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Accidents and Disasters

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Cyclist Aaron Cohen Dies After Rickenbacker Hit-and-Run; Driver Michele Traverso Arrested

    ​Aaron Cohen, one of the two bicyclist who were injured in an early morning hit-and-run car crash on the Rickenbacker Causeway on Wednesday morning, has died.Meanwhile, police have arrested the driver Michele Traverso, 25, after he turned himself in early this morning. Traverso was driving with a ... More >>

  • Film

    February 9, 2012

    Oscar shorts at Miami Beach Cinematheque and Bill Cosford Cinema

    ​Aaron Cohen, one of the two bicyclist who were injured in an early morning hit-and-run car crash on the Rickenbacker Causeway on Wednesday morning, has died.Meanwhile, police have arrested the driver Michele Traverso, 25, after he turned himself in early this morning. Traverso was driving with a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Top Five Rock 'n' Roll Plane Crashes

    Blink 182's Travis Barker defies death. ​Rock 'n' roll makes ordinary men and women immortal. Almost. They're regular people who were born unfamous and will someday die, just like us. But because they're awesome at playing the guitar or howling into a mike (you know, rocking), they become the ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Stole Miami-Dade Cop Car After Deadly Crash

    ​A bizarre series of event early this morning lead to Miami-Dade Police fatally shooting a suspect who had stolen a police cruiser. The incident started after the man fled the scene of a deadly car crash that claimed the life of a cab driver.

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Rolling Stone Premieres ANR's New Video About Hurricane Survival

    Facebook These dudes are prepared to deal with any natural disaster. ​Rolling Stone Magazine. There was a time when landing the cover meant you had officially arrived as a relevant rock 'n' roller. But the print industry's dead and it's all about the internet. In the digital age, you've official ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Miami Beach Firefighter Steven Martonffy Jailed for Crashing City Vehicle While Drunk

    ​Steven Martonffy, a member of the Miami Beach Fire Department, sits behind bars today after allegedly driving a city vehicle while drunk and then crashing it into a parked car early this morning.

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Tropical Storm Emily Almost Dead But May Regroup

    ​The low pressure trough formerly known as Tropical Storm Emily fizzled after making its way through Haiti last night. (No deaths or injuries have been reported there.) Forecaster say there's still a chance Emily could regroup into a somewhat serious storm. Effects on South Florida remain unclear, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Praying for Life: Haiti's Health Care Crisis Examined in This Week's New Times

    George MartinezA woman prays in Port-au-Prince's Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, in ruins since last year's devastating earthquake​The squad car tears through the dark streets of Port-au-Prince. It screeches around tight corners well after midnight. Then it slams to a gravely stop in front o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Cop in Bizarre Miami Beach ATV Accident Fired

    Derick Kuilan, the Miami Beach police officer involved in a bizarre ATV accident that sent three citizens to the hospital, will be fired. Rolando Gutierrez, another officer who was not directly involved in the accident, will also be fired following a swift investigation.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Fatal Crash Shuts Down US 1

    All of the north and southbound lanes of US 1 in Miami were closed Wednesday morning after a hit-and-run crash left one motorist dead. The driver of a silver-colored Honda, a women believed to be in her seventies, was killed when a white pickup truck struck her vehicle, causing her to crash into a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Get Your Geisha On at Blue Martini

    She's in a very zen place...​Blue Martini Brickell is inviting you to paint your face, put on a kimono and go Geisha tonight and tomorrow as the lounge turns into Geisha House to benefit the American Red Cross, South Florida Region. During Blue Martini's Happy Hour from 4 to 8 p.m. today, y ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    Haiti Goes Dark

    She's in a very zen place...​Blue Martini Brickell is inviting you to paint your face, put on a kimono and go Geisha tonight and tomorrow as the lounge turns into Geisha House to benefit the American Red Cross, South Florida Region. During Blue Martini's Happy Hour from 4 to 8 p.m. today, y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Cedric Williams, Suspect in Weekend's Fatal Car Crash, Arrested

    ​Police have arrested a man in connection to a horrific car crash early Sunday morning that killed three people and seriously injured a fourth.Cedric Levon Williams, 48, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. The crash occurred around 4 a.m. Sunday at NE 82nd Street and 2nd Avenue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Tap Tap Hosts Fundraiser for Haïti Liberté, Newspaper Crippled by January Earthquake

    Michael E. MillerManno Charlemagne plays at Tap Tap the night of the Haiti Liberte fundraiser​When a 7.0 earthquake hit Léogâne, Haiti on January 12, the shock waves completely destroyed the small town and much of the nearby capital of Port-au-Prince. The damage was horrific: at least 230,000 de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Lil Wayne vs. ¡Mayday!: Download "On Fire" Before the Hurricane Comes

    ​With Lil Wayne's street date -- November 5, bitches! -- only 41 days away, the world better start preparing for a monsoon deluge of strange and skeezy spitting over spacey creep beats. Now, we've already been warned about Mr. Carter's plans to make it rain with I Am Not a Human Being, Tha Carter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Sean Penn Doesn't Know Wyclef or What's Good For Haiti

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke goes to bat for Wyclef Jean.Wyclef Jean should have the opportunity to become Haiti's president. He should keep fight ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2010

    Florida's Feminist

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke goes to bat for Wyclef Jean.Wyclef Jean should have the opportunity to become Haiti's president. He should keep fight ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Hungre Rapper, a Roofer, Hip-Hop Artist, and Wannabe Reality Star, Has a Plan So Nuts It Could Work

    via hungrerapper.comThe Hungre Rapper hopes to hunt hurricanes, fix roofs, and film it all for a reality show. Want to invest?​The signs went up about a month ago, stapled high on light posts along I-95, the Julia Tuttle Causeway, and Biscayne Boulevard. They're nothing more than a hand-scrawled m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Miami Ranked First Among Cities Long Overdue for a Major Hurricane

    ​The grim weathermen of Weather.com have put together a list of the vulnerable cities that are long overdue to fall victim to a major hurricane, and guess who took top honors? Yes, that's right, Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Besides Hurricane Andrew, a major hurricane (Category 3 or stronger) ha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    Spain’s One-Armed Bard

    ​The grim weathermen of Weather.com have put together a list of the vulnerable cities that are long overdue to fall victim to a major hurricane, and guess who took top honors? Yes, that's right, Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Besides Hurricane Andrew, a major hurricane (Category 3 or stronger) ha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    Spain’s One-Armed Bard

    ​The grim weathermen of Weather.com have put together a list of the vulnerable cities that are long overdue to fall victim to a major hurricane, and guess who took top honors? Yes, that's right, Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Besides Hurricane Andrew, a major hurricane (Category 3 or stronger) ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Miami-Dade Ranked Deadliest Florida County for Cyclists and Pedestrians

    ​Florida has consistently snagged the dishonorable title as the nation's most dangerous state for cyclists and pedestrians. But on Tuesday, it was Miami-Dade that got the crummy prize. Twelve cyclists died in the county in 2009, seven more than the year before, and the most of any county in the st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Marco Rubio, Hurting From "Drill, Baby, Drill" Support, Scuffles to Address Leak

    Every day that the shattered remains of the Deepwater Horizon keeps bleeding oil into the Gulf, Marco Rubio seems to fall a little farther behind his nemesis Charlie Crist in the polls.The biggest reason? Charlie gets to strut around Pensacola Beach every day in rolled up shirtsleeves, talking about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Photo: Hands Across the Sand South Beach Protest From the Sky

    Photo by Alissa Christine​This past Saturday, about 1,500 people held hands on South Beach, spanning ten blocks, to protest offshore drilling. Partially a response to the BP oil spill devastating the Gulf Coast, the protesters also promoted a clean energy future. We just got this awesome aerial ph ... More >>

  • News

    June 24, 2010

    Naked on bikes for the BP spill

    Photo by Alissa Christine​This past Saturday, about 1,500 people held hands on South Beach, spanning ten blocks, to protest offshore drilling. Partially a response to the BP oil spill devastating the Gulf Coast, the protesters also promoted a clean energy future. We just got this awesome aerial ph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Alex Sink Recruits BP Critic, Clinton Consultant James Carville For Governor Race

    Alex Sink is pulling out the big guns for her flailing gubernatorial campaign: swampthing James Carville. Sink campaign e-mail​While her campaign has seesawed from bad  to "who's that?" since it kicked off, things have recently taken a turn for the worse. In this month's Quinnipiac poll, she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Propeller Seriously Cuts Boy's Arm at Black Point Marina

    Horrific boating accident at Blackpoint Marina on June 3​A 12-year old boy was still in critical condition Thursday night after a horrific boating accident at Black Point Marina in South Miami-Dade County nearly cost him his arm. Channel 10 identified the boy as Parker Brannon and said he wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Tap Tap Screens The Quake For Free Today & Tomorrow

    ​It's easy to feel good about having texted money in to Haitian relief efforts after the January earthquake. The unfortunate reality may be that those moneys didn't contribute to much of any actual relief.Tonight and tomorrow at Tap Tap the public is invited to a free screening of a Frontline docu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Tar Balls May Be a False Alarm, But Oil Could Still Reach Keys by Sunday

    US Coast GuardThe world's most famous tar balls​Twenty tar balls washed up on the shores of Key West today, but because sometimes tar balls occur naturally, and other times they're the product of those less dramatic, everyday ways we pollute our oceans (i.e., the shipping industry), it won't be kn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Nick Rogers, Former Dolphins Player, Dies in Car Crash a Month After Being Married

    ​Former NFL linebacker Nick Rogers died in a car crash early yesterday morning at the age of 30. The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reports Rogers perished in a one-vehicle accident after his car veered off the road into a power pole in College Park, an Atlanta suburb. It happened around 1:30 a.m. M ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2010

    Punch and Duty

    ​Former NFL linebacker Nick Rogers died in a car crash early yesterday morning at the age of 30. The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reports Rogers perished in a one-vehicle accident after his car veered off the road into a power pole in College Park, an Atlanta suburb. It happened around 1:30 a.m. M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Silicon Beach: Twitter Hits Ground Running for Haiti Earthquake Relief

    ​Twitter proved a powerful communication tool when a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti yesterday afternoon, followed by a series of additional earthquakes well past midnight. Tweets began immediately after the first quake.Trending topics on Twitter this morning ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    Another Goddamn Hurricane?

    ​Twitter proved a powerful communication tool when a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti yesterday afternoon, followed by a series of additional earthquakes well past midnight. Tweets began immediately after the first quake.Trending topics on Twitter this morning ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Get Ready For Even More Hurricanes

    ​Twitter proved a powerful communication tool when a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti yesterday afternoon, followed by a series of additional earthquakes well past midnight. Tweets began immediately after the first quake.Trending topics on Twitter this morning ab ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Hit and Run Hero

    Not everyone’s charged with a crime — even if someone is killed.

  • Calendar

    November 30, 2006

    Get Loaded to the Gunwales

    These pirates are ready to party

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Crash Dummies

    Watch out where you walk in Miami

  • Music

    September 7, 2006

    The Quakes

    Watch out where you walk in Miami

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2006

    Hare Today ...

    And still hare tomorrow

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Goodwill Melting

    The guys who help the disabled are disabled by the storms

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2005

    Fur Love

    The guys who help the disabled are disabled by the storms

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2005

    Storm Survival

    The guys who help the disabled are disabled by the storms

  • City Life

    May 12, 2005

    BEST LOCAL BOY GONE BAD

    Bill Kamal

  • Diversions

    May 12, 2005

    BEST TV NEWS REPORTER

    Carmel Cafiero

  • Diversions

    May 12, 2005

    BEST WEATHERCASTER

    National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Waiting for Floyd

    New Times reporters hit the road to bring you all the prehurricane weirdness fit to print

  • News

    October 17, 1996

    Back from the Dead

    Thanks to mother nature, the once mired mementos from ValuJet victims are floating to the surface

  • News

    August 10, 1995

    This Just In: The Storm Hasn't Moved an Inch Since Our Last Update!

    Too many reporters, too much air time, too little news

  • News

    August 16, 1994

    Ready, Set, Blow!

    Too many reporters, too much air time, too little news

  • News

    January 20, 1993

    Sudden Impact

    It was dark and slick when the accident occurred, but not nearly as dark and slick as it was when she tried to get to the bottom of it

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