A South Florida woman was arrested after she pushed a 5-year-old child to the ground at a local park in Sunny Isles Beach last week, police said. The alleged incident happened June 8 at Town Center Park on Collins Avenue near 172nd Street. Police identified the woman as 43-year-old Natalia Hordiienko. Surveillance footage and an eyewitness report ...

A man was last seen dancing at a birthday celebration on the water before he went overboard from a boat and went missing over the weekend, new details from officials reveal. The loved ones of Akin Liverpool, 23, are now mourning the loss of someone they describe as a “bundle of joy.” “Stand-up, young man. Came from Liberty City, Overtown,” his ...

Minor league baseballs York Revolution declined to play its Pride Night game on Thursday after players refused to wear uniforms that featured a rainbow design, team officials said. The Revolutions game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs was going to mark the Pennsylvania teams 11th Annual Pride Night, but players refused to don special jerseys that ...

New police body camera footage shows the moments first responders rushed to help at the scene of a small plane crash near North Perry Airport back in May. A Cessna C172P crashed shortly after it departed the airport at around 11:30 a.m on May 29, Federal Aviation Administration officials said. The crash happened on the grounds of South Florida State ...

A man was killed in a crash involving a motorcycle and another vehicle in Coral Springs on Thursday, police said. The crash happened around 1:45 p.m. in the area of Coral Ridge Drive and Wiles Road. Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed the motorcycle on the ground and the victim’s body covered by a yellow tarp nearby. A damaged maroon SUV as ...

Looking for a World Cup ticket? The buzz around the soccer tournament now under way across North America might inspire a last-minute search online, but fans should be wary of cyber scammers. Experts and authorities warn that criminals will be deploying a range of tactics targeting soccer fans desperate to attend big-name matches at the event, which ...

Actor Faizon Love, known for his roles in hit movies like Elf, Couples Retreat and Friday, was arrested in Tampa, Florida, for contempt of court. The 58-year-old was arrested Tuesday near the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa on a fugitive warrant, according to online Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrest records. Love was booked on two counts ...

Lionel Messi’s father is undergoing medical treatment for an undisclosed illness and his family asked the media for humanity on Thursday amid rumors about Jorge Messi’s health while his son competes at the World Cup. Jorge is going through a health situation, the Messi family said in a statement. The family did not specify the illness that the ...

Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19 to commemorate the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. It became a federal holiday in 2021, meaning that some stores and other businesses might be closed in observance. Here’s what to know. ...

A man arrested in a double shooting during what authorities said was a drug deal gone wrong in Miami-Dade earlier this year is now facing charges in an alleged sexual battery and kidnapping case from 2024 in Broward, records showed. Brian Laoz, 22, was booked into Broward’s Main Jail on Wednesday on two counts of armed sexual battery, and one count ...

New video shows the moment a Miami Beach Police officer crashed her ATV while responding to a call, leaving her critically injured. The crash happened Wednesday evening at the intersection of 9th Street and Meridian Avenue. The video from a nearby apartment shows a police vehicle go through the intersection with lights flashing moments before two ...

Florida authorities are cracking down on so-called “super speeders” in the state, including a woman who was allegedly driving a whopping 140 mph. Under a recent Florida law, a “super speeder” is someone driving 100 mph or faster, or 50 mph or more over the posted speed limit. Anyone convicted of violating the law faces fines, imprisonment, or ...

The Supreme Court sided Thursday with a Texas marijuana user who wants to legally own a gun, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights. The justices, in a unanimous decision, sided with Ali Danial Hemani, who argued that a law barring guns from anyone who uses drugs illegally violates the Second Amendment. Hemani ...

Communities across South Florida are marking Juneteenth with celebrations, educational programs and cultural events that honor the end of slavery in the United States and recognize the ongoing contributions of African Americans to the nation’s history. Observed annually on June 19, Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas ...

U.S. soccer star Timothy Weah is a member of one of soccers royal families. So much so that his father George Weah, an icon in the sport who went on to become president of Liberia, is referred to as King George. Growing up, you have the pictures all over the house and his jersey, so you kind of have an idea of what his career was like, Timothy said on ...

Four boats caught fire early Thursday at a Miami marina, and authorities are working to determine the cause, officials said. It was 1:55 a.m. when Miami Fire Rescue responded to reports of multiple vessels on fire at Austral Marina at 2190 Northwest North River Drive. There, crews found two docked boats, each more than 30 feet in length, “fully ...

Since his meteoric rise to fame in the 1984 movie Footloose, fans have known actor Kevin Bacon as, well, Kevin Bacon. Not any more. The veteran star of film and television has decided to turn over a new leaf or legume if you will by changing his last name from Bacon to Bean. I just thought it seemed like such a funny idea, Bacon tells TODAY.com ...

Major South Florida roadways remained closed on Thursday and around 200 residents evacuated as a brush fire in western Miami-Dade County burned thousands of acres and a second blaze worsened the smoky conditions. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said crews responded to the Quarry 2 Fire in the area of Northwest 137th Avenue and Northwest 25th Street on ...

The interim deal reached by the United States and Iran to end their war will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring the two adversaries back to the negotiating table over Tehrans nuclear program. It will also give Iran an immediate benefit, allowing it to sell its oil freely again, according to details released by both countries. Besides the new oil ...

A Miami Beach Police officer was hospitalized after a crash Wednesday, officials said. The crash happened at the intersection of 9th Street and Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach Police officials said. Paramedics transported the officer to Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition, officials said. The circumstances surrounding the crash are under ...

Falling enrollment is an ongoing trend in South Floridas public school districts. Just like Broward County Public Schools, Miami-Dade County Public Schools is trying to right-size itself, because state funding is based on the number of students in the classrooms.  The school board on Wednesday voted unanimously to shut down nine schools, and according ...

The U.S. men’s national team made quite the first impression in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The co-hosts cruised past Paraguay 4-1 in front of a rocking home crowd at Los Angeles Stadium in Inglewood, California. Folarin Balogun tallied a first-half brace, while Gio Reyna provided an exclamation point with a stunning goal off a 26-pass team move. Now, ...

The U.S. is expected to lift sanctions on Iran and unfreeze funds and assets linked to the countrys regime under a 14-point memorandum of understanding provided to NBC News by a senior U.S. official. The interim agreement declares an intent to bring about an immediate and permanent termination of military operations in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, ...

A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office corrections deputy was arrested in Hialeah for allegedly molesting a teen girl, police said. Manuel De Jesus Chaveco Delgado, 42, is facing three counts of lewd and lascivious molestation on a child between 12 and 16 and one count of showing obscene material to a minor, Hialeah Police officials said Wednesday. ...

New details were provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday after a body was recovered in Biscayne Bay near Brickell over the weekend. According to the FWC, on Saturday, they were told by Miami Police that there was a missing person in Miami-Dade County. During their investigation, FWC learned that on Friday, there ...