Just south of Oakland Park on I-95, drivers turn to stare at an eye-catching billboard. It shows a picture of an adorable golden retriever and this striking web address: KillThisDog.com. The website offers the same picture with a devilish choice: You can either save the pup or kill it. Choosing…
Miami’s newest auxiliary bishop doesn’t deserve the promotion, according to the oldest advocacy group for people abused by priests. Although Malta-born Monsignor Peter Baldacchino has never been accused of any wrongdoing himself, the group thinks his silence on the issue of abuse in his home archdiocese in Newark is worrisome…
Driving through the nearly completed Port of Miami Tunnel on a golf cart is like going on the world’s most expensive theme park ride. In 88 days, the construction site is expected to transform into the largest bored tunnel in North America. Currently, it looks like a Universal Studios homage…
You would not want to come across one while snorkeling. They are bloated, malignant-looking, wretched things worth a buck apiece. They feel and taste like boogers. This horrifying, gelatinous creature is known as the sea cucumber and — at first glance — looks like something in a medical textbook designed…
It’s 2.7 million square feet and about to get larger.
A former Marlins player wants to change the discrepancy between how much the pros and the minor leaguers get paid by MLB. The fact that the big-timers make ungodly amounts of money is no shock, but what Aaron Senne alleges in a recent lawsuit is sort of comical. The first…
The University of Miami Health System, one of South Florida’s largest health providers, has lost an indeterminate number of patient records, including social security numbers and some health information. UM Health System has been quietly informing patients of the loss, which was discovered more than six months ago. Spokeswoman Lisa…
Swami Parameshwaranada won’t tell you his name before he met Sai Maa, but he can describe how it felt to meet his mentor 20 years ago. “It was just this huge attraction and love,” says the man who would eventually quit his Manhattan job as a management consultant to become…
Mitchell Igelko is probably the world’s worst neighbor. His reign of terror was caught on tape in 2012, and it’s left a slew of Kendall families in fear. Some of his alleged crimes: egging houses, killing lawns, firebombing a boat. In December of last year, the South Florida businessman was…
Swami Parameshwaranada won’t tell you his name before he met Sai Maa, but he can describe how it felt to meet his mentor 20 years ago. “It was just this huge attraction and love,” says the man who would eventually quit his Manhattan job as a management consultant to become…
The University of Miami Health System, one of South Florida’s largest health providers, has lost an indeterminate number of patient records including social security numbers and some health information. The Healthy System has been quietly informing patients of the Department of Otolaryngology of the loss, which was discovered more than…
On Tuesday, Riptide ran a blog post about how Miami Springs’ nearly $5-million Glenn Curtiss Mansion restoration project is in trouble. It’s been a year since the house was rebuilt and according to city docs, Miami Springs is suing Carivon Construction, Co., for “construction defects related to the Curtiss Mansion.”…
Che Scott is a very good-looking man who has not had sex in 10 years. As a 21-year-old UM football player, Scott took a vow of abstinence. The now-minister and chaplain for the Heat doesn’t plan on sleeping with anyone again until he’s married, out of respect for his future…
Iesha Crespo has most recently appeared in Drake’s music videos and the HBO series with Mark Wahlberg, Ballers, but the 23-year-old got her start with Taz’s Angels, a mysterious girl gang modeled after Charlie’s Angels. Its leader, Michael “Taz” Williams, puts a group of five women up in a $4.5…
The Glenn Curtiss House is Miami Springs’ crown jewel. The pueblo-style building was once home to a South Florida hero who earned the first U.S. pilot’s license, made the first officially witnessed flight in the United States, and piloted the first long-distance trip. He built Miami Springs, as well as…
Iesha Crespo has most recently appeared in Drake’s music videos and the HBO series with Mark Wahlberg Ballers, but the 23-year-old got her start with Taz’s Angels, a mysterious girl gang modeled after Charlie’s Angels. Its leader, Michael “Taz” Williams, puts a group of five women up in a $4.5…
As if our public transit system wasn’t already Byzantine enough, the city of Miami Beach is preparing to unveil another addition on Monday. As of right now, we have a handful of systems that work to an extent, but don’t operate in conjunction. Instead of having one master public works…
By all accounts, it seemed like 2013 was the year of Molly. Newspapers across the country published alarmist reports about the popular party drug, which — to no one’s surprise — often turns out to be a mix of amphetamines and bath salts. But if a recently released report from…
Two things are immediately apparent upon meeting Rasue and Rasheeb Pinnock. First, they bear an uncanny resemblance to Stephen Marley, the son of musical legend Bob Marley and a five-time Grammy winner in his own right. Second: They look absolutely, unbelievably stoned. The 22-year-old, glassy-eyed twins, who go by the…
Wally Clark swears it was a million-dollar idea. The bespectacled man with big ears, a bald head, and a trim figure scrolls through the 10,000 pornographic snapshots he took of his wife cavorting with his best friend. Sure, Clark had nudged the two of them together — but it was…
Wally Clark swears it was a million-dollar idea. The bespectacled man with big ears, a bald head, and a trim figure scrolls through the 10,000 pornographic snapshots he took of his wife cavorting with his best friend. Sure, Clark had nudged the two of them together — but it was…
Two things are immediately apparent upon meeting Rasue and Rasheeb Pinnock. First, they bear an uncanny resemblance to Stephen Marley, the son of musical legend Bob Marley and a five-time Grammy winner in his own right. Second? They look absolutely, unbelievably stoned. The 23-year-old, glassy-eyed twins, who go by the…
