Here are some of last week's top stories from the NBC 6 Weekend Digest:
New Florida Law Protects You Against Contractor Fraud
For years, NBC 6 Responds has reported about homeowners who have lost money to rogue contractors. Now new changes to state law aim to make it easier to prosecute contractors who take money but don't do the work.
Homeowners like Robert Haag and Lilly Krause who told us they handed over lump sums for home improvement work but say the contractor never did the work.
"I am 78, we saved money out of our social security and the little retirement I have," Haag told us back in 2018.
Cases like Haag's have caught the attention of state lawmakers.
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Why You Should Click on ‘Not Recommended’ Reviews on Yelp
Many small business owners rely on Yelp to attract new customers, but some say Yelp is hurting their business instead. They say Yelp is robbing them of good reviews. Yes — those good reviews you're leaving for your favorite small business may not be helping at all.
Brothers Raymond and Ron Amantia have been in the plastering business for 40 years. They're on the brink of retirement.
"We just kind of pick and choose now. I just kind of work three, four days a week," Raymond said.
But they say their retirement plans are slipping away because of Yelp.
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No Injuries After Train Traveling From MIA Derails
Around 30 passengers had to evacuate a Metrorail train after it derailed from the tracks as it left from Miami International Airport Friday evening.
The train partially derailed after 6 p.m. while transitioning on the tracks near Northwest 41st Street and 23rd Avenue at a low speed rate, said Miami-Dade Transit spokesperson Karla Damian.
It was heading southbound from the MIA station to the Earlington Heights station.
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Angry Florida Man Goes on Rampage at City Hall After Being Fired
A city worker who attacked his supervisor when he was fired on Wednesday, then threw a chair at a woman in Indian Rocks Beach City Hall before taking a city-owned truck and driving it toward a group of women standing outside the building, investigators in Florida said.
Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies arrested Errol Gray, 52, shortly thereafter Wednesday morning. He's charged with aggravated assault and battery and resisting arrest.
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