South Florida woman arrested in deadly Fort Lauderdale hit-and-run crash

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 31, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

Months after a hit-and-run crash in Fort Lauderdale left one person dead and three others injured, a South Florida woman has been arrested on more than a dozen charges. Beverly Slaughter, 25, of Opa-locka in Miami-Dade County, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a two-car crash near West Sunrise Boulevard and Northwest 24th Avenue in April, court records show. Shortly after 1 a.m. on April 29, Slaughter was speeding in a 2021 Mercedes-Benz, S-Class sedan on West Sunrise Boulevard while approaching the intersection, a probable cause affidavit said. A 2021 Nissan Altima made a left...

Delray pilot was one of 7 taken to hospital after Palm Beach County plane crash

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 31, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News.

A pilot from Delray Beach was one of two people aboard a small plane that hit a palm tree, then crashed into a moving car with five people inside near John Prince Park Campground in Lake Worth Beach on Monday. The Orlican M8 Eagle took off from the nearby Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana shortly before 4:30 p.m., minutes before it crashed. After taking off, the plane made a turn to the north, experienced some sort of issue and started to fall from the sky, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report released Wednesday. All seven people avoided any serious injury. The...

8.8-magnitude earthquake causes tsunami in Russia and Japan, sets off warnings for Alaska and Hawaii

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 30, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News.

By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO (AP) — One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for Alaska, Hawaii and other coasts south toward New Zealand. Tsunami warning sirens blared Tuesday in Honolulu and people moved to higher ground. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami measuring 40 centimeters (1.3 feet) was detected in Tokachi, on the southern coast of Hokkaido, the northernmost of the country’s main islands. The Russian areas nearest the quake’s...

UCLA reaches $6 million settlement with Jewish students and professor over campus protests

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 30, 2025. Posted in Education, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press The University of California, Los Angeles, reached a $6 million settlement with three Jewish students and a Jewish professor whose suit against the university argued it violated their civil rights by allowing pro-Palestinian protesters in 2024 to block their access to classes and other areas on campus. The settlement comes nearly a year after a preliminary injunction was issued, marking the first time a U.S. judge had ruled against a university over their handling of on-campus demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza. UCLA had argued that it had no legal...

States file lawsuit against Trump administration over efforts to collect SNAP recipients’ data

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 29, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By KIMBERLY KINDY, Associated Press Washington (AP) — A coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s demand that their states turn over personal data of people enrolled in a federally funded food assistance program, fearing the information will be used to aid mass deportations. The data demand comes as the Trump administration has sought to collect private information on mostly lower-income people who may be in the country illegally. It has already ordered the Internal Revenue Service and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...

At least 5 people, including a police officer, killed in a Manhattan office building shooting

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 29, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

NEW YORK (AP) — A shooting at a midtown Manhattan office building on Monday left at least five people dead, including an off-duty New York City police officer, officials said. Police identified the gunman as Shane Tamura, of Las Vegas, and said he fatally shot himself. He had a ‘documented mental health history,’ but the motive is still unknown, police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. “We are working to understand why he targeted this particular location,” Tisch said. Another man was seriously injured and remains in critical condition, Mayor Eric Adams said. Adams said...

Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against Chicago ‘sanctuary’ laws

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 26, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in Illinois dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit Friday that sought to disrupt limits Chicago imposes on cooperation between federal immigration agents and local police. Related Articles Longtime lawmaker shapes the debate as Arizona grapples with dwindling water supplies Democrats and advocates criticize Trump’s executive order on homelessness House ethics panel tells Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to pay more for Met Gala attendance Judge blocks Trump’s birthright...

Paramount gets green light for $8 billion merger. But what is the psychic cost for company?

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 26, 2025. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By DAVID BAUDER With this week’s FCC approval, the merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media is expected to be completed in the coming weeks at a value of $8 billion. The question for the new company is whether the psychic cost is much higher. Related Articles Tea, an app for women to safely talk about men they date, has been breached, user IDs exposed Meta will cease political ads in European Union by fall, blaming bloc’s new rules Intel cuts back spending, workforce as struggling chip maker mounts...

US stocks coast toward the finish of a record-setting week

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 25, 2025. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are hanging around their records on Friday and coasting toward the close of another winning week. The S&P 500 was edging up by 0.1% in early trading, coming off its latest all-time high, and is on track to finish its fourth winning week in the last five. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 71 points, or 0.2%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was drifting around its record set the day before. Deckers, the company behind Ugg boots and Hoka shoes, jumped 16.6% after reporting stronger...

Netanyahu says Israel considering alternatives to ceasefire talks with Hamas, deepening uncertainty

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 25, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Network, News, World News.

By SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government was considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas after Israel and the U.S. recalled their negotiating teams, throwing the future of the negotiations into further uncertainty. Netanyahu’s statement came as a Hamas official said negotiations were expected to resume next week and portrayed the recall of the Israeli and American delegations as a pressure tactic. The teams left Qatar on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve...

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