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LAUDERHILL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. cricket team made history by advancing to the second round in its first Twenty20 World Cup appearance after its final group game against Ireland on Friday was canceled.Rain forced the game at Broward County Stadium to be called off without a ball being thrown. Americans become Super Eight They will automatically qualify for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in India and Sri Lanka in 2026.The United States entered this T20 World Cup only as co-hosts with the West Indies, but they took advantage of home field advantage to make a strong first…

MONTANA – Local weather today began to return to spring-like conditions with clouds moving in across much of the area during the afternoon and localized thunderstorms across south-central and northeastern Montana plains. Winds increased, with gusts reaching 30 mph in many areas. Localized thunderstorms are expected to weaken across south-central, southwestern and northeastern Montana tonight into tomorrow morning. Larger showers are expected to develop across central and west-central Montana overnight. Missoula’s Pride Parade is tomorrow, but there’s a 30% chance of rain during the event. Heavy rain will fall across the southeastern Montana Plains Sunday evening. Rain is likely through…

MONTANA – Local weather today began to return to spring-like conditions with clouds moving in across much of the area during the afternoon and localized thunderstorms across south-central and northeastern Montana plains. Winds increased, with gusts reaching 30 mph in many areas. Localized thunderstorms are expected to weaken across south-central, southwestern and northeastern Montana tonight into tomorrow morning. Larger showers are expected to develop across central and west-central Montana overnight. Missoula’s Pride Parade is tomorrow, but there’s a 30% chance of rain during the event. Heavy rain will fall across the southeastern Montana Plains Sunday evening. Rain is likely through…

Rep. Garrett Graves of Louisiana announced Friday that he will not seek reelection following a redistricting battle recently decided by the Supreme Court.In a statement announcing his decision, the Republican said redistricting meant “it doesn’t make sense for me to run for Congress this year.””It is clear that running in provisional districts would do real and permanent damage to Louisiana’s good representation in the Legislature,” he continued in a statement confirmed by his office to NBC News. “Campaigning in these districts now would not be fair to any Louisianans who will inevitably be thrown into a different district next year.”First…

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Bhupendra Chaudhary on Friday said the party will send key cadres to all Lok Sabha seats to find out the reasons behind the “below expectations” performance in Uttar Pradesh in the recently concluded general elections. Chaudhary said the party will look into all aspects after getting feedback from the ground. “Corrective measures will be taken accordingly,” he told reporters at the state party office. BJP sources said all key state leaders, including sitting and former MLAs, have been asked to get an independent report from the grassroots level and submit the report within a week.…

A group of tech-minded artists in Oakland launched their first-ever Juneteenth Hackathon this week, a tech event aimed at changing the way art is discovered and viewed in the community from a 21st-century perspective.Local muralists are finding new ways to showcase their work.As dusk falls after a long day at work, Timothy B. is in the space spray painting a new creative take on the mural. “When you’re on the wall, what’s behind you and around you isn’t as important as what you’re doing in front of you,” the artist explained. The Oakland muralist says his trees are a reminder…

Article informationauthor, Jennifer McKiernanrole, BBC News Political Reportertwitter, Jenny McKiernanJune 14, 2024 23:33 BSTUpdated 55 minutes agoLabor candidate Rosie Duffield announced she was withdrawing from the election campaign because she felt it was unsafe.Ms Duffield, who is seeking re-election in her Canterbury constituency, has previously faced death threats and multiple instances of abuse over her stance on sex and gender.in statement In a post on X, she condemned the “relentless trolling, vitriol and misrepresentations” and said they were “being carried out with new vigor in this election.”She added that “unfortunately the actions of a few obsessive people have made it…

Since the results of the Lok Sabha elections were announced on June 4, political parties in Bihar have been reflecting on their performance. The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a debriefing in Patna on June 13, while its ally, the Janata Dal (United), convened a national executive meeting in Delhi on June 29. The opposition Rajya Sabha Jawaharlal Nasional (RJD) is holding a two-day debriefing in Patna on June 20 and 21, with party leader Laloo Prasad expected to participate.The BJP contested 17 assembly seats in Bihar under a seat-sharing arrangement with the National Democratic Alliance…

The momentum the GovTech market established in the second half of 2023 is set to continue into 2024, getting the year off to a strong start. Q1, which included Cox Enterprise’s $1.8 billion acquisition of OpenGov, marked the fourth quarter of increased deal volume and the most active quarter since Q1 2021. Activity in the government tech market doesn’t appear to be slowing down as we approach the midpoint of 2024. In fact, on the very day of this ICYMI episode, private equity firm Bain Capital announced it would acquire PowerSchool for $5.6 billion.Will we continue to see a diversity…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Jamel Brooks is not your typical 13-year-old. And it’s not just because, at his age, he already has a thriving lawn-mowing business. It all depends on how his business makes him feel. “I just want people to know that I’m a happy person,” Jamel said on a recent sunny spring evening. Jamel couldn’t have been happier when a stranger delivered a lawnmower to him in June. “The first thing I did, and I didn’t even show my mom, was do a Facebook Live,” he said with a laugh. The donated item is a Toro Recycler with…