Florida school districts to offer training to parents on false threats to schools

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 21, 2024. Posted in Education, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida education leaders want parents to be reminded annually that they can face consequences if their children report false threats of violence. The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved a rule change that will require school districts to make training available to parents and guardians on the use of FortifyFL, an app where anonymous tips can be submitted about suspicious activities. Students already receive such training. The training outlines potential fallout for students who make threats or false reports. “Parents need to understand that all threats will be...

Trump expected to name Marco Rubio as secretary of state

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 12, 2024. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as his secretary of state, three people familiar with his thinking said Monday, as Trump moves rapidly to fill out his foreign policy and national security team. Trump could still change his mind at the last minute, the people said, but appeared to have settled on Rubio, whom he also considered when choosing his running mate this year. Rubio was elected to the Senate in 2010 and has staked out a position as a foreign policy hawk, taking hard lines on China and Iran in particular. He initially found himself at odds...

Who is Susie Wiles, Donald Trump’s new White House chief of staff?

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 8, 2024. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

By MEG KINNARD WASHINGTON (AP) — With her selection as President-elect Donald Trump ‘s incoming White House chief of staff, veteran Florida political strategist Susie Wiles moves from a largely behind-the-scenes role of campaign co-chair to the high-profile position of the president’s closest adviser and counsel. She’s been in political circles for years. But who is Wiles, the operative set to be the first woman to step into the powerful role of White House chief of staff? She has decades of experience, most of it in Florida The daughter of NFL player and sportscaster Pat Summerall, Wiles...

Horrific new details in Orlando mass shooting that killed UCF student from South Florida

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 8, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News.

A newly released report on Orlando’s deadly Halloween mass shooting indicates that one of the two victims was shot during a confrontation between the alleged shooter and a witness, rather than being targeted during the incident. The Thursday release of the arrest affidavit for accused gunman Jaylen Edgar offered little indication of what led up to the mayhem that wounded seven people in addition to killing two. But it tells a chilling tale of how the carnage unfolded. Moments after shooting 25-year-old Tyrek Hill — a tow truck driver who was his first victim — in the face around 1 a.m....

Florida surfer is bit by a shark at the same beach he was bitten at 11 years ago

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 1, 2024. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

STUART — A Florida man is recovering from a shark bite just over a decade after being bitten at the same beach. Cole Taschman, 28, was surfing with two friends at Bathtub Beach in Stuart last Friday afternoon when the attack occurred, Treasure Coast Newspapers reported. “As I was paddling against the current, my feet are behind me, they were laying flat on the board, and an about 8- or 9-foot either bull shark or tiger shark came up behind me and snatched my feet,” Taschman said. Three tendons were completely torn and one was partially torn in the attack. Two surgeries have left the fishing...

Judge in case of attempted Trump assassination in Florida declines to step aside

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 30, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the criminal case of a man charged with trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump declined Tuesday to recuse herself, saying a defense request that she do so was without merit. Lawyers for Ryan Wesley Routh had urged U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to step aside, saying her handling of Trump’s classified documents prosecution created at least the appearance of bias in favor of the former president and current Republican nominee. They cited the fact that she was appointed to the bench by Trump and has been repeatedly praised by...

Conservative Tom Cotton joins Marco Rubio in Boca Raton to boost Rick Scott reelection

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 22, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

U.S. Sen Rick Scott, leading his opponent but hovering below 50% in most polls, campaigned with two of his Republican colleagues as he works to close the deal with early voting underway in Florida. U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Tom Cotton of Arkansas vouched for Scott’s conservative bona fides, and invoked the name of Florida’s most prominent Republican, former President Donald Trump, to sell Scott’s reelection. Without a Republican majority including Scott, it would be impossible for Trump to implement his policies if he’s reelected president, they said. “We know Donald Trump is...

Federal judge rejects request to temporarily halt Florida law banning ‘fake’ meat

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 12, 2024. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A federal judge Friday rejected a request by a California-based company for a preliminary injunction against a new law banning the sale and manufacturing of “cultivated” meat in Florida. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, who held a hearing Monday, issued a 21-page decision denying the preliminary-injunction motion. UPSIDE Foods, Inc., filed a lawsuit in August challenging the constitutionality of the law, which was approved this year by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature. The law makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to sell or manufacture cultivated meat, often known as lab-grown...

State health agency denies license for new abortion clinic in Florida

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 12, 2024. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Health, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration on Friday denied a license for a new Pensacola abortion clinic, rejecting a recommendation by an administrative law judge who said the application should be approved. Agency Secretary Jason Weida signed a 49-page final order that cited a “pattern of deficient performance” at a now-closed Louisiana clinic with ties to the proposed Pensacola facility. Administrative Law Judge Yolonda Green on Aug. 28 recommended that a license should be issued to July Medical Services, LLC, which applied in March 2023 to operate a clinic that...

Reggaeton singer El Taiger dead at 37 after being shot in the head

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 11, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News, News Obituaries.

Cuban reggaeton artist El Taiger died Thursday at the age of 37, one week after he was found in Miami with a gunshot wound to the head. The singer, who was born José Manuel Carbajal Zaldívar, died Thursday afternoon, according to a statement posted on his Instagram Story. His family thanked the staff at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital for trying to save his life and thanked his fans for their unwavering support. “These last few days have been incredibly difficult for those who loved him, and the support received from around the world has meant a lot,” the statement read. “While this news...

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