budget reconciliation deal containing a number of administration priorities was passed. See details on how the deal got done here.

Separately, lawmakers reportedly agreed on a framework for a police reform bill, 

Residential School Reckoning

At least 751 unmarked graves were discovered on the grounds of a former residential school in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The revelation follows the discovery of the bodies of at least 215 children buried in mass graves at a similar school in Western Canada in May. 

Canada's residential school system was a government-backed network of mandatory boarding schools meant to aggressively assimilate children of Indigenous communities into Canadian culture. The schools operated from the 1870s to the late 1990s, with more than 150,000 children passing through the system. Between 3,000 and 6,000 children are believed to have died at the schools over the years, with officials omitting their deaths from the official record and allegedly disposing of bodies in unmarked mass graves. 

The discoveries have ramped up pressure on the Canadian government to search the grounds of all former schools. 

Editor's note: In yesterday's email, we incorrectly said nine people had been hospitalized due to heart inflammation from mRNA vaccines. In fact, more than 300 hundred have been hospitalized at various times; nine remained in the hospital as of yesterday's writing. 

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IN THE KNOW

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> Comedian Conan O'Brien wrapped his final show last night of a 28-year run as a late-night talk show host, spanning three shows on two networks (More)

> Mark Hoppus, front man for Blink-182, reveals cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment (More) | Luxury coat maker Canada Goose to stop using fur in its products by the end of 2022 (More)

> Montreal Canadiens top Las Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in Game 6 to advance to Stanley Cup Finals (More) | See preview of Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders Game 7 tonight for second spot in finals (More)

Science & Technology

> Google to delay its replacement of internet cookies, which track user behavior while browsing, with machine learning algorithms by two years (More) | Microsoft unveils Windows 11 (More)

> Stress turns hair gray, research finds, but the process may be reversible for some (More)

> New imaging technique allows engineers to watch ions transport through batteries in real time; advance may allow development of more efficient, longer-lasting batteries (More)

Business & Markets

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> US stock markets up (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +1.0%, Nasdaq +0.7%); S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at fresh record highs (More) | US economy grew at 6.4% annualized rate in Q1, economists estimate Q2 could grow to 12% annualized rate; an estimated 411,000 Americans filed initial jobless claims last week, falling over the previous week, but still above prepandemic average of approximately 225,000 (More)

> Federal Reserve announces all 23 major US banks pass annual stress test, which measures bank capital levels during hypothetical economic downturns (More)

> Famed venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announces $2.2B crypto fund to invest in blockchain startups (More) | BuzzFeed to go public via special purpose acquisition company valuing the digital media firm at $1.5B (More)

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Politics & World Affairs

> Vice President Kamala Harris to visit El Paso, Texas, today to tour portion of the US-Mexico border; trip comes amid mounting criticism against Harris for not traveling to the border during migrant surge (More)

> New York Supreme Court suspends Rudy Giuliani's license to practice law in the state; committee concluded the former mayor and lawyer to former President Donald Trump communicated "demonstrably false" statements in court regarding the 2020 election (More)

> At least 64 dead after a government airstrike in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region; strike reportedly hit a busy marketplace (More) | See background on the conflict (More)

IN-DEPTH

Field Trip

Popular Science | Rachel Feltman. A curious reporter decides to see if the rumors that ketamine can help treat post-traumatic stress disorder are true. (Read)

The Sound Aquatic

Hakai | Staff. Take a deep dive into how the ocean ecosystem makes use of its rich soundscape. (Listen)

From the Sky

NYT | Franz Lidz. The story of the woman who survived a two-mile fall after a 1971 airplane disaster—and then trudged 11 days through the Amazon to safety. (Read, paywall)

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ETCETERA

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AI helps make Rembrandt's "Night Watch" complete.

How to see the last supermoon of 2021.

One bee cloned itself a million times over.

Italian journalist finds lost child in the woods.

Tokyo's giant panda gives birth to twins.

The $4 thrift store painting made by David Bowie.

Recreating Stonehenge's inner circle.

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Historybook: Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876); Korean War begins (1950); Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain born (1956); RIP actress and model Farrah Fawcett (2009); Michael Jackson dies from drug overdose administered by his physician, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter (2009).

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