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6 Things to Know – Your Top Stories For Monday, June 10

What to Know

  • It’s Monday, June 10th – and NBC 6 has the top stories you need to know for the day.

It’s Monday, June 10th – and NBC 6 has the top stories you need to know for the day.

No. 1 - Keep your rain gear handy as that stormy weather pattern from the weekend continues today, making for a wet start to the work week.

Keep the NBC 6 app nearby to track those showers right down to your street as well as to get important weather push alerts.

No.2 - Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was hospitalized Monday following surgery for a gunshot wound after he was ambushed by a man in a bar in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said.

The 2013 World Series MVP is resting after surgery, according to his family, while police are investigating whether he was the intended target of the shooting, which also left two other people wounded. One suspect is in custody and another is at large, authorities said.

No. 3 - Miami-Dade Police are investigating a string of car break-ins at a condominium complex in Northwest Miami-Dade.

More than a dozen residents at the Fontainebleau Gardens located near Northwest 7th Street and 81st Avenue woke up to the unexpected situation, realizing their cars were burglarized overnight this weekend.

No. 4 - Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said one adult and four children have been hospitalized after a vehicle crashed into a tree in Opa-locka on Saturday night.

The adult and children were air rescued from the scene at NW 27th Avenue and 151st Street. Opa-Locka Police have not said what caused the accident, nor have they released any other details.

No. 5 - With his threatened Mexican tariffs now on the backburner, President Donald Trump was looking to claim victory even as some of his Democratic challengers for the White House criticized him for overselling a deal that mostly ramps up existing efforts.

Trump defended the agreement reached by U.S. and Mexican negotiators to head off the 5% tax on all Mexican goods that Trump had threatened to impose Monday as he tried to pressure the country to do more to stem the flow of Central American migrants across the U.S. southern border.

No. 6 - A former University of Florida football star has been charged with killing his wife. Earl "Tony" Joiner was arrested Saturday for second-degree murder in the 2016 killing of his wife Heyzel Obando.

The 26-year-old's body was discovered in her apartment on Valentine's Day. Fort Myers Police did not release any other details, saying only that they worked closely with the TV series "Cold Justice."

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