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A jury of seven men and five women have been sworn in for the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz. The final selections were made Wednesday with the defense using its final strikes to eliminate a banking executive and retired insurance executive who had tentatively been accepted Tuesday. The 12 will return to court July 18 for open...

Have you heard about the “How Far Can You Dig” challenge? It is a viral video going around the popular video app TikTok that directs people to dig deep, and wide holes on the beach. After seeing several holes appear on some Florida beaches, the challenge is concerning several officials. Sanibel Mayor Holly Smith said that while building...

A 58-year-old Wilton Manors man has been charged with DUI vehicular homicide 16 months after a deadly crash that killed a passenger in his McLaren sports car. David Douglas Humphreys has been recovering from severe injuries, including 37 rib fractures, ever since the Feb. 6, 2021, crash in Fort Lauderdale, court records show. His ongoing recovery a...

Police are still searching for a driver who fled the scene of a fiery hit-and-run crash in North Bay Village that left three dead as neighbors identified the victims as a mother and her two daughters. Multiple people who live in the building with the victims have identified them as Cynthia Orsatelliz and her daughters, Sofia and Maria. Their buildi...

While the Fourth of July is a holiday known for its grand displays of patriotism and pride, it is also notorious for something else: fire hazards. It is no secret that firework shows are among the most popular Fourth of July celebrations, but they are also the most dangerous, according to the Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue and Bomb Squad. The…...

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating anti-Semitic pamphlets that were left at several Parkland homes on Tuesday.

The Orlando Museum of Art has parted ways with its CEO in the days after the FBI raided the Florida museum and seized more than two dozen paintings attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The paintings seized by the FBI last week are the subject of an investigation into possible wire fraud and conspiracy. Museum board chair Cynthia Brumback said...

The first hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic season could form in the coming days as the latest potential tropical cyclone moved quickly across the southern Caribbean Sea. The National Hurricane Center reported Wednesday that Potential Tropical Cyclone Two had winds of 40 miles per hour as it moved east-southeast of Curacao. The system was moving west ...

Police are investigating the scene where a man was found shot to death Tuesday night outside a Lauderhill home. Lauderhill Police Maj. Mike Santiago said officers responded to the home located in the 5200 block of Northwest 25th Street just before 10 p.m. Tuesday after calls of a man laying unresponsive outside. Officers found the victim laying in ...

An abduction in Plantation led to a shooting at a Miami Gardens home that left one man dead and another hospitalized late Tuesday night, authorities said. Plantation Police officials said the incident began with a dispute over money between a group of men who knew each other at an Airbnb, which led to a man being abducted and taken to…...

It’s Wednesday, June 29th – and NBC 6 has the top stories for the day. No. 1 – Broward County Public Schools has reassigned the Gulfstream Academy of Hallandale Beach principal to another elementary school in the district. In April, two students were arrested following a fight in the cafeteria. While it’s unclear if the reassignmen...

Broward County Public Schools has reassigned the Gulfstream Academy of Hallandale Beach principal to another elementary school in the district.

Here are the top stories on NBC 6 for Tuesday, June 28, 2022.