On Thursday, Newsweek investigative reporter Kurt Eichenwald revealed that Donald Trump had violated the Cuban embargo by sending consultants to the communist island in 1997. Though this wasn’t the first time Trump had been accused of illegally dealing in Fidel Castro country, Eichenwald’s report is certainly the most comprehensive evidence yet that Trump…
Critical Mass participants typically grab a beer after the ride the last Friday of every month. The rides always begin and end at Government Center in downtown Miami, which means Wynwood is only a short ride away. But after tonight’s ride, bikers won’t have to pay for that first beer…
If Justin Bieber doesn’t return to Miami within the next 30 days, he’ll be arrested the next time he tries to enter Florida. Back in 2014, local paparazzo Michael Munoz sued the pop star, after he says Bieber’s security guards locked him inside a Miami Beach Subway restaurant and proceeded…
Miamians might not have known Scott “Nobody” Patterson’s face. He typically hid it behind a black bandana in photos. But almost all of them know his art: It’s almost impossible to walk through Wynwood without encountering his spraypainted crown or a stencil of the phrase “Art is My Weapon” on…
Donald Trump will have a hard time showing his face in Versailles ever again. Just two days ago, Trump stood on a stage in Miami, said he had a deep love and respect for Miami’s Cuban community and added that Cubans immigrant deserve “the right deal” to renegotiate the American…
Miami stopped dead in its tracks today to mourn the loss of Jose Fernandez, one of baseball’s brightest stars, one of Cuba’s most-visible young immigrants, and one of the most rawly talented people to ever wear a Miami Marlins jersey. After Fernandez and two others were killed in a boating…
After a month of infighting among Miami Beach citizens, media outlets, and Gov. Rick Scott, Miami-Dade County has finally released the areas in South Beach where mosquitoes tested positive for the Zika virus. They are as follows: 932 Lenox Ave., which tested positive August 22 1619 Meridian Ave., which tested…
Had Miami Beach Police fired a rifle at 51-year-old David W. Winesett in December 2016, he might have survived. Last December, police say Winesett escaped a halfway house, robbed a bank, and allegedly waved a razor blade at police before they fired their guns directly into his chest in broad daylight…
On the whole, Miami isn’t a great place to be a Millennial. As of last year, the city had the highest percentage of young people living with their parents in the country, and on the whole, young people seem to be fleeing. A Consumer Affairs report in March said that…
Donald Trump lied far more often than it seemed during last night’s presidential debate. Sure, he was called out for his obvious untruths, like misstating his initial support for the Iraq War, and pretending that crime is at epidemic-level rates when it’s actually hitting a low point. But he wasn’t…
While Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez’s fatal boating accident was a complete punch to the gut, it was unfortunately far from the first fatal boating accident in Biscayne Bay. And, unless Florida’s incredibly lax boating regulations change, his death will likely not be this city’s last high-profile maritime death. Florida has…
The family of Emilio Macias, who died in a tragic boating accident alongside 24-year-old Marlins pitching star Jose Fernandez this weekend, is asking the public for help to pay for their loved one’s funeral. The family has started a GoFundMe page to try and collect $30,000 for funeral arrangements —…
Former Miami Springs High School employee Rodolfo “Rudy” Camejo, Jr. housed four teenage baseball players from Mexico and Puerto Rico in a rented Virginia Gardens home. He regularly told colleagues he was “sponsoring” the boys. No one seemed to mind. But there’s a problem, say Miami-Dade County Public Schools investigators. Housing…
Last week, Miami-Dade County Police Director Juan Perez announced in a press conference that the department will spend $2.6 million over the next five years, and possibly another $3 million in the following five, on ShotSpotter, a police technology that uses microphones to listen for gunshots. Perez did not mention…
Miami-Dade County set its annual budget late Thursday night. According to the Miami Herald’s Doug Hanks, County Commissioners argued over whether it was worth spending $100,000 to revive the county’s Civilian Investigative Panel, which employs non-police civilians to investigate complaints against police. Many law-enforcement scholars agree civilian-led panels provide an…
Chris Bosh is a 32-year-old adult, a multimillionaire, and a person who will likely one day end up enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He can afford many of the world’s greatest doctors, is an Olympic Gold Medalist, National Basketball League champion, and is certainly capable of…
Dr. Philip Stoddard, a Florida International University biologist and the mayor of South Miami, has released a study that shows definitively that Miami-Dade County’s spraying of naled, a controversial neurotoxic pesticide, is not working to combat the Zika virus in Miami Beach. Provided Stoddard’s analysis is correct, the study shows…
In a few short weeks, the state of Florida may finally vote to legalize medical marijuana statewide on November 8. Until then, medical pot remains illegal statewide. But starting Monday, a few select South Floridians will be able to use a strain of low-THC cannabis oil called Haleigh’s Hope. The oil…
Miami police can’t stop people from firing celebratory gunshots on holidays like New Year’s Eve and July 4. This past Independence Day, someone made the moronic decision to fire his or her gun in the middle of the tourist-heavy Bayside Marketplace downtown. Apparently, current Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall (not the…
Like it or not, real estate is the bread and butter of Miami’s economy. In the last four years, more than 3,000 condo units were built in town, and a whopping 11,000 are slated to finish construction by 2018. If it seems like an insane proposition to sell 14,000 new…
In 2014, New Times reported that Miami-Dade County Police abandoned using ShotSpotter, a controversial police technology that uses microphones to listen for gunshot noises, after realizing it didn’t work very well. ShotSpotter’s “success in directly leading to the apprehension of individuals involved in shooting incidents [was] minimal,” MDPD told New Times that…
No one seems to be sure if Miami Heat basketball star Chris Bosh will ever play again. Bosh has been diagnosed with blood clot issues — while Bosh said today that the way the Heat treated him made him feel “written off,” Bosh says he has every intention of playing…
