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President Donald Trump is setting his design preferences as the standard for how federal buildings should look. An executive order Trump signed on Thursday sets classical architecture buildings, including the White House and the Capitol, as the “preferred and default” style for most federal buildings. Trump’s executive order on “Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again” singles out brutalist and modernist architecture …

The wildfire raging in central Oregon has destroyed four houses and about half a dozen other buildings, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said on social media late Sunday. The Flat fire, about 2 miles northeast of Sisters, has scorched about 22,000 acres and remains 0% contained, fire officials said. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of homes and personal …

A fourth person has died in the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, while the number of those stricken with the severe pneumonia increased to 99, up from 90 earlier in the week, the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported Thursday. The new tallies came hours after city officials disclosed that several buildings housing government programs are among …

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) — New York City officials announced another death on Thursday in connection to the Legionnaires’ outbreak in Harlem, just hours after identifying 12 cooling towers in 10 Harlem buildings that tested positive for the disease. The update comes weeks after the start of the outbreak that has now resulted in 99 cases and four deaths.. Officials say …

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees in Atlanta on Monday recalled the harrowing moment a gunman fired nearly 200 shots at multiple office buildings last week, killing a responding police officer. Four CDC workers, who were not authorized to speak publicly, told CBS News under the condition of anonymity that they were “deeply disappointed and frustrated” by an apparent …

US regulators reportedly granted appeals to remove many Camp Mystic buildings from official flooding risk maps years before 27 children died in severe floods. Citing official records, the New York Times and Associated Press said maps by the Federal Emergency Management (Fema) in 2011 had initially considered the popular summer camp to be at high risk of flooding. But they …

FEMA Approved Removal of Many Camp Mystic Buildings From Flood Zones  The New York Times FEMA missed major flood risks at Camp Mystic in Texas, new analysis reveals  PBS Trump visits Texas flood zone, defends government’s disaster response  Reuters Texas floods latest: Camp Mystic cabins ‘built on extremely hazardous flood zone’  The Independent FEMA maps underestimated risk in catastrophic Texas flood, data shows  ABC News …

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, a review by The Associated Press found. The Federal Emergency Management Agency included the prestigious girls’ summer camp in a “Special Flood …

Debris at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. Eli Hartman/AP hide caption toggle caption Eli Hartman/AP Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing …