Toll rises in Miami condo collapse * Israel reimposes masks indoors * Fossils in Israel of ’missing’ type of extinct humans * Elvis was Jewish? Look at his mom’s grave

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, June 25, 2021 [Biden declares emergency in Miami condo collapse as rescuers race against time]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [At least 34 Jews believed among the 159 missing after collapse of 12-story residential tower that Israeli-born professor says may have been sinking for years]( [Many members of Jewish community feared among 99 missing in Miami condo collapse]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Jewish groups scramble to help after condo collapse amid grim search for missing]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Israel reimposes indoor mask requirement as daily cases top 200]( By [TOI staff]( [Renewed mandate comes into force at noon on Friday; virus czar warns the spread of COVID is accelerating, but stresses the number of seriously ill patients remains low]( [Officials mulling cap on crowds if renewed COVID mask mandate fails — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel media review / Comeback COVID: What the press says about masking faces and looking for Jews]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( Archaeology [Fossils found in Israel are ‘last survivors’ of ‘missing’ type of extinct humans]( By [CHRISTINA LARSON]( [Researchers say ‘Nesher Ramla Homo’ may have lived alongside Homo sapiens for over 100,000 years, and may have interbred with our species]( [Display of mother’s Star of David headstone revives talk of Elvis’s Jewish roots]( By [dan fellner]( [60 years after her death, a new exhibition showcases the headstone of Elvis Presley’s mother, Gladys, featuring both the Jewish symbol and a cross, designed by Elvis himself]( [Tel Aviv Pride Parade returns with fanfare after last year’s COVID cancellation]( By [TOI staff]( [Heavy police presence secures the event in which tens of thousands are participating, as Health Ministry recommends wearing masks even at crowded outdoor pride festivities]( [‘Get out Abbas’: Thousands protest at funeral of activist who died in PA custody]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Palestinians pack into Hebron mosque to pay last respects to Nizar Banat, a social media activist who died after ‘vicious beating’ during arrest by Palestinian security services]( [US joins calls for probe into death of outspoken Abbas critic arrested by PA]( By [Aaron Boxerman and AP]( [Hamas flag banned in Germany under new terror law]( By [AFP]( Don't miss a thing [Get The Times of Israel on your Google News]( [Catch everything that really matters on Israel and the Jewish world. 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