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• ‘Gut-wrenching': Family wants justice after father of 3 shot and killed in Pompano Beach

  08-05-2025 22:28 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A South Florida family wants justice after a 25-year-old father was shot and killed in Pompano Beach last week. Family members said Jacarey Love was funny and liked to make you laugh, but he was also a family man who loved his nieces and nephews and his three children. “He just loved to be around his children, loved to be...
  
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• Pope Leo XIV's brother, who lives in Florida, reacts: ‘We knew he was special'

  08-05-2025 19:57 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is not only American-born, but he also has ties to Florida.
  
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• Miami-Dade County's trash causing a stink in Fort Pierce

  08-05-2025 18:56 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Every day, Miami-Dade County sends 230 tons of its least savory export north on trains to a transfer station in Fort Pierce, where trucks take the trash to landfills. 
  
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• Brush fire burns in southern Miami-Dade, portion of Card Sound Road closed

  08-05-2025 18:25 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A brush fire was burning in southern Miami-Dade Thursday and had a section of Card Sound Road shut down. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said they were assisting the Florida Forest Service with the fire, which was near Card Sound Road and the Southwest 392nd block. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office officials said northbound Card Sound Road was closed at the intersection...
  
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• Brush fire burns in southern Miami-Dade, 18-Mile Stretch and Card Sound Road closed

  08-05-2025 18:25 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A brush fire was burning in southern Miami-Dade Thursday and had the 18-Mile Stretch and Card Sound Road shut down.
  
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• Three Broward judges' disciplinary complaints reach Florida Supreme Court

  08-05-2025 17:58 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Three judges serving in Broward County have caught the attention of the Florida Supreme Court … and not in a good way.
  
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• Former Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez sole finalist for FIU presidency

  08-05-2025 17:53 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, who was appointed interim president of Florida International University in February, is the sole finalist to become president of the Miami-based school, the chairman of a search committee announced Thursday.
  
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• Man convicted in 2013 North Miami motel murder avoids death sentence

  08-05-2025 16:54 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A man convicted of ambushing and killing another man outside a North Miami motel back in 2013 in a shocking murder that was caught on camera has avoided the death penalty. Jurors on Thursday recommended Anthawn Ragan, 30, serve life in prison rather than face the death penalty, more than a decade after the killing. Ragan was found guilty last...
  
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• Teen arrested in Valentine's Day crash in Pembroke Pines that killed elderly man, woman

  08-05-2025 16:44 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A 17-year-old has been arrested in a Valentine's Day crash in Pembroke Pines that left an elderly man and woman dead, police said.
  
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• Miami Gardens couple who died in massive house fire remembered as peaceful and hard-working

  08-05-2025 16:39 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Neighbors are remembering a husband and wife who died after a fire broke out at their Miami Gardens home as peaceful and hard-working.
  
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• BSO identifies 28-year-old woman fatally shot by deputies in Deerfield Beach

  08-05-2025 16:01 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Authorities have identified the armed woman who was shot and killed by Broward Sheriff's deputies during an encounter in Deerfield Beach Wednesday night.
  
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• Miami man who claimed ‘voices' told him to kill a mother and son found guilty 

  08-05-2025 15:47 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A Miami man who police said killed a mother and her son because he "heard voices" that "told him to do it," and believed one of the victims was the devil based on movies he'd watched, was found guilty by jurors on two counts of first-degree murder. 
  
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• Florida man gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park

  08-05-2025 15:07 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A Yellowstone National park visitor from Florida was gored by a bison — the first such violent encounter of 2025 — just weeks into the busy summer season.
  
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• More than 1,000 baby corals arrive in Florida Keys to help restore reefs

  08-05-2025 14:53 via nbcmiami.com
  
  There are 1,050 baby corals that arrived Wednesday in the Florida Keys for their next step in a mission to restore the marine ecosystem. The elkhorn corals are going to the Keys Marine Laboratory on Long Key in Layton, operated by the Florida Institute of Oceanography at the University of South Florida, where they will slowly acclimate to the temperature-controlled...
  
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• Miami Archbishop Wenski says Pope Leo XIV ‘a citizen of the world'

  08-05-2025 14:53 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski spoke Thursday after Leo XIV became the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, in a stunning decision out of the Vatican.
  
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• Florida whooping cough cases nearly double from this time last year, CDC says

  08-05-2025 14:05 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Whooping cough, or pertussis, is on the rise again in the United States, and the number of cases in 2025 are nearly double what they were for this same period last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC released numbers for pertussis cases up until April 26. There have been 9,034 cases reported in 2025...
  
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• Brooklyn teen who swatted, threatened schools in Parkland, Coral Springs arrested

  08-05-2025 13:09 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A teen from Brooklyn has been arrested for making swatting threats to police and schools in Parkland, Coral Springs and Uvalde, Texas, authorities said.
  
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• Delray Beach nurse pushed elderly patient twice after being called ‘lazy': Police

  08-05-2025 12:01 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A nurse in Delray Beach is behind bars after he was accused of pushing an elderly patient to the floor after the patient called him “a lazy b—” in January. The suspect, 44-year-old Alexander Levin, is an overnight nurse at South County Mental Health Center. An arrest report states that the attack happened after a 66-year-old patient asked Levin for...
  
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• The Who to kick off ‘North America Farewell Tour' at Amerant bank Arena in Sunrise

  08-05-2025 11:56 via nbcmiami.com
  
  British rock band The Who are to say their final goodbye to North America this summer. Their first gig is at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise on Aug. 16.
  
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• Another woman arrested for drugging and robbing man of Rolex in Miami: Police

  08-05-2025 11:38 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Another woman has been arrested in Miami for allegedly drugging and robbing a man out of his Rolex watch, police said.
  
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• Miami-Dade courts celebrate former defendants who found recovery, treatment

  08-05-2025 10:59 via nbcmiami.com
  
  This month more than a dozen “faces of recovery” posters are decorating the fourth floor hallway of the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, a different feel for a place known for tragedy.  In the month of May, a few of the problem-solving initiatives the criminal court provides—Drug Court, Veterans Treatment Court, and various mental health programs—celebrate the countless lives they have helped...
  
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• Man wanted after pointing gun in road-rage incident near Fort Lauderdale airport: BSO

  08-05-2025 10:49 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Authorities are searching for a man who was caught on camera pointing a gun at another driver during a road-rage incident near the Fort Lauderdale Airport, officials said.
  
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• WATCH: Man with shotgun climbs through Checkers drive-thru window in North Miami

  08-05-2025 08:57 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Surveillance video shows how a man climbed through the window of a Checkers in North Miami, shotgun in hand, and allegedly robbed the restaurant as workers hid.  The brazen attack lasted less than 30 seconds and happened on Feb. 13 at around 2 a.m. at the fast food restaurant on Northwest 37th Avenue.  Loubens Moricette, 37, stood before a judge...
  
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• Video shows robber with shotgun climbing through Checkers window in North Miami

  08-05-2025 08:57 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Surveillance video shows how a man climbed through the window of a Checkers in North Miami, shotgun in hand, and allegedly robbed the restaurant as workers hid.  The brazen attack lasted less than 30 seconds and happened on Feb. 13 at around 2 a.m. at the fast food restaurant on Northwest 37th Avenue.  Loubens Moricette, 37, stood before a judge...
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in crash that shut down I-95 in Miami-Dade during morning rush

  08-05-2025 05:59 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A motorcyclist died in a crash on Interstate 95 that shut down the highway for hours in Miami-Dade County early Thursday, Florida Highway Patrol said. It happened at around 3:06 a.m. in the southbound lanes in the area of Northwest 103rd Street. FHP said the motorcyclist was on a black Suzuki when he lost control and crashed into a black...
  
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• Lanes reopen after deadly crash shuts down I-95 during morning rush in Miami-Dade

  08-05-2025 05:59 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Florida Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Interstate 95 southbound at Northwest 103rd Street that shut down all lanes early Thursday, causing heavy delays during morning rush hour. Lanes have since reopened. Troopers were dispatched at around 3:12 a.m. to the scene that appeared to involve two cars and a motorcycle. Information on the cause and victims was...
  
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• Fatal crash on I-95 southbound shuts down lanes in Miami-Dade

  08-05-2025 05:59 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Florida Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Interstate 95 southbound at Northwest 103rd Street early Thursday. They were dispatched at around 3:12 a.m. to the scene that appeared to involve two cars and a motorcycle. All lanes were shut down. Drivers are being diverted at 125th Street. Take Florida’s Turnpike, U.S. 1 or Northwest 7th Street as alternate...
  
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• Fatal crash on I-95 southbound in Miami-Dade shuts down all lanes, diverts drivers

  08-05-2025 05:59 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Florida Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Interstate 95 southbound at Northwest 103rd Street early Thursday. They were dispatched at around 3:12 a.m. to the scene that appeared to involve two cars and a motorcycle. All lanes were shut down. Drivers are being diverted at 125th Street. Take Florida’s Turnpike, U.S. 1, U.S. 441 or Northwest 7th Street...
  
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