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At least 12 people are dead after a fire in a Bronx apartment building on Thursday night, per CBS New York. The blaze required the response of 170 firefighters on an evening with subzero windchills and, according to the New York Daily News, was ignited by a small child playing with a stove.
"This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century." — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
The Justice Department filed a 63-page antitrust lawsuit against Google related to the tech giant's search and advertising business. This comes just weeks after the House subcommittee on antitrust issued its own scathing report on Google and other Big Tech companies, arguing they've become digital monopolies.
Axios Re:Cap talks with Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), chair of the subcommittee on antitrust, about Google, the DOJ's lawsuit and Congress' next move.
Electrostatic spraying of disinfectant. Photo: Delta Air Lines
Boeing and researchers at the University of Arizona say their experiment with a live virus on an unoccupied airplane proves that the cleaning methods currently used by airlines are effective in destroying the virus that causes COVID-19.
Why it matters: Deep cleaning aircraft between flights is one of many tactics the airline industry is using to try to restore public confidence in flying during the pandemic. The researchers say their study proves there is virtually no risk of transmission from touching objects including armrests, tray tables, overhead bins or lavatory handles on a plane.
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