Tropical depression likely to form in southwestern Gulf, while system could emerge near Bahamas

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 17, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Storms & Hurricanes, Weather.

The chances continue to increase that a tropical storm or tropical depression could form in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico by midweek, the National Hurricane Center said, while forecasters are watching for a yet-to-emerge disturbance that could develop into an area of low pressure northeast of the central Bahamas and potentially affect the east coast of Florida. The first named storm to form in 2024 would be Alberto. The system in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to move slowly west or west-northwest, and, in the 7:13 p.m. Sunday tropical outlook, saw its chances of developing jump from 30%...

Current and former Miami-Dade police officers indicted in fatal shootout after 2019 kidnapping of UPS driver

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 16, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A Broward County grand jury issued indictments charging four current and former Miami-Dade County police officers with the deaths of two civilians — a kidnapped UPS truck driver and a motorist — who were killed at a Miramar intersection on Dec. 5, 2019. All four charged individuals surrendered at the Broward County Main Jail on Friday and Saturday and their legal paperwork was processed. Rodolfo Mirabal, 39, was indicted on two counts of manslaughter with a firearm for the deaths of Frank Ordonez, 27, the kidnapped UPS driver, and Richard Cutshaw, 70, the motorist, at the intersection of...

Trump paints dark picture of America, promises rosy future if he defeats Biden

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 15, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

Celebrating his birthday, former President Donald Trump presented a dark vision of America that he said could only be transformed one way — with his return as president. He said the country was hobbled by rising prices, endangered by criminals from other countries and threatened by terrorists he claimed are roaming the nation. “This is the most important election that our country has ever had because we’re a failing nation. And we can’t be a failing nation for long,” he said. Trump’s declarations came Friday night during a combination rally and birthday celebration in West Palm Beach...

1 dead, 4 hospitalized in apparent drive-by shooting in Fort Lauderdale, police say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 15, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

One person died and four others were hospitalized after an apparent drive-by shooting in Fort Lauderdale on Friday night, police said. Officers and Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to the 2300 block of Northwest Eighth Street shortly after 7 p.m. and found five men who had been shot, Det. Ali Adamson, a spokesperson for the police department, said in an email. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue took all five men to Broward Health Medical Center. Adamson said late Friday that one man was pronounced dead at the hospital and one man is in critical condition. The three others injured are expected...

Parkland school building demolition postponed; other cancellations and closures

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 13, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Weather.

The heavy rains and flooding in South Florida have led to closures and cancellations. The planned start of the demolition of the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was postponed from Thursday until Friday morning, the Broward School District said. The building was the site of the 2018 school massacre that killed 17 people. Schools All Broward schools will be closed, and there will be no on-campus activities, including camps. Broward College and Nova Southeastern University canceled Wednesday night classes. Airports South Florida’s three main airports in Fort Lauderdale,...

Shark attack victims are recovering from life-altering injuries in Florida panhandle

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 11, 2024. Posted in Environment, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

WEST PALM BEACH (AP) — Days after a shark attack in the Florida panhandle cost teenager Lulu Gribbin her left hand and right leg, her mother said the first words she uttered after surgery were “I made it.” Gribbin was one of three people injured in shark attacks Friday over the course of about 90 minutes in Walton County. In a post on Caringbridge.org, Lulu Gribbin’s mother, Ann Blair Gribbin, said the attack happened during her first mother-daughter beach trip with Lulu. She recounted the scene as “something out of a movie” and said her daughter was on a sand bar in waist-high water...

Runner killed in west Delray Beach when car drives up on sidewalk

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 10, 2024. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News.

A woman going on a run was killed Sunday in west Delray Beach when a man drove his car onto the sidewalk and hit her, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Caryn Lynn Chomsky, 44, of Boynton Beach, was running eastbound on the north sidewalk of Atlantic Avenue just west of Florida’s Turnpike. Myles Denard Scott, 19, also of Boynton Beach, was heading in the opposite direction when he drove his Honda Civic onto the sidewalk, the sheriff’s office said. The car’s front corner hit her, pitching her onto the hood and windshield, before she fell off on the shoulder of the road. She...

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu set to address the US Congress on July 24

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

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, setting the stage for what is expected to be a contentious speech at a crucial moment for the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Congressional leaders confirmed the date of the address late Thursday after formally inviting Netanyahu to come speak before lawmakers last week. It is the most recent show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political divisions over Israel’s military assault on Hamas...

A committee wanted mom of transgender student suspended. The superintendent wants her fired.

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 6, 2024. Posted in Education, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A committee found reason to discipline a Monarch High employee who is also the mom of a transgender athlete but didn’t want her to be fired, newly released district documents show. The district’s Professional Standards Committee, made of principals and administrators, voted March 20 to recommend a 10-day suspension for Jessica Norton, an information specialist and a junior varsity volleyball coach at the Coconut Creek school. But that recommendation was overruled — at least temporarily. Then-Superintendent Peter Licata and Human Resources Chief David Azzarito decided March 26 to recommend...

Court stops taking complaints against judge overseeing Trump documents case

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 4, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News, Politics.

A federal appeals court has stopped accepting public complaints against U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, many seeking her recusal from the U.S. Government’s classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, citing a flood of 1,000 filings in recent weeks that appear to be part of “an orchestrated campaign.” The court acted after a general order from Chief Judge William Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which is based in Atlanta and covers Florida, Georgia and Alabama. A link entitled, “Judicial Council Order In the Matter of Judicial Complaints...

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