With Donald Trump becoming President-elect early Wednesday morning, the state of Florida continued one of the nation’s longest streaks when it comes to picking the winner.

Trump carried Florida by just under 130,000 votes, becoming the first Republican to win the Sunshine State since George W. Bush in 2004. It’s the sixth consecutive time that the state has gone to the winner of the entire election, a streak just behind Ohio for the longest in the country.

Since 1928, Florida has only been on the losing side of the election twice – going for Richard Nixon in 1960 (in an election won by John F. Kennedy) and George H.W. Bush in 1992 (won by Bill Clinton). It’s a reversal of fortune for the state, which went to the overall winner just four times in the previous 12 elections between 1880 and 1924.

With polls indicating another tight race in the state, many Floridians braced for another long night of not knowing which way the state would go – bringing back memories of the 2000 election that was not decided until over a month after Election Day. Ultimately, Florida would be called for Trump before several other crucial swing states in the election.

Miami Police are investigating to see if there are more victims in the case of a 16-year old teen who has been arrested twice for allegedly forcing children as young as three years old to perform sexual acts on him at a Little Haiti preschool.

Police arrested the teen in August of 2014 after a 5-year old girl said he forced her to perform oral sex on him inside a bathroom at the Bola Learning Center, located on Northeast 80th Terrace.

In July of 2016, a second victim came forward and said he also forced her to perform the same act on her two years before, when she was three. The suspect was again arrested. In both cases, he was charged with sexual battery on a minor by a minor.

It was a bombshell of bad news for parents picking up their kids at the center Thursday.

"I have a 2-year-old who used to come here, so that's shocking. Wow," parent Martha Lubin said.

The most recent inspection report by the Florida Department of Children and Families shows the Bola Learning Center in good standing.

But parents who have brought their children there for years are upset that they were unaware of the allegations.

"Now yeah, cause my daughter is 5. I'm worried and they never told me anything about that," parent Lucna Fortune said.

A person who answered the door at the center Thursday said they had no comment.

Detectives believe that there may be more victims and are asking anyone with information to come forward.

"We don't want to create panic but we are wanting to advise parents that if you believe that your child may have fallen prey to him we're asking you to come forward and the time is now," Miami Police spokeswoman Kenia Fallat said.

Anyone with information can either call the Miami Police Department or call Miami-Dade CrimeStoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

Friday, the nation will take time to remember those who served our country – and across South Florida, cities will honor Veterans Day while several restaurants and businesses will be giving out discounts to veterans.

Some of the cities who will celebrate Veterans Day with events include:

Lauderdale-By-The-Sea will be holding their annual ceremony in front of Town Hall (4501 N. Ocean Drive) starting at 10 AM.

The Village of Pinecrest will honor veterans at their annual commemoration ceremony at the Veterans Wayside Park (11111 Pinecrest Parkway) between 11 AM and 1 PM.

Miami Beach will hold their eighth annual Veterans Day Parade along Ocean Drive starting at 11:11 AM, starting at 6^th Street and ending at Flamingo Park with a special ceremony.

In addition, the city of Miami Gardens will honor veterans and their familes with a free Thanksgiving meal Saturday from 12 PM to 3 PM at the Miami Job Corps, located at 3050 NW 183^rd Street.

The Florida Panthers, who have made a committment to veterans under the ownership of West Point graduate Vinnie Viola, will offer a discount to current and former military members for Thursday's game against the San Jose Sharks.

Several restaurants will be offering discounts as well. Olive Garden will offer a free entrée to all active duty military and veterans. LongHorn Steakhouse will offer a free appetizer or dessert to anyone showing proof of military service – as well as 10 percent off for anyone who dines with a veteran.

Red Lobster will offer a free appetizer or dessert to anyone with a valid military ID both Thursday and Friday.

The State Department has issued an unusually severe warning to Americans considering traveling to North Korea, saying tourists to the authoritarian country may well be propping up its dangerous nuclear program, NBC News reported.

"The [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] funnels revenue from a variety of sources to its nuclear and weapons programs, which it prioritizes above everything else, often at the expense of the well-being of its own people," according to the message dated Wednesday.

"It is entirely possible that money spent by tourists in the DPRK goes to fund these programs. We would urge all travelers, before travelling to the DPRK, to consider what they might be supporting," it added.

The State Department also warned that travelers to the Kim Jong Un-ruled country face "serious risk of arrest and long-term detention" for actions that would not be considered crimes in the U.S.

Two weeks from Thursday, many families will be sitting down to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday – before joining the masses of people looking for holiday shopping deals.

Some of the top retail stores – including Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy – released their ads and deals for “Black Friday”, which will actually begin Thursday afternoon at many locations.

Many of the deals being offered include discounts on everything from televisions to smartphones and gaming devices.

Miami Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Allapattah that left one woman dead.

Officers found the body of a black female behind a gas station off NW 36^th Street and 10^th Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Thursday.

Police say they are looking for a black man, who was seen wearing khaki pants and gray shirt.

No other information has been released. Anyone who has any information is asked to call Miami-Dade CrimeStoppers.

Stay tuned to NBC 6 on air and online for any new information.

The Dow Jones industrial average hit a new all-time intraday of 18,873.6, and closed more than 200 points higher Thursday, as Wall Street fears related to Donald Trump's election win gave way to hopes that the president-elect's policies could boost the economy, CNBC reported.

The S&P 500 gyrated between gains and losses, holding about 0.4 percent higher, with financials rising 4 percent to lead advancers.

The dollar index, which measures the U.S. currency's performance against a basket of currencies, rose 0.29 percent Thursday, with the euro near $1.089 percent. The safe-haven yen fell more than 1 percent versus the greenback, trading around 106.80.

It marked the second day of what investors have dubbed the "Trump Bounce."

For the first time in the 2016-17 NBA season, Dwyane Wade will take the court at the AmericanAirlines Arena – but not in a Miami Heat uniform.

Wade returns to South Florida Thursday night for the first time with his new team, the Chicago Bulls. Wade spent the first 13 seasons of his pro career with the Heat, winning three NBA titles and becoming the face of the franchise during his time.

The return has gained even more attention of late when Wade told reporters he hasn’t spoken with Heat President Pat Riley since leaving to join his hometown team. The nasty divorce between both sides this past offseason was met with sadness and anger from some fans over the decision to let the future Hall of Famer go.

While in Miami, Wade was a 12 time All-Star who made the All-NBA team eight times. He joined forces with friends LeBron James and Chris Bosh, as “The Big Three” led the Heat to four straight Finals appearances, winning twice in 2012 and 2013.

This will be Wade’s only visit to Miami this regular season, as the Heat and Bulls will meet twice more with both games being played in Chicago.

A Florida International University football star, who many thought would have a future in the NFL, will not play again in college after his pregnant girlfriend allegedly threw boiling water on him after an argument.

According to a police report from Halloween night, Jonnu Smith – a tight end for the Panthers – was arguing with Mary Gaspar, who is five months pregnant, for much of the day about how much attention she was getting in their relationship.

After returning to his dorm room on campus, Gaspar boiled a pot of water and threw it on Smith.

Telling police she was feeling “emotional and stressed,” Gaspar then said she hit him when Smith didn’t react strongly enough, according to the report. She was charged with aggravated battery and released on a pre-trial release order.

NBC 6 attempted to contact both parties, but so far has not gotten a response.

Smith sustained severe burns to various parts of his body, including his head, neck, back and arm. He did not play in last week’s loss to Western Kentucky and has officially been ruled out for the rest of the season.

Considered one of the top tight ends in college football this season, Smith was projected to be selected in the late rounds of April’s NFL Draft. He caught 39 passes this season for 441 yards and three touchdowns – catching one each in the team’s last three games.

For his career, the Ocala native caught 175 passes for 1936 yards and 17 touchdowns.

A newlywed couple - dedicated to serving others as firefighters - ended up needing help themselves after hiring a South Florida-based moving company. They were desperate for answers after months passed and the company still hadn’t delivered their goods.

“It’s been heartbreaking,” Ian Collier said. “We’re kind of weirdly numb.”

“Yeah, it’s kind of still coming to terms with it at this point,” added his wife, Thalia Cronander.

Ian and Thalia’s journey started in May, after an online inquiry connected them with In & Out Movers of Coconut Creek for a cross-country move.

“I probably did like 5 or 6 bids and ended up choosing this one because it was the least expensive bid by almost $1,000,” Thalia said.

Not only was the company the cheapest, but Thalia says it also promised a quick delivery.

“The estimate they told her over the phone was 7 to 10 days,” Ian said.

So the couple gave In & Out Movers more than $1,500 - most of the cost for the job. The movers picked up the shipment in Bowling Green, Virginia on May 16. But when weeks passed and nothing had arrived at their new home in Oakland, California, the couple became concerned.

“I started calling them and being like, ‘ok, listen, you’re not being recorded. Is it a matter of money? What can I do to get my stuff here?’” Ian remembers saying. “I just gotta do whatever it takes.”

Ian says he only got excuses, so he filed a complaint with the Department of Transportation.

“We had this illusion that OK, alright, the government is involved, things are being investigated, we’re making moves and, at the end of the day, they can get fined, but that doesn’t make our stuff get here,” Ian said.

That’s why the couple ended up calling NBC 6 Responds. We wanted answers for Ian and Thalia, so we went to the moving company in Coconut Creek and found out it had a new owner - Zoltan Hajdu. Hajdu invited us inside their offices and told us he let go of nearly all the employees. He said he was trying to sort through the mess the previous owner left behind, adding that he had “knowledge about a warehouse full of stuff, but they have to deliver, that’s the only thing.”

We asked Hajdu about Ian, reminding him that he and his wife were still waiting for their belongings.

“What I can promise, I try to fix the problem,” Hadju responded.

Weeks later, Hadju texted us pictures showing the couple’s stuff - offering a glimmer of hope.

“I recognized the bikes more than anything and the bourbon barrels, which were really prominent in the photos,” Ian says.

When we got an address for the warehouse, Ian flew to the East Coast to pick up his stuff. A friend documented what they saw, noting that the warehouse appeared to contain “tons and tons of people’s personal belongings.”

They eventually found Ian’s pallets, loaded up a truck and drove back West to Ian’s new home with 61 of his 66 boxes. The couple is hoping to move on from this frustrating chapter.

“In the back of my head, for sure, it was like ‘Victory! Yay!” Ian said with a smile.

Still, he wants a refund and he also asked to be reimbursed for the missing boxes and the money he had to spend to go retrieve his stuff.

Hadju told us - in a text message - that he was willing to issue the refund and would send Ian information on how to file a claim for the rest. Ian says he has not received anything from Hadju.

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration also investigated In and Out Movers. Its website lists 31 complaints against the company for a variety of issues including holding a load of goods “hostage.” That’s the industry term for what happened in Ian’s case.

The agency confirmed it fined In & Out Movers $15,470 based on complaints. If the fine isn’t paid, the company could face losing its license to do business.

FMCSA offers ways to research a company and protect your move. You can access that information here.

It appears more Americans chose Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8, but got Donald Trump.

Votes are still being counted, but it looks almost certain that despite losing the presidency, Hillary Clinton will win the popular vote, NBC News reported. 

And likely by a million or more votes — a much larger margin than Al Gore enjoyed in 2000, when he too was denied by the Electoral College even though he had more votes.

If the candidate who got fewer votes wins the White House for the second time in five elections, it could put a new spotlight on the peculiar way that America picks its presidents — one not shared by any other democracy.

President-elect Donald Trump controls more than 500 companies across many industries and will face many issues that will affect his private interests when conducting economic business in the Oval Office, NBC News reported. 

"The sheer scale and private nature of his business suggest it would be an unprecedented and potentially thorny situation for a president," said Ari Melber, MSNBC's chief legal correspondent.

Trump has said that he will hand his brand over to his children while he runs the country. He’s also promised to follow sanctions imposed on private businesses by the government.

Click through for analysis on how President Trump will handle his massive holdings.

A man was found dead after a massive house fire in Sunrise Thursday afternoon.

The blaze broke out at the home off NW 21^st Court just east of Hiatus Road shortly after 1 p.m.

Crews responded and worked to put out the fire while doing a search inside the home for anyone who may have been there.

Sunrise Fire Department crews later confirmed that the body of one man was found inside the home.

Authorities said another house fire at a property believed to be owned by the same owner of the home on Northwest 21st Court happened about 20 minutes earlier.

The fire remains under investigation.

Stay tuned to NBC 6 on air and online for any updates.

As protests continue across the country following the election of Donald Trump, students at one Miami-Dade high school staged their own protest Thursday – and it had some parents upset.

Around 25 students at Palmetto Senior High School walked out of class at 12 p.m. for a protest outside that lasted about 15 minutes. Some carried signs while others shouted slogans throughout the event.

Parents were sent an email from the school’s assistant principal, Dr. Bridgette Tate-Wyche, informing them of the protest. The email said, in part, that "We promote the core values of citizenship, kindness, fairness and respect."

Some parents, however, are upset that the protest was allowed to take place at a high school. Mercy Mesa, who has two kids at Palmetto High, told NBC 6 she was upset to hear that the protest was approved by the school.

"What’s not okay is getting a call of a 'peaceful demonstration' that was anything but,” Mesa said. "We got an email at 11:59 a.m. and the protest took place one minute later."

Mesa said she viewed parts of the protests on social media, claiming students were using derogatory terms to describe the President-elect.

"Our country is so divided, what we need to do now is unite and not cause anxiety to children who can’t vote," Mesa said.

Other parents said they weren't upset and were happy their kids were allowed to voice their opinions.

"My son voted for the first time and he lost. His candidate was defeated by a person he considers a vile person. He's angry like most of us," parent Natasha Budhu-Mignott said. "His father and I are thankful the school respected these young adults' voices and allowed them a way to peacefully express their disappointment because we are too very disappointment and I don't even know how to consoles ourselves, much less our son. Besides, protesting is our constitutional right as it is theirs as well. So those angry parents are obviously Trump supporters who are happy and are celebrating whereas the rest us are in deep agony over the outcome."

Several school officials were outside with the students during the protest. Miami-Dade County Public Schools policy does allow for peaceful and safe protests on school property.

A Donald Trump presidency will soon be reality for America. Supporters have hailed it as the chance for much needed government reform, and protesters in cities across the U.S. have already taken to the streets about their worries and fears.

What was once a joke response among some Hillary Clinton supporters to a disappointing election, moving to Canada or somewhere else, is being taken more seriously. The election results have sparked a debate among liberals on whether to leave the country or remain and fight for progressive causes. 

In the early hours of Wednesday, searches for "move to Canada" peaked, relative to the last seven days, according to Google Trends. "Easiest countries to immigrate to" was a related search.

As the election returns were being counted, 200,000 people visited Canada's immigration website, with half being from U.S. IP addresses, a representative for the Canadian department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship told NBC in an email. And those figures don't account for users trying to access the site after it crashed. 

"The volume for this time period is significantly higher than the same time the previous week, when the website saw just over 17,000 users," the representative said.

Searching for immigration information doesn't take very long, but actually moving to Canada would take a lot longer. The wait time to achieve permanent residency in the country could be months or years, according to immigration attorney David Clarke. He said Trump may not even be president by the time current U.S. citizens finally become Canadian citizens.

Celebrities took to Twitter on election night to sound off on the idea of an exodus.

"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston spoke on the topic in an October episode of "The Bestseller Experiment" podcast. "Absolutely, I would definitely move," he said.

However, others are arguing against fleeing, saying it is not what will keep America together.

"The social solution is to stay and put up a fight," wrote the writer and activist Norman Solomon, executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a non-profit organization that helps spread "progressive perspectives" on social issues.

Solomon added that America needs a "united front ... to understand clearly and organize effectively against the Trump regime. Failure to put up a fight should be unthinkable."

Michael Krikorian, the author of the novel “Southside,” wrote an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times titled "Don’t move to Canada. Stay and fight."

Filmmaker Michael Moore also urged people to stay and face the election results. In a Facebook post Wednesday that has since been shared more than 180,000 times, the prominent liberal wrote a "Morning After To-Do List" for the American people. First on the list: "Take over the Democratic Party and return it to the people."

"Any Democratic member of Congress who didn't wake up this morning ready to fight, resist and obstruct," Moore added, "must step out of the way and let those of us who know the score lead the way in stopping the meanness and the madness that's about to begin."

On Thursday, Moore posted a second to-do list, since shared more than 20,000 times. It included forming an opposition movement, as well as impeaching Trump. Moore and other protesters on the left are calling for action that is difficult and time-consuming, but it's clear that they are not backing down. The list concluded, "More to-do tomorrow."

Trump has pledged to serve as president for all Americans in a speech that President Barack Obama said left him feeling "heartened."

A three-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital after she fell from the fourth-story of an apartment building in Miami-Dade Thursday, officials said.

The incident happened at the building at 9501 Fontainebleau Boulevard. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said the girl hit a grassy area with some bushes and was moving when rescue crews arrived.

"I don't know if it was from the patio or the window but she did fall from the fourth floor," Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Lt. Felipe Lay said.

Officials said the girl was rushed to Nicklaus Hospital where her exact condition was unknown. The girl suffered injuries to her face, officials said.

No other information was immediately known.

Check back with NBC 6 for updates.

Hate crimes and other racially tinged incidents, ranging from vandalism to threats to beatings, are being reported across the country in the aftermath of the presidential election.

Some of the incidents were reported by police, though many more appeared on social media as anecdotes and not all have been verified.

Most of the recent cases appear to involve graffiti or violence directed at racial or ethnic minorities and in some reports the perpetrators indicated support for Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, detectives in Chicago are investigating one video that appears to show a man being beaten for voting for Trump. 

Trump's candidacy was marked in part by promises to deport undocumented immigrants and monitor and ban Muslims, and one of Hillary Clinton's arguments for voting against Trump was to denounce race-baiting rhetoric by voting for tolerance. Trump pledged in his acceptance speech early Wednesday "to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans." And President Barack Obama, with whom Trump met Thursday, said he was "heartened" by Trump's speech.

Still, the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate crimes, is "seeing a rash of hate crimes, of hate rhetoric, racist graffiti in campuses around the country," said Mark Potok, an SPLC senior fellow, who called the uptick extraordinary.

"We have seen [Ku Klux] Klan literature drops, we have seen that suicide hotlines are ringing off the hook, and we are hearing of very extensive bullying in and around schools," he added.

NBC has reached out to the Trump campaign and presidential transition team for comment.

Among the reports of events occurring in the aftermath of the election:

• A San Diego State University student walking to her vehicle had her purse, backpack and car keys taken by two men making comments about the president-elect and the Muslim community, university police said. She walked away to report the incident, and then returned to discover her vehicle was missing. Police are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
• A short video posted Wednesday and viewed at least 250,000 times on Facebook showed students at a school carrying a Trump sign while someone can be heard saying "white power." Two students at York County School of Technology in Pennsylvania walked with a sign into the lobby and chanted "white power" twice before the director "squelched it," said communication outreach coordinator Renie Mezzanotte, who added that "the administration has been absorbed by" the incident for two days, the outcry has become disruptive to instruction, and that instruction and student and staff safety are always the school's priorities. An officer at the York Area Regional Police Department confirmed that they investigated the incident. 
• Police were investigating the appearance of a swastika, the word "Trump" with a swastika replacing the T and the words "Seig Heil 2016," on a store front in South Philadelphia hours after the election was called. The Anti-Defamation League said it was disgusted to learn of the graffiti.
• A representative of NYU's Tandon School of Engineering confirmed that someone had wrote the word "Trump!" in graffiti on a door at the school's Muslim prayer room. It has since been removed and Dean K. R. Sreenivasan said in an email to students that any violation of civility and mutual respect in the community "is an offense against us all."
• In Chicago, video posted to Twitter and shared thousands of times appears to show a man being beaten by a group of people who say he voted for Trump. The victim appears to be white, the assailants black. The attack happened just before 1 p.m. Wednesday on Chicago's West Side, police said. Chicago detectives have the video but a representative did not elaborate about political affiliations of those involved.
• And the Times-Dispatch of Richmond, Virginia, reported that the words, "Your vote was a hate crime" were spray-painted on several monuments to figures from the U.S. Confederacy.

An 18-year-old woman of Middle Eastern descent in Louisiana said she made up a story that she was beaten by two white men who were yelling racial obscenities, according to the Acadania Advocate. She had told city police, according to a statement, that she was repeatedly struck in the back near the University of Louisiana Lafayette by the males, who she said also took her hijab and wallet and fled. Lafayette police confirmed the woman retracted her story to NBC.

There were 5,479 hate crime incidents reported in 2014, according to that year's FBI hate crime statistics report, the most recent one available. The 2015 report is due out Monday.

The Southern Poverty Law Center's president released a statement Wednesday saying the group has begun holding Trump to his promise to serve as president for all Americans.

"Today, we're facing a new reality – a president-elect who has denigrated people because of their race, their religion, their ethnicity, their gender, and more," SPLC President Richard Cohen wrote.

Potok, the SPLC senior fellow, said the last time he saw such a similar rash of attacks was after Obama was elected, but "they tended to be more hidden."

"This time around we are seeing people more emboldened," he said.

Potok said that there hasn't been an uptick on black-on-white crime.

The attacks on minorities are drawing comparisons, including from Potok, to the days after Brexit, when Britain voted to leave the European Union. Those attacks died down in a few weeks, Potok said.

But he added that American white nationalist groups are declaring victory online after Trump's election.

"One would hope that well-meaning citizens would stand up and defend their fellow Americans against this kind of hatred, and I think that's starting to happen, especially in schools," he said.

The SPLC has created an online forum where people can report hate incidents: splcenter.org/reporthate.

Some people are finding creative ways to voice their displeasure at the prospect of a President-elect Trump. Now some are setting their sneakers on fire.

More specifically some are setting their New Balance sneakers on fire a controversy sparked by a tweet from a Wall Street Journal reporter. The Boston-based company spokesman expressed excitement about the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency after the Obama administration had "turned a deaf ear to us."

The website Sole Collector shared the news and it apparently didn't go over well with several of the company's consumers. Some turned to social media showing them throwing their sneakers in the trash and in some extreme cases, setting them on fire.

The company said in a statement Thursday it was the only major company that still makes athletic shoes in the U.S., and that it "publicly supported the trade positions of Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump prior to election day that focused on American manufacturing job creation and we continue to support them today.”

Without addressing the social media outcry directly, New Balance also tweeted late Thursday that as a company they "believe in community and believe in humanity."

Footage of a man opening fire inside a Miami-Dade store over the weekend in a shooting that left a man dead was released by police Thursday.

The shooting happened around 11:50 p.m. Saturday at the market at 4701 Northwest 32nd Avenue, Miami-Dade Police said.

According to police, 31-year-old Tavoris Wilson was in the store with several others when the suspect opened the door and began shooting. Officers responded and found Wilson suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Surveillance footage showed the suspect walking around outside the store before opening the door and firing several shots.

Police are asking for the public's help in finding the suspect, who was only described as a black male. Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.