Jose Bautisa, an 18-year-old student at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High, wanted to boost his GPA. Instead of improving his resumé, though, he ended up adding to his rap sheet. The teen now faces eight felonies and has been placed under house arrest after hacking into a school website…
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Floridians will vote on a more widespread medical marijuana policy in November, but the Florida legislature has taken the first step. The state Senate passed a bill that would allow some patients to use a low THC and highly regulated strain of marijuana. The bill had already passed in the…
Miami’s burgeoning tech scene is about to get a big addition. Microsoft has announced that it will open its first American “innovation center” downtown this June. The center will operate out of Miami’s Venture Hive, with the goal of not only aiding and adding some sizzle to Miami tech scene…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
While doing research to make sure last week’s Miami Slang Glossary was on point, Riptide checked Urban Dictionary to see if we had missed anything. It didn’t help. Instead, we just found a bunch of allegedly Miami-related terms we’ve never heard before and were probably made up by bored internet…
Last year, about one in five Floridians were uninsured. This year, quite a few more have health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The Department of Health and Human Services announced today that 983,775 Floridians signed up for Obamacare plans. That’s the second-highest number of any state, behind only…
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It’s no secret that the Marlins aren’t very popular. Have you been to a game lately? No, you probably haven’t, but if you did you’d be greeted by tons of empty seats. We’ve seen maps that purport to show baseball fandom by region, but using Facebook data, The New York…
Fresh off a reported split form his longtime girlfriend, the world’s most eligible bachelor, Prince Harry, is reportedly in South Beach celebrating a friend’s bachelor party. Do you hear that? It’s the sound of thousands of Miami girls desperately rummaging through their closets trying to find the perfect outfit that…
In the past two days, two new polls released regarding the Florida gubernatorial race tell two very different stories. One shows Democrat Charlie Crist back up to a two-digit lead over incumbent Rick Scott, but another shows Scott with a one-point lead…
Some visitors prepare for a trip to Miami by brushing up on their high school Spanish. Which is silly because most of the people they’ll actually run into here speak English. Sure, the English may be peppered with Spanglish phrases and local sayings, and is often delivered in the distinct…
There are two types of drivers in Florida: snow birds who drive 15 mph under the speed limit, and everyone else who pretty much ignores the speed limit. Despite that, Florida still has a speed limit maximum of 70 mph. A bill to raise the limit to 75 mph in…
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Jameis Winston may be from Alabama, but the Heisman winner and Florida State quarterback has certainly adjusted to Florida culture. He was reportedly slapped on the wrists earlier this week for pulling off one of the most Florida minor crimes ever: he stole seafood from a Publix. According to Tomahawk…
Saturday Night Live may have portrayed Jeb Bush as a wannabe-Coachella hipster desperate to get the youth vote a few weeks backs, but by the funniest thing about his possible presidential campaign is the fact that his own mother, the ever-outspoken Barbara Bush, is publicly against it. Over the past…
After audio leaked of LA Clippers owners Donald Sterling’s racist exchange with his mistress, LeBron James responded by saying there’s no place for him the NBA. Today, NBA commissioner Adam Silver essentially agreed. He announced that Sterling has been banned indefinitely from the NBA, and pending on a vote from…
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The good news first: The Florida Senate passed a bill today that clears the way for craft breweries to sell 64-ounce growlers directly to customers. The bad news: the bill places so many other regulations on Florida’s booming craft beer industry it could kill it before it gets a chance…
Like a lot of young women, Maria Gabriela Chavez is obsessed with chronicling her life on Instagram. Unlike a lot of young women, she’s the pampered daughter of one Latin American strongman and still buddy-buddy with another. Yes, Hugo Chavez’s youngest daughter visited uncle Fidel this week and posted new…
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Never expect a cop to be cool about a little bit of pot. The Florida Sheriffs Association has officially taken a stance on medical marijuana. They’re against it. Because you know, it’s common practice for sheriffs to take stances on what kind of medical treatment people should be allowed to…
