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UCF, FSU softball capture wins to open NCAA Tallahassee Regional

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 20, 2023. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Sports, UCF Knights.

TALLAHASSEE — Chloe Evans did a little bit of everything for UCF softball Friday night. The junior transfer from Minnesota went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple while helping the Knights capture a critical first win, 6-1, against South Carolina in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional at the Seminole Softball Complex. “It doesn’t matter who’s pitching or how hot they are, she’s a tough out,” UCF coach Cindy Ball-Malone said about Evans. “She’ll just keep knocking on their door until something goes through and then when they try to make an adjustment, she does something else.” The Knights (40-19)...

Matthew Tkachuk’s goal late in fourth OT ends longest game in Panthers history, winning Game 1 over host Carolina

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 19, 2023. Posted in Florida Panthers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, NHL, Sports.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Matthew Tkachuk beat Frederik Andersen in the final seconds of the fourth overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes early Friday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final. Tkachuk took a feed from Sam Bennett after Florida won a battle for the puck as Carolina tried to clear the puck, then whipped a shot from the right circle past Andersen with 12.7 seconds left. That sent Tkachuk racing toward center ice to celebrate with teammates in what turned into the longest game in either franchises’ history, as well as the sixth-longest game in...

TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana over first-in-nation law banning app

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 19, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, News.

AMY BETH HANSON, HALELUYA HADERO and MATTHEW BROWN (Associated Press) HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Five TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights. The Montana residents also argued in the complaint, filed in federal court late Wednesday without public notice, that the state doesn’t have any authority over matters of national security. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law Wednesday and said it would protect Montana residents’...

More than 30 million US drivers don’t know if they’re at risk from a rare but dangerous airbag blast

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 19, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Uncategorized.

By TOM KRISHER (AP Auto Writer) DETROIT (AP) — More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel. Few of them know it. And because of a dispute between federal safety regulators and an airbag parts manufacturer, they aren’t likely to find out anytime soon. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding that the manufacturer, ARC Automotive of Knoxville, Tennessee, recall 67 million inflators that could explode with such force as to...

Jimmy Butler again powers Heat to series-opening win, this time 123-116 in Boston

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 18, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

BOSTON – Leads were gained; leads were lost. Bodies were flying and flailing. Competition fierce throughout. And then a decisive Jimmy Butler 3-point attempt. So, yes, Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals was very much Miami Heat-Boston Celtics playoff-intensity basketball, a rivalry staged at this level now for the third time in four years. With the requisite fight to the finish, this time after the Celtics built a 13-point lead, the Heat pushed back to a 12-point advantage, with the Heat ultimately making it a 123-116 victory Wednesday night night at TD Garden. So make it three series...

Winderman’s view: Heat stare down big challenge in series opener, solve Celtics

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 18, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

BOSTON – Observations and other notes of interest from Wednesday night’s 123-116 NBA playoff victory over the Boston Celtics: – A big problem? – It certainly looked that way at the outset, when Robert Williams was dominating inside early for the Celtics. – It looked that way when Heat backup center Cody Zeller struggled in his opening stint (and later his ensuing stint). – It looked that way when the Heat tried to play Max Strus on Al Horford, as they did during the regular season. – And it looked that way when Kevin Love was taken off the floor when the Celtics went small. – But to their...

Montana says 1st-in-nation TikTok ban protects people. TikTok says it violates their rights

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 18, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Uncategorized.

By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO (Associated Press) HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana became the first state in the U.S. to enact a complete ban on TikTok on Wednesday when Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a measure that’s more sweeping than any other state’s attempts to curtail the social media app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company. The measure, scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, is expected to be challenged legally and will serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned. Cybersecurity experts say it could be...

North Carolina GOP overrides veto of 12-week abortion limit, allowing it to become law

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 17, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Uncategorized.

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and DENISE LAVOIE (Associated Press) RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday. The House completed the second and final part of the override vote after a similar three-fifths majority — the fraction necessary — voted for the override earlier Tuesday in the Senate. The party-line outcomes represent a major victory for Republican legislative leaders who...

New Mexico high school student killed 3 women in ‘random’ shooting rampage, police say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 17, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Uncategorized.

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, MORGAN LEE and RIO YAMAT (Associated Press) FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The gunman who killed three people and wounded six others as he fired randomly while roaming his northwestern New Mexico neighborhood was a local high school student and his victims include a 97-year-old woman and her daughter, police said Tuesday. Investigators were still trying to determine a motive for the attack by Beau Wilson, 18, in the Farmington neighborhood where he lived. They say he opened fire Monday, killing Gwendolyn Schofield, her 73-year-old daughter, Melody Ivie, and 79-year-old...

Debt limit progress as Biden, McCarthy name top negotiators to avert national default

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 17, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, News.

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt-limit talks shifted into an encouraging new phase Tuesday as President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy named top emissaries to negotiate a deal to avert an unprecedented national default. Biden cut short an upcoming overseas trip in hopes of closing an agreement before a June 1 deadline. The fresh set of negotiators means discussions are now largely narrowed to what the White House and McCarthy will accept in order to allow lawmakers to raise the debt limit in the coming days. The speaker said after a...