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A Tuesday afternoon search of a partially collapsed Davenport apartment building did not find any signs of human activity according to city officials.

Firefighters rescued Lisa Brooks out of a fourth-story window after more than a day since the Davenport apartment building partially collapsed.

The building on Ann Street "pancaked, collapsed, all the way to the cellar floor," the acting head of New York's buildings department, Kazimir Vilenchik, told a press conference at the scene. Its exterior remained standing, but officials said they feared further collapse.

An art historian said on Friday that the number of deserted buildings located in Istanbul’s historic central districts, such as Karaköy, Eminönü,...

In L.A. as in Turkey, builders are supposed to meet a "life safety" standard — structures that won't collapse in a big earthquake. That doesn't make those buildings resilient.

BoFA estimates that rebuilding costs in Turkey could be between $3 billion and $5 billion, or possibly more.

Former Chelsea and Newcastle forward Christian Atsu was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly earthquake that struck Turkey, the Ghana Football Association said in a Twitter post Tuesday. A club spokesman on Monday told Turkish media that Atsu was thought to be in a building that was brought down by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks that struck southeastern Turkey and neighboring Syria and has killed more than 5,000 people.

A multi-agency examination committee should be established and mandated with verifying the safety of buildings.

A three-story building has collapsed on Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

Jordanian rescuers searched for a second day for remaining survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building in Amman where nine people were confirmed dead so far, officials said on Wednesday.