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WATCH: Spaceflight a pinch-me moment, says Richard Branson By Reuters Arlene Eiras and Steve Gorman As Virgin Galactic finalizes plans for founder Richard Branson to join five others on a test flight to the edge of space on July 11, the British billionaire said his wife may be nervous about the launch but he himself wasnt the least bit afraid. "Ive been looking forward to this for 17 years," Branson said in an interview on Tuesday from Spaceport America near the remote town of Truth or Conseque...

Echoes of Sept. 11 lead Miami businessman to host condo collapse families By Katanga Johnson Reuters SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) - When Miami-based businessman Andreas King-Geovanis heard that a condominium building in nearby Surfside had collapsed, he knew from experience the disaster would lead to displacement. The 31-year-old New York native, who runs a vacation rental property company, was still a child living with his family near the World Trade Center when it was attacked on Sept. 11, 20...

Mexican search-and-rescue team on hold near Florida high-rise disaster Reuters 6 hrs ago By Katanga Johnson SURFSIDE, Fl. (Reuters) -Seven Mexican search-and-rescue volunteers who flew to Florida to help after a residential high-rise near Miami collapsed have been barred from the disaster site because of U.S. restrictions. A number of Mexican search-and-rescue groups called topos - which means moles - emerged from local rescue efforts after the devastating 1985 earthquake that hit Mexico City...

By Syndicated Content By Gabriella Borter and Arlene Eiras SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) – Colonel Golan Vach, head of a unit of the Israel Defense Forces that specializes in search and rescue operations, had never seen a disaster zone like the crumbled condo building in Surfside, Florida, in his more than 20 years of military experience. Vach’s team, the National Rescue Unit, arrived in Miami early on Sunday, three days after Champlain Tower South partially collapsed without w...

SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) - Some families of the missing at the Miami-area building collapse have found comfort in therapy dogs brought in during the a...

By Arlene Eiras (Reuters) - Bone cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux is thrilled to be going into space. As a crew member on SpaceXs Inspiration4, the worlds first all-commercial astronaut mission to Earths orbit, Arceneaux hopes that as the first person to go into space with a prosthesis, she can inspire others. "This mission is opening up space travel to anyone and I think that in itself is going to motivate people and give them so much hope," said the vivacious 29-year-old. At 10, she was d...