One man killed in shooting at Lauderdale Lakes apartment on Thanksgiving Day

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 29, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A man was killed in a shooting on Thanksgiving Day at an apartment complex in Lauderdale Lakes, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. The shooting happened about 3:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of Somerset Drive. Paramedics pronounced the adult man dead there, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Thursday evening. Deputies have detained one person, and Homicide Unit and Crime Scene detectives are investigating. The Sheriff’s Office did not release additional information. First responders were told that a man had shot someone in the head and that the shooter was standing outside of...

South Florida man pleads guilty to Medicare fraud; received over half million in kickbacks

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 26, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A Fort Lauderdale man pleaded guilty in federal court in northern Florida on Monday for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving at-home Covid-19 tests, where he received more than half a million dollars in kickbacks, federal prosecutors said. Kevin Karl Wills, Jr., 48, and a co-conspirator identified in the federal charging document by the initials C.A.S. co-owned and ran Meta Laboratory Consulting LLC, which was based in Lantana in Palm Beach County. Through the company, they solicited “marketers” to illegally receive Medicare beneficiary identifying information, the charging...

Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on first day in office

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 26, 2024. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By JILL COLVIN NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs. The tariffs, if implemented, could dramatically raise prices on everything from gas to automobiles. The U.S. is the largest importer of goods in the world, with Mexico, China and Canada its top three suppliers, according to the most recent Census data. Trump made the threats in a pair of posts on his Truth Social site Monday evening in which he railed against an...

Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 23, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, CHRIS RUGABER, JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Trump also said he would nominate Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position Vought held during Trump’s first presidency. Vought was closely involved with Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for Trump’s second term that he tried to distance himself from during the campaign. The...

Florida’s surgeon general recommends communities stop adding fluoride to water

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 23, 2024. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Health, Latest Headlines, News.

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo issued guidance Friday recommending that communities throughout the state stop adding fluoride to their water supply, citing “neuropsychiatric risk.” In a post on X Friday afternoon, Ladapo said the naturally-occurring chemical compound “increases the risk of neuropsychiatric disease in children and reduces their IQ.” Water fluoridation has been a topic of debate in recent months around the country, including in several Florida cities in the past few weeks. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to lead the Department of...

Democrat Bob Casey concedes to Republican David McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate contest

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 22, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania conceded his reelection bid to Republican David McCormick on Thursday, as a statewide recount showed no signs of closing the gap and his campaign suffered repeated blows in court in its effort to get potentially favorable ballots counted. Casey’s concession comes more than two weeks after Election Day, as a grindingly slow ballot-counting process became a spectacle of hours-long election board meetings, social media outrage, lawsuits and accusations that some county officials were openly flouting the law....

Democrats strike deal to get more Biden judges confirmed before Congress adjourns

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 22, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate won’t hold votes on four of President Joe Biden’s appellate court nominees as part of a deal with Republicans to allow for speedier consideration of other judicial nominations and bring Biden within striking distance of the 234 total judicial confirmations that occurred during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. Currently, the number of judges confirmed under Biden totals 221. Republicans forced numerous procedural votes this week and late-night sessions as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., attempted to move ahead in getting...

Broward man allegedly planned to detonate bomb at New York Stock Exchange, feds say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 21, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News.

A Coral Springs man was arrested Wednesday after an eight-month investigation where multiple undercover FBI employees posed as members of a “militia” and the suspect successfully built a piece for an explosive that he was allegedly planning to detonate at the New York Stock Exchange, according to federal court records. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, faces one count of attempted use of an explosive to damage or destroy a building used in interstate or foreign commerce, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court. The investigation began in February after the FBI received a tip...

Florida school districts to offer training to parents on false threats to schools

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 21, 2024. Posted in Education, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida education leaders want parents to be reminded annually that they can face consequences if their children report false threats of violence. The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved a rule change that will require school districts to make training available to parents and guardians on the use of FortifyFL, an app where anonymous tips can be submitted about suspicious activities. Students already receive such training. The training outlines potential fallout for students who make threats or false reports. “Parents need to understand that all threats will be...

Trump to nominate professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be education secretary

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 20, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is nominating the billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle. McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s initial term from 2017 to 2019 and twice ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut. Former U.S. Administrator of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon speaks on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in...

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