In an unusual move, the Florida Supreme Court justices today decided to rule on case involving the state’s same-sex marriage ban, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The case will skip the traditional appeal process after the Second District Court of Appeal directly asked the Florida Supreme Court to take on…
Drones get a bad wrap. Yes, they can be used as tools of war to kill people and conduct covert surveillance, sure, but they can also be fun! Disney has filed patents for drones it hopes to one day use in its theme parks, but Central Florida is not about…
Do you feel that excitement? The excitement only a midterm primary election can bring? OK, sure, both of the top-of-the-ticket races for each party’s gubernatorial nominee may be foregone conclusions, but there were lots of interesting races going on elsewhere on the ballot in Miami-Dade. That includes legislative primaries, the…
Burger King’s merger with Canadian coffee join Tim Hortons is official. While the company will keep the burger chain’s corporate headquarters right here in Miami, the corporation will become a corporate citizen of Canada. That means they’ll be paying their corporate tax bill to our northern neighbor and not Uncle…
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With primaries out of the way, tomorrow will be the official start of the general election for Florida’s next governor. It’s also the day that Rick Scott’s former lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll, releases her autobiography, When You Get There. Spoiler alert: She’s not very nice to the guv in it…
It’s the tenth anniversary of Allstate Insurance’s “Americas Best Drivers” list, and as usual, South Florida cities find themselves near the bottom. Of the 200 cities ranked, Miami has the 186th “best” drivers, or 15th worst. Meanwhile, Hialeah came in at 189th, or 12th worst. Both cities have fallen further…
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Nineteen-year-old U’Laun Jamar Volthire is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center this morning on charges of domestic violence and attempted murder. His mother, 38-year-old Yolanda Ferguson, is at Kendall Regional Medical Center recovering from emergency surgery after she was stabbed multiple times by her son…
Bye-bye, Burger King? One of Miami-Dade’s biggest and perhaps most well-known corporate citizens may be moving to Canada. According to the New York Times, Burger King confirmed yesterday that its pursuing a merger with Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons that would see the fast-food chain moving its corporate headquarters from…
Apparently there are some people out there who don’t think Attorney General Pam Bondi is doing a good enough job defending Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage, which a federal jude just ruled yesterday was unconstitutional and will be scene in the near future as “an obvious pretext for discrimination.” Well,…
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Tomorrow night, the Miami Central Rockets, the eighth best high school football team in the nation according to USA Today, will gear up in Hoover, Alabama, to take on the third ranked Hoover High. Though some ugliness already hangs over the game, as Miami Central head coach Roland Smith reported…
Police caught two suspects burglarizing boats at the marina near the Miami Marine Stadium in the early hours of Friday morning. Police than chased the men, but the suspects ended up jumping off of the Rickenbacker Causeway. One suspect was caught and detained, but authorities are still on the search…
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled today that Florida’s gay marriage ban violates the 14th Amendment’s guarantees of equal protection and due process. The federal judge’s ruling follows similar rulings by state judges in four counties. However, like those rulings, Hinkle immediately stayed his decision. Thus, same-sex couples in Florida…
Your mom’s favorite local entertainment reporter is leaving for L.A. After more than ten years sitting behind the desk of WSVN’s Deco Drive, Louis Aguirre is heading to Los Angeles as the new co-anchor of Entertainment Tonight’s sister show The Insider. See also: Deco Drive’s Louis Aguirre Isn’t Funny and…
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When developers Russell Galbut and Jorge Perez revealed their quickly nixed plans to build the largest condo tower on South Beach at 500 Alton earlier this year, they talked about it as their “legacy.” That’s nothing new. For years South Florida developers have been pretending their business deals are something…
Rick Scott announced plans this morning to raise per student spending on education in the state to its highest levels ever. Interestingly, the announcement came just a week after likely Democratic challenger Charlie Crist criss-crossed the state in a yellow school bus reminding people how much Scott had slashed education…
No major city police force in America employs more officers who live outside of city limits than the Miami Police Department. In fact, just 7 percent of officers in the 1,860-person police force actually live within Miami’s city limits. See also: City of Miami PD to Hundreds of County Cops…
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Ever wonder what time the average Miamian turns in for the night? Apparently, after midnight. And once in bed they get 6 hours and 43 minutes of sleep. The data comes from the makers of UP by Jawbone, a smartphone app that tracks the users’ food intake, amount of steps…
