Florida’s election experts still worried about keeping hackers out
They buy expensive sensors that can detect malicious intruders bent on creating havoc. They field sales pitches from election vendors selling cyber-insurance.
Category Archives: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Sun Sentinel: Gina Haspel is flawed choice to lead CIA
With critical support from Florida's Bill Nelson and five other Democratic senators, Gina Haspel has been confirmed as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. A career employee for 33 years and most recently the deputy director, she is highly suited in every respect but one.
Rubio Seems to Soften Opposition to Gun Control
Politico : "The mass shootings in Newtown, Orlando, Las Vegas and even Fort Lauderdale didn't get Marco Rubio to seriously reconsider his position on guns. But Rubio shifted on firearms Wednesday night as he weathered the righteous anger of a parent and of the students who survived the Valentine's Day massacre at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School and who then faced him onstage at a CNN town hall in purple Florida's liberal bastion of Broward County."
FBI missed shooting cues because of Russia probe: Trump
Protesters hold placards at a rally calling for more gun control in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photo: Reuters President Donald Trump attacked the FBI and lawmakers probing alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and said an excessive focus on Russia led federal investigators to miss signs that could have prevented a deadly mass shooting a Florida high school.
Trump visits shooting victims at hospital, first responders
President Donald Trump visited victims of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., and offered thanks to medical personnel and first responders. On Friday night , Trump traveled in a motorcade from Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport to North Broward Hospital in Pompano Beach.
Trump focuses on first responders after Florida shooting
President Donald Trump has made a grim trip to a Florida community reeling from a deadly school shooting, meeting privately with victims and cheering the heroics of first responders. But he extended few public words of consolation to those in deep mourning, nor did Trump address the debate over gun violence that has raged since a 19-year-old gunman killed 17 and injured 14 others.
Funeral held in Florida for US soldier killed in Niger
Mourners remembered not only a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman but his three comrades who died with him.
The Latest: Fallen soldier’s funeral begins in Florida
A funeral service has begun for a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa sparked a political spat between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman. Services for Sgt.
Robbers drag woman through Broward gas station parking lot
A 64-year-old woman was dragged through the parking lot of a Broward County gas station on Friday, June, 2, 2017, after two men stole her purse and pinned her arm in their car door, according to Davie police. Unless more Cuban Americans register for the Gift of Life bone marrow registry, Manny Valdes may lose his battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
China pressures South Korea about missile system
The D-11 meet was held in Chappell and the Morrill girls and the Crawford boys earn... -- The host of the next World Cup will be decided sooner than expected.FIFA approved a plan to fast-track the bidding process that determines which country w... -- Sen. Mike Lee raised eyebrows in Washington, D.C., Thursday for his suggestion that former Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland could lead the FBI, a pitch th... -- Wednesday's episode of Empire, "Absent Child," begins with a meeting between the Lyon and Dubois families.
Fla. Airport Shooting Suspect Appears In Court, Is Assigned A Public Defender
Esteban Santiago, 26, was escorted into federal court in Fort Lauderdale in manacles. He told U.S. magistrate Judge Alicia Valle he understood the seriousness of the crimes he is charged with.
4 days after Fort Lauderdale rampage, gunman still an enigma
Four days after an Army reservist shot and killed five people at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, federal authorities say they have thus far found no evidence that he was involved in ISIS or any form of radical Islam. Esteban Santiago, the 26-year-old gunman, had connections to New York, Puerto Rico, Southwest Florida and Alaska, but it remains a mystery why he picked Fort Lauderdale to carry out his attack.
Golden Globes 2017: Pharrell Williams unimpressed after Jenna Bush Hager interview blunder
Manhattan couple hasn't paid rent on their $4,754-per-month apartment in almost SEVEN years citing little-known 'Loft law' Wild weather rocks the U.S: Three dead as South and Northeast begin clean up from brutal winter storm while landslide fears spread across the West Coast as record-breaking rainfall begins Luggage hell for passengers caught up in Ft Lauderdale shooting: Airport staff desperately try to reunite 25,000 abandoned bags with 12,000 travelers stranded by the rampage Mother and boyfriend charged after her 14-year-old adopted daughter was raped, slaughtered and chopped up in 'sick rape-murder fantasy they plotted for more than a year' Don't get any ideas, Vladimir! Massive stockpile of U.S. tanks and military equipment arrives in Germany as part of mission to 'deter Russian aggression' Cops investigating the 'horror show' death of seven-month-old boy after mother took his ... (more)
Even with increased airport security vulnerabilities remain
Baggage claim area of Terminal 1 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 the day after multiple people were shot at the airport. Baggage claim area of Terminal 1 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 the day after multiple people were shot at the airport.
The Latest: Gun seized from alleged shooter after FBI visit
This booking photo provided by the Broward Sheriff's Office shows suspect Esteban Ruiz Santiago, 26, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Relatives of the man who police say opened fire Friday killing several people and wounding others at a Florida airport report he had a history of mental health issues.
Suspect Seems to Have Had ‘No Specific Reason’ for Choosing Florida Airport for Attack
The suspected gunman who opened fire in a Florida airport baggage claim area on Friday, killing five people and wounding eight, appears to have gone to Fort Lauderdale "to carry out this horrific attack," the FBI said Saturday. But investigators have found "no specific reason" why suspect Esteban Santiago chose the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and have not determined a motive, for his attack, George Piro, special agent in chart of the FBI's Miami field office said at a press conference Saturday morning.
Fort Lauderdale airport suspect ‘came here specifically’ to attack, FBI says
Investigators believe the suspect in the fatal Fort Lauderdale airport shooting had been planning to carry out his attack for some time, law enforcement officials tell CNN. Accused shooter Esteban Santiago recently began selling his possessions, including his car, and friends and associates noticed more erratic behavior, investigators have learned from interviews with those who know him.
Frustrated travelers, 20K lost items as Fla. airport resumes operations
Frustrated travelers, 20K lost items as Fla. airport resumes operations Terminal 2, where the shooting occurred, remained a crime scene Saturday.
Esteban Santiago the Fort Lauderdale suspected gunman and ISIS…
PICTURED: Discharged military vet, 26, who shot dead five at Ft.Lauderdale airport baggage claim after telling FBI two months ago that he was being forced by the CIA to fight for ISIS Relatives of Ft.Lauderdale shooting suspect reveal how he 'lost his mind' after Iraq tour, was being prosecuted for strangling his ex and had been hospitalized with psychiatric problems Why was mentally ill Florida shooting suspect allowed to carry a gun and bullets in his luggage? A look at TSA and airline weapon guidelines in wake of lone shooter's rampage Esteban Santiago and the ISIS one-fingered salute: How Ft.Lauderdale shooting suspect made jihadi gesture in photo as authorities investigate his obsession with terror group Grandfather, 62, and a great grandmother celebrating her husband's 90th birthday are the first two victims identified in Ft.
Zoe Ventoura poses solo at International AACTA Awards as her…
PICTURED: Discharged military vet, 26, who shot dead five at Ft.Lauderdale airport baggage claim after telling FBI two months ago that he was being forced by the CIA to fight for ISIS Family of Ft.Lauderdale shooting suspect reveals how he 'lost his mind' after Iraq tour, was being prosecuted for strangling his ex and had been hospitalized with psychiatric problems Grandfather, 62, and a great grandmother celebrating her husband's 90th birthday are the first two victims identified in Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting My laptop saved my life: Passenger at Ft.