Chief Justice says Constitution remains ‘firm and unshaken’ with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 1, 2026. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics, Social.

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon. Related Articles Trump vilifies Kennedy family hours after Tatiana Schlossberg’s death US imposes sanctions on 4 Venezuelan oil firms and 4 more tankers in Maduro crackdown Farmers can now learn how much aid they will get from the Trump...

Isiah Whitlock Jr., star of ‘The Wire’ and Spike Lee films, dies at 71

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 31, 2025. Posted in Entertainment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News, News Obituaries, Social, Things To Do.

Isiah Whitlock Jr., the veteran character actor best known for his roles in “The Wire,” “Veep” and several Spike Lee films, has died. He was 71. Whitlock died Tuesday in New York after battling a short illness, his manager, Brian Liebman, told Deadline. “If you knew him — you loved him,” Liebman wrote in an Instagram post. “A brilliant actor and even better person. May his memory forever be a blessing. Our hearts are so broken. He will be very, very missed.” With more than 125 credits to his name — including two upcoming films — Whitlock was a versatile actor capable of adapting to many...

Foul play suspected in death of woman found on Hollywood beach, police say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 27, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Social.

Foul play is suspected in the death of woman whose body was discovered Friday morning on Hollywood beach, police said. A passerby found the body about 7 a.m. Friday on the beach near Cleveland Street, Hollywood Police said in a news release. The body has been identified, and authorities were working to notify next of kin. The investigation is ongoing. No additional information was available late Friday. Authorities ask anyone with information to call Hollywood Police at 954-967-4636 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477. This is a developing story, so check back for updates. Click here...

Pictures: Thousands of ‘Surfing Santas’ congregate on Cocoa Beach

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 25, 2025. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Social.

Goff Stepien of Daytona Beach catches a wave during Surfing Santas at Cocoa Beach on Dec. 24, 2025. The annual event gathers people for Sunshine State holiday cheer and catching waves, Santa style. This year was estimated to have record-breaking attendance with over 12,000 visitors. (Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentinel) Thousands of festive Floridians and visitors congregate on the beach during Surfing Santas at Cocoa Beach on Dec. 24, 2025. The annual event gathers people for Sunshine State holiday cheer and catching waves, Santa style. (Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentinel) A trio of festive...

Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier asks judge to throw out betting charges

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 24, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, National News, NBA, News, Social, Sports.

NEW YORK — Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier ’s lawyers are asking a judge to throw out sports gambling charges that have kept him off the court this season, arguing that the government overreached by turning a private dispute over bettors’ use of nonpublic information into a federal case. In a motion to dismiss made public on Tuesday, Rozier’s lawyers argued that the government’s theory of the case — that he prevented sportsbooks from making informed decisions about accepting certain bets — runs afoul of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the federal wire fraud statute. Federal...

Takeaways: Susie Wiles pulls back the curtain on the Trump administration in revealing interviews

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 17, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics, Social.

By BILL BARROW White House chief of staff Susie Wiles offered an unusually candid look inside President Donald Trump’s administration in a series of interviews published Tuesday by Vanity Fair magazine, delivering details and reservations that presidential aides usually save for memoirs. Related Articles Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump’s crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raids Trump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro Fellow Wisconsin judge...

JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force tanker

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 15, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Social, Transportation, World News.

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path. “We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” The incident involved JetBlue Flight 1112 from Curaçao, which is just off the coast of Venezuela,...

Two minors arrested after fight, shooting in Plantation left 1 hospitalized, police say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 13, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Social.

Two minors were arrested this week after a fight near a Plantation school ended with one person shot in the shoulder, the police department said Friday. On Monday afternoon, officers were called about a group of minors fighting near the intersection of Northwest 70th Avenue and Northwest 16th Street, which is across the street from Plantation High School. When they arrived, officers saw multiple minors running away and one who had been shot in the shoulder, Plantation Police said in a news release. The victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover. The police department did not...

DeSantis declares Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 9, 2025. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Social.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month. The directive against the Council on American-Islamic Relations comes in an executive order DeSantis posted on the social media site X. It also gives the same label to the Muslim Brotherhood. Neither CAIR nor the Muslim Brotherhood is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government. The order instructs Florida agencies to prevent the two groups and those who have provided...

US military conducts strike on another suspected drug boat as probe into the first strike begins

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 5, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, National Politics, Network, News, Politics, Social.

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks. It is the 22nd strike the U.S. military has carried out against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean that the Trump administration claimed were trafficking drugs. There were four casualties in Thursday’s strike, according to the social media post, bringing the death toll of the campaign to at least 87 people. Related Articles Grand...

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