Things To Do In SW Florida

By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, drawing swift retaliation from the country’s North American neighbors in an emerging trade war.

The Republican president posted on social media that the tariffs were necessary “to protect Americans,” pressing the three nations to do more to curb the manufacture and export of illicit fentanyl and for Canada and Mexico to reduce illegal immigration into the U.S. The action fulfilled one of Trump’s commitments to voters but threw the global economy and Trump’s own political mandate to lower prices into turmoil.

The tariffs, if sustained, could cause inflation to significantly worsen, possibly eroding voters’ trust that Trump could as promised lower the prices of groceries, gasoline, housing, autos and other goods.

Trump declared an economic emergency in order to place duties of 10% on all imports from China and 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada. But energy imported from Canada, including oil, natural gas and electricity, would be taxed at a 10% rate. read more

By Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald

MIAMI — A Dubai-based developer has unveiled the details of an ultra-luxury project on the Surfside property where a building collapse in 2021 left 98 people dead and shattered a community.

By Gayle Sato

If your planned holiday budget now seems like a quaint—and unrealistic—memory, you’re not alone. With well-honored traditions of gift giving, festivities and holiday travel, the urge to splurge is understandable. In fact, in a recent Experian holiday spending survey, nearly two-thirds of respondents said they believe they spend too much during the holidays.

Want to own a South Florida house that was made famous in the 1980s sci-fi film, “Flight of the Navigator”?

Now you can, for a cool $16.9 million.

The waterfront property at 615 Idlewyld Drive in Fort Lauderdale was one of the earth-bound locations for the 1986 film.

The family-friendly film, which could have been pitched to Hollywood execs as “E.T., but the kid time-travels in a futuristic spacecraft,” follows a Fort Lauderdale tween as he is whisked away by a “fantastic flying machine,” has lots of adventures, befriends aliens aboard, and eventually returns to South Florida.

As in most movies, especially those of the 1980s, “normal” families live in digs that are far from normal.

The half-acre property faces east over the Intracoastal Waterway, and sits on one of the larger lots in the Idlewyld neighborhood, a semi-private, gated community near the Las Olas Bridge.

The same family has owned the five-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom manse for 30 years and updated it in 2022 with modern features and finishes such as Miele appliances, custom cabinetry, and quartzite countertops in the kitchen. read more