Man charged with plotting shooting at a New York Jewish center on anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 7, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News.

By PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — A Pakistani man was arrested in Canada this week and accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the latest conflict in the Middle East, federal authorities announced Friday. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Muhammad Shahzeb Khan had attempted to travel from Canada, where he lives, to New York City with the “stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible.” The 20 year-old, who is also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was...

Netanyahu gives a starkly different take on Biden administration’s hopes for a Gaza deal

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 6, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Network, News, World News.

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were sharply at odds Thursday over prospects of reaching a deal for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release, with Netanyahu saying it was “exactly inaccurate” that a breakthrough was close. “There’s not a deal in the making,” Netanyahu said in an interview with “Fox and Friends.” His public skepticism comes as U.S. officials said they were working on a revised proposal to address remaining disputes between Israeli and Hamas leaders after the weekend...

Jury to decide if Fort Lauderdale liable for injuries of protester shot in face with rubber bullet

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 5, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A jury will decide whether the City of Fort Lauderdale is liable for the injuries LaToya Ratlieff received during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, where she was shot in the face with a rubber bullet by a Fort Lauderdale Police officer. Ratlieff filed a federal lawsuit against several individual Fort Lauderdale Police officers and the city in May 2022, exactly two years after she was among the crowd of thousands of protesters in downtown Fort Lauderdale in the wake of George Floyd’s police murder. Fort Lauderdale officers fired tear gas into the crowd, and body-worn camera video showed...

Harris to propose tenfold startup tax incentive increase she says will spur small business creation

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 4, 2024. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics.

By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to propose on Wednesday a tenfold increase in federal tax incentives for small business startup expenses, from $5,000 to $50,000, hoping to help spur a record 25 million new small business applications over her four-year term should she win the presidency in November. She’s set to unveil the plan during a campaign stop in the Portsmouth area of New Hampshire — marking a rare deviation from the Midwestern and Sunbelt battlegrounds the Democrat has focused on in her race against former Republican President...

Fort Lauderdale feeling the pressure to come up with homeless fix

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 4, 2024. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News.

Fort Lauderdale leaders struggling to come up with a spot to house the homeless continued the debate Tuesday, well aware that the city might face lawsuits from citizens if they don’t come up with a plan soon. For months, the Fort Lauderdale commission has been prepping for a statewide law against public camping and sleeping that takes effect Oct. 1. Cities across Florida that fail to enforce the controversial state law — signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in March — can be sued starting Jan. 1. Now Fort Lauderdale has been hit with a new unexpected wrinkle: Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony is making...

Venezuelan judge issues arrest warrant for opposition’s former presidential candidate

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 3, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, World News.

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JORGE RUEDA CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of the disputed July election. The warrant was issued at the request of authorities who accuse Gonzalez, a former diplomat, of various charges including conspiracy, falsifying documents and usurpation of powers. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest...

Fort Lauderdale’s Historic Downtowner and Maxwell Room set to close in October

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 3, 2024. Posted in Entertainment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Restaurants, Food and Drink, Things To Do.

Fort Lauderdale is about to lose one of its longest-running drinking, dining and dancing venues — the Historic Downtowner and Maxwell Ballroom — which for decades welcomed patrons who sought to celebrate, commiserate or just chill out on the south bank of the New River. “Sadly, I must announce the closure of the Historic Downtowner and Maxwell Room, effective October 6,” owner Roger Craft wrote in a Facebook post that took staffers by surprise. “This decision was not made lightly,” he said. “I carefully weighed the hard facts and numerous complex issues against every possible solution and...

Trump says he’ll vote to uphold Florida abortion ban after seeming to signal he’d support repeal

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 31, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

By MICHELLE L. PRICE NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Friday said he will vote no on a Florida ballot measure that would repeal the state’s six-week abortion ban, a day after he seemed to indicate he would vote in favor of the measure. Trump has said he thinks Florida’s ban is a mistake and said in an interview with Fox News Channel on Friday, “I think six weeks, you need more time.” But then he said, “at the same time, the Democrats are radical,” and he repeated false claims he has frequently made about late-term abortions and said that he opposed allowing abortions up...

Trump says he will vote that Florida needs ‘more than 6 weeks’ for abortion

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 30, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Former President Donald Trump didn’t exactly say how he would vote on a Florida amendment that would protect abortion access — but on Thursday he said he would “be voting that we need more than six weeks.” Florida currently bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a change that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law in 2023. Trump has previously called Florida’s six-week ban a “terrible mistake.” When an NBC News reporter asked Trump how he would vote on Florida’s abortion amendment, Trump reiterated that he thought the six-week cutoff was too short. When the reporter followed by asking...

‘Save our parks!’: Protesters rally against controversial state parks proposal

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 28, 2024. Posted in Environment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

Protesters gathered on Tuesday in Miami-Dade and other parts of Florida to voice outrage at the state’s plan to install golf, pickleball, 350-room hotels and other attractions to various state parks. At Oleta River State Park in North Miami Beach, a crowd of 120 or so people gathered to voice their opposition. Similar protests took place Tuesday at other parks and the state DEP headquarters in Tallahassee. The plans for Florida’s Great Outdoors Initiative were released last week, instantly drawing a bipartisan public uproar. Many opponents were left questioning why the Florida Department of...

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