Miami Beach Considers Hosting Jimmy Buffett Show to Push Out Spring Breakers

This year’s spring break was one of the most contentious in Miami Beach history. For starters, the city saw a 33 percent increase in crowd size from 2018 despite an expensive marketing campaign aimed at fending off spring breakers. Police donned riot gear and parked prison wagons on the sand to haul miscreants off to jail. Critics accused city leaders of targeting black tourists in the crackdown.

Cool, Miami Beach Is Already Flooding

Miami Beach is known around the world for its colorful art deco hotels, boozy party scene, and, on a less fun note, sunny-day flooding. In recent years, dozens of international publications, from Vogue to the New Yorker, have written about how the city — which was basically built on a sandbar — experiences extreme flooding during king tides, when the moon is closest to the Earth.

Tropical Storm Dorian Could Hit Miami Just in Time for King Tides

If you’ve lived in Miami longer than, say, one week, you’re probably familiar with the South Florida weather sensation known as king tides. During a few stretches of the year when the moon is closest to the Earth, the gravitational pull causes higher-than-normal tides, prompting the hellish phenomenon of sunny-day flooding.

Moving to Miami: Five Practical Things to Know After Arriving

You haven’t truly lived in Miami until you’ve seen an iguana in the wild, had your car towed while legally parked, and paid an insane high-four-figure deposit to whatever shell company owns your condo unit. Luckily, it’s extremely possible to hit all three of these milestones during your first week…

Five Far-Right Pundits With Ties to South Florida

Florida is sometimes described as a so-called “purple state,” but for some reason, the Sunshine State seems to both breed and attract a huge number of folks on the far right end of the political spectrum. Internet kooks like Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens regularly visit to give speeches or produce “content” for social media, and bigoted loons like Mike Hill and Joe Gruters somehow keep getting elected to office.

Shooting in Miami Gardens Terrifies Kids Outside Florida Lawmaker’s Meet-and-Greet

Last night, state Rep. Shevrin Jones had wrapped up a legislative update for his constituents in Miami Gardens when he heard an alarming pop-pop-pop. Jones and a couple of his staffers had been talking to residents outside the meeting room at Miami Carol City Park. He barely registered the flashing light of gunfire before a youth football team that had been practicing made a mad dash off the field. Everyone ran into the building to take cover.

Jewish Group Plans #NeverAgain Protest Outside GEO Group Headquarters in Boca Raton

Every summer, people of the Jewish faith commemorate the day of Tisha B’Av by fasting and mourning. The date memorializes the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem centuries ago. In modern times, Tisha B’Av has become an annual opportunity for activism or charitable acts — a time to practice tikkun olam, the Jewish teaching of “repairing the world.”