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US Coast Guard searches for survivors of boat strikes as odds diminish days later

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 3, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics, Social, World News.

By BEN FINLEY and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it’s still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked the vessels days earlier, diminishing the likelihood that anyone survived. Search efforts began Tuesday afternoon after the military notified the Coast Guard that survivors were in the water about 400 miles southwest of the border between Mexico and Guatemala, the maritime service said in a statement. The Coast Guard dispatched a plane from...

Fans mourn closure of cupcake vending machine company Sprinkles Cupcakes

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 3, 2026. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News, Retail.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sprinkles Cupcakes, a company famous for selling sweet treats in vending machines known as “cupcake ATMs,” has shut down after 20 years of operation around the United States, according to its former owner. “Even though I sold the company over a decade ago, I still have such a personal connection to it, and this isn’t how I thought the story would go,” said Candace Nelson, who started the company after she lost her job in 2005. The closure was announced Dec. 30. Nelson started Sprinkles Cupcakes in her own kitchen, and the first location was in a small Beverly Hills...

Trump vilifies Kennedy family hours after Tatiana Schlossberg’s death

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 1, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

No sooner had John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter died of leukemia at age 35, than President Trump got busy dusting off previous social media posts to cast shade at her bereaved family. Though he didn’t mention the late Tatiana Schlossberg by name or reference her death, Trump harvested screenshots of his supporters’ posts belittling the famous family after his newly handpicked board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to tack the president’s name onto the venue. The Kennedy family announced Schlossberg’s death on Tuesday from a rare form of leukemia with the simple...

Chief Justice says Constitution remains ‘firm and unshaken’ with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 1, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics, Social.

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon. Related Articles Trump vilifies Kennedy family hours after Tatiana Schlossberg’s death US imposes sanctions on 4 Venezuelan oil firms and 4 more tankers in Maduro crackdown Farmers can now learn how much aid they will get from the Trump...

Zohran Mamdani chose a Quran full of symbolism for his mayoral oath

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 1, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By SAFIYAH RIDDLE NEW YORK (AP) — Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will take his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam’s holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the city. Related Articles Trump vilifies Kennedy family hours after Tatiana Schlossberg’s death Chief Justice says Constitution remains ‘firm and unshaken’ with major Supreme Court rulings ahead Disney World worker is injured trying to stop runaway boulder at...

Isiah Whitlock Jr., star of ‘The Wire’ and Spike Lee films, dies at 71

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 31, 2025. Posted in Entertainment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News, News Obituaries, Social, Things To Do.

Isiah Whitlock Jr., the veteran character actor best known for his roles in “The Wire,” “Veep” and several Spike Lee films, has died. He was 71. Whitlock died Tuesday in New York after battling a short illness, his manager, Brian Liebman, told Deadline. “If you knew him — you loved him,” Liebman wrote in an Instagram post. “A brilliant actor and even better person. May his memory forever be a blessing. Our hearts are so broken. He will be very, very missed.” With more than 125 credits to his name — including two upcoming films — Whitlock was a versatile actor capable of adapting to many...

Rescue crew finds 3 hikers dead in Southern California mountains during strong winds

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 31, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Rescue crews responding during high winds to a report of an injured hiker who fell down a slope near a Southern California mountain trail found the man and two of his companions dead, authorities said. Related Articles Isiah Whitlock Jr., star of ‘The Wire’ and Spike Lee films, dies at 71 Meta buys Singapore startup Manus in latest move to advance its artificial intelligence efforts Unleash the hounds! And terriers and lapdogs. The American Kennel Club adds 3...

Mexican Navy medical flight lost communication for several minutes before Texas crash

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 24, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MEGAN JANETSKY Air traffic controllers lost communication for about 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane carrying a young medical patient and seven others before it crashed off the Texas coast in thick fog, killing at least five people, Mexico’s president said Tuesday. Authorities initially believed the plane had landed safely at its destination in Galveston, near Houston, before learning it had gone down Monday afternoon, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said. A search-and-rescue operation in waters near Galveston pulled two survivors from the plane’s...

Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier asks judge to throw out betting charges

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 24, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, National News, NBA, News, Social, Sports.

NEW YORK — Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier ’s lawyers are asking a judge to throw out sports gambling charges that have kept him off the court this season, arguing that the government overreached by turning a private dispute over bettors’ use of nonpublic information into a federal case. In a motion to dismiss made public on Tuesday, Rozier’s lawyers argued that the government’s theory of the case — that he prevented sportsbooks from making informed decisions about accepting certain bets — runs afoul of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the federal wire fraud statute. Federal...

US regulators approve Wegovy pill for weight loss

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 23, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Health, National News, Network, News.

By JONEL ALECCIA U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. Related Articles To find living donors for kidney transplants, a pilot program turns to social networks Worried about health insurance costs? There may be cheaper options — but with trade-offs Out-of-pocket pain from high-deductible plans means skimping on care Florida mom knew baby would not live but carried her to term...