Nvidia’s new GPU series led an avalanche of entertainment-related announcements at CES

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 8, 2025. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By SARAH PARVINI LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a packed Las Vegas arena, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang stood on stage and marveled over the crisp real-time computer graphics displayed on the screen behind him. He watched as a dark-haired woman walked through ornate gilded double doors and took in the rays of light that poured in through stained glass windows. Related Articles National News | US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high National News | Mourners honor former President Jimmy Carter in Capitol |...

U.S. Attorney for South Florida to resign before Trump’s inauguration

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 7, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Markenzy Lapointe announced Monday evening his resignation as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Lapointe, nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2022, in a prepared statement said his resignation will take effect at 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 17. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will be Jan. 20. It is customary for U.S. attorneys to resign during a presidential transition. Lapointe replaced Juan Antonio Gonzalez, who took over in 2021 after Trump-nominated Ariana Fajardo Orshan’s resignation. Several other U.S. attorneys across the...

Hurdles remain as Israel and Hamas once again inch toward a ceasefire deal

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 7, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Network, News, World News.

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas once again appear to be inching toward a ceasefire that could wind down the 15-month war in Gaza and bring home dozens of Israelis held hostage there. Both Israel and Hamas are under pressure from outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump to reach a deal before the Jan. 20 inauguration. But the sides have come close before, only to have talks collapse over various disagreements. Related Articles World News | Departing U.S. ambassador to Mexico sees “major changes” under Trump in...

Restaurant challenging Florida drag show law says it will host shows again when it reopens

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 7, 2025. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

TALLAHASSEE — As an appeals court considers the constitutionality of a 2023 Florida law aimed at preventing children from attending drag shows, it also is looking at another question: Is the case moot after an Orlando restaurant that challenged the law closed and said it plans to reopen elsewhere? An attorney for operators of the restaurant, Hamburger Mary’s, filed a brief Monday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that the case is not moot. The brief said Hamburger Mary’s, which closed the Orlando location in June, has continued to produce drag shows with other venues and...

2 dead and 18 injured in small plane crash in Southern California

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 3, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, Network, News.

By JAIMIE DING and EUGENE GARCIA FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Two people were killed and 18 injured when a small plane crashed through the rooftop of a commercial building in Southern California on Thursday, police said. Related Articles National News | Ethics report details allegations of campaign violations by Cherfilus-McCormick National News | An Army veteran’s path to radicalization followed divorces, struggling businesses in Texas National News | FBI releases new video of a suspect planting a pipe bomb near DNC...

What is the Islamic State, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves?

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 2, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say they recovered the stark black banner of the Islamic State extremist group from the truck that an American man from Texas smashed into New Year’s partygoers in New Orleans’ French Quarter Wednesday, killing 15 people. The investigation is expected to look in part at any support or inspiration that driver Shamsud-Din Jabbar may have drawn from that violent Middle East-based group, or from any of at least 19 affiliated groups around the world. Related Articles National News | An aspiring nurse,...

Harry Chandler, Navy medic who survived Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 103

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 1, 2025. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, News Obituaries.

By AUDREY McAVOY HONOLULU (AP) — Harry Chandler, a Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack on the naval base, has died. He was 103. Chandler died Monday at a senior living center in Tequesta, Florida, according to Ron Mahaffee, the husband of his granddaughter Kelli Fahey. Chandler had congestive heart failure, but Mahaffee said doctors and nurses noted his advanced age when giving a cause of death. The third Pearl Harbor survivor to die in the past few weeks, Chandler was a hospital corpsman 3rd class on Dec. 7, 1941,...

Silver Airways files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in South Florida, will continue operating

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 1, 2025. Posted in Business, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News, Transportation.

Financially troubled Silver Airways, the 13-year-old regional carrier serving Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a pledge to continue flying and reorganize its finances at some point during the first quarter of the New Year. The airline, which in 2023 was nearly evicted from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport for falling behind on its rent, said in a note to customers that “all tickets remain valid” and that they may book flights through the airline’s website “or any other channel.” U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Peter Russin of...

Man accused of killing Fort Lauderdale jeweler after Rolex deal ‘gone bad,’ police say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 31, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A man is accused of murdering a Fort Lauderdale jeweler in his showroom after a deal for a $20,000 Rolex had “gone bad,” according to police. Nenad Milosevic, 56, of Fort Lauderdale, faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of Anthony D’Amore, 73. Fort Lauderdale Police officers on Dec. 23 found D’Amore’s body inside of his business’s suite in an office building in the 6200 block of North Federal Highway, a probable cause affidavit said. He had been reported missing a few days earlier. D’Amore’s name is redacted in the affidavit, but Fort Lauderdale Police identified...

South Korean court issues warrant to detain impeached President Yoon

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 31, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Network, News, World News.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean anti-corruption agency said Tuesday that a court has issued a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials said in a statement that the Seoul Western District Court issued a warrant to detain Yoon over his stunning yet short-lived martial law decree earlier this month. Related Articles World News | Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024 World News | The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan...

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