Friday, June 25 top stories
It is Friday, June 25. Here are today’s top stories.
City officials in Surfside, Florida said there are 159 people who are “unaccounted for” in the condo collapse. Officials say they still have hope they will find people alive.
So far, four deceased bodies were pulled from the rubble. Emergency crews are using dogs, sonar, cameras, and various equipment to try and find survivors.
It is not known what caused the building to collapse.
Today is the sentencing date for former police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd during a brutal arrest.
CBS News said Chauvin could get anywhere from 10 to 30 years in prison.
Ben Crump, the Floyd family attorney and a civil rights leader, said they are only seeking for equal justice. They said the appropriate sentence is what the sentence would be if the roles of Chauvin and Floyd were reversed.
The sentencing hearing hasn’t started as of the time I’m signing this news. I will provide a text update of the sentence.
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“Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd.”
Virgin Galactic, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Richard Branson, announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted it a license to fly passengers on future space flights.
Virgin Galactic said they met FAA guidelines in tests last month. Their spacecraft is called Unity. It is basically a small plane-rocket hybrid that is attached to a very large plane, which drops it when it reaches a certain altitude. The Unity plane will then rocket off and allow its six passengers and two pilots to experience space flight before it comes back to Earth and lands.
Virgin Galactic said it has about 600 reservations for future flights. Seats cost between $200,000 and $250,000 each.
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There was a police chase at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) airport last night. CBS News said a driver crashed his car through a gate and led police over two runways while planes were landing and taking off.
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The car had the letters, “SOS” written on the hood. The car got into the tarmac by driving through a FedEx warehouse gate. Police were able to corner the car into a private terminal for charter planes and arrested the driver.
Officials say this may be the worst security breach at a U.S. airport in a decade.
This afternoon President Joe Biden will sign a resolution to designate the site of the Pulse Nightclub as a national memorial.
The nightclub was a gay-friendly venue in Orlando that went through a mass shooting in which 49 people were killed. This Saturday is the five-year anniversary of the incident.
The Pulse site will be named the “National Pulse Memorial” after Biden signs the resolution. CBS News said Biden will give a speech urging the Senate to pass the Equality Act, which would provide LGBTQ Americans federal protection from discrimination.
That is all the top stories for today. Check out our other videos. Have a good weekend and stay with the light!
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/derek-chauvin-sentencing-george-floyd-death-2021-06-25/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lax-security-breach-police-chase-intruders-car-two-busy-runways/#
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/virgin-galactic-receives-faa-license-to-fly-passengers-to-space.html