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Within hours of firing their last head football coach, the Miami Hurricanes hired their next field leader. Former UM player and Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal was named the new head coach of the ‘Canes on Monday. UM confirmed the news after Cristobal informed players at Oregon of his departure earlier Monday. “The characteristics that help...

Police say a 3-year-old Florida boy is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the shoulder with a gun

Jurors continued deliberations Monday in the trial of a man accused of killing a Davie woman in her home in 2014. Dayonte Resiles faces the death penalty if he’s convicted in the killing of Jill Halliburton Su. Su was found stabbed to death in her home, her wrists and ankles bound. Resiles, now 27, was charged with murder in the…...

A new scam is targeting people who are selling used items online. The Federal Trade Commission and Better Business Bureau issued separate warnings about a new scam where scammers target your phone number. According to the warnings, scammers are targeting people who post things for sale on sites like Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist and other social...

Police have arrested two students after several threats were made on social media against schools in Miami-Dade County. The district announced the arrests Monday, saying they came after an investigation involving “several schools.” The students, a 16-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy, face felony charges of written threats to kill or ...

Everyday, children in South Florida are finding a passion for reading through an effort to put bookshelves in barbershops. According to The Children’s Trust, studies show that students who master reading are more successful throughout their academic and professional careers. But, in Miami-Dade County, nearly half of all third-graders fail to read a...

It’s Monday, December 6th – and NBC 6 has the top stories for the day. No. 1 – A vigil was held Sunday on the second anniversary of the murder of Frank Ordonez, a UPS driver who was caught in the middle of a jewelry heist as a hostage when two suspects hijacked the truck he was driving in 2019….

A vigil was held Sunday on the second anniversary of the killing of a UPS driver who was taken hostage by two jewelry heist suspects and then got caught in the crossfire of a shootout between the suspects and police. In the two years since the 2019 shootout that took the life of Frank Ordonez, his family said they are…

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is looking for an elderly man who has been missing Saturday and is possibly endangered. Mendez, 83, drove away from his residence in the 500 block of SE 6th Drive in Belle Glade, on Saturday, December 4 at 9:00 a.m., in his green Chevrolet pickup truck, Florida tag #941RPF and has not been seen or…

Following a brief entry of shower chances into the forecast Monday, a warm and dry pattern will persist over the next several days. With no cold fronts forecast to move into the area for the duration of the week, afternoon highs will run slightly above average. Monday will bring partly sunny skies with isolated showers mid-day and into the early&#8...

A couple reached out to NBC 6 after their dog was killed at a Fort Lauderdale doggie day-care. An older and larger dog killed it after the smaller one broke out of an enclosure.  According to documents from Animal Care and Adoption in Broward County, Charlie, a three-year-old Shih Tzu, broke through a small hole in a fence to a…

A viewing was held Sunday for Carrie Meek, the grandchild of a slave and a sharecropper’s daughter who became one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction. Family, friends and local leaders joined the community she served at Booker T. Washington Senior High School for the viewing. Meek died at her home in Miami after a...

After winning five of their last six games to end the regular season, the Miami Hurricanes will get a chance to take the field one more time in 2021. The ‘Canes accepted a bid Sunday to face Washington State in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, taking place December 31st in El Paso, Texas. Miami (7-5) is led by quarterback…