Ira Winderman: Rats off a ship? Nah, but Heat seemingly have to cast some salary ballast overboard

MIAMI — As the Miami Heat face the possibilities of landing in the most punitive tier of the NBA’s new collective-bargaining agreement, there could have been an easy out for almost all of what now stand as impending concerns: They simply could have retained Kyle Lowry to the end of the just-completed season, allowed his $29.7 million salary to come off the books on the final year of his contract, and then entered this offseason with ample flexibility. Instead, Pat Riley and his front... Read More

Holiday Park just the spot for new YMCA and urgent care center ‘on steroids,’ Fort Lauderdale says

FORT LAUDERDALE — Outraged condo residents said no way to a 24-hour emergency medical center in their Galt Ocean Mile neighborhood. The proposal, presented by Commissioner John Herbst, died a quick death after an angry crowd of seniors blasted the city — and Broward Health — for even suggesting they be subjected to what they feared could have turned into a nightmare of traffic jams and round-the-clock sirens. But Fort Lauderdale has since found a new spot for what Broward Health CEO... Read More

Daily Horoscope for May 11, 2024

General Daily Insight for May 11, 2024 Flowing feelings could get in the way of finding the best path forward now. While the gushing Cancer Moon disagrees with big-picture Pluto, trampling legitimate individual needs in a quest for the common good isn’t great, but letting a small group intimidate everyone else isn’t much of an improvement. When Luna squares irritable Mars at 2:36 pm EDT, it’ll be practically impossible to point out an imbalance without stepping on a few toes. Still,... Read More

Dave Hyde: Panthers put hurting on Bruins in every way with 6-2 win in Game 3

At the start of Game 3, as if to set the table for this night, Boston captain Brad Marchand leaned into Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov at the opening face-off with some choice words. “Wanna go?” he said. He wanted to fight Barkov right then, right there. Surely he was setting some “tone” or making some “statement” he thought important. Maybe he wanted to pick up this night where Game 2 ended, which was with an undercard of fights topped by the Panthers’ Matthew... Read More

Fort Lauderdale man suspected of masterminding wife’s disappearance in Madrid is denied bond

A man suspected of masterminding an elaborate intercontinental kidnapping and murder of his wife in Spain was denied bond in Miami federal court Friday by a judge who said his … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8

By KEN SWEET (AP Business Writer) LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late fees on credit cards to $8 that was slated to go into effect next week. The temporary nationwide injunction imposed by Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas is a win for the big banks and major credit card companies, which collect billions in revenue each year in late fees and were looking to stop the proposal from going into... Read More

‘Offering Everything They Have’: How Small Churches Are Saving Lives in Brazil’s Floods

In the country’s most secular state, tiny congregations have made a big impact by their disaster response. For weeks, Tárik Rodriguez had been working on bringing a guest preacher and worship leader from across the country to help his church celebrate its third anniversary. In 2021, Rodriguez and a small team launched Viela da Graça Igreja in Novo Hamburgo, a small city in Brazil’s most southern province, Rio Grande do Sul. Then, it started raining. The floods... Read More