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Trial for Men Charged with Slaying Rapper XXXTentacion in Florida Set to Begin
More than four years after gunmen killed emerging rap star XXXTentacion during a robbery outside a South Florida motorcycle shop, three suspects are on trial. Jury selection began Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale. Shooting suspect Michael Boatwright and his accused accomplices, Dedrick Williams and Trayvon Newsome, could all receive life sentences if convicted of first-degree murder. They have pleaded not guilty....
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Jury Sides With Flo Rida, Awards $82 Million in Lawsuit Against Celsius
A Broward jury has sided with Flo Rida in his lawsuit against energy drink maker Celsius, awarding the rapper more than $82 million over the company’s breach of contract on an endorsement deal.
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Florida Man Accused of Killing Co-Worker With Sledgehammer
A man was arrested for allegedly killing his co-worker with a sledgehammer at their workplace in Hollywood Wednesday morning, officials said.
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26-Year-Old Florida Mother Dies Following Plastic Surgery
A Florida mother of two died after a popular plastic surgery procedure — and the state says the person who provided the anesthesia wasn’t qualified.
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Drake, Tekashi 69 Among Rappers Named as Potential Witnesses in XXXTentacion Murder Case
Drake and Tekashi 69 are among a group of hip hop stars who are listed as potential defense witnesses for one of the men charged in the 2018 killing of local rapper XXXTentacion, court records showed.
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Florida Teacher Fired After Allegedly Disrupting Muslim Students as They Prayed, Video Shows
A South Florida teacher is out of a job after a video posted on social media appeared to show her interrupting Muslim students as they were praying.
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‘Is This a Joke?': Man Traveling With 2 Daughters Says He Was Accused of Human Trafficking
A Florida father traveling with his two daughters said he was stopped at the airport and humiliated in front of other passengers as authorities accused him of human trafficking.
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Florida Teen Arrested After Carjacking 82-Year-Old in Caught-on-Camera Attack
A teen was arrested for allegedly pushing an 82-year-old man to the ground before carjacking him last month in Lauderdale Lakes, authorities said.
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Parkland School Gunman Sentenced to Life After Families Have Final Say
Parents, wives, children, and siblings of the 17 people murdered by Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz got their final chance to verbally thrash him face-to-face Wednesday before he was sentenced to life behind bars.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Suspends 4 School Board Members After Grand Jury Report
DeSantis said the move was made in response to a grand jury report released last week that recommended the school board members be suspended due to “deceit, malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty and incompetence.”
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Grand Jury Recommends 4 School Board Members Be Removed Over Parkland Shooting
A Florida grand jury empaneled after a deadly mass shooting at a Parkland high school has recommended that four members of that school board be fired. The grand jury in a report released Friday called on Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend Broward County school board members Patricia Good, Donna Korn, Ann Murray and Laurie Rich Levinson. It also criticized former...
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Emotional Testimony Begins Parkland School Shooter Death Penalty Trial
The sentencing trial for the man who killed 17 people and wounded 17 others in the Parkland high school shooting more than four years ago began Monday with opening statements from the lead prosecutor and emotional testimony from some of the teachers and students who witnessed the shooting. Jurors are deciding whether Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to death or…
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Kodak Black Arrested in Fla. on Drug Charges the Week Before Rolling Loud
NBC 6 cameras were there as a masked Kodak Black was released from the Broward County jail Saturday, and escorted to an awaiting SUV by his security team. The South Florida native and famous rapper was arrested again on Friday, this time in Fort Lauderdale, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Black, 25, was traveling south on Northwest 31st Ave,…
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Miami Man Shares Battle With Monkeypox: Feels Like Someone ‘Set Fire to My Skin'
A Miami man who’s spent more than a week in the hospital battling monkeypox is sharing his painful journey on social media in an effort to bring attention to the outbreak.
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‘I've Been Kidnapped': Woman's Social Media Post Leads to Ex's Arrest
A man is facing charges after a woman’s social media post about being kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend quickly got the attention of law enforcement.
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New DNA Testing Implicates Man Exonerated in Florida Woman's 1990 Murder
More than 30 years after a woman was murdered in Broward County, prosecutors say new DNA testing implicates a man who was found not guilty in the killing. Robert Earl Hayes went to trial twice on a first-degree murder charge in the Feb. 20, 1990, killing of Pamela Albertson, a horse groomer at the Pompano Beach race track. The first…
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Remains Identified as Florida Teen Missing for Nearly 50 Years May Be Victim of Serial Killer
Detectives with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office have successfully identified human remains found as those of a teen missing from Broward County for nearly a half century. PBSO said the remains were found the morning of June 16, 1974, in a swampy area of Singer Island, located in North Palm Beach. The investigation at the time determined the remains…
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Steelers' Dwayne Haskins ‘Drank Heavily' Before Death on South Florida Highway: Autopsy
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins “drank heavily” at a club and still had a large amount of alcohol in his blood when he was struck and killed by a dump truck on a South Florida highway last month.
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Wife's 911 Call Reveals Dwayne Haskins Apparently Ran Out of Gas Before Fatal Hit
Frantic callers can be heard screaming at Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins to get out of the middle of a highway, and the NFL star’s wife is heard crying and pleading for answers about her husband’s whereabouts in new 911 calls from the day he was struck and killed in South Florida.
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‘Love of My Life, Forever': Wife Mourns Steelers' Quarterback Dwayne Haskins
Dwayne Haskins’ wife, Kalabrya, has released a statement after her husband, an NFL quarterback, was killed in an accident while walking on a South Florida highway.