National Parks could be hard hit by sequestration cuts People traveling to the nation's parks this spring will find fewer rangers on the job and reduced hours at visitors' centers if the government enacts sweeping budget cuts. Camping and hiking areas might also be closed when the National Park Service cuts $130 million from its $2.6 billion budget under sequestration measures set to start at the end of March. More
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An 18-year-old man died early Sunday after being shot in Lauderhill, police said.
Officers with the Lauderhill Police Department responded to a shooting at about 2:59 a.m. Sunday in the 2400 block of NW 41st Avenue, where they located the victim in a parking lot. He had multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
The victim, who was not named by police Sunday, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center, where doctors pronounced him dead.
The police said early Sunday that they currently have no motive or suspects.
Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call the department at 954-497-4700 or call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477 (TIPS).
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MIAMI — For all the lengths the Miami Heat have gone to temper expectations with Kel’el Ware, veteran big man Kevin Love said there actually has been an effort to get the first-round pick out of Indiana to emulate at least one aspect of the game of Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing.
It was at the outset of the 1982 NCAA championship game when Georgetown’s Ewing was called for five goaltending violations in the first five minutes.
MORGANTOWN, W. V. — The move was meant to be symbolic, but in a way, it was almost defiant.
As UCF exited the locker room for the start of Saturday’s game against West Virginia, players and coaches locked arms as they slowly marched out of the tunnel onto the field at Milan Puskar Stadium.
It was meant to highlight the team’s theme of toughness and togetherness.
This season, this theme has been tested repeatedly as the Knights suffered through perhaps their most disappointing season since 2020.
TALLAHASSEE — Matt Gaetz’s knack for courting controversy has finally caught up with him.
The rightwing firebrand, political prankster, steadfast Trump defender and party animal stepped down as the president-elect’s choice for attorney general once it was made clear to him he didn’t have the needed support in the U. S.