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Fort Lauderdale city leaders unveil Progress Pride Flag ahead of festival

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Fort Lauderdale city leaders and residents celebrated the unveiling of the Progress Pride Flag Friday that is now along Sebastian Street and colored with meaning. The newly colored crosswalk was unveiled just before the city’s Pride of the Americas parade that takes place on Saturday. Local 10 News reporter Christian De La Rosa spoke to Fort Lauderdale resident Richie Batista, who said that the... [...]

Man shot in road rage incident speaks from hospital bed

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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Through tears, Robert Gonez shares his story. He was shot twice in the neck during a road rage incident in Miami Gardens. He says after he was shot and covered in blood, no one stopped to help him. “I had to take off my shirt. People kept passing me by until a Miami Gardens officer stopped,” Gonez says. The incident happened on Jan. 25 as Gonez was heading home from work when he got into an... [...]

Mother of Cutler Bay Middle School student lashes out at administration over bus beating

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CUTLER BAY, Fla. – On Savannie Brown’s 15th birthday there was no quinceañera, instead she was subjected to a beat down while riding the school bus home. It happened on Friday, Feb. 3. Her mother, Johanna Velez, said she felt broken and hopeless. “Hopeless . . . that I wasn’t there. I couldn’t protect her. My daughter is getting beat like a dog, you know repeatedly getting blows to the head, kicked, hit with a cell phone... [...]

2 injured in Hialeah construction accident

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HIALEAH, Fla. – Two men were injured Thursday after they fell from a lift at a construction site, Hialeah Fire Rescue officials confirmed. The incident occurred at 3890 W. 18th Ave. A spokesperson for the fire department told Local 10 News that an 18-year-old man and a 30-year-old man were working on a building when they fell from a lift. A Local 10 News photojournalist was at the scene a short time later and spotted a white sneaker... [...]

Man, 78, arrested for murder in Homestead, police say

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HOMESTEAD, Fla. – A 78-year-old man stands accused Thursday of shooting a man twice in the head in Homestead. A woman told police officers that Enrique Fernandez and a man she was with got into an argument after running into each other Wednesday inside an apartment complex at Southeast Third Street near Sixth Avenue, according to the arrest report. Fernandez grabbed his gun from his waistband and pointed it at the victim’s head while... [...]