What to Know
- It’s Friday, January 18th – and NBC 6 has the top six stories for you to know for your day.
It’s Friday, January 18th – and NBC 6 has the top six stories for you to know for your day.
Weather wise, a slightly warmer morning will continue a trend with high temperatures near 80 degrees today and tomorrow before the next cold front is scheduled to arrive overnight Saturday and into Sunday morning.
No. 1 - A Broward County man used the popular game Fortnite to recruit an underage teen to engage in sexual activity and get pornographic photos and videos of the minor, and investigators believe there could be as many as 20 more victims, authorities said Thursday.
Anthony Gene Thomas, 41, is facing charges that include soliciting a child for unlawful sexual conduct using computers, traveling to meet a minor for unlawful sexual activity and more.
No. 2 - A man was charged in the murder of two men more than two years after they were shot and killed outside of a nightclub in southwest Miami-Dade.
Prosecutors say Miquell Simmons, 28, killed Von-Tavius Sands and Eddie Seymour on Sept. 10, 2016 outside of the M&M Too Sweet Lounge near SW 220th Street and 120th Avenue.
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No. 3 - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the Legislature's implementation of a medical marijuana law and said Thursday that if they don't fix it quickly, he'll take matters into his own hands.
DeSantis wants a new law by mid-March that will end a ban on smokable medical marijuana and loosen limits on treatment center licenses, saying voters spoke clearly when they approved medical marijuana in 2016.
No. 4 - More than 68,000 pounds of Perdue Foods ready-to-eat chicken nugget products are being recalled because they may be contaminated with wood, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Thursday.
The recalled products are 22-oz. packages of gluten-free chicken breast nuggets with the brand name “Perdue SimplySmart Organics.” They were shipped to stores nationwide.
No. 5 - This weekend, residents across South Florida will be honoring the life and legacy of the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – while officials remind you to celebrate safely.
For a list of some of the events taking place during the holiday weekend to honor King’s life, click on this link.
No. 6 - A group of men have been banned from cruising with Royal Caribbean for life after one of them was filmed jumping from their 11th floor balcony on the Symphony of the Seas cruise ship while it was docked in the Bahamas.
Nick Naydev posted footage of the frightening jump into the ocean at Nassau on his Instagram account on Friday. As of Thursday, it's been viewed more than 87,000 times and has more than 1,300 comments.
