News Stories from June 28, 2021
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'It was scary': Teens escape serious injury when rotted balcony collapses in SchaumburgJun 29, 2021 6:35 AM - Readily apparent deterioration is considered the cause of a balcony collapse in Schaumburg that sent a group of teens tumbling about 12 feet to the ground as they posed for a birthday party photo early Sunday evening.
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Danny weakens to a tropical depression, heavy rains continue
Jun 29, 2021 1:29 AM - Tropical Storm Danny weakened to a tropical depression hours after it made landfall Monday evening on South Carolina's coast but the system continued to dump heavy rains on the state and portions of Georgia
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Crews spend 5th day atop shaky pile of collapsed concrete
Jun 29, 2021 7:00 AM - Rescuers searching for a fifth day for survivors of a Florida condo building collapse used bucket brigades and heavy machinery as they worked atop a precarious mound of debris
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Toddler dies after being pulled from Northbrook-area pondJun 28, 2021 10:47 PM - A young boy died Monday night fter falling into a retention pond near the Mission Hills complex in the Northbrook area.
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COVID-19 outbreak traced to campJun 28, 2021 10:30 PM - COVID-19 cases resulting from an outbreak at summer youth camp in west central Illinois continue to climb as the state announced Monday that 85 mostly unvaccinated teens and adult staff members were infected.
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Weakening Tropical Storm Enrique heads for Baja resort area
Jun 28, 2021 10:14 PM - The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves away from the coastal shoulder of southwestern Mexico, having passed by just off shore while sweeping the coast with heavy rains and winds
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More than $66K raised for pregnant widow of Grayslake man struck, killed by carJun 28, 2021 9:22 PM - More than $66,000 has been generated through an online fundraiser for the widow and unborn child of Matthew Evers, a 34-year-old Grayslake man who died on Father's Day after being struck by a car while walking along Route 120 near Volo the previous night.
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Despite warning, town deemed condo building in 'good shape'
Jun 28, 2021 9:17 PM - Despite an engineer's warning of major structural problems, a town building official told board members their Florida high-rise condominium was in 'very good shape' almost three years before it collapsed
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Argentine family among missing in Florida building collapse
Jun 28, 2021 8:47 PM - Authorities say the remains of 11 people have been found after the collapse of a 12-story beachfront condominium building in Florida
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Legendary big-wave surfer Greg 'Da Bull' Noll dies at 84
Jun 28, 2021 8:35 PM - Greg 'Da Bull' Noll, who became a surfing legend by combining a gregarious, outsized personality with the courage and skill to ride bigger, more powerful waves than anyone had ever attempted, has died
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