Lena Salzbank

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Sophia Hernandez |Lena Salzbank |Brian Hamacher

By , and Nearly a dozen people, including two children, were hospitalized after a boat explosion and fire in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Memorial Day evening, officials said. The incident was reported around 5:45 p.m. Monday near the New River Triangle, not far from the Lauderdale Yacht Club on Southeast 12th Court. U.S. Coast Guard officials said there were 13 people on board the boat when there was an explosion.

3 weeks ago | nbcmiami.com | Lena Salzbank

Jessica Fernandez and Jonathan Morales are living a nightmare, after their 18-year-old son Flavio Morales was shot and killed last month in what they say was a senseless act of violence. "He was young," his father said in Spanish. "Why did he die like that? Why didn't God take me and not him?"The shooting took place in a park at Southwest 141st Avenue and 264th Street in Naranja. Detectives said Flavio was with his friends playing sports when a fight broke out.

1 month ago | nbcchicago.com | Lena Salzbank |Miguel Santiesteban

Surveillance video shows how a man climbed through the window of a Checkers in North Miami, Florida, shotgun in hand, and allegedly robbed the restaurant as workers hid. The brazen attack lasted less than 30 seconds and happened at around 2 a.m. on Feb. 13 at the fast food restaurant on Northwest 37th Avenue. Loubens Moricette, 37, stood before a judge on Wednesday facing charges of armed robbery, burglary, possession of drugs with intent to distribute, and resisting without violence in the crime.

1 month ago | nbcmiami.com | Lena Salzbank |Miguel Santiesteban

Surveillance video shows how a man climbed through the window of a Checkers in North Miami, shotgun in hand, and allegedly robbed the restaurant as workers hid. The brazen attack lasted less than 30 seconds and happened on Feb. 13 at around 2 a.m. at the fast food restaurant on Northwest 37th Avenue. Loubens Moricette, 37, stood before a judge on Wednesday facing charges of armed robbery, burglary, possession of drugs with intent to distribute, and resisting without violence.

1 month ago | nbcmiami.com | Lena Salzbank

The University of Miami, one of South Florida's iconic institutions, is celebrating a monumental milestone. The university marked 100 years of academic excellence, innovation, and community impact on Tuesday. Founded in 1925, the university was created alongside the city of Coral Gables, where city leaders said that any successful city needed a strong university at its heart.