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• Orlando Hospitals Need Oxygen From Public Water

  20-08-2021 17:44 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The Orlando Utility Commission treats the city’s water with liquid oxygen and supplies that ordinarily go toward water treatment have been diverted to hospitals for patients suffering from the virus, Mayor Buddy Dyer said.
  
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• New Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Site to Open in Miami-Dade Saturday

  20-08-2021 17:10 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A new monoclonal antibody treatment site is slated to open in Miami-Dade County Saturday. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday the treatment site will be located at Tropical Park and will have the capacity to serve more than 300 patients per day. The site will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week. DeSantis has launched...
  
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• New Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Site Opens in Miami-Dade

  20-08-2021 17:10 via nbcmiami.com
  
  In an effort to ease the pressure on overwhelmed hospital systems, monoclonal antibody treatment centers continue to open across Florida. Tropical Park in Southwest Miami-Dade is the latest site to open in South Florida. CB Smith Park is also open in Broward County. George Cavros, 38, received the monoclonal infusion on Sunday. “I feel like a million bucks. It’s incredible....
  
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• Vacationers Flocking to Homes Instead of Hotels As New Vacation Rental Option

  20-08-2021 16:22 via nbcmiami.com
  
  It’s billed as an oasis in the middle of the city – a $1.5 million home in Coconut Grove is one of thousands of short term vacation rentals listed on Marriott’s Homes and Villas Program. “Now we’re at 30,000 homes across Europe, the Middle East, about to enter Asia and across the Americas, with a heavy focus on the US...
  
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• Organizations Collecting Supplies in Miami For #HaitiStrong Donation Drive

  20-08-2021 15:50 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The City of Miami has teamed up with local churches and other organizations to collect supplies, aid and relief items for Haiti in the aftermath of a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake that ravaged the island. The #HaitiStrong donation drive is collecting dry food, building supplies, medical supplies and money to help the country, according to Commissioner Jeffrey Watson. Watson said...
  
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• Caught on Camera: Miami Police Search for Suspect Accused of Fondling 12-Year-Old Girl

  20-08-2021 15:08 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Miami police are looking for a man they say fondled a 12-year-old girl inside a business Monday. The incident happened at a business in the area of NE 2nd Avenue and NE 1st Street. The victim entered the business along with another girl when she was approached by the suspect, who bumped into her and then apologized, a news release...
  
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• Miami Heat: All Employees Must Be Vaccinated Against COVID

  20-08-2021 14:54 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Employees who have not met vaccination requirements by that date will not be allowed at work, and if they remain noncompliant eventually will be considered to have resigned.
  
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• What Is Monoclonal Antibody Therapy? Here's What We Know

  20-08-2021 14:45 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Monoclonal antibodies mimic the body's ability to fight off viruses, and have been vital in the fight against Covid. Here's what it is and where you can get it.
  
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• Students, Staff Safe as Bomb Threat Investigated at Middle School in Coral Springs

  20-08-2021 13:32 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Police are investigating a reported bomb threat called into a middle school in Coral Springs on Friday. Coral Springs Police posted a message on social media saying the call was made toward Forest Glenn Middle School, located at 6501 Turtle Run Boulevard, before 1 p.m. All student and staff are safe at this time, according to police. Drivers and passersby...
  
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• Students, Staff Safe After Bomb Threat Investigated at Middle School in Coral Springs

  20-08-2021 13:32 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Police investigated a reported bomb threat called into a middle school in Coral Springs on Friday. Coral Springs Police posted a message on social media saying the call was made toward Forest Glenn Middle School, located at 6501 Turtle Run Boulevard, before 1 p.m. All student and staff were reported safe, according to police, and returned to the building just...
  
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• Parents Jailed After Infant Son Drowns in Everglades Wreck

  20-08-2021 12:42 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The parents of a 1-year-old boy who drowned in the Florida Everglades after a car wreck have been arrested
  
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• State Gives Broward Schools 48 Hours to Comply on Mask Order or Face Sanctions

  20-08-2021 12:12 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The Florida Board of Education is ordering Broward County to comply with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order banning mask mandates within 48 hours. In a letter sent to the Broward County School Board on Friday, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said both Broward County and Alachua County must comply within 48 hours before both counties could face sanctions. “It is important...
  
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• Funeral Services Held for Fort Lauderdale Officer Who Died of COVID-19 Complications

  20-08-2021 10:21 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Mourners will gather Friday to remember the life of a Fort Lauderdale Police Department officer who died of COVID-19. Funeral services will take place for Officer Jennifer Sepot at the Abundant Life Church in Margate before she is laid to rest at the Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale with full line of duty honors. Sepot joined the Fort...
  
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• SW Florida School Specialist Fired After Racist Rant Caught on Camera

  20-08-2021 09:25 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A woman caught on camera yelling racist insults at a mother and her children has been fired from her job in a Southwest Florida school district. Patricia Schmidt, who was an Exceptional Student Education specialist at an elementary school in Collier County, was filmed yelling the insults Saturday inside a neighborhood in Naples. “She blares on her horn for like...
  
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• Miami-Dade School Board Fires Officer Over Drunken Incident

  20-08-2021 07:33 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The Miami-Dade school board has fired a 34-year-old sergeant with district’s police agency who got into a fight with police officers inside a restaurant earlier this year
  
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• Police Searching for Missing Davie Teen Recently Diagnosed With Autism

  20-08-2021 06:07 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Davie Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 17-year-old who went missing after he was seen in a nearby park. Officers say Vance Warner was last seen around 6:30 p.m. at Vista View Park after he left track and field practice unnoticed. Warner is 5’10” tall and weighs 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gray...
  
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• Police Find Missing Davie Teen Recently Diagnosed With Autism

  20-08-2021 06:07 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Davie Police are thanking the public for their help in finding a 17-year-old who went missing after he was seen in a nearby park. Officers say Vance Warner was last seen around 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Vista View Park after he left track and field practice unnoticed. Warner is 5’10” tall and weighs 150 pounds and was last seen wearing...
  
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• Local Kid Becomes Entrepreneur, Creates Clothing Line to Inspire Others

  20-08-2021 05:40 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Samuel Baker created a clothing line called “Persevere Gear” during the height of the pandemic in 2020. He says he came up with the name to help inspire others to never give when they are faced with a challenge. “My parents would tell me to never give up and persevere,” the 12-year-old said. Baker told NBC 6 when middle school...
  
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• 6 to Know: Miami-Dade Schools Brace for Fallout After Defying Governor On Masks

  20-08-2021 05:19 via nbcmiami.com
  
  It’s Friday, August 20th – and NBC 6 has the top stories for the day. No. 1 – An arrest was made Thursday in the murder of former University of Miami football player Bryan Pata, who was shot to death nearly 15 years ago outside his Kendall apartment. Miami-Dade Police confirmed to NBC 6 that Rashaun Jones, who was a...
  
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• ‘Bracing for the Worst' in Florida's COVID-19 Hot Zone

  20-08-2021 04:46 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Hospitals are overflowing with COVID patients in northeast Florida, the hot zone in the state's latest surge
  
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