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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…

The NBA has never acknowledged basketball’s worst kept secret: Jerry West is the player silhouetted on the league’s logo.Maybe there’s a reason for that: West didn’t want to be a logo.”I’m just part of the game,” West said in an interview in 2021. “I’ve never aspired to be more than that. I’ve been very fortunate to have the life I’ve had, and for me, that’s enough.”His was a life unlike any other: an NBA and Olympic champion as a player, a champion as an executive and a man elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame not once, not…

HELSINKI — European-Chinese cooperation in lunar exploration may be coming to an end, despite successful cooperation on the ongoing Chang’e-6 mission. ESA provided payloads for China’s Chang’e-6 composite lunar far-side sample return mission, which launched on May 3. The mission aims to collect and return samples from the far side of the Moon, providing unprecedented insights into the composition and history of the Moon. The instrument, developed by the Swedish Institute of Astrophysics, was on board the Chang’e-6 lander, which landed and collected samples in the mid-latitude Apollo Crater in the Antarctic-Aitken Basin earlier this month. A European team working…

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in alliance with the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Indian National Congress on Wednesday finalised the allocation of seats for the Legislative Assembly elections, deciding that Uddhav Thackeray-led party will contest three of the four seats and an established party will contest one seat. The decision came a day after the Congress Party accused Thackeray of unilaterally announcing the party’s candidates for the elections.Biennial elections to four Legislative Assembly seats — Mumbai Graduates Constituency, Konkan Graduates Constituency, Mumbai Teachers Constituency and Nashik Teachers Constituency — were necessitated as the terms of the incumbents expire in…

The title of “World’s Most Valuable Company” apple once again. As of mid-afternoon on Wednesday (June 12), the iPhone maker’s market cap was $3.38 trillion, surpassing Microsoft’s (market cap of $3.29) for the first time in months. Apple’s stock price began to rise at the beginning of the week after the company reported its annual earnings. Developer ConferenceAt the event, the tech giant unveiled a range of artificial intelligence (AI) features for its devices. ” Apple’s Delay The questions from the perspective of AI technology were addressed at the Worldwide Developers Conference. Michael JamesManaging Director, Equities Trading Wedbush Securities He…