It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise in a city where people often live above their means, but a new study show that Miamians simply can’t afford all those flashy cars they’re driving around town. A new study by Interest.com found that Miamians living on the median income level…
Protests have rumbled through President Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela for the past month, but in a televised press conference today, Hugo Chavez’s successor seemed more concerned with what was going on in Miami and Washington, D.C. Maduro singled out Senator Marco Rubio and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinene as leaders of a “Miami…
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Gen. John F. Kelly, the chief of the Miami-based U.S. Southern Command, gave a surprisingly candid testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday. He said that because of budget cuts and inadequate funding he’s only able to stop about 26 percent of illegal drugs that head from Latin America…
Chris Bosh may not be the league’s most valuable player, but he does own the NBA’s most valuable real estate portfolio. Not only is Bosh’s North Bay Road home on Miami Beach the most expensive home owned by a current player, but he also owns a home in California that…
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…
Logan Morrison played his entire major league career with the Miami Marlins before being traded to the Seattle Mariners this past December. He published what seemed like a heart-felt open letter to Miamians upon his departure, but apparently his view of the city wasn’t all that positive. He was on…
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Reubin Askew, the Democratic Governor who helped bring Florida into the modern age, died early this morning at the age of 85. Rated as one of the top ten governors of the 20th century by Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Askew’s legacy still resonates throughout the state. He…
Following a lawsuit filed in January by six gay couples hoping to strike down Florida’s gay marriage ban, a new lawsuit has been filed by eight other couples seeking to have Florida recognize gay marriages performed in other states. Though the first lawsuit named Miami-Dade Clerk of Court Harvey Ruvin…
Because there are no two phrases Americans still recovering from the recession like to hear in the same sentence more than “Bush” and “Wall Street,” Bloomberg News reports that Wall Street’s money men are really hot on the idea of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush running for president in 2016…
Oh, the problems of Miami’s mega-rich developers. When they weren’t busy gentrifying neighborhoods and erecting luxury destinations, developers Craig Robins (currently transforming the Design District) and Ugo Colombo (known for building several Brickell luxury skyscrapers and owning the Collection car dealership group) decided to buy a jet together in 2007…
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The third wealthiest man in the world is now a major stakeholder in Miami’s local media market. Mega-investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway holding company has agreed to buy Miami’s ABC affiliate, WPLG, in a stock-swap deal that’s valued at $1.1 billion…
Did you know that pimps in Miami are competitive about their style of shoes but are more than willing to cooperate to avoid prosecution? Or that brothels here can often be a family business? Or that the overall sex trade income has declined since 2003? The Urban Institute has released…
Are selfies the ultimate in shallow vanity or an empowering, confidence-boosting tool of self-appreciation? Who knows? But in Miami, we take a lot of them. In fact, Time magazine has concluded the Miami area is the third most selfie-obsessed city in the entire world…
Gov. Rick Scott has found time in his busy schedule to write a book. It’s called Chasing Sunshine: Remarkable People Who Found the American Dream in Florida. One of those people happens to be Tramar Dillard, AKA the rapper Flo Rida, AKA the guy who had a number one song…
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Stephen Ross clearly wants to spin his decision to pay for renovations to Sun Life Stadium out of pocket as an act of something akin to charity. The Miami Dolphins owner has now issued his first public statement on the decision, and sidesteps the issue that the deal would see…
The Heat have plenty of camera-ready, media-polished personalities. Chris “Birdman” Andersen is not one of them. He was a guest on the Fox Sports post-game show last night and either gave one of the best or worst interviews of all time, depending on your preference for awkwardness. “The losing is…
Florida may lag behind other states on several more important scales, but when it comes to attracting drunk college kids and other tourists during this time of year, we’re still king. According to USA Today, Florida appears ready to shatter its previous records this year for most visitors to the…
Because Florida Republicans can’t find a gun violence problem they don’t think they can fix with more guns, a new bill that would allow teachers to pack heat in the classroom has passed its first state Senate panel…
