SpaceX delays Polaris Dawn launch at least 1 day

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 27, 2024. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, News, Science, Space.

A helium leak on the launch pad has forced SpaceX to hold off an overnight launch attempt of the Polaris Dawn mission with billionaire Jared Isaacman and three crewmates for at least one day. “Teams are taking a closer look at a ground-side helium leak on the Quick Disconnect umbilical,” SpaceX posted on X late Monday. “Falcon and Dragon remain healthy and the crew continues to be ready for their multi-day mission to low-Earth orbit.” The planned early Tuesday liftoff now shifts to early Wednesday. A Falcon 9 carrying the Crew Dragon Resilience and its four crew is targeting a 3:38 a.m,...

Forecasters track new Atlantic disturbance that could develop

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 27, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Hurricane forecast, Hurricane Tracks, Latest Headlines, News, Storms & Hurricanes, Weather.

After a brief lull in the Atlantic since Hurricane Ernesto, forecasters are monitoring for a new potential disturbance to develop in the central Atlantic. An area of low pressure could develop in the central Atlantic in the next few days, the National Hurricane Center said Monday night. The environment is expected to be favorable for it to slowly develop by the weekend and early next week. The disturbance is forecast to move west-northwest between 10 to 15 mph. As of 8 p.m., it has a 20% chance of developing in the next seven days. Experts at Colorado State University issued a new forecast...

Judge in Texas orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 27, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News.

By VALERIE GONZALEZ McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years. The administrative stay issued by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker comes just days after 16 states, led by Republican attorneys general, challenged the program that could benefit an estimated 500,000 immigrants in the country, plus about 50,000 of their...

Cypress Bay High School’s cafeteria kitchen cleared to reopen after carbon monoxide leak

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 26, 2024. Posted in Education, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News.

The carbon monoxide leak in Cypress Bay High School’s cafeteria, which sent six people to the hospital Friday, has been repaired, school principal Dr. Kassandra Fried said Sunday. “Out of an abundance of caution, we will continue to monitor the cafeteria and conduct additional testing on Monday morning before students and staff arrive,” Dr. Fried wrote in an email to students and their families. She added that school operations will resume as usual on Monday. Six people were hospitalized Friday morning and at least nine were affected after a carbon monoxide leak in the high school’s...

Police identify man shot dead in Oakland Park on Saturday

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

The Broward Sheriff’s Office has identified Ammon Watson, 18, as the man who was shot and killed in Oakland Park on Saturday near the 2100 block of NW 28th Street. The shooting happened at about 11:53 a.m. Watson, the father of a six-month-old boy, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to investigators, the shooter ran up to Watson and shot him in the driveway of a family home before running away. Watson was arriving home from a store with his grandmother, and he was shot after she walked inside, relatives told WPLG. The shooter remains at large, according to the sheriff’s office....

Kamala Harris to accept Democratic nomination amid buzz about who else will be on DNC stage. Watch it live here

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

It’s the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Kamala Harris will accept her party’s presidential nomination before the campaign versus former President Donald Trump begins in earnest. Democratic delegates are excited about Harris’ nomination at the United Center Thursday, but there’s as much buzz about who will be performing before she comes on stage. Related Articles National Politics | Female delegates at the DNC are wearing white to honor women’s suffrage on night of Harris’ speech National Politics |...

Female delegates at the DNC are wearing white to honor women’s suffrage on night of Harris’ speech

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

By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — If you think you’re seeing a lot of women wearing white during the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, you don’t need to adjust your television set. There appeared to be a coordinated effort among female delegates and Democratic supporters as they arrived at the United Center on Thursday afternoon, with security lines and convention floor seats filling up with women clad in white suits, dresses and other attire. So when Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage for to accept the Democratic presidential nomination —...

Broward school metal detectors working but challenges continue, board members say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 22, 2024. Posted in Education, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A week after a chaotic rollout of metal detectors, Broward Schools are still working out the kinks. Although most students can quickly walk through the metal detectors without them going off, the devices still require a lot of security staff, preventing them from manning other parts of campus, school district officials said during Wednesday’s School Board meeting. They also said they are still working out plans of what to do when thunderstorms or other inclement weather make it impractical for students to wait outside in line. And one School Board member said she’s hearing concerns from...

Health department now notifying Floridians whose information was stolen, leaked

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 22, 2024. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Health, Latest Headlines, News.

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health is sending notices out to people whose personal and health information was stolen by hackers and released on the dark web last month. Floridians are being notified by mail if they were a victim of the cyberattack, and the state is offering them free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services, the department wrote in a public notice Wednesday. In June, the international hacker group RansomHub stole at least 20,000 department files that included some Floridians’ most sensitive information: HIV test results, signed medical release...

Kaufman wins Republican primary for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 21, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Republican Joseph “Joe” Kaufman on Tuesday won the primary election to advance to November to challenge the incumbent Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz. Kaufman is among six Republican candidates who ran for U.S. House, District 23. The other Republicans in the contest were Gary Barve, Darlene Cerezo Swaffar, Carla Spalding, Joe Thelusca and Robert S. Weinroth. Moskowitz is in his first term in Congress after holding multiple elected and appointed jobs in Broward and Tallahassee. He faced no Democratic challenger for the primary. The 23rd District takes in northern Broward and much of...

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