An FDA inspection of a Toms of Maine manufacturing facility led to the discovery of significant violations, including bacteria in water used to make toothpaste and a black mold-like substance.  The FDA sent a warning letter Nov. 5 to parent company Colgate-Palmolive, which was publicly released Tuesday, detailing how microorganisms were found in water ...

A Venezuelan man has been convicted of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that fueled the national debate over immigration during this years presidential race. Jose Antonio Ibarra wascharged with murder and other crimesin Rileys February death, and the guilty verdict was reached on Wednesday by Athens-Clarke County ...

A well-known South Florida high school football coach is being investigated after he was reportedly caught watching inappropriate material in a school classroom. Students at Miami Jackson Senior High School said coach Max Edwards was caught watching sexual content on a school computer while in class. Miami-Dade County Public Schools haven’t ...

Former Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla is no longer facing charges following an investigation into alleged bribery and money laundering, prosecutors said. The Broward State Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that they were dropping all charges against Diaz de la Portilla and co-defendant William Riley Jr. Both men were arrested in ...

Police are investigating after a woman was struck and killed by a private school bus in Sweetwater Wednesday morning. The incident happened in the area of Southwest 2nd Street and 109th Avenue. Aerial footage showed the woman’s body covered by a yellow tarp in the roadway next to the bus. Her identity hasn’t been released. Miami-Dade Police ...

Time is up for the owners of an old building that’s covered in graffiti in downtown Miami. On Tuesday, the city’s code enforcement board voted not to give the owner any more extensions to clean up the graffiti at the former VITAS building. Members of the board called the building an eyesore. It looks like the because they allowed it to be open ...

A truck on fire snarled traffic on the MacArthur Causeway during morning rush hour Wednesday. The incident happened around 7:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the Causeway at Watson Island. Footage showed fire rescue crews working to extinguish the blaze. It was unknown what cause the fire of if anyone was injured. At one point, all westbound lanes ...

Police are investigating a drive-by shooting in a southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood that left a man dead early Wednesday morning. The shooting happened shortly before 1 a.m. near the 19300 block of Southwest 116th Avenue. Miami-Dade Police said officers responding to reports of a shooting found the injured man. He was rushed to Jackson Memorial ...

A major storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday and hurricane-force wind warnings were in effect as the strongest atmospheric river  a large ...

Members of the House Ethics Committee will meet behind closed doors Wednesday afternoon to discuss whether to publicly release a report detailing their sweeping investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trumps pick for attorney general. Several Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have said they want to review the House ...

A highly publicized cold front will be making its way through South Florida by Wednesday evening. A few scattered showers are expected Wednesday afternoon before the cold front clears the area. Youll feel the front by Thursday morning as temperatures for most of the region will be in the mid-upper-60s. Believe it or not, this is where we should be ...

An Illinois man was arrested in Chicago in an alleged plot to abduct “a little boy” from a Fort Lauderdale school and hold him for a ransom, federal prosecutors said. Devontay Shields, 35, of Danville, Illinois, was arrested Saturday at Union Station as he attempted to board an Amtrak train to Miami, according to a criminal complaint filed Sunday in ...

The United States said Wednesday that its embassy in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, had closed after receiving “specific information of a potential significant air attack.” “Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy will be closed, and Embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place,” it said in a security alert, recommending U.S. ...

Kicked out of the house, on the streets, and homeless unfortunately, thats the reality and experience of way too many youths who are transgender. According to one organization, a staggering third of LGBTQ+ youth reported experiencing homelessness or housing instability. That number is even higher for transgender youth. We met an 18-year-old ...

Police are searching for a man with blue hair who they say stabbed another man Tuesday night outside of a restaurant in Tamiami. It happened at around 7:40 p.m. outside of Sabor Cubano Cafeteria in a shopping plaza on Southwest 8th Street, police said. Witnesses said a man started harassing a waitress inside the restaurant. A customer intervened, and ...

Documents revealed a murder suspect wrote goodbye notes to his family before he allegedly killed the pregnant mother of his children and attempted to take his own life last week in Hallandale Beach. Police say 41-year-old Delfina Perez Chilel, who was five months pregnant,was killed Tuesdayby her childrens father, 38-year-old Victor Chavez Sr. At a ...

Comcast is moving forward with the spinoff of its cable networks, including CNBC, MSNBC and E!, according to people familiar with the matter. The spinoff is expected to take about a year, the people said. Bravo is not part of the spinoff, they added. Comcast President Mike Cavanagh said during the company’s quarterly earnings call in October that ...

Its been two months since NBC6 exclusively reported a man accused of causing a triple fatal crash was deported to Honduras and avoided justice.  On Tuesday, Miami-Dade state attorneys claimed they are working with the federal government to try to bringErwin Rommel Recinos Zunigaback. Paola Sabillon, her boyfriend Jason Meza, and his cousin Giselle ...

Fifty years after the Manson Family killings, the name Charles Manson still evokes a strong image that of a shaggy-haired cult leader who spoke provocatively about mass murder. Theres no need to feel guilty. I havent done anything Im ashamed of. Maybe I havent done enough, Manson said in a 1987 interview with TODAY at Californias San Quentin ...

A hacker on Monday gained access to a file containing the sworn depositions of two women involved in the investigation into Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman who is President-elect Donald Trumps pick to lead the Justice Department, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.  That file included the testimony of the woman who alleges she ...

A man accused of exposing and pleasuring himself in front of students outside a Palmetto Bay school was arrested when he returned to the school days later and was spotted with his pants unbuttoned, police said. Aaron Mikaeel Sieunarine, 20, was arrested Monday on two counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition on a child, two counts of trespassing in a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for his country’s use of nuclear weapons Tuesday, days after the United States allowed Ukraine to strike inside Russia using American missiles. The Kremlin announced that Putin had approved an updated nuclear doctrine  a document that governs how Russia uses its nuclear arsenal ...

A group of 18 migrants from China and Ecuador arrived by boat in Pompano Beach Tuesday morning, authorities said. The migrant landing happened near the 2600 block of Northeast 24th Street. U.S. Border Patrol agents and local law enforcement responded and encountered five people from China and 13 from Ecuador, Border Patrol Chief Agent Jeffrey Dinise ...

Police are investigating after a woman was found shot to death outside an apartment complex in Miami Gardens Tuesday morning. Officers responded to the complex at Northwest 167th Street and 27th Avenue around 7 a.m. after receiving reports of a person shot, Miami Gardens Police said. Officers found the woman, who’d been shot multiple times and was ...

A man who was shot by a mechanic at a Miami-Dade tire shop has been arrested along with his brother after police said the two attacked the worker. Pedro Luis Rodriguez, 40, is facing a aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge while his brother, 32-year-old Luis Angel Rodriguez-Candano, is charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, records ...