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How much is Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago worth FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- How much is Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago worth? That's been a point of contention after a New York judge ruled that the former president exaggerated the Florida property's value when he said it's worth at least $420 million and perhaps $1.5 billion. Siding with New York's attorney general in a lawsuit accusing Trump of grossly overvaluing his assets, Judge Arthur Engoron found that Trump consistently exaggerated Mar-a-Lago's worth . He noted that one Trump estimate of the club's value was 2,300% times the Palm Beach County tax appraiser's valuations , which ranged from $18 million to $37 million. But Palm Beach real estate agents who specialize in high-end properties scoffed at the idea that the estate could be worth that little, in the unlikely event Trump ever sold. “Ludicrous,” agent Liza Pulitzer said about the judge citing the county’s tax appraisal as a benchmark. Homes a tent...

Fall may have just begun, but meteorologists are already looking at the upcoming winter season's forecast with the help of El Nino. Fall may have just begun, but meteorologists are already looking at the upcoming winter season's forecast with the help of El Nino. El Nino is a warmer than normal surface ocean temperature in the eastern equatorial Pacific, which impacts weather around the world, including the United States. The warm ocean helps change the Pacific jet stream's position, allowing warmer-than-normal air to move into parts of North America. Usually, the United States begins to see significant impacts of El Nino in the late fall and early winter and these impacts last into early spring. MORE: Earth records hottest 3 months on record, greenhouse gases and sea levels hit highs What is an El Nino winter ? On average, during an El Nino winter , the northern U.S. sees warmer than average temperatures, as the polar jet stream stays north and keeps the cold air in C...

After spending 56 hours without power, a Buffalo couple ventured outside and found many birds stuck in a thick layer of ice encasing the waterfront of LaSalle Park. Buffalo residents helped free 16 birds stuck in ice along the waterfront of LaSalle Park after a deadly blizzard swept through the region over the weekend. Seamus Gallivan and Alex McArthur said the rescue mission was borne out of wanting to help somehow, while the city remained paralyzed by the historic winter storm. The couple says they spent 56 hours without power as a record 51 inches of snow fell. MORE: Buffalo storm victims: What we know about the lives lost “When we finally got power back on and kind of got out of survival mode, I was walking around the neighborhood with a shovel just looking for anyone who needed help. Things seemed pretty stable, so I walked into the park and came upon a guy who was sort of standing over something,” Gallivan told ABC News. That something was a gull stuck in a thick layer of ice ...