Florida has gone almost 10 years since receiving a direct hit from a hurricane. The last time a cane actually touched our shores was when Hurricane Wilma made landfall in late October 2005. That’s an awfully long (though not necessarily scientifically strange) gap for hurricanes in Florida. The world and…
Did Miami-Dade cops lure criminals to Redlands with the specific intent of executing them without a trial? Miami-Dade taxpayers may never know for sure, but they now are on the hook for $1.3 million in settlements to avoid that question going to trial. That’s the total price the county has…
Great cities are home to great international media organizations whose influences extends well beyond that city’s border. So when Univision and ABC News (under the guidance of its owner, Disney) joined together in October, 2013 to launch Fusion, we, as Miamians, couldn’t help but be proud and hopeful. The network…
It’s official. Body cameras will be rolled out amongst the Miami-Dade County Police Department by the end of the year. Yesterday, the county commission endorsed a measure to spend $5 million over the next five years to fit officers with tiny cameras that will record their interactions with the public. …
Lily Noelle Karolyi, 20, were arrested yesterday on charges they forced a 14-year-old girl into prostitution at a Hialeah motel, made her have sex with multiple unknown men, and then kept the profits for themselves. Karolyi met the young victim at the Crossway Motel in Hialeah. Karolyi was staying there…
For the first time in four years Dwyane Wade won’t be in the NBA Finals, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be seeing him lots during the ESPN on ABC broadcasts. The network has made the sort of odd but increasingly common decision of bringing on an active player (who just…
Oh thank heaven for 7-Eleven’s oven timer. Police are on the look out for two men who attempted a ballsy armed robbery at a convenience store near the county line back in March, but the men were unable to complete there heist once they were scared off by an alarming…
Not only has Miami’s Critical Mass bike ride grown to be one of the largest in the country, but its also just about the only one where you’ll occasionally catch an NBA champion peddling next to you. Dwyane Wade is a frequent rider, and has brought wife Gabrielle Union and…
Enterprise Florida is a public-private partnership meant to attract business to Florida. Think of it this way, if Visit Florida, the state’s tourism board, is meant to lure people to Florida for vacation, Enterprise Florida is supposed to lure businesses here to set up shop permanently. Governor Rick Scott, ever…
Almost a year ago, Governor Rick Scott signed the “Charlotte’s Web” bill into law, legalizing a non-euphoric strain of marijuana for medical use in Florida. Though, so far Floridians who need that medical treatment have not yet been able to receive it. The law has been held up by legal…
Thieves in Miami will steal just about anything. Even pigeons. The Miami-Dade Police Department is asking the public’s help in identifying three men who broke into a farm in Kendale Lakes in March and stole 150 pigeons. Though, the birds were returned to the owner a few days later, three…
So you’ve heard about All Aboard Florida, the private railroad line that will connect Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach to Orlando set to be completed in 2017. Perhaps you’ve imagined one day ditching your car in favor of a ticket on the train for your next trip to…
Everyweek a lot of weird things happen in Florida, and every Friday we’re here to rundown the weirdest. This week: a teen girl who thought a cop would be totally cool with her can ibis habit, a drunk pilot and a judge who didn’t like it when defendants declined her…
Oh, Heat fans, you thought we were going to at least have an easy-breezy off-season after last year’s conundrum? Think again. It appears Dwyane Wade is thinking longterm with his contract, and is considering the possibility of opting out this year and even possibly testing the open market. Pretty much…
Steve Karro, a 55-year-old Rabbi on Miami Beach, is behind bars today on charges of molesting an 11-year-old girl. The alleged incident happened last month, but Karro told police that he was merely trying to cleanse the girl of her “negative energy.” Karro is a substitute Rabbi for the a…
Marco Rubio, the Republican “boy” wonder, is 44-years-old today! The Presidential candidate will spend the day in Las Vegas, his other childhood home (the Rubio family lived there between 1979 and 1985 before returning to Miami). He’ll celebrate later at a birthday party-slash-fundraiser hosted at the home of Rick Harrison, the…
Jimmy and Hector, two police dogs who served with the Hialeah Police Department were found dead in Davie last night after being left in an officer’s SUV. Both the Hialeah and Police Department are investigating the matter, but Officer Nelson Enriquez, a 13-year veteran of the Hialeah force, has been relieved…
Early last month, Eduardo Goudie was set to move into his new home on North Greenway Drive in Coral Gables. He had already moved in his eclectic art collection which featured contemporary painters from all across the world, but when he returned to the him April 3rd he found that five paintings…
Andres Quintanilla, a 33-year-old 16-year veteran of the Miami Springs Police Department, was arrested yesterday for allegedly offering protection and information to an undercover FBI agent who was posing as an international drug trafficker. The investigation began in 2014 when the undercover agent informed Quintanilla that he was in the…
To hear Marco Rubio tell it, the secular recognition of gay marriage in America is the start of a slippery slope that will one day have all of the teaching of Christianity being dubbed hate speech. That’s his most recent take on gay marriage anyway which he outlined in a…
Relations between America and Cuba aren’t even officially restored, but thanks to a thaw in travel restrictions, tourism on the island nation have soared. From January to May of this year tourism from America is up 36 percent, while travel from everywhere overall is up 14 percent. The numbers were…
Congressman and potential Democratic Senate candidate Alan Grayson is no stranger to saying controversial things and calling others name, and he’s certainly no stranger to not apologizing if he offends anyone. However, Grayson’s office made a rare semi-appology lately to clarify that the Rep. did not indeed mean to tell…
