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Arrests In Brevard County: March 5, 2025 – Suspects Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The suspects below were arrested by various law enforcement agencies on the Space Coast! PLEASE NOTE: All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The mugshots and arrest records published on SpaceCoastDaily.com are not an indication of guilt, or evidence that an actual crime has been […]

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Brevard Schools Foundation, BPS Showcase Innovative Student Learning Through CFEF Grant

Brevard Schools Foundation, in partnership with Brevard Public Schools, is excited to highlight the success of the Strategic School Staffing and Teacher Leadership Grant, awarded through the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (CFEF). BREVARD COUNTY • VIERA, FLORIDA – Brevard Schools Foundation, in partnership with Brevard Public Schools, is excited to highlight the success of

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Trump grants one-month pause on automobile tariffs, but building material duties remain

President Donald Trump has moved the goalposts on Mexican and Canadian tariffs, but it’s not much solace for the homebuilding industry. The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it’s granting a one-month tariff exemption for automobiles from those two countries. The move came in consultation with “the big three autodealers.” It’s unclear if the pause comes

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Investor home purchases are sinking, and it’s most evident in Florida

Real estate investors bought fewer homes in the fourth quarter of 2024, with purchases falling to the lowest level for any fourth quarter since 2016, according to a new report from Redfin. Investors purchased 47,004 homes during the quarter, marking a 3.9% decline from Q4 2023, the steepest drop in a year. The decline comes

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Loan officers are seeing an uptick in FHA, VA demand

The newest weekly mortgage applications survey data, released Wednesday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) included the lowest mortgage rates in months, which created a stir in the number of applications. According to the MBA, rates for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans dipped to 6.42%, while refinance activity posted its fastest pace since October 2024.

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This aging-in-place program flies under the radar, but it could lower senior care costs

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve probably heard it many times before. The U.S. population is growing older at a faster rate, and those in the 65-and-over bracket are poised to outnumber those 18 and under by the midpoint of the next decade. But despite this emerging reality, programs that are designed to better assist

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Report suggests key HECM field office at HUD could be shut down

As the Trump administration continues to impose cuts to staff and offices across the federal government, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program — which handles the vast majority of reverse mortgage business in the U.S. — could be impacted. According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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NASA Awards Launch Service for Mission to Study Storm Formation

Credit: NASA NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, which aims to understand why, when, and where tropical convective storms form, and why some storms produce extreme weather. The mission will launch on the company’s Alpha rocket from

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2025 Aviation Weather Mission: Civil Air Patrol Cadets Help Scientists Study the Atmosphere with GLOBE Clouds

Explore This Section Science Science Activation 2025 Aviation Weather Mission:… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   2 min read 2025 Aviation Weather Mission: Civil Air Patrol Cadets Help Scientists Study the Atmosphere with GLOBE Clouds The Science Activation Program’s NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC)

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FARMing with Data: OpenET Launches new Tool for Farmers and Ranchers

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Dwane Roth (right), a fourth generation grain farmer in Finney County, Kansas, stands with nephew Zion (left) in one of their corn fields. Roth’s farm became one of the first Water Technology Farms in Kansas around 2016, and he has been using OpenET data

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