They were coming for him. At first, Nicholas Cutter could only see their shadows flitting behind buildings in the distance. Then he could feel their bullets thwacking into the walls around him. Finally, he could see them — men with AKs and rocket-propelled grenades. Dozens of them. Descending like locusts…
It’s been a chaotic summer for Colombians. First, they watched their national soccer team win four straight games at the World Cup. Then los cafeteros were cruelly denied a trip to the semifinals by a bunch of brutal Brazilians and a bogus referee. While Colombia was uniting around its team,…
Almost seven years after Shawn LaBeet’s one-man war on police came to a sudden end, a Broward County grand jury has deemed his death justified. The report, released earlier this week, ruled that Miami-Dade officers Humberto Perez and Michael Madruga acted “within the course and scope of their law enforcement…
The arrest report is, at first glance, your standard South Florida fare. Location: a house party in South Miami. Suspect: an 18-year-old kid. Charges: battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Then, however, there is the rather unusual weapon, listed in parentheses like an…
“We’re finished!” Samuel Del Brocco shouted. The words crashed off the walls of the $2 million mansion, careened across the 500-square-foot swimming pool, and spilled into the quiet Washington, D.C. suburb. “Get your shit and get out!” Justin DeVinney said nothing. They were an odd…
Miami Beach’s volcanic eruv-tion rumbles on. On Monday, Miami Beach city attorney Raul Aguila responded to complaints that an eruv in Pinetree park is unconstitutional. Aguila told the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) that the city-sanctioned eruv is “consistent” with U.S. court decisions. But the FFRF has shot back, arguing…
The arrest report is, at first glance, your standard South Florida fare. Location: a house party in South Miami. Suspect: an 18-year-old kid. Charges: battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Then, however, there is the rather unusual weapon, listed in parentheses like an…
Two months ago, Riptide reported that residents of Miami Beach were angry that an eruv — an orthodox Jewish enclosure — had appeared in Pinetree Park. The sticks and string were an eyesore and an affront to the separation of church and state, one local complained, but the City of…
On April 1, a young man and woman were walking along Miracle Mile when they decided to cross the street. They glanced left. No cars coming. They glanced right. Nada. So they slowly crossed the four lanes without a problem. As they proceeded along the sidewalk again, however, a Coral…
Venezuelans are used to going to great lengths to obtain everyday items. Under the country’s late president Hugo Chávez and his socialist party, basic foodstuffs have become scarce. Some Venezuelans wait hours for groceries, while others resort to smuggling items like chicken, flour, and toilet paper across the border from…
Art By God is a Miami institution. Anyone who has been snarled in Biscayne Boulevard traffic has marveled at the bizarre whale bones and taxidermied cave bears in the window. Owner Gene Harris is also locally famous. He has traveled to more than 120 countries in search of treasure. Two…
On April 1,a young man and woman were walking along Miracle Mile near Barnes & Noble when they decided to cross the street. They glanced left. No cars coming. Then they glanced right. Nada. So they slowly crossed the four lanes without a problem. As they began walking along the…
It’s Tuesday. It’s rainy. You’ve got a head cold. There’s a three-day weekend coming and you’re just coasting until it’s time for roman candles and Coronas. Well, snap out of it, dammit. The Fourth of July may be Friday, but America’s fourth World Cup game is today. This afternoon, Team…
The trappings of a tourist trip to South Beach have changed over the decades. White linen suits became “I’m in Miami Bitch” shirts. String bikinis became bizarre fishnet dresses (albeit still worn over string bikinis). The circle of life. Throughout it all, however, there has been one creepy constant: sharks…
Robert Andrew Powell’s Running Away is one of several recent or upcoming books by New Times alumni. Here are a few others: Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End Baseball’s Steroid Era, by Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts: New Times managing editor Elfrink and former staff writer…
If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall,” the Russian writer Anton Chekhov supposedly once said, “in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off.” In Robert Andrew Powell’s new memoir, Running Away, the walls aren’t equipped with rifles but…
New Times writers: We investigate your city. We review your live shows. We select the cream of the crop in the annual Best of Miami issue. And yes, we write your snarky blog posts. But you can’t pigeonhole us, man. We’re real people, with goals and dreams. And in between…
If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall,” the Russian writer Anton Chekhov supposedly once said, “in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off.” In Robert Andrew Powell’s new memoir, Running Away, the walls aren’t equipped with rifles but…
The trappings of a tourist trip to South Beach have changed over the decades. White linen suits became “I’m in Miami Bitch” shirts. String bikinis became bizarre fishnet dresses (albeit still worn over string bikinis). The circle of life. Throughout it all, however, there has been one creepy constant: sharks…
On May 19, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez touted the PortMiami tunnel as the way public-private partnerships are supposed to work. “When the government tries to do a project, it takes a lot of money and time, and this company has done it on budget and on time,” he said at…
Unless you’ve been hiding from federales on an island of swamp grass floating deep within the Everglades for the past six months, you’re well aware that the World Cup starts this this afternoon. You should also know that pleading ignorance of the international tournament just won’t cut it in modern…
This morning, Miami Beach commissioners will recognize Digna Abello as the first female firefighter to rise to the rank of division chief. Normally, her promotion would be a milestone for a force with a history of discrimination against women and minorities. Moments before Abello is honored, however, commissioners will hear…
