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• Miami-Dade School Board Opposes Recognizing LGBTQ History Month

  07-09-2022 22:07 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The Miami-Dade County Public Schools board majorly opposed a measure to recognize and observe October as LGBTQ History Month.
  
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• Ethics Watchdogs Hold Surfside Public Forum After ‘Significant' Amount of Complaints

  07-09-2022 20:21 via nbcmiami.com
  
  People in Surfside have filed many, many ethics complaints against their new mayor and commissioners, at times cc’ing the county ethics board on emails.
  
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• Driver in Deadly Sunny Isles Hit-and-Run Pleads Guilty

  07-09-2022 19:27 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Investigators say Anthony Resnick was hit by a car in early February 2021 while crossing Sunny Isles Boulevard with his sister.
  
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• DeSantis Says ‘There is Going to Be a New Commissioner' After Joe Martinez Arrest

  07-09-2022 18:36 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he will make a decision soon about replacing Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez following his arrest on corruption charges last week. Speaking at a news conference in Miami Wednesday, DeSantis implied that a suspension would be issued soon for Martinez, who was arrested on charges of unlawful compensation and conspiracy to commit unlawful compensation. “Obviously when...
  
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• Immigration Front and Center in Florida Governor's Race After Nuñez Comments

  07-09-2022 18:00 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Immigration continues to be front and center in the race for Florida governor following Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez’s comments on a Miami Spanish-language radio show last month that Cuban migrants who arrived in the state illegally would be shipped to Delaware. During an interview with 1040 AM Actualidad Radio, Nuñez was asked about the recent wave of migrants coming to...
  
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• Jogger's Murder in Memphis Raises Safety Concerns for Women Runners

  07-09-2022 16:59 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Before you hang up your sneakers, there are some safety tips for women who enjoy running. 
  
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• Hollywood Police Seek Car, Suspects in Deadly Double Shooting

  07-09-2022 16:31 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A dark gray or silver 4-door Mercedes Benz could be the clue that leads Hollywood Police to the killer or killers, who fatally shot two men, if the public recognizes the car and reports its whereabouts.
  
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• Clear the Shelters: 2,600+ Pets Adopted in South Florida During Campaign

  07-09-2022 16:21 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Thousands of animals found their forever homes in South Florida during this year's nationwide Clear the Shelters campaign.
  
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• Pembroke Pines Man Charged with Possessing Child Pornography

  07-09-2022 15:56 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A Pembroke Pines man is accused of uploading and downloading child pornography using a free, anonymous, social media app popular with teenagers and pre-teens. Antonio de Jesus Olivera-Gomez, 22, surrendered at the Broward County Jail Sept. 1 following an investigation that began a year ago. A detective with the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a CyberTip...
  
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• Here's What You Need to Know About Hurricane Irma, 5 Years Later

  07-09-2022 15:54 via nbcmiami.com
  
  This week marks the historic peak of Hurricane Season each year. Saturday is also the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Irma’s landfall on Cudjoe Key in South Florida on Sep. 10, 2017. Long before Irma made landfall in the Caribbean, it was already shattering records. Developing on Aug. 30, 2017, it exploded to a Category 5 by Sep. 5 and became the...
  
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• 2 Teens Remain Hospitalized As Investigation Into Fatal Boat Crash Continues

  07-09-2022 15:03 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Two teens remained hospitalized Wednesday as an investigation continued into a Sunday night boat crash near Boca Chita Key that killed a high school senior from Miami. A total of 14 people were on the 29-foot boat when it struck a channel marker in the Intracoastal waterway near the south end of Cutter Bank in Miami-Dade County around 6:30 p.m.,...
  
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• Fort Lauderdale Man Accused of Two Attempted Murders

  07-09-2022 13:30 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A 28-year-old man with a history of violence is facing two charges of attempted murder, court records show. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, Fort Lauderdale Police with K9, and a SWAT team arrested Walter Lee Kendrick Jr. Sunday as he was climbing out the rear window of an apartment in the 1200 block of Northwest First Street in Fort...
  
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• Pompano Beach Advises Residents to Use Caution After Sewage Overflow Into Canal

  07-09-2022 13:19 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A sewage pipe breach Wednesday in the city of Pompano Beach is causing officials to urge residents to stay out of canals in the area. The breach took place in the 2000 block of Southeast 5th Court, causing it to spill in the canals that flow into the Intercoastal Waterway. City crews are working to locate and repair the source...
  
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• DeSantis Proposing More Toll Relief on Florida Roadways

  07-09-2022 12:32 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Florida commuters could potentially save hundreds of dollars under a new toll relief proposal from Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis unveiled his new proposal during a news conference in Miami Wednesday afternoon. Last month, DeSantis announced the launch of “SunPass Savings,” a new toll discount program for customers who use Florida’s Turnpike System and toll facilities owned by the Florida Department...
  
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• Police, Family Seek Answers in Deadly June Shooting at Aventura Apartment Complex

  07-09-2022 12:14 via nbcmiami.com
  
  It’s been over three months since a Miami father was shot outside of a birthday party at an Aventura apartment complex and died at the hospital days later. Now, police and the victim’s family are making a public call for help in the case. Officers handed out flyers Wednesday at the complex located near Northeast 195th Street and 10th Avenue,...
  
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• Shooters Restaurant Shooting Suspect Dies After He's Found Unresponsive in Jail Cell

  07-09-2022 11:35 via nbcmiami.com
  
  The suspect in a fatal shooting at a popular waterfront restaurant in Fort Lauderdale earlier this year has died after he was found unresponsive in his jail cell, officials said. Broward Sheriff’s Office Department of Detention deputies found 33-year-old Angel Candelaria unresponsive in his cell at the Main Jail in the early morning hours of Aug. 31, officials said in...
  
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• Woman With Same Name as Rapper Tupac Shakur Charged With Battery in Miami-Dade

  07-09-2022 08:51 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A woman with the same name as the late famed rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was arrested Tuesday in Miami-Dade County on a battery charge after she allegedly attacked a man with a baseball bat. The 34-year-old woman, Tupac Amaru Shakur, was arrested and is being held on one count of aggravated battery on a person over the age of...
  
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• Transgender Woman Says She Was Kicked Out of Florida Nightclub for Using Women's Restroom

  07-09-2022 06:49 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A transgender woman is looking for answers after she said security kicked her out of a southwest Florida nightclub because she used the women’s restroom. Piper Ayers told NBC affiliate WBBH-TV that she and a group of friends went to the Dixie Roadhouse in Cape Coral and went to use the restroom – where she was told by security she...
  
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• Hurricanes Earl and Danielle Maintain Strength, 2 Other Potential Systems Watched

  07-09-2022 05:32 via nbcmiami.com
  
  All eyes are on the Atlantic Ocean as hurricanes Earl and Danielle continued to maintain strength and two other potential systems were being monitored. Hurricane Earl formed Tuesday night and strengthened to a Category 2 storm Wednesday night with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Earl remained south of Bermuda and was expected...
  
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• 6 to Know: Ordinance Would Ban Smoking on Public Beaches, Parks in Miami Beach

  07-09-2022 04:58 via nbcmiami.com
  
  It’s Wednesday, September 7th – and NBC 6 has the top stories for the day. No. 1 – New details were released by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission after a high school senior from Miami was killed in a boat crash Sunday night near Boca Chita Key. According to a preliminary report by the FWC, a 29-foot Robalo boat...
  
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