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Gym owner arrested again in Broward over face masks
Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: PLANTATION, Fla. – Early Friday, Plantation police were parked outside of 1440 Fitness, letting members know the gym is closed and for now they’ll have to work out somewhere else. The gym’s owner Mike Carnevale’s spent Thursday night in Broward County jail over his refusal to enforce the use of face masks inside his business.This is the second time Plantation Police Department officers arrested Carnevale, 31, over a violation of Broward County’s emergency order, which requires people to wear face masks to help reduce the spread of the...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: PLANTATION, Fla. – Early Friday, Plantation police were parked outside of 1440 Fitness, letting members know the gym is closed and for now they’ll have to work out somewhere else. The gym’s owner Mike Carnevale’s spent Thursday night in Broward County jail over his refusal to enforce the use of face masks inside his business.This is the second time Plantation Police Department officers arrested Carnevale, 31, over a violation of Broward County’s emergency order, which requires people to wear face masks to help reduce the spread of the...WW…
Victim tells Miami-Dade judge about video of racist rant
Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI – Dwayne Wynn told a Miami-Dade County judge on Tuesday about the video he recorded on June 14 of Joseph Fucheck’s racist and homophobic insults.Wynn was outside of his home when he took a flyer Fucheck had left in his mailbox. Fucheck saw Wynn and returned to park in front of Wynn’s home in Miami-Dade’s West Little River.“As soon as the door opened, he began his profanity-laced rant,” Wynn said during a court hearing that was held on Zoom.Wynn’s video shows Fucheck, 58, brandished a gun. He said he was a former U.S. Navy Seal. He said...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI – Dwayne Wynn told a Miami-Dade County judge on Tuesday about the video he recorded on June 14 of Joseph Fucheck’s racist and homophobic insults.Wynn was outside of his home when he took a flyer Fucheck had left in his mailbox. Fucheck saw Wynn and returned to park in front of Wynn’s home in Miami-Dade’s West Little River.“As soon as the door opened, he began his profanity-laced rant,” Wynn said during a court hearing that was held on Zoom.Wynn’s video shows Fucheck, 58, brandished a gun. He said he was a former U.S. Navy Seal. He said...WW…
Girl, 6, boy, 16, man shot during block party in Fort Lauderdale, police say
WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 6-year-old girl who was a shooting victim remained hospitalized on Monday after she underwent emergency surgery. A shooter’s bullet hit her arm and ruptured a major artery, a relative said.The girl, a 16-year-old boy and a man were injured in a Sunday night shooting during a block party in Fort Lauderdale, police said on Monday. Detectives believe several shooters fired more than 50 rounds from semi-automatic rifles and handguns.According to Detective Ali Adamson, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 6-year-old girl who was a shooting victim remained hospitalized on Monday after she underwent emergency surgery. A shooter’s bullet hit her arm and ruptured a major artery, a relative said.The girl, a 16-year-old boy and a man were injured in a Sunday night shooting during a block party in Fort Lauderdale, police said on Monday. Detectives believe several shooters fired more than 50 rounds from semi-automatic rifles and handguns.According to Detective Ali Adamson, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale...WW…
NSU: COVID-19 vaccine mandate is ‘safest path forward’
Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University has announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be required for students and staff, and that in-person classes will resume in the fall.The private university’s deadline for students and staff to complete the COVID-19 vaccine series is Aug. 1. They will be able to make an appointment online for the on-campus vaccination site starting Monday.“We took a bold step in saying that we will ask people, require, to be enrolled at NSU to be vaccinated,” Dr. Harry Moon, EVP and COO of NSU, said during a Friday news...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University has announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be required for students and staff, and that in-person classes will resume in the fall.The private university’s deadline for students and staff to complete the COVID-19 vaccine series is Aug. 1. They will be able to make an appointment online for the on-campus vaccination site starting Monday.“We took a bold step in saying that we will ask people, require, to be enrolled at NSU to be vaccinated,” Dr. Harry Moon, EVP and COO of NSU, said during a Friday news...WW…
Black religious leaders promote COVID-19 vaccine: ‘God has used scientists’
LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI – A group of local Black religious leaders, including a Haitian American, met on Wednesday in Miami-Dade County to promote the COVID-19 vaccine campaign. Rev. Carl Johnson, of in West Little River, told a small crowd that he is tired of the coronavirus pandemic. “I don’t want it to develop anymore; I want it to decline to no more,” Johnson said. “I don’t want it to surge anymore; I want it to sink to no more.”The meeting also included Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade commissioners, and other community...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI – A group of local Black religious leaders, including a Haitian American, met on Wednesday in Miami-Dade County to promote the COVID-19 vaccine campaign. Rev. Carl Johnson, of in West Little River, told a small crowd that he is tired of the coronavirus pandemic. “I don’t want it to develop anymore; I want it to decline to no more,” Johnson said. “I don’t want it to surge anymore; I want it to sink to no more.”The meeting also included Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade commissioners, and other community...WW…
Boy, 15, charged as adult in real estate agent’s murder in Broward, prosecutors say
BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Broward County prosecutors are charging a 15-year-old boy as an adult, the Broward State Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday. Detectives accused him of killing a 37-year-old real estate agent after kidnapping him during a robbery on Feb. 1 in Fort Lauderdale.Henry Lee Lewis, who turned 15 on Dec. 19, is facing charges of second-degree murder and armed robbery in the adult system. He was a student at Cross Creek School in Pompano Beach when he became a suspect in the murder of Stefano Barbosa.The teen...…BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Broward County prosecutors are charging a 15-year-old boy as an adult, the Broward State Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday. Detectives accused him of killing a 37-year-old real estate agent after kidnapping him during a robbery on Feb. 1 in Fort Lauderdale.Henry Lee Lewis, who turned 15 on Dec. 19, is facing charges of second-degree murder and armed robbery in the adult system. He was a student at Cross Creek School in Pompano Beach when he became a suspect in the murder of Stefano Barbosa.The teen...WW…
Florida Republicans push bill to make it harder to vote by mail, ban drop boxes
LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Florida Republicans are pushing a bill to make it more difficult to vote by mail with measures that include banning drop boxes and requiring voters to request a mail-in ballot before every election cycle.The Florida prevents local elections’ supervisors from sending ballots to voters without a request, and it also increases the identification requirements.Christina White, Miami-Dade County’s supervisor of elections, was among the election officials who challenged the need for the bill adding the changes are costly...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Florida Republicans are pushing a bill to make it more difficult to vote by mail with measures that include banning drop boxes and requiring voters to request a mail-in ballot before every election cycle.The Florida prevents local elections’ supervisors from sending ballots to voters without a request, and it also increases the identification requirements.Christina White, Miami-Dade County’s supervisor of elections, was among the election officials who challenged the need for the bill adding the changes are costly...WW…
Man offers $5K reward to recover stolen monkey stuffed animals
LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI – Vitas Changsao invited a couple of women he had just met to his apartment in Miami’s Brickell. They drugged him and stole his luxury watches and two priceless brown monkey stuffed animals.He said one of the stuffed animals had been in his family for more than two decades and the other was a gift from his ex-girlfriend. His Rolex and Audemars Piguet are both worth about $125,000.“Maybe I should have been more cautious,” Changsao said about the burglary on Saturday night at the SLS Brickell Miami.Changsao said the women first...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI – Vitas Changsao invited a couple of women he had just met to his apartment in Miami’s Brickell. They drugged him and stole his luxury watches and two priceless brown monkey stuffed animals.He said one of the stuffed animals had been in his family for more than two decades and the other was a gift from his ex-girlfriend. His Rolex and Audemars Piguet are both worth about $125,000.“Maybe I should have been more cautious,” Changsao said about the burglary on Saturday night at the SLS Brickell Miami.Changsao said the women first...WW…
Broward teachers at risk for COVID to lose work-from-home protection on Friday
LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – There are about 1,700 Broward County Public School teachers who have serious underlying health conditions. Some of those conditions put them at risk of dying of complications with COVID-19. On Friday, Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie is putting an end to teachers’ special work-from-home accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.“The schools are safe. I would say they’re probably safer than going to the grocery store or to the mall,” Runcie said on Wednesday. In a recent Broward County Public Schools’...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – There are about 1,700 Broward County Public School teachers who have serious underlying health conditions. Some of those conditions put them at risk of dying of complications with COVID-19. On Friday, Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie is putting an end to teachers’ special work-from-home accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.“The schools are safe. I would say they’re probably safer than going to the grocery store or to the mall,” Runcie said on Wednesday. In a recent Broward County Public Schools’...WW…
BB gun shooter leaves 2 women injured after targeting group of Trump supporters in Fort Lauderdale
, Reporter, Reporter, Digital Reporter/ProducerPublished: November 6, 2020, 7:19 pmUpdated: November 7, 2020, 9:36 amTags: , , , Reporter, Reporter, Digital Reporter/ProducerPublished: November 6, 2020, 7:19 pmUpdated: November 7, 2020, 9:36 amTags: , , FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A BB gun shooter who was in a moving car targeted President Donald Trump supporters on Friday night in Fort Lauderdale.Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel found two women injured and treated them at the scene. One of them was shot in the shoulder.According to Sgt. DeAnna Greenlaw, a...…, Reporter, Reporter, Digital Reporter/ProducerPublished: November 6, 2020, 7:19 pmUpdated: November 7, 2020, 9:36 amTags: , , , Reporter, Reporter, Digital Reporter/ProducerPublished: November 6, 2020, 7:19 pmUpdated: November 7, 2020, 9:36 amTags: , , FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A BB gun shooter who was in a moving car targeted President Donald Trump supporters on Friday night in Fort Lauderdale.Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel found two women injured and treated them at the scene. One of them was shot in the shoulder.According to Sgt. DeAnna Greenlaw, a...WW…