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Dillon Gabriel threw for a career-best 417 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 14 Central Florida to a 49-21 victory over Georgia Tech in the Knights’ season opener

A hurricane watch is in effect Saturday for coastal Texas as Tropical Storm Beta gains strength in the Gulf of Mexico

Here’s a look at the top stories from the past week from NBC 6 News. A Miami man is planning to sue rapper Tory Lanez for allegedly assaulting him last year at a Miami Beach nightclub. Prince, an artist and club promoter who appeared on “Love & Hip Hop: Miami,” told NBC 6 Lanez punched and attacked him Nov. 9…

Several types of entertainment venues will be allowed to reopen ahead of schedule in Miami-Dade County, Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced in a press release Thursday.

Tropical Storm Beta has formed in the western Gulf of Mexico, the third storm that formed in just a few hours Friday in a record-setting Atlantic hurricane season. Beta was located 305 miles east of the Mouth of Rio Grande and had winds of 60 mph, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It was…

A woman who traveled to Miami for a Brazilian butt lift has died following the procedure.

Police are investigating a shooting Thursday in North Miami. Law enforcement responded to the area of Northeast 128th Street and 8th Avenue. At least one person was airlifted to the hospital, said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. Police weren’t sure how many people where shot. Further information was not available.

After saying evictions in Miami-Dade County can begin again for those that were ordered before COVID-19, Mayor Carlos Gimenez has reversed course.

A woman was arrested Tuesday in Homestead after she allegedly attacked her daughter following an argument about Instagram.

Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider took to social media to condemn anti-maskers who ripped off their masks inside a Florida Target store while blaring the group’s hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”

The iconic Key West bar that Ernest Hemingway frequented during the 1930s is set to reopen after closing because of the coronavirus pandemic

A Florida woman has been convicted in a scheme to buy and ship inflatable military boats from the U.S. to China

A South Florida man who was out on probation is back in jail on new cases of burglary, grand theft and attempted murder. Detectives say Richard Jones went from burglary to attempted felony murder in the span of two months. In one case on July 30, Jones allegedly asked an 88-year-old woman for money for a football team and she…

Police in Davie are searching for suspects who they say assaulted a woman and stole her phone and purse during an incident in a Walmart parking lot that was caught on camera. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of the store at 4301 S. University Drive and started with a fight over a parking space, police said….

For the past seven years, Jasmine Lucas has had peace of mind knowing, if she got sick, she was covered. “It has high coverage and a low deductible and a low premium,” she said of her current healthcare plan. “I mean, it’s like the best of the plans.” She told NBC 6 she has had the same individual plan through…

A Florida citrus company has sold another piece of land to the state for preservation

Floridians living in the path of Hurricane Sally are staying put, inside their flooded homes until it’s safe to go out. But, while they wait, the Florida Task Force 2 team is making its way up north for search and rescue efforts. The 45-person team is heading up to Tallahassee, with boats, trucks and high water vehicles. They’ll keep...

A Florida sheriff’s deputy who was fired for his inaction during a school shooting that left 17 dead has been reinstated with back pay by an arbitrator

Flu season is around the corner, with the official start on Oct. 1. And medical experts say the flu shot is more imperative now than ever.

Bam Adebayo had the biggest block of his career in the Heat’s Game 1 win over the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals

Since the beginning of the pandemic, people have reported issues getting the unemployment benefits they are owed.

Halloween Horror Nights may not fall victim to 2020 after all

The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a 42-year-old diver who went missing

Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents prepared for a new weather onslaught as Sally was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane early Tuesday morning.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has nominated Judge Jamie Grosshans for the Florida Supreme Court following after the high court sided with a Democratic lawmaker and nullified the governor’s previous appointment

The latest shock waves from the pandemic are hitting the travel industry, and that could impact your plans for months to come — but not necessarily in a bad way.

After three weeks of distance learning, Monroe County Public Schools reopened Monday, welcoming thousands of students back to their classrooms.

Florida’s 2018 Democratic nominee for governor told a television interviewer he is bisexual

A bomb squad responded to a Miami Shores home Monday after a possible military explosive that may be from the Civil War was found in a yard. The discovery was made by a resident at a home in the 300 block of Northeast 97th Street, Miami Shores Police officials said. Officials said the area was evacuated as a precaution and…