It’s Friday, October 18th – and NBC 6 has the top stories you need to know for the day.
No. 1 – Weather wise, A mostly dry start Friday will be followed by stray storms and showers in the afternoon and evening. Keep your NBC 6 app handy for push alerts of any severe weather as well as First Alert Doppler 6000.
No. 2 – A teen boy was hospitalized after he was stabbed in the chest and abdomen near a parking lot of a gas station in Coral Springs Thursday, police said.
No. 3 – The White House said Thursday it has chosen President Donald Trump's golf resort near Miami as the site for next year's Group of Seven summit.
The announcement to hold the event at Trump National Doral comes at the same time the president has accused Joe Biden's family of profiting from public office because of Hunter Biden's business activities in Ukraine when his father was vice president.
No. 4 - Prosecutors in Florida have charged former NBA star Dennis Rodman with a single count of misdemeanor battery after a May 2019 incident at a Delray Beach bar.
No. 5 - The City of Miami Beach is trying to combat fraudulent pricing and false advertising at local establishments.
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The city has made the cafés clear the public space for 24 hours following a new code of conduct. The ordinance, passed at the beginning of October, bans establishments from showcasing misleading advertisements and hounding customers.
No. 6 - NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will make "HERstory," as NASA is calling it, with the first all-female spacewalk.
