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Some state leaders have said that while they don’t have an issue with seasonal residents getting vaccinated here, they are concerned about tourists doing the same while visiting Florida

Some state leaders have said that while they don’t have an issue with seasonal residents getting vaccinated here, they are concerned about tourists doing the same while visiting Florida.

The COVID crisis has turned our lives upside down and some see it as an opportunity.  “We know that scammers follow the headlines,” Colleen Tressler with the Federal Trade Commission said.  Tressler explains consumers are easy targets in this pandemic.  “The agency has received more than 270,000 specific COVID related complaints, the fraud loses dollar wise associated with that...

Sasha Jones has the details on health experts’ warnings of vaccine scams that targets people’s personal information.

Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for COVID-19 have the go-ahead from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Tens of thousands are arriving in Florida and they will go first to health care workers.

What do health care workers think about the vaccines? NBC 6 Investigators conducted a survey and dozens weighed in.

Cellphone video, exclusively obtained by NBC 6 Investigators, shows Medley Police officers arresting Joshua Rodriguez inside his then home in January 2019.

When police are accused of misconduct, it can cost them credibility and it can also cost taxpayers money, once lawsuits start flying. But NBC 6 Investigators found it’s not easy for those who accused police to prove their case.

Changes Coming to Miami-Dade Courthouses Amid Pandemic

In February, Phoebe Moon’s parents snapped a photo of the nine-month-old baby carrying a teddy bear on a plane to Miami.  “It was Phoebe’s first holiday,” said Phoebe’s mother, Aimee Moon, during a Zoom interview from the United Kingdom.  Once they arrived, they boarded the Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas—a ship that promotes activities for the little ones online. ...

A teen was left with a black eye after a supervisor at a juvenile detention facility hit her face. NBC 6 Investigators obtained exclusive video of what happened.

Photos, exclusively obtained by NBC 6 Investigators, show the bruised eye of a 17-year-old after she says a sergeant hit her face early September at the Broward Regional Juvenile Detention Center.

Luis Valdes says he loved being part of Miami Police Department’s elite crime suppression unit, or CSU, until he and some of his colleagues saw something that made them send an anonymous letter to the department’s internal affairs.

A former City of Miami police officer says he was investigated and fired for helping the FBI lock up his corrupt sergeant. In a lawsuit he filed against the city, the ex-cop accuses several officials, including the current chief of police, of retaliating against him.

A baby’s first vacation turned for the worse after she got sick on board. Her family is now suing the cruise line, saying its doctors didn’t do enough.

A judge ruled the agency was dishonest and acted in bad faith with a contractor it hired to set up a now-trashed toll-by-plate system — one that never worked properly. After two trials and two appeals, the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority finally surrendered — at a total cost of around $84 million.

It’s the biggest boondoggle in the history of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, and the costliest.

One of the lawyers representing the effort to recall Miami city commissioner Joe Carollo was the focus of an anonymous research packet emailed to several high ranking city leaders. So far, it’s led to the attorney, David Winker, being cited by the code department for having an illegal home office. Winkler says he’s being retaliated against for his legal work...

The city of Hialeah’s task force looking into COVID-19 outbreaks at local nursing homes and assisted living facilities found access to personal protective equipment is still a concern.  Members of the task force, which includes the city’s fire department, went to all the 94 long-term care facilities in the area and found 20 reported PPE shortages: 15 needed gowns, 14…

The city of Hialeah’s task force looking into COVID-19 outbreaks at local nursing homes and assisted living facilities found access to personal protective equipment is still a concern.