On a wooded plot of land in Southwest Miami-Dade, animals were allegedly stabbed, hooked and dragged around regularly. Some would even be boiled alive. It’s been dubbed an “animal house of horrors.” Now, after a seven and half month investigation into the illegal slaughterhouse, officials have now arrested two people…
Public sentiment against the death penalty has reached its highest peak since 1972. Even in states where the death penalty remains legal, death penalty sentences and actual executions are becoming rarer and rarer. Well, Florida is bucking the trend and remained quite death penalty-happy in 2015. In fact, a year-end report…
The old golden rule is that you’re not supposed to spend more than a third of your income on rent, but for many Americas that’s just not possible anymore. In 1960 only 24 percent of Americans were paying more than that. By 2000 that number had reached 30 percent. As…
Amazon’s Prime Now one-hour delivery service has been operating in Miami since earlier this year. Maybe you’ve seen their white vans driving around. Sometimes with “Amazon” printed prominently on the side. There haven’t been any major hitches, but this is Miami and someone figured out you could probably just easily rob…
Despite trying to position himself as the Anti-Trump, Jeb Bush’s campaign continues to struggle. A fact that was underscored last night when a photo purporting to be of Bush’s nearly empty official Miami debate watch party went viral. The image was first tweeted out by Washington Post national political reporter…
In light of thawing relations between Cuba and the United State, state Rep. Frank Artiles is now calling for an end to the decades-old “Wet Foot, Dry Foot” policy regarding immigration from Cuba. The Republican who represents portions of western Miami-Dade County, has filed a non-binding “memorial” ahead of next…
Apparently someone didn’t pick up their copy of The New Yorker this week, because despite growing concerns that sea level rise may some day in the not too distant future leave Miami Beach nearly uninhabitable, real estate on the island continue to be a hot commodity. In fact, the building…
Earlier this year we found out that Miami Dolphins fans have the third worst spelling and grammar skills in the NFL. Well, turns out that fans of Miami’s other teams aren’t exactly aspiring English professors either. The revelation comes from Grammarly, a souped up spell check web app. To determine the…
Happily married in Hialeah? Congrats. You’ve found love in a hopeless place. According to a recent analysis by personal finance site WalletHub, Hialeah was named the second worst city for singles in the entire United States. To come to the conclusions, WalletHub took the 150 most populace cities in America…
Florida: Land of development. Land of gun lovers. It’s about time someone united those two identities into one project, and a proposed hotel tower in Downtown Miami would do just that. Dubbed “The Museum Club” the project would include hotel rooms, an actual museum, and shooting ranges for both guns…
Just days before being named Sports Illustrated’s Sports Person of the Year, tennis superstar Serena Williams was caught hailing a cab to finish her own charity 5K race on South Beach. Williams was in town for her Live Ultimate Run, which raises money for her charity the Serena Williams Foundation. Williams…
If you have a teen in your life then a hoverboard might be high on their Christmas list. All their favorite rappers and Vine stars have one. Well, they’re also at the top of thieves’ wish list. In the past week alone two separate stores selling the trendy toy have…
The latest drop of water splashing from the thaw of Cuba and America’s icy relationship: mail service. The US State Department announced today that for the first time in more than 50 years Cubans and Americans will be able to send mail to each other directly for the first time…
The Miami Dolphins will take on the New York Giants on Monday Night Football early next week, but with the team all but totally mathematically eliminated from the playoffs there’s not much riding on the game but bragging rights. Yet, Dolphins fans are more excited than usual. Why? Because the…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week, and on Fridays we’re here to bring you the oddest. This week: the least boring drive in the history of Alligator Alley, a robber who had a deadly, uh, alligator fail-y, and Cuban-style coffee finally takes over the rest of…
Here’s the difference between Jeb Bush and Donald Trump’s public personas: Jeb Bush is a self-admitted policy nerd. Donald Trump goes around ranting and then has his team draw up something resembling actual policies. Jeb Bush’s website lays out his position on 11 broad topics, many with multiple policies included…
Plans to build theme parks on land next to Zoo Miami are still brewing, but the Zoo itself hopes to get a jump start on bringing a theme park-style ride to the area. As part of its currently under construction Mission Everglades expansion area, Zoo Miami plans to build a…
Welcome to our fourth annual WTF Florida Awards! This year we had planned on holding the ceremonies in person and broadcasting them live on Mugshots.com. We had musical performances lines up by such Florida melody greats like Limp Bizkit, Stitches and a special reunion of 2 Live Jews. Jeb Bush,…
While the world was aghast at Donald Trump’s latest discriminatory comments about Muslims, Marco Rubio more quietly recommitted himself to discriminatory policies against the LGBT community. In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network this weekend, the Miami Republican and surging presidential candidate announced he’d appoint anti-gay marriage justices to…
While plans to bring a fifth professional sports team to the area now are firmly in place thanks to David Beckham and his partners finally securing a site for an MLS stadium, South Florida was in some danger of losing its fourth pro-team. The Florida Panthers continue to bleed money,…
Despite worries about a lagging economy in Brazil and a less favorable currency exchange, Brazilians are visiting Miami more than any other country in 2015. In fact, through the first nine months of 2015, Brazilian tourism is actually up 3 percent compared to the same time last year. The data…
For years the University of Miami has coasted along on a reputation as a relatively LGBT-friendly campus in a relatively LGBT-friendly city without actually having much infrastructure and services in place for its LGBT students. The ranking of UM as merely a three-star school when it comes to LGBT inclusiveness…
