Volunteers Sought to Monitor Police Surveillance
One Southern California city is looking for volunteers -- to monitor a new surveillance camera system. With Banning, Calif., becoming the latest city in Inland Empire to add a surveillance system,...
View ArticleSouth Florida Doctor Says Obesity Is a Disease
Physicians have said it all along: obesity is a disease, not a disorder. It's not a condition. That according to Dr. Jorge Rabaza, Chief of Surgery at South Miami Hospital and weight loss specialist....
View ArticleKids Learn How to "Smoke" Alcohol
Doctors are growing concerned over a new, potentially dangerous way young people are consuming alcohol: smoking it. Chris Glorioso reports.
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Woman Arrested for Running Illegal Dentist Office: Davie Police
The ex-wife of a South Florida man who was arrested for performing illegal dental work last year has been arrested on similar charges, Davie Police said Tuesday. Luz Rios-Ossa, 49, was arrested for...
View ArticleDepression Strengthens Into TS Barry
Tropical Storm Barry formed Wednesday in the southern Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said. At 5 p.m., it was about 70 miles east-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico. It had maximum sustained...
View ArticleMiami Heat Fans Left Game 6 Early, Missed Amazing Overtime Win
Dozens of Heat fans streamed out of AmericanAirlines Arena Tuesday night in the final minute of the game, missing the incredible comeback by Miami in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. With San Antonio ahead by...
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Ousted Men's Wearhouse Exec Had Board Disputes
Follow @nbcbayarea In a surprise move, the Men's Wearhouse board of directors on Wednesday ousted George Zimmer - a national icon known for personally guaranteeing the inexpensive suits and prom...
View ArticleRunner-Up Files Suit To Get North Miami Mayor Out of Office
Former North Miami mayor Kevin Burns made it to a runoff against Lucie Tondreau in his bid to return to office, but the voters chose Tondreau. She won the election earlier this month and was sworn in...
View ArticleTeen Won't Face Charges in WaveRunner Thief Shooting
The Miami Dade State's Attorney office said a 14-year-old who shot and killed a man who was trying to steal a WaveRunner in May of 2011 was justified. The teen was cleared of any wrong doing in the...
View Article2 Arrested in Plot to Use X-Ray Weapon
Two upstate New York men, one who prosecutors say is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, are accused of conspiring to develop a portable X-ray machine capable of emitting lethal doses of radiation that they...
View ArticleCoast Guard Seizes $24M Worth of Cocaine
The U.S. Coast Guard helped seize about $24 million worth of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea. The U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Netherlands Navy and U.S. law enforcement seized 1,517 pounds of cocaine and...
View ArticleTiger Woods to Miss Own Tournament With Elbow Strain
Tiger Woods will miss next week's AT&T National at Bethesda's Congressional Country Club -- a tournament that he hosts and which benefits his own foundation -- with an elbow injury. "I was examined...
View ArticleFormer Teacher Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography
A former Hebrew Academy teacher was arrested Tuesday for possession of child pornography, officials said. Theodore Nusbaum, 64, of North Bay Village, was charged with five counts of possession of a...
View Article"Violent" Sports Gambling Ring Busted by FBI
FBI agents in Southern California served search and arrest warrants Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation involving an international sports gambling ring, according to officials....
View Article11-Year-Old Girl To Get New Power Wheelchair From South Florida Foundation
An 11-year-old Hialeah girl will get a new $17,000 Disney princess-themed wheelchair from a Davie-based foundation. The Darrell Gwynn Foundation is donating the chair to Magela Morejon of Hialeah on...
View ArticleSoFla Organization Gets Award to Help Ex-Inmates Find Jobs
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $1.4 million on Wednesday to a Fort Lauderdale work agency to help inmates enter the workforce. The OIC of South Florida Inc. received the money for job training of...
View ArticleDriver in Fiery 2005 Crash Back in Court for Resentencing
The driver of a gas tanker that exploded in a fiery 2005 Turnpike crash, claiming four lives, was back in court after his original sentence was overturned. Flavio Santisteban, 41, was originally...
View ArticleHoltz Children's Hospital Hosts Game 6 Viewing Party
Heat fans are everywhere, including here at Holtz Children's Hospital, and about a dozen kids like 12-year-old Raymond Jimenez were feeling White Hot on Wednesday afternoon's NBA finals watch party....
View ArticleJoe Torre's Daughter's Life-Saving Catch
The daughter of Yankee legend Joe Torre made the catch of a lifetime in Brooklyn on Wednesday, saving a baby who got out of a window and then fell off an awning and into her arms, law enforcement...
View Article2 Bodies Found at West Palm Beach School
Two bodies were found at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach Wednesday morning, according to WPTV. Fire Rescue and police crews responded to the scene at 501 S. Sapodilla Avenue just...
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