Shrapnel fell onto a California Highway Patrol vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise, agency says

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 20, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, National Politics, News, Politics, Social.

The U.S. military demonstration that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel on a California Highway Patrol vehicle, resulting in damage, agency officials said Sunday. The CHP said that the shrapnel was from an explosive ordnance that was fired over Interstate 5 and “detonated overhead prematurely, striking and damaging a CHP patrol vehicle.” The shrapnel fell on the vehicle in an area where CHP officers were gathered to close traffic along Interstate 5 in northern San Diego County, which cuts through Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. State...

New report details paramedics’ response to Epic Universe rider’s death

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 7, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Social.

An incident report obtained Monday by the Orlando Sentinel details paramedics’ response after Kevin Rodriguez Zavala lost consciousness while riding the Stardust Racers roller coaster at Universal Orlando Resort’s new Epic Universe theme park last month, leading to him later being pronounced dead. Orange County Fire Rescue was first dispatched to reports of an unresponsive citizen on Sept. 17 at 9:09 p.m., with the first personnel arriving at Epic Universe about six minutes later. They parked in the closest parking area, which was about 750 feet away from the entrance to Stardust Racers,...

Florida gets $608 million from feds for Alligator Alcatraz, immigrant detention efforts

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 3, 2025. Posted in Environment, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics, Social.

Amid battles about the detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, the Trump administration has awarded $608 million to Florida for the state’s immigrant-detention efforts, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official confirmed Thursday. The funds came from $150 billion Congress funneled to the Federal Emergency Management Agency this year to assist with President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration sought federal money to cover the costs of Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades. The state opened another immigrant-detention center in Baker...

Police can’t search vehicles based only on marijuana smell, Florida court says

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 2, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Marijuana, News, Social.

TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to laws allowing use of medical marijuana and hemp, a state appeals court Wednesday reversed course and said police officers can’t search vehicles only on the basis of smelling cannabis. The 2nd District Court of Appeal’s main opinion said that for “generations, cannabis was illegal in all forms — thereby rendering its distinct odor immediately indicative of criminal activity.” But the opinion said legislative changes have “fundamentally changed its definition and regulation” and made cannabis legal to possess in multiple forms. Citing the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth...

Spirit on track to receive $475 million from creditors to help airline fly through bankruptcy

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 1, 2025. Posted in Business, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, News, Social, Transportation.

Spirit Airlines’ parent company Tuesday announced a series of deals with top creditors that would funnel up to $475 million in critical cash to the troubled discount carrier as it reorganizes for a second time under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The company said the “debtor-in-possession” financing is coming from existing bondholders. As part of a motion filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, “the Company obtained immediate interim access to $120 million,” the airline said in a statement made public Tuesday afternoon. Up to $200 million “is expected to be available upon...

Hurricane Gabrielle forms, with two disturbances behind it

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 22, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Hurricane forecast, Hurricane Tracks, Latest Headlines, News, Social, Storms & Hurricanes, Weather.

Hurricane Gabrielle has formed in the Atlantic, several hundred miles southeast of Bermuda. It is expected to turn north and eventually back east and head into the North Atlantic. Gabrielle is only the second Atlantic hurricane of 2025. The other hurricane this season was Hurricane Erin, which formed in August in the Atlantic. It reached Category 5 strength, but stayed out to sea and did not make landfall. “It’s very unusual for a second hurricane to show up this late. In fact, it hasn’t happened since 1994,” Fox Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross wrote on his blog, Hurricane...

Bianchi: Scott Frost schools Bill Belichick in Bounce House beatdown

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 21, 2025. Posted in Columnists, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Social, Sports, UCF Knights.

Bill Belichick didn’t wear his famous hoodie on Saturday, but maybe he should have. Perhaps it would have prevented the severe case of Frost bite he received at the Bounce House. On a humid September afternoon in Orlando, Scott Frost took back his career with a resounding 34-9 victory over Belichick’s North Carolina Tar Heels. Frost didn’t just win a football game; he rewrote the first chapter of a narrative about who he is and what UCF can be. And the irony of it all? He did so by outcoaching the man who for decades was considered untouchable. The genius. The legend. The six-time Super...

FBI sniper testifies that hiding spot near golf course was ideal place for man to shoot Trump

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 19, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News, Social.

FORT PIERCE — An FBI sniper testified Thursday about the effectiveness of a hiding spot chosen by a man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year. FBI Special Agent Nicholas Schnelle said the sniper set up along the fence of Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach was about 126 feet away from the sixth hole, and it was well hidden by vegetation. “It’s close and unobstructed,” Schnelle said. Schnelle testified that the SKS rifle recovered from the scene has an effective range of about 350 meters (1,150 feet), nearly 10 times the...

Brothers testify about box left with them by man accused of trying to assassinate Trump

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 18, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National Politics, Network, News, Politics, Social.

By DAVID FISCHER FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A pair of North Carolina brothers testified Wednesday about a box left with them by a man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year. Related Articles Ex-Miami financier sentenced to 7 years after ripping off $8M from his mother in New York Father charged with manslaughter years after 6-month-old baby’s death South Florida matriarch convicted in murder-for-hire killing of her ex-son-in-law seeks a new...

Barricaded man shot and killed by BSO SWAT in Pompano

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on September 17, 2025. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Social.

A barricaded man attacked a K-9 and was shot by BSO deputies in a home in Pompano Beach on Tuesday, Sheriff Gregory Tony said. Someone called the Sheriff’s Office just after 1:30 p.m. to report a “suspicious incident” in the 2300 block of Bay Drive, spokesperson Miranda Grossman said in a statement late Tuesday night. She did not provide further information about what the incident was. Deputies “made contact with an armed individual” once they responded, and “at some point during the response, a deputy-involved shooting occurred.” Sheriff Gregory Tony told reporters at the scene late...

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