New York sues Counter-Strike game developer saying ‘loot boxes’ promote gambling

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 26, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general has sued video game developer Valve, claiming the “loot boxes” found in Counter-Strike and other popular video game franchises illegally promote gambling. Related Articles No-parking zone in Nancy Guthrie’s neighborhood widened amid complaints about journalists, streamers Bird flu outbreak in California elephant seals prompts officials to cancel popular tours FCC seeks public comment as live sports shift from broadcast TV to...

New Hampshire resident charged in shooting at Canadian border

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 25, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities have charged a New Hampshire resident in connection with a shooting that occurred at the state’s border with Canada, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Blu Zeke Daly, 26, who also goes by Cullan Zeke Daly, of Manchester, was charged with one count of attempted murder of a federal officer and one count of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, prosecutors said. Daly was shot near the border early Sunday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was returning fire from Daly, investigators said...

Government fines businesses over 6 deaths at Colorado dairy

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 25, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press Federal workplace safety regulators penalized three businesses Tuesday over their failure to protect six Colorado dairy workers who were killed by exposure to highly toxic hydrogen sulfide gas after a manure pipe disconnected in an enclosed space. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced proposed fines totaling $246,609 against the dairy owner and two contractors working on a manure management system. The deaths of five men and a teenager on Aug. 20, 2025, shocked the rural communities in and around Keenesburg, 35 miles northeast of...

US women’s gold medal-winning team declines invitation from Trump to attend State of Union address

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 24, 2026. Posted in 2026 Winter Olympics, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics, Sports.

By JOHN WAWROW and MELISSA GOLDIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. women’s hockey gold medal-winning team has politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday. Related Articles Epstein sought to bring entourage of women on 2013 SpaceX visit US military strikes alleged drug boat in Caribbean Sea, killing 3 Education Department hands off more of its responsibilities to other US agencies ICE officer training is ‘deficient’ and ‘broken,’...

Epstein sought to bring entourage of women on 2013 SpaceX visit

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 24, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By Dana Hull, Bloomberg News Jeffrey Epstein attempted to bring three women who were foreign nationals along with him for a tour of SpaceX’s headquarters in 2013, emails released by the U.S. Justice Department show, an effort that raised security concerns within the Elon Musk-run company. Related Articles US women’s gold medal-winning team declines invitation from Trump to attend State of Union address US military strikes alleged drug boat in Caribbean Sea, killing 3 Education Department hands off more of its...

Justice Department swiftly fires lawyer chosen as top federal prosecutor for Virginia office

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 21, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer picked by judges to serve as the top federal prosecutor for a Virginia office that pursued cases against foes of President Donald Trump was swiftly fired Friday by the Justice Department in the latest clash over the appointments of powerful U.S. attorneys. Related Articles Trump seethes over Supreme Court justices who opposed him on tariffs, especially those he appointed Trump administration to stand by tough Biden-era mandates to replace lead pipes Texas...

Trump seethes over Supreme Court justices who opposed him on tariffs, especially those he appointed

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 21, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s vision of the Supreme Court, in which his three appointees are personally loyal to him, collided with the court’s view of itself Friday when six justices voted to strike down Trump’s signature economic policy — global tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law. Related Articles Justice Department swiftly fires lawyer chosen as top federal prosecutor for Virginia office Trump administration to stand by tough Biden-era mandates to replace lead pipes Texas man was...

Man who lived rent-free in New Yorker Hotel, then claimed to own it, pleads guilty to fraud charge

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 19, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man who attempted to claim ownership of the New Yorker Hotel has pleaded guilty to fraud, ending a lengthy legal saga involving an obscure tenant law that allowed the man to live rent-free for years in the storied Manhattan hotel. Related Articles Guide company leading group caught in deadly avalanche warned of snow conditions days before incident Online seller eBay to buy secondhand fashion marketplace Depop from Etsy for $1.2B in cash NIH’s Bhattacharya will also run...

Guide company leading group caught in deadly avalanche warned of snow conditions days before incident

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 19, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

Just days before a deadly avalanche killed eight backcountry skiers near Tahoe, the guiding company leading the trip warned on social media that unstable snowpack could trigger “unpredictable avalanches.” Blackbird Mountain Guides posted a video Sunday on Instagram cautioning that recent snow conditions around Tahoe were creating atypical layering in the snowpack — a combination that could lead to abnormal avalanche behavior. The company was leading 15 backcountry skiers on a three-day trek to the Frog Lake Huts when they were caught in a football field-sized avalanche Tuesday near Castle...

Cuban drivers face monthslong wait for gasoline in a government app designed to reduce lines

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on February 17, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Network, News, World News.

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Drivers in Cuba are facing the prospects of waiting several months to refuel their cars, as fuel shortages caused by a U.S. oil siege intensify. To avoid chaos outside gas stations, Cuba’s government last week made it obligatory for drivers to use an app known as Ticket to get refueling appointments. But drivers in Havana told The Associated Press on Monday that the app is only awarding them appointments several weeks or months from now. “I have (appointment) number seven thousand and something,” said Jorge Reyes, a 65-year-old who downloaded the app...

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