The revelation earlier this month that the North Miami Beach Police Department was using mug shots of African-American men as practice targets sent shock waves across the nation. After initially trying to downplay the controversy, the department apologized, and the city council voted to ban the practice. However, the outrage…
Medical marijuana supporters in Florida tried their hand at the ballot last year and fell just short, but perhaps they might find success in the Florida Legislature. St. Petersburg Sen. Jeff Brandes, a Republican (!), has filed a bill that would legalize marijuana in Florida as a treatment option for…
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Professional arguments over the proper way to run an organ bank allegedly turned to amateur displays of karate at the University of Miami. Two former employees of the Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, an organ bank run by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, are suing after they…
Marco Rubio and around 300 of his biggest supporters and confidants entered the swanky Delano Hotel on South Beach today. By the time they leave tomorrow, they may have a better idea of whether Rubio will run for president. In fact, according to the Miami Herald, Rubio has already told…
Granted, we don’t need to give Miamians much of an excuse to stay out late on Saturday and sleep in on Sunday morning. But if you’re not running the Miami Marathon and live around the affected area, it might be the best to stay in. The annual marathon will close…
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The Miami Marlins are apparently keen on pairing its young talents with some future Hall of Famers. The team is reportedly trying to sign former ten-time All-Star and 2001 AL MVP Ichiro Suzuki to a one-year deal. However, the Japanese slugger is now 41 and in his last season with…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest…
By population and size, Miami is actually one of the smallest U.S. cities that anchors a major metro area. Well, local leaders want to make the city a bit bigger. The plan is to try to annex 1,600 acres around the Miami River and near the airport. Though that’s not…
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Florida just overtook New York to become the third most populous state, and our population growth isn’t expected to slow down anytime soon. According to a new interactive analysis from the Urban Institute, Florida should add 4.1 million new citizens between the official 2010 census tallies and 2030. That’s a…
Miami is one of the most selfie-obsessed cities in the world, so it only makes sense that we’re all obsessed with Instagram. But even if a picture speaks a thousand words, it certainly seems like Miamians keep saying a lot of the same things. We can’t help but broadcast photo…
Last month, the Miami Herald published a column titled “Downtown Miami a Magnet for Millennials.” That’s also a myth that the Downtown Development Authority and other city leaders like to push from time to time as well. Of course, we all know this is a stretch of the truth at…
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Remember all that talk about how Miami Heat fans are fair-weather at best and they didn’t really deserve LeBron James? Well, not true says Forbes’ math. Apparently we’re the best fans in the entire NBA…
“His skin was so dry. It was like a burnt piece of beef jerky,” Laura Antiporek told WSVN about finding her 68-year-old father roasted to death in a sauna. Sunday around 11 p.m., Dennis Antiporek decided to take a relaxing visit to the sauna at the Eden Isles Condominiums in…
Are you a happy happy worker? You should be, according to CareerBliss.com. The site calculated a lot of data and decided that Miami is the happiest city to work in the entire United States according to Forbes. Of special note to a Mr. LeBron James: Cleveland, Ohio came in dead…
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In the absence of real news, rumors start to spread. Considering there hasn’t been any real news on David Beckham’s planned Miami Major League Soccer franchise in months, it’s only natural for outrageous rumors to surface. The latest: Instead of starting a team from scratch, David Beckham intends to buy…
Some people protest against systematic racism and inequality. Others against mistreating animals. Some take up at the picket line anytime a war strikes up. And then there are people whose dearest issue revolves around a little bit of penis skin. Yes, anti-circumcision activists have picked a Florida case as their…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here to give you the week’s weirdest…
