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$200 million: How Palm Beach County’s affordable housing plans are starting to take shape

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 4, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News.

The Rev. Gerald Kisner knows how the housing crisis is placing big hardships on families. He recalls how a 47-year-old worker, unable to afford rent with two jobs, moved back in with his family. There’s the story of the three families living together in a three-bedroom apartment. And there’s a senior citizen, Kisner recalls, who had to choose between paying rent or buying medicine. “What do these people all have in common?” Kisner, of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in West Palm Beach, asked Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday. “They’re working here in Palm Beach County, and...

Rep. Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, throwing House into new turmoil

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 3, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News, Politics.

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing an extraordinary referendum on his leadership of the House after a conservative member of his own Republican majority, a longtime critic, moved to launch a vote to oust him from the helm. Late Monday, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., rose in the chamber as the House was almost done for the day to file the motion — a resolution that would set a snap vote in coming days that even Gaetz acknowledged may not have enough support to remove the speaker from the job. “I have enough Republicans where at...

Philippe to become Category 1 hurricane this week; Rina downgraded

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 2, 2023. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Hurricane forecast, Hurricane Tracks, Latest Headlines, News, Storms & Hurricanes, Weather.

Tropical Storm Philippe is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane later this week with top winds of 85 mph, while a weakening Rina was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday. The two neighboring tropical systems had interacted last week in an uncommon phenomenon in the Atlantic. The Fujiwhara Effect is a binary interaction where two tropical cyclones within 345 miles to about 860 miles of each other start to spin around a common point, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The bigger of the two sometimes absorbs the smaller storm, or the smaller storm...

Dave Hyde and David Furones break down Miami Dolphins’ loss to the Buffalo Bills | VIDEO

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 2, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Dolphins, NFL, Sports.

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Marlins in the playoffs! Chisholm, Bell have big hits vs. Pirates in clincher; team hopes to avoid Monday trip to NYC

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 1, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

PITTSBURGH — The Miami Marlins’ improbable September push will carry into October. Jazz Chisholm hit his 19th home run, Josh Bell delivered a late two-run double and the Marlins clinched the fourth playoff berth in franchise history with a 7-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. Miami locked down one of the two remaining National League wild-card spots behind Chisholm’s drive, a dash of small ball and another lockdown performance by a bullpen that has carried a sizable share of the load over the last month. A.J. Puk (7-5) and seven other relievers kept the Pirates in check,...

More Marlins late-game heroics as Miami, facing 3-0 deficit in eighth inning, wins in Pittsburgh to move closer to playoff spot

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 30, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

PITTSBURGH — Josh Bell’s two-run double keyed a four-run, eighth-inning rally and the Miami Marlins moved closer to a playoff berth with a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. The Marlins did little through seven innings but broke through against Colin Selby (2-2) to reduce their magic number to earn the NL’s third wild-card spot to two. Miami entered the weekend with a chance to clinch the franchise’s first playoff berth in a non-pandemic-shortened season since 2003. The Marlins didn’t get into Pittsburgh until almost dawn on Friday morning following a long night in New...

Miami Heat add Wayne Ellington as developmental coach

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 30, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — In the wake of losing Max Strus and Gabe Vincent in free agency, the Miami Heat have turned to one of the most efficient 3-point shooters in franchise history … to coach. Wayne Ellington, nicknamed “The Man with the Golden Arm” during his tenure with the Heat from 2016 to 2019, has been added to Erik Spoelstra’s staff as a developmental assistant, taking the place of former Heat guard Anthony Carter, who has joined Taylor Jenkins’ coaching staff with the Memphis Grizzlies. Ellington has been out of the league since playing for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021-22. His hiring continues...

DeSantis says he would sign a 15-week abortion ban as president

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 29, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

LOS ANGELES — In the chaos of Wednesday night’s noisy Republican presidential debate, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott interrupted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to pose a question on abortion that DeSantis had dodged directly answering for months. Would the Florida governor sign a “15-week limit” on abortion as president, Scott asked, talking over both DeSantis and Dana Perino, one of the moderators, in a way that made his full remarks difficult to hear. “Yes, I will,” DeSantis replied. The moment — which largely escaped attention in real time but was noted by The Daily Signal, a news website...

Four South Floridians await sentencing in fake nursing diploma scheme, feds say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 29, 2023. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

Eight South Florida residents have either pleaded guilty or been convicted for their participation in a scheme where thousands of fake nursing diplomas and transcripts were sold out of three accredited schools in Broward and Palm Beach counties to aspiring nurses, allowing them to sit for national board exams and to land nursing jobs across the country. Seven of the eight pleaded guilty, including two nursing school owners, while one defendant was convicted Thursday. Four of them are awaiting sentencing. A total of 20 defendants who federal prosecutors announced charges against in the...

Lionel Messi sits again as Inter Miami loses U.S. Open Cup final to the Houston Dynamo

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 28, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Thousands of pink No. 10 Lionel Messi jerseys nearly filled DRV PNK Stadium Wednesday night for the highly anticipated U.S. Open Cup final between Inter Miami and the Houston Dynamo, but the Argentine icon was not wearing one. Messi, bothered by a nagging old injury, was not in uniform and left off the Miami roster. He showed up shortly before kickoff in street clothes and watched the game from the field-level suites, where French legend Zinedine Zidane, Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham, and Dynamo co-owner James Harden were among the dignitaries in attendance. The...