What can I say? It’s a slow, sweaty Tuesday afternoon in Miami. This made me laugh: -Tamara Lush…

Fidel’s back, looking all healthy and shit in a new photo with the Angolan prez. But he hasn’t changed out of his track suit. Message to Fidel: the olive green military uniform was a much better look for you. Admittedly, it made you look like a dictator, and now that…

January 2, 2003: Under a bright blue sky, John Timoney stood in front of city hall and formally accepted the job as Miami’s police chief. He was taking over a deeply troubled department — that very week, 11 officers would stand trial for fabricating evidence and planting guns. But the…

Did you know that today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day? Discuss. -Tamara Lush…

The Debate You Didn’t See Filed under: News Mr. Griff, a middle-age man with loose cornrows and baggy brown pants, sits in a green plastic chair and orders students not to cut through the parking lot at the University of Miami campus. He’s been there since 8:00 a.m. It’s now…

It’s fall, and you know what that means: another new courtroom reality show that follows in the footsteps of the timeless classic, “The People’s Court.” On Sept. 10, our very own Judge David Young will preside from the bench on daytime TV. (Locally, his show will be aired at 1…

Watch an audio slideshow of Erol Josue leading a Little Haiti Vodou ceremony. Chantal Louis is a 42-year-old Haitian immigrant who lives in suburban Hempstead on Long Island. She’s a mother of three and a computer technician who can flash a megawatt smile. She lives in a two-story white colonial…

It’s the Friday before a three-day weekend, and you’re either toiling away at your computer trying to compensate for the workday you’re gonna miss next week, or you’re surfing the web, planning your weekend. Thought so…..just in case you didn’t find anything on our calendar that grabs your eye, here…

It’s Friday, amigos, and you know what that means: another wave of Fidel death rumors! It would be so darned convenient if Raul and Co. announced El Maximo Lider’s death today, wouldn’t it? We’ve got a three day weekend, perfect for 72 hours of freedom-loving fiestas. Let’s take a look…

The city is abuzz with rumors that Fidel Castro has gone to that big communist gulag in the sky. Here’s what we know: folks who picked up the phones at City Hall, Miami Police, Metro-Dade police and the county emergency center so far deny the rumors. So does Congresswoman Ileana…

Now that Miami Police Chief John Timoney has been caught lying about his year-long test drive of a Lexus SUV, his critics are circling like sharks in a blood-filled ocean. This morning, members of the Fraternal Order of Police called a press conference to talk about how Timoney looks the…

The City of Miami started recruiting new police officers this week. According to a press release on the city’s website, “those hired will be able to reap the rewards of a great career in law enforcement under a recently ratified labor agreement, which will offer a starting annual salary of…

Yeisleny Nodarse inhaled sharply when she walked into the Kendall Regional Medical Center’s intensive care unit. It was March 2007 and the pretty, raven-haired 20-year-old was there to visit her uncle, Rodolfo Ramos. But she barely recognized the man who lay in the bed before her. His eyes, once a…

As the panic over Hurricane/Tropical Storm Dean ratchets up by the day, click on over to the Stuck on the Palmetto blog. There, Alex recounts his Havana childhood during hurricane season, braving high winds in the crumbling streets and big waves along the Malecon. It’s a great read. — Tamara…

When Cubans leave their island in search of a better life, where do they go? Conventional wisdom says Miami. But a recent article in the International Herald Tribune claims that lately, Cubans are choosing to live in Madrid for a myriad of reasons — some of them political. “In Cuba…

This afternoon, Miami City Commissioners decided not to give a slice of Liberty City land to a group of housing activists – even though the commission supported the idea “in principle” last week…

When Alan Murphy bought his two-story white 1924 Mission-style home in the historic Buena Vista East neighborhood seven years ago, he paid $1200 annual tax. Now he shells out five times that: $6200. Like hundreds of thousands of other Florida residents, the trim, 51-year-old Murphy had high hopes the legislature…

It seems that wrestler/reality show dad Hulk Hogan is selling his Miami Beach mansion. The N. Bay Road home is on the market for $18.9 million. So let’s see…his monthly mortgage payment is around $100,000, and his annual taxes (according to the county tax collector’s site) are a cool $68,867…

It’s been 10 years since Gianni Versace was shot and killed on the steps of his Ocean Drive mansion. Check out the New York Times’ excellent story looking back at the murder and Versace’s impact on the fashion world; also click on the slide show for some pictures of the…

“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.” ~John Muir During today’s Tree Summit at Jungle Island, city leaders discovered that Miami doesn’t have many trees — all those buildings have gotten in…

It was pouring rain this past June 8 when Ofcr. James Banks approached the salmon-color home at 1801 Casilla St. in Coral Gables. He knocked, and the door swung open. There stood a man dressed in white and covered in blood. He held a knife in his right hand. Simultaneously…