Ari Hait

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The emotion in this picture.

These two men were inmates together during the Holocaust at a Nazi labor camp.

They had no idea if the other had survived.

Then they bumped into each other at a dinner in Boca Raton.

The story of their remarkable reunion is on @WPBF25News at 11.

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Imagine looking out your back door and seeing a bear!

A local trapper’s camera has caught the bear lounging for hours in the backyards of some homes in the Town Park neighborhood of Tradition.

The video and the reaction, tonight at 11 on @WPBF25News.

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Devastating news out of Vero Beach tonight.

@IRCSheriff confirms a 1-year-old child drowned in a backyard pool inside the Heron Crest community.

The child was found around 3:30pm and died at the hospital.

Investigators are working to figure out what happened.

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Detectives are looking for a homeless man named Zachary Edwards in connection with this death.

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@stluciesheriff is right now on scene of a homicide.

Investigators say the body of a man was found yesterday morning in the 2600 block of Rolyat St.

Today, the Medical Examiner ruled it a homicide.

The victim’s name has not been released.

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@BocaPolice are still looking for the gunman in an early morning shooting at The Standard Cuisine & Cocktails on Mizner Blvd.

2 people were shot, one remains hospitalized.

No details yet as to a motive.

A witness talks about what he saw and heard, tonight at 11 on @WPBF25News

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Friends of Chris Brooks stopped by South Fork HS tonight with flowers and photos.

Brooks was killed this morning in a car crash.

He was supposed to graduate tonight.

Friends talk about the guy who was “super sweet” and a “friend to everyone,” at 11 on @WPBF25News.

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This is Ryan Burdick.

@PSLPolice says he was very drunk last Thanksgiving when he caused a crash that killed 46-year-old Riley Welchace.

Today, nearly six months after the crash, Burdick was arrested.

The story is on @WPBF25News at 11.

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He’s one of the greatest athletes to ever come out of Palm Beach Co

Tonight, Lamar Jackson was back in Boynton Beach.

We knew his number would be retired, but that was just the start.

Details of everything the school and city did to honor him, tonight at 11 on @WPBF25News.

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About 30 people gathered at the Boynton Inlet tonight to remember Lanessa Rodriguez-Vega.

Lanessa was murdered last week at the We Buy Gold and Silver shop in Fort Pierce.

Her friends tonight celebrated her beauty, her love and her energy.

The story is on @WPBF25News at 11.

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Did Jeffrey Epstein leave a suicide note?

A federal judge in New York today unsealed this note, purported to be a note Epstein left in his jail cell.

It was supposedly found by his one-time cell mate, quadruple murderer Nicholas Tartaglione.

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BREAKING:

After weeks of campaigning by students, the Palm Beach County School Board has voted to give The School District of Palm Beach County teachers a 3.5% raise.

More on WPBF 25 News at 4, 5, and 6.

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This is the message the principal at Wellington High School sent out today: alerting the community of a case of measles.

An infectious disease specialist tells me this is concerning not just for the school but for the whole community.

The story is on @WPBF25News at 11.

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Three Jupiter High School students have started a petition asking @pbcsd to give larger pay raises to its teachers.

And this is just one way the students are showing their support.

Their story is on @WPBF25News at 11.

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A FedEx employee was murdered Thursday night at their facility on Blue Heron Blvd in Riviera Beach.

Police are not releasing the victim’s name nor have they said why the victim was killed.

24-year-old Tyler Vidro of Boynton Beach is charged with murder.

@WPBF25News at 11.

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Very sad story out of Port St. Lucie tonight.

Alex Solma is autistic. He left his home Wednesday, but his family didn’t call police bc they thought they had to wait 72 hours before they could report him missing. Alex’s body was found in a canal this morning.

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Say goodbye to Palm Beach Airport and hello to Donald J Trump Airport.

State Republicans passed a bill mandating the name change, and Gov Ron DeSantis just signed it.

So what do you think?

We hear from travelers and the lawmaker who came up with the idea, at 11 on @WPBF25News

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Just in: this is Tiger Woods’ mug shot from his DUI arrest on Jupiter Island Friday afternoon.

@MartinFLSheriff says Tiger was not drunk but impaired on some kind of drug when he caused a crash on Bridge Rd.

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Tiger Woods is in jail tonight after he crashed his SUV on Jupiter Island.

@MartinFLSheriff says Tiger was driving at “a high rate of speed” and clipped the back of a pickup.

Nobody was hurt, but the Sheriff says Tiger was clearly impaired. He’s charged with DUI.

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In a news conference, @MartinFLSheriff tells us Tiger Woods is now in jail, charged with DUI.

They say he rolled his SUV around 2pm today.

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It’s unclear at this point how badly hurt Tiger is. @MartinFLSheriff is expected to provide an update at 5pm.

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