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In less than two weeks, California Journalism Protection Bill 886 is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee.The bill resurfaced this week with changes intended to make it more palatable to critics, including the tech industry, which would impose a tax on news links shared on their platforms. Big tech companies continue to voice their dissatisfaction with the bill.AB 886 is scheduled to come up in committee on June 25th.Google and Meta, the primary targets of the bill, declined to comment to The Bee, but NetChoice, the group that represents the companies, issued a statement on Tuesday.Carl Szabo,…

A group of self-proclaimed American patriots are discussing boycotting this summer’s Olympics in Paris because of their dissatisfaction with the composition of the U.S. team. It’s a pointless reaction, but any action born out of spite is pointless. Kaitlyn Clark, a promising rookie for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever who is white, was not selected to represent the U.S. women’s basketball team, leading some to declare they were withdrawing their support — the latest grenade to be thrown into the firestorm of controversy surrounding Clark. Don’t believe for a second that race isn’t the cause of this backlash: Clark’s skin color…

June 13, 2024 | 7:40 am The election is over and loud music is back on. However, the person responsible for stopping it has not heard of it, prompting the SP to lodge a complaint on 112. The complainant states that the message has been received but the vehicle assigned for the inspection has not arrived. Augusto RodriguezVAGATORE: It’s business as usual. After a brief respite during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, nightclubs along the coast from Anjuna to Arambol are once again blasting loud music into the early hours of the morning, with authorities turning a deaf ear to…

Salt Lake City (ABC4) — An athlete from Utah has officially been selected to represent Team USA at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Ali Ibanez The Murray, Utah, native is set to join the U.S. Wheelchair Basketball Team at the Summer Paralympics after qualifying at the 2024 U.S. Women’s Invitational Camp. Read next: Out of more than 1,000 applications, these two Utah students won the national award. Ibanez is Played before She has won medals at the Paralympics, winning a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. World championshiphaving competed there in 2018 and 2023. Ibáñez was born with a…

MIAMI — Heavy rain pounded South Florida on Wednesday, leading officials to warn residents to avoid “life-threatening flooding” in some of the state’s most populous areas.The National Weather Service in Miami urged residents to stay indoors and away from roads and dangerous waterways.read moreHeavy rains have caused disruptions to air travel in the region, with Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport telling travelers its entrances were flooded, and the rain caused dozens of flights to be delayed or canceled on Wednesday. It continued to fall.The Florida Highway Patrol closed a portion of southbound Interstate 95 in Broward County Wednesday afternoon, according to…

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House narrowly voted Wednesday to charge Attorney General Merrick Garland with contempt of Congress, a major escalation in the party’s fight against a justice system that Republicans portray as unfairly targeting President Donald Trump. The vote was 216-207, with Republican Representative David Joyce of Ohio joining all Democrats in voting no. Seven Democrats and one Republican did not vote.At issue was Garland’s refusal to turn over audio recordings of special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden about his handling of classified documents. Republicans had demanded the recordings, arguing that jurors might sympathize with Hur…

Listen to this story Loading audio file, please wait. speed1.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 (Photo courtesy of Ivy Tech Community College) Fitch Ratings, the nation’s leading credit rating agency, has upgraded Ivy Tech Community College’s rating from AA to AA+, the institution’s second-highest rating for low credit risk. The ratings reflect the university’s strong operating track record over the years, strong cash flow margins, significant liquidity reserves and favorable debt-to-leverage ratio, the university said in a news release. “Ivy Tech continues to focus on student success while strengthening its financial position, a signal across the university…

highlight The Lakers lost out on three coaching candidates, negatively impacting the front office’s decision. A mediocre roster and lack of improvement has prevented the Lakers from being a destination for top coaches. A long-running pattern of poor decisions from the front office has led to player turnover and coaching inconsistency. The Los Angeles Lakers fired Darvin Ham on May 3, embarking on their third coaching search of LeBron James’ tenure in Hollywood. Nearly seven weeks have passed since Ham was fired, and with two weeks until the NBA Draft and free agency, fans and media alike are wondering what…

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct year (1944) that AAA Sign Company was founded. A historic building in Boise’s North End neighborhood is about to get new life. lease But rather about life. The former AAA Sign Building will become a self-service dog washing station called The Hydrant. The building’s owners have submitted their first application to convert the building into a new bathhouse business in September 2022. Owner Rod Adams said the project was a major undertaking that took a significant amount of time and renovation to get the former barn in good enough…

McIntyre is ranked 41st in the world. [Getty Images]Scotland’s Robert McIntyre said Pinehurst, site of this year’s U.S. Open, was “the toughest course I’ve ever seen.”MacIntyre is in great form after winning the Canadian Open two weeks ago but expects a tough challenge on the legendary North Carolina course.In the past three U.S. Opens played on the resort’s No. 2 course, only four players have finished under par, in part because of the turtle-back greens that reject all but the most precise approaches.”It’s a complex of greens. I’ve never played on a 40-yard green but you’d probably have about 15…