Retired Florida firefighter with Parkinson’s loses disabilities fight at US Supreme Court

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 21, 2025. Posted in Business, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Health, Latest Headlines, News.

TALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled against a firefighter who retired early because of Parkinson’s disease and alleged the city of Sanford violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by limiting a health-insurance subsidy. Justices upheld a decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the lawsuit filed by Karyn Stanley, a fire-department lieutenant who retired in 2018 at age 47 because of the effects of the disease. The dispute stemmed from Stanley losing a health-insurance subsidy two years after she retired and involved questions about whether the city violated...

Jury finds MyPillow founder defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 17, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election. The employee, Eric Coomer, sued after Lindell called him a traitor and accusations about him stealing the election were streamed on Lindell’s online media platform. Coomer was the security and product strategy director at Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems, whose voting machines became the target...

Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers caught, AP source says

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 16, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By OBED LAMY, STEVE KARNOWSKI, MIKE BALSAMO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) — The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, a law enforcement official said. Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening. The arrest was confirmed to The Associated Press by a law enforcement official who not publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity. Former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their Brooklyn Park home early...

Man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, AP source says

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 16, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, News.

BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) — The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, two law enforcement officials said. Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening. The arrest was confirmed to The Associated Press by law enforcement officials were who were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity. Former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday in the northern Minneapolis suburbs. Sen. John...

In White Sox stadium broadcast, Pope Leo XIV sends message of hope to Chicago and the US

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 15, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By HOLLY MEYER In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and meaning in their lives through God and in service to others. Related Articles Photos: Military parade marking Army’s 250th anniversary amid anti-Trump protests Photos: Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ demonstrations across the US Trump curbs immigration enforcement at farms, meatpacking plants, hotels and restaurants Minnesota’s slain Democratic leader lived the political...

DeSantis signs death warrant for Florida’s eighth execution in 2025

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 14, 2025. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of murdering two people in 1993 in Duval County, setting the stage for a potentially record-tying eighth execution this year. DeSantis signed the death warrant for Michael Bernard Bell, 54, with the execution scheduled July 15 at Florida State Prison, according to information posted on the state Supreme Court website. If the state puts Bell to death by lethal injection and carries out a scheduled June 24 execution of Thomas Gudinas, it would match the most executions in a year since the death penalty was...

Broward judge denies violating judicial conduct code over deepfake AI call

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 14, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

Broward County Judge Lauren Peffer in a new court filing Friday formally denied the ethics charges filed against her, stemming from her promotion of a scandalous book and a deepfake AI recording during her campaign last year. In the routine filing with Florida’s Supreme Court, Peffer denied the Judicial Qualifications Commission’s charges filed last month that she violated judicial ethics rules that govern “inappropriate political activity.” Peffer, a first-time judicial candidate, won her seat in August and began her term in January. During her campaign, which centered on trustworthiness...

Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear and missile sites with explosions heard across Tehran

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 13, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Network, News, World News.

By JON GAMBRELL and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday in strikes that targeted the country’s nuclear program and raised the potential for an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries. It appeared to be the most significant attack Iran has faced since its 1980s war with Iraq, with multiple sites around the country hit. The leader of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed, Iranian state television reported, in a major body blow to Tehran’s governing theocracy and an immediate escalation of the nations’...

David Hogg won’t try to keep his DNC role amid dispute over Democratic primaries

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 12, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National Politics, News, Politics.

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press David Hogg said Wednesday he will not fight to hold onto his leadership role in the Democratic National Committee after igniting a firestorm over his push to target long-serving Democrats in safe congressional seats. Hogg announced his retreat hours after the DNC removed him and another officer, Pennsylvania state lawmaker Malcolm Kenyatta, from their vice chair roles, saying the February elections they won did not follow the party’s rules. Hogg said he will not run in the redo elections to be held over the weekend. Hogg rose to prominence as a...

Troops begin detaining immigrants in national defense zone at border in escalation of military role

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 12, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By MORGAN LEE EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. troops have begun directly detaining immigrants accused of trespassing on a recently designated national defense zone along the southern U.S. border, in an escalation of the military’s enforcement role, authorities said Wednesday Related Articles David Hogg won’t try to keep his DNC role amid dispute over Democratic primaries Trump’s mass deportations leave Democrats more ready to fight back Vance made a brief trip to Montana to speak to Murdochs, other Fox News executives, AP...

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