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Police arrested a Homestead father Thursday after they said an unloaded gun was found in a backpack belonging to his six-year-old child.

“I want to let everybody know and I want it to be clear that I have always been a resident of North Miami Beach.” That’s the message of North Miami Beach Mayor Anthony DeFillipo to the thousands of residents he was elected to serve.

Families and a community are grieving Thursday for two teens who died after their car plunged into a canal in Sunrise.

A South Florida woman is grateful to be alive after she was stabbed several times allegedly by her roommate, who police arrested earlier this month for attempted murder.

Here are the top stories on NBC 6 for Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.

A former student who accused her South Florida high school teacher of having sex with her in his classroom took the stand again at his Miami-Dade trial Thursday.

Amending the state’s death penalty law, fighting fentanyl and stopping bail reform are all part of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ law and order agenda. DeSantis laid out the agenda at a news conference Thursday at the Miami Police Benevolent Association. The governor noted that the state is experiencing a 50-year crime rate low but said he ...

A construction diver died after he was pulled from a storm drain in a canal in northwest Miami-Dade Thursday morning.

One person was hospitalized after a crash in Hollywood involving a sedan and a tractor-trailer ripped the roof off the car Thursday morning.

An appliance delivery man has been convicted of beating a 75-year-old woman to death and setting her on fire at her Florida home. Court records show that 24-year-old Jorge Dupre Lachazo was convicted of first-degree murder, burglary and arson on Wednesday. He faces a mandatory life sentence. Officials say Dupre Lachazo and another man delivered a w...

One of Florida’s two members of the United States Senate, Sen. Rick Scott, is running for a second term in 2024.

The FBI is asking for the public’s help in finding the person caught on camera robbing a bank Wednesday in Deerfield Beach.

Two Hialeah Police Department officers are facing charges after authorities said they kidnapped a homeless man, drove him to an isolated location and beat him while he was handcuffed.