What to Know
- It’s Thursday, May 2nd – and NBC 6 has the top stories you need to know for the day.
It’s Thursday, May 2nd – and NBC 6 has the top stories you need to know for the day.
Weather wise, keep that umbrella handy as showers and storms stick around through the weekend as part of a disturbance making its way through the area.
No. 1 - Police are investigating two deadly incidents - the first in Miami Beach, where an elderly man was found dead inside his apartment.
The second incident happened in west Miami-Dade where a man allegedly stabbed his wife to death. When cops arrived they say they were forced to shoot the suspect, killing him.
No. 2 - State lawmakers passed a bill allowing teachers to carry firearms in the classroom, once of several measures passed in the wake of the shooting inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Teachers would have to meet certain requirements and Gov. Ron DeSantis says he intends to sign the bill.
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No. 3 - A Hialeah man is asking for the public’s health after his massive boat was stolen early Thursday morning from outside his family’s home.
The boat’s owner, Joel Jimenez, told reporters that video captured a total of five people in front of his home off E. 60th Street around 1 a.m. Thursday – with Jimenez saying a total of five men took the 31 foot fountain boat valued at over $90,000.
No. 4 - Attorney General William Barr has informed lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee that he will skip a hearing on special counsel Robert Mueller's report, escalating an already acrimonious battle between Democrats and the Justice Department.
Barr's decision — he cites a disagreement over the questioning — came the same day the department missed a committee deadline to provide the panel with a full, unredacted version of Mueller's Russia report and its underlying evidence.
No. 5 - A judge ordered New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to appear in court for the next hearing in his prostitution case in three weeks. His attorneys are asking the judge to block surveillance video from being shown as evidence during the trial.
No. 6 – A well known South Florida lawyer is fighting back after negative reviews over plastic surgery procedures performed – by filing lawsuits against two women.
Dr. Leonard Hochstein decided to take action as a last resort to protect himself from what he calls inaccurate reviews. For more on this story and how you can avoid a day in court, click on this link.
