Miami is a town full of bad credit and bad cops, but rarely do they convene is such a direct way. Rafael Duran, 43, of the Miami-Dade Police Department, was indicted today on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and other wire fraud offenses. The officer had partnered with a credit…
Just when it seemed like Florida was ready to take a slight, if not technical, step forward, it somehow ended up ready to take one giant Indiana-style step backwards. Last month, the Florida House passed a bill that would overhaul the state’s adoption and foster care laws, but that bill…
We’ll just cut to the chase. We know local fans are “go big or go home” types. The Miami Hurricanes Men’s Basketball teams trip to the National Invitational Tournament (the Independent Spirit Awards to the NCAA Tourney’s Oscars; the middle school spring luau to the NCAA’s Senior Prom) hasn’t exactly…
In just the latest example of abuse in Florida’s prison system, two current and one former Department of Corrections employees were arrested today on charges of conspiracy to commit capitol murder. Besides wearing the badge of the DOC, the three men also wore the white hoods of white terrorist organization…
Lil Wayne is putting his Miami Beach mansion on the market. The move comes just weeks after the home was the center of a media frenzy spurred by what turned out to be a fake 911 call claiming people had been shot in the home. Turns out it was a…
Seven and a half years after the murder of NFL star and former Miami Hurricane Sean Taylor, justice is almost complete. Charles Wardlow, now just 25, plead guilty to his part in the shocking death today and was immediately sentenced to 30 years in jail. He is the fourth member of…
Miami has the 7th worst traffic of any major metro area in America according to a new analysis from the makers of TomTom GPS. That’s not exactly big news. Everyone knows we’re plagued by bad traffic here, and we were ranked in the same 7th place position on last year’s…
Yesterday, a 15-year-old football player at Miami Killian Senior High wound up in the hospital after being stabbed in the school’s cafeteria. The suspect: a 17-year-old female classmate. The victim is recovering from surgery to repair a pierced lung and artery Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and is in stable condition, while…
Former Mayor Lakes Mayor Mike Pizzi is about to pull a Michelle Spence-Jones. Like, the former City of Miami Commissioner, the ex-mayor was removed from office after being hit with corruption charges, beat the charges, and has now won a favorable ruling in a lawsuit to return to his seat. …
Three years ago Ralph Mata was a highly respected lieutenant in the Miami-Dade Polcie Department. His resume included helping to dismantle two gangs in Miami Gardens, using drug sniffing dogs to find contraband at Miami International Airport and investigating police corruption as part of the Internal Affairs department. But while…
Florida certainly is a melting pot, and apparently that even holds true for invasive species. Scientists recently discovered that two types of invasive termites have started to interbreed in Florida, an extremely rare occurrence. How could this happen? Well, global warming might be to blame. Formosan subterranean termites and Asian…
There’s a surprisingly large number of Florida Republicans considering a run for the White House right now: Former Governor Jeb Bush, Senator Marco Rubio, Arkansas Governor turned Florida resident Mike Huckabee, and Florida-based neurosurgeon turned conservative figure Ben Carson. The funny thing is that most polls so far have shown…
Ultra Music Festival promised to up security and safety this year after a number of troubling incidents increased calls to boot the EDM-fest from Downtown last year. They brought in former Miami Beach police chief Ray Martinez as head of security, and changed policy to no longer admit minors to…
Kratom, a plant in the coffee family from Southeast Asia, is the latest craze for those looking to get a little high legally. It’s been used for thousands of years for both medicinal and recreational purposes, but its exact effects are not well studied nor understood. Thanks to the internet…
Rememember James O’Keefe, he’s the young right-wing troublemaker who briefly caused a national scandal that brought down ACORN back in 2009? He posed as a pimp, trying to elicit help from volunteers at the community organization in undercover videos. Yeah, that guy. He’s still around, and his latest subject is…
Just like actual Hurricane season, the Miami Hurricanes football season has been pretty uneventful for the past few years. The team hasn’t been in the National Championship discussion for more than a decade, and hasn’t even won a conference championship since they were part of the Big East. Three coaches…
This is a very special week in “WTF Florida” history. This is the week that the state has become self aware. Not only did an actual real life political polling firm decided to test the approval rating of “Florida Man” amongst Florida voters, a man who got arrested while naked…
Gay marriage has been perfectly legal through out the Sunshines state for two and a half months now, and you might notice that society hasn’t collapsed, the end of days has not descended upon us, and most straight people continue on about their life virtually unaffected. In fact, a new…
You’d think with all the condo towers popping up Miami was undergoing some sort of population boom. Of course, we all know that’s not really the case, but that doesn’t mean that Miami isn’t still growing as a county. According to numbers released by the US Census Bureau today, Miami-Dade…
Don’t the Jacksonville Jaguars have it rough enough? They’re Florida’s least popular and least successful NFL team. They’re plagued by attendance and performance issues, and just about everyone expects them to one day maybe by shipped over to London on a permanent basis. To make matters worse, the team’s official…
Exactly 100 years ago on March 26th, 1915, the 33 registered voters of Miami Beach officially incorporated the new city. To celebrate, the city is throwing itself a grand, 100-hour celebration, and other local media are putting out nostalgic look backs at the Beach’s finest moments. You’re sure to hear…
The state of the 2016 Florida senate race is in a precarious place. Senator Marco Rubio currently holds the seat and there’s no indication he wouldn’t cruise to an easy re-election, but Rubio is hinting that he may indeed run for President instead that year. Most Florida political power players…
