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• How South Florida Restaurants are Fighting to Stay Open During Latest Covid Spike

  29-12-2021 23:26 via nbcmiami.com
  
  As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc on South Florida, restaurant owners are taking a step back to figure out how to adjust. “We’re thinking these next 30 days are going to be the highest peak of infection,” restaurant owner Carlos Gazitua said. “So we’re thinking, how do you stay open the next 30 days? What’s your strategy going forward?” Gazitua...
  
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• Memorial Held For Child Victims of Wilton Manors Hit-and-Run

  29-12-2021 23:23 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A vigil was held for the children that were victims of a hit-and-run crash in Wilton Manors. People stopped by the memorial to drop off balloons and flowers and to pray for the children still in the hospital and for the two young lives lost. The crash took the lives of 6-year-old Andrea Fleming and 5-year-old Paris Kyli-Ann Jones. The...
  
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• 3 People Rescued From Plane Crash Off Florida Keys

  29-12-2021 22:57 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A Coast Guard boat crew and a good Samaritan rescued three people from a plane crash, Wednesday. The incident happened at about 4:30 p.m. about 10 miles north of Florida Keys Marathon International Airport after a report of a downed Cessna 210 aircraft. The rescued were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. “Thank you to the good Samaritan...
  
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• Tiger Shot After Biting Worker at Naples Zoo Has Died

  29-12-2021 21:20 via nbcmiami.com
  
  It appears the man who was attacked "traversed an initial fence barrier and put his arm through the fencing of the tiger enclosure," before the tiger grabbed it, the sheriff's office said.
  
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• Tiger Shot After Attacking Person at Naples Zoo: Police

  29-12-2021 21:20 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A tiger was shot after a man working for a third-party cleaning company was attacked at Florida's Naples Zoo on Wednesday, according to officials.
  
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• Person Attacked by Tiger in Naples Zoo

  29-12-2021 21:20 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A person was attacked by a tiger at Naples Zoo Wednesday. Lee Memorial Hospital confirmed to NBC 2 that the person was flown to the hospital after suffering injuries from the attack. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is responding to the incident and said the investigation is ongoing. This is a developing story. Please check back for more updates.
  
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• Publix Grocery Chain Starts Offering Paid Parental Leave

  29-12-2021 21:08 via nbcmiami.com
  
   The Publix grocery store chain will start offering paid parental leave to employees who are new parents, company officials announced Wednesday. Eligible full-time and part-time workers will be able to take off the time during the first year of the birth or adoption of a child, starting with the new year, the Florida-based company said. The new benefits come as...
  
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• Broward County To Provide Covid At-Home Test Kits at Nine Libraries Starting Thursday

  29-12-2021 19:44 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Broward County will be distributing COVID-19 at-home rapid test kits, while supplies last, beginning Thursday, December 30th. The test kits will be distributed from the drive-through, curbside service lanes outside nine county libraries. The locations include: African American Research Library & Cultural Center 2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Thursday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m....
  
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• Short-Staffed Emergency Rooms Struggle to Keep Up With Covid Surge

  29-12-2021 19:16 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Simultaneously encouraging and discouraging is a good way to describe the current status of the Covid-19 pandemic on hospitals. The number of patients admitted with Covid-19 into South Florida hospitals is rising rapidly. For example, the Memorial Hospital System went from 40 to 240 Covid-19 patients in the last three weeks. Statewide the number is 3,400 hospitalized with Covid-19, double the...
  
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• Group of Surfside Investigators Help Solve 55-Year-Old Cold Case

  29-12-2021 18:30 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A team of civilians, residents of Surfside, took up the task of investigating a 55-year-old cold case and their unwavering efforts led to a closed case. “It was like a humongous onion. You just had to keep peeling and peeling to get to the center,” Paul Novack said.  Novack is one of five Surfside residents who made it their mission...
  
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• Gun Violence Victims Tour Zoo Miami As Part of MDPD Youth Outreach Program

  29-12-2021 18:26 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The teens, who have either been victims of gun violence or lived with victims of gun violence, visited with Zoo Miami staff members as part of the Miami-Dade Police Department's Youth Outreach Program.
  
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• Planning to Fly? Expect Challenges, Travel Expert Warns

  29-12-2021 17:53 via nbcmiami.com
  
  “Omicron is an equal opportunity offender,” said Willis Orlando of Scott’s Cheap Flights. “It’s kind of hitting folks across the board.”
  
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• NBA Postpones Heat-Spurs, After Miami Has Virus Breakout

  29-12-2021 16:17 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The NBA postponed Wednesday’s game between Miami and San Antonio, after the combination of injuries and positive tests left the Heat unable to meet the league’s requirement of eight available players. It was the 10th game postponed in the NBA this season because of virus-related issues. None of those have been rescheduled at this point. Miami had 12 players listed...
  
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• More Cruise Ships Under CDC Investigation Due to COVID Cases

  29-12-2021 16:00 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating more cruise ships due to new cases of COVID-19 as the omicron variant drives extremely high infection levels in the industry hub of Florida. The CDC said 88 vessels are now either under investigation or observation, but it did not specify how many COVID-19 cases have been reported. Four other vessels are...
  
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• Judge Postpones Penalty Trial for Parkland School Gunman

  29-12-2021 14:52 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A judge has postponed the penalty trial for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz to Feb. 21
  
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• Florida Shatters Daily COVID-19 Case Record, Reporting Over 46,000 New Infections

  29-12-2021 13:51 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Florida set its daily COVID-19 case record Wednesday, recording nearly 47,000 new infections as the omicron variant surges in the days after the holidays, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• Walmart Temporarily Closing Hialeah Location for Sanitation Purposes

  29-12-2021 13:28 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Walmart shoppers will have one less location to choose from in Hialeah for several days in an effort to clean and sanitize the building. The company announced it would close the location at 5851 NW 177th Street at 2 p.m. Wednesday and would reopen the store at 6 a.m. Friday. “As an essential business and a member of the Hialeah...
  
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• FDA: Rapid Antigen Tests May Be Less Effective at Detecting Omicron

  29-12-2021 12:48 via nbcmiami.com
  
  CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walesnky said while antigen tests may not perform as well as it did for other variants, "it's still picking up quite a bit of infection" and the agency encourages its use
  
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• Suspect in Deadly Wilton Manors Hit-and-Run Crash Has Outburst in Court

  29-12-2021 11:17 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A judge decided Wednesday that the suspect in a hit-and-run crash in Wilton Manors that killed two children and hospitalized four more will be held in jail without bond.
  
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• No Bond Ordered for Suspect in Wilton Manors Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed 2 Children

  29-12-2021 11:17 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A judge decided Wednesday that the suspect in a hit-and-run crash in Wilton Manors that killed two children and hospitalized four more will be held in jail without bond.
  
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• Officer Hospitalized After Morning Crash in Miramar

  29-12-2021 08:51 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A police officer was rushed to the hospital after a morning crash Wednesday in Miramar. Chopper footage showed the scene near the intersection of Flamingo Road and Pembroke Road, where the crash took place just after 6 a.m. Miramar Police said officers were clearing the roadway after an earlier incident when one officer’s car was hit by another vehicle. That...
  
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• Police Searching for Missing NW Miami-Dade Man Diagnosed With Autism

  29-12-2021 07:55 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Miami-Dade Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man who was diagnosed with autism and is non-verbal. MDPD said 27-year-old Jonathan Flores was last seen Tuesday in the 6800 block of NW 169th Street around 9 p.m. after walking out of his home. Flores is 5’7″ tall and weighs 115 pounds with black hair and brown...
  
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• FOUND: Missing NW Miami-Dade Man Diagnosed With Autism

  29-12-2021 07:55 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Miami-Dade Police says the non-verbal man diagnosed with autism has been found and been reunited with his family. MDPD said 27-year-old Jonathan Flores was last seen Tuesday in the 6800 block of NW 169th Street around 9 p.m. after walking out of his home. Flores is 5’7″ tall and weighs 115 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was...
  
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• Officers Shot Central Florida Man to Protect Innocent Bystander: Police

  29-12-2021 07:48 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Officials say police officers shot a man who had been acting erratically as he ran toward a vehicle entering an Orlando apartment complex
  
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• Central Florida Mayor Claims Gov. DeSantis Has Been MIA During Omicron Surge

  29-12-2021 05:50 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The mayor of one of Florida’s largest counties is blasting Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying he has been missing in action during the latest wave of COVID-19
  
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• 6 to Know: COVID-19, Bad Weather Creates Travel Hassle At South Florida Airports

  29-12-2021 05:00 via nbcmiami.com
  
  It’s Wednesday, December 29th – and NBC 6 has the top stories for the day. No. 1 – Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested the driver responsible for the hit-and-run crash that struck six young children, killing two of them in Wilton Manors, according to BSO Tuesday.  The driver, 27-year-old Sean Charles Greer, plowed into six children and fled the scene...
  
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• Mexico, After Recent Refusal of Entry, Says Cruise Ships With COVID Cases Can Dock

  29-12-2021 02:01 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The announcement came after two Mexican ports refused to allow passengers ashore because their ships had coronavirus cases.
  
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