Whooping cough may be one of the nastiest diseases to get. Symptoms can last for weeks or even months, and coughing fits can be so severe that patients have been known to vomit or break a rib in the midst of cough and gasping for air. Vaccines have helped to…
Ten years after we reached peak-Hipster, mainstream political candidates are finally getting in on all those super trendy hipster fashions. Miami’s Jeb Bush seems to be leading the way on the Republican side. In fact, the candidate just unleashed some new merch that wouldn’t seem out of place on the…
Freeing Lolita, an Orca kept for at Miami Seaquarium in the smallest tank in North America for more than four decades, is a cause of many animal right’s organizations both local and national, including PETA. And if there’s one thing PETA is particularly know for its rounding up celebrities and…
Thinking about leasing a new car, getting a new card, or racking up a few fancy meals during Miami Spice …well maybe think twice before putting it on your credit card. Two new analysis suggest that Miamians are drowning in credit card debt, and that in fact we lead the…
It’s the age old question. Is The University of Miami a party school? Sure, its located near on of the nightlife capitols of the world and lots of students certainly take advantage of that, but there isn’t necessarily a lot of partying going on and immediately around the campus is…
Police received reports that a three-year-old child had been shot in the head inside of his Little River home. Though police have not confirmed the details surrounding the incident, his mother tells The Herald that the child was crawling around, found a loaded gun in a drawer, and accidentally shot…
Efrain Veiga was perhaps one of the hottest restauranteurs in Miami back in the ’90s. His Yuca restaurants (one of which, under different ownership, still operates on Lincoln Road) helped to put Cuban fusion cuisine on the map, and Veiga also had a celebrity boyfriend in Billy Bean, the former…
Miamians are known for being hot headed and a bit rude, but come to think of it, the entire state of New Jersey isn’t exactly known for their even tempers or mild manners. One would think that a Miamian’s stereotypical attitude might actually fit in fine there actually, but apparently…
If you live in Miami you’ve almost certainly come across a big creepy, crawly roach making his way through your home. In fact, its probably happened more than we’d all like to admit. So it’s not surprise that data from the US Census Bureau confirms that Miami is one of…
Just nine months after rejecting a medical marijuana amendment, Floridians overwhelmingly say they’re ready to approve it in 2016. Continuing on that surprising progressive street, most Floridians also agree that the minimum wage should be raised to at least $10.00 an hour. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the vast income inequality that…
Just months before he decided to run for President, Donald Trump was the center of a much smaller controversy at the municipal level. The city of Doral went back and forth on whether to give Trump its key to the city for renovations he made to the historic Doral Golf…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week. Each Friday we’re here to rundown the weirdest. This week a mother whose a bit too overprotective of her daughter, a bank robber with a sweet tooth, Woman Chases Kid Through Playground With a Knife A 27-year-old mother with a knife…
Some of Rep. Alan Grayson’s more colorful comments may get him labeled a crazy liberal, but what’s that old cliché about the true definition of Insanity. The one Bill Clinton, of all people, repeated several time during his 1992 campaign? Oh, right. Doing the same thing over and over and…
Despite the controversy he leaves in his path everywhere he goes, Donald Trump is now in first place in the Republican primary in many national polls. Conventional wisdom however had it that there’d be no way he’d be able to take the lead in Florida. For one thing, our former…
A series of highly-edited undercover videos showing people associated with Planned Parenthood officers talking about donating tissues after abortion procedures has the Pro-Life crowd in an uproar and claiming that Planned Parenthood sells “baby body parts.” Florida Governor Rick Scott has now launched an investigation into Florida’s 16 Planned Parenthood…
Your Facebook has likely been full of rage this week over the death of Cecil the Lion at the hand of Minnesota dentist Walter J. Palmer. Of course there’s a Florida connection: Palmer owns a second home over in Marco Island, but it’s another Marco who has provided an even weirder…
Though it was tweaked a few times over the years, historically the Miami Dolphins logo retained some constants. It featured a Dolphin in a jumping position wearing a helmet with an “M” on it juxtaposed over a design meant to evoke the sun. That changed back in 2013 when the…
Hillary Clinton may be by all accounts the leading presidential candidate, but she’s been criticized for holding few events open to the public so far. That might change this Friday at Florida Intentional University …or it might not. All we know for sure is that Clinton will be on Campus…
It’s been a busy day for U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office, and a (thankfully) bummer of a day for South Florida ISIS-sympathizers. On the same day Ferrer and Piro took part…
Harlem Suarez wanted to bring terror to the Conch Republic, according to the FBI. The 23-year-old, also known as Almlak Benitez, was arrested after Feds claims the uncovered a plot in which planned to build a bomb and then plant it under the sands of a Key West beach. Suarez…
By now it’s pretty common knowledge that Miami’s rent prices are outrageously out of whack with what Miamians actually make, but, hey, here’s another turd feather to tick in our city’s hat of shameful inequality and developer greed. Turns out Miami is the worst city in the entire United State…
Drag Queens are the closest things the gay community has to real life super heroes (…or villains, depending on the queen). There’s the double identities, the mystical powers ranging from backhanding splits to the conjuring of drunk tickets, and, well, apparently even the occasional act of actual life saving. Elaine…
