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6 Things to Know – Your Top Stories For Monday, April 22

What to Know

  • It’s Monday, April 22nd – and NBC 6 has the top six stories you need to know for the day.

It’s Monday, April 22nd – and NBC 6 has the top six stories you need to know for the day.

Weather wise, the beautiful conditions that greeted South Florida this weekend stick around for the start of the work week before a warming trend arrives starting Thursday.

No. 1 - Officials are searching for a fourth victim after a boat crashed into a Miami Beach jetty and capsized.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is leading the search for the fourth person after two people were killed and another was injured in the incident.

Crews are searching the area around Government cut.

No. 2 - Police have a person of interest in custody after as many as eight fires were set in garbage dumpsters across Little Havana.

Miami Fire Rescue crews were called to several scenes early Monday morning, including one near Southwest 8th Street and 6th Avenue and another off Southwest 5th Street and 6th Court.

No. 3 - A van parked near a Sri Lankan church that was bombed on Easter Sunday exploded on Monday, but no injuries have been reported.

The new blast comes amid the inquest into Sunday's coordinated suicide bombings that killed at least 290 people and wounded about 500 more.

No. 4 - An official newspaper in Cuba reports that officials are restricting electricity use at a time the economy is being squeezed by a series of setbacks, including reduced fuel shipments from Venezuela and tighter U.S. sanctions.

No. 5 - Florida lawmakers are considering several measures to address the state's long documented election woes.

Problems with ballot counting - from the controversial 2000 presidential election to the 2018 statewide election - prompted Spring Hill Republican Rep. Blaise Ingoglia and two House committees to draft a bill to streamline the absentee balloting schedule.

No. 6 – The nation prepares to celebrate the 49th annual Earth Day, promoting activities and awareness of conditions in an effort to save the planet.

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