The numbers are starting to look as obvious as a Donald Trump spray tan: To have any realistic shot at the White House, the GOP nominee absolutely has to win Florida in November. But that possibility is looking more and more like a long shot. A new poll out this morning has…
A semicircle of balding military bureaucrats glowers across a mahogany desk at two 20-something stoners from Miami Beach. “Frankly, we were a tad concerned with your performance history against a deal of this size,” one of the bureaucrats intones. “But after meeting you two face-to-face, we feel like we’re in…
Headlines about Donald Trump saying insane things have become as routine as morning weather reports. Yet Trump’s suggestion yesterday that “Second Amendment people” might “do something” if Clinton is elected feels different. The Secret Service is investigating it. Thomas Friedman called Trump “a disgusting human being.” Even his old friend…
By any measure, South Florida’s zika outbreak is far from under control. At least 15 people have now been locally infected in Miami, with the latest reported case transmitted outside the hot zone of Wynwood. Serious questions are being asked about lacking state and local funding for mosquito control. And…
Wynwood’s transformation from scrappy artist haven to full-on tourist attraction has been swift. And one of the surest signs of the switch came when the big, open-air tour buses began stopping outside Wynwood Walls, disgorging hordes of camera-toting visitors to wander the murals. Zika, though, is threatening to bring that…
Even by Donald Trump’s standards, his war of words with Khizr and Ghazala Khan — the Muslim parents whose son died fighting for the U.S. in Iraq — has been a truly ugly piece of political theater. Trump’s unabashed attacks on the Khans left top Republicans scrambling this weekend, with…
On the surface, it seems like a pretty easy question to answer: Should Florida allow more cancer-causing chemicals to pollute its water? But then again, this is Gov. Rick Scott’s Sunshine State, where concerns like “public health” often take a back seat to corporate cronyism. Critics say that’s exactly why…
The basic facts seemed crystal clear in the shooting of Michael Gavins. The former college football star was unarmed when an officer in South Miami shot him in the back last November. Both Gavins and an attorney who happened to witness the traffic stop say his hands were in the…
Hundreds of thousands have now watched a video of Charles Kinsey on his back with his arms in the air and asked, “How could police have shot this man?” A recent 14-page report from state inspectors might offer one hint. The report, prepared on May 23 by the Florida Commission on…
For a few months earlier this year, Sen. Marco Rubio seemed to have actually grown a spine. On the campaign trail, he dished out hard truths about Donald Trump, arguing passionately that Republicans would be making a historic mistake by nominating the xenophobic, serially dishonest populist. Then came Rubio’s crushing…
America has been roiled this month by questionable police shootings caught on camera in Minnesota and Louisiana. Now, Miami has its own baffling case caught on video. A cop in North Miami shot a man named Charles Kinsey on Monday night. Last night, cell phone video was released of the…
Starting today, thousands of (mostly white) people will gather in Cleveland, Ohio to horribly embarrass themselves and our nation. They will argue that scientists are wrong about climate change, that gay people don’t have the right to marry, and that Americans shouldn’t be allowed to watch porn. And then they…
The video opens in a Coconut Grove hairdresser’s reception area, where a camera man barges in and announces, “This woman called us a faggot and threatened to shoot us.” The woman quickly confirms the story. “I did,” she says. “You jumped out of a car right in front of me,…
In the heat of their quest to nail baseball stars buying banned drugs from Coral Gables steroid den Biogenesis, Major League Baseball’s investigators admittedly went overboard. Some witnesses were offered stacks of cash to cooperate. Others were threatened with lawsuits. MLB’s lead investigator even slept with one potential witness. And…
Miami Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes and Latin crooner extraordinaire Marc Anthony are apparently pretty tight pals. Anthony recently gave $25,000 to the Police Athletic League and came to speak at a dinner for the group, where he met the top dog at MPD. The two hit it off, so Llanes said…
In an already wild political season, first-time Democratic candidate Andrew Korge has been an agent of chaos. Korge started off in a heated race against sitting GOP Sen. Anita Flores, then hastily switched last month to District 40, where sitting Democratic Sen. Dwight Bullard was already running. Bullard says Korge — …
Most human beings would have a hard time sitting down to some ropa vieja with a guy they just spent months calling a “con man” and suggesting on national television might also have a tiny little micropenis. But then again, most human beings aren’t shameless political opportunist on the level…
In 2010, Miami was certain that Dwyane Wade was going home. The Chicago Bulls were riding high with a young Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah and Wade was itching to return to Illinois. Burnie was even on suicide watch on a platform outside the AA as the team begged Wade…
Miami, we talked about this yesterday. Firing your gun in the air to celebrate Fourth of July is a very bad idea. Falling celebratory bullets have seriously injured multiple people in recent years, including two kids in separate instances. But you didn’t listen. In fact, you even found a new…
Anaid Romero was chilling outside the Biltmore Hotel in 2012, watching fireworks light up the Coral Gables sky when she noticed a weird sensation. “I just felt something wet on me and I looked down and I had blood everywhere,” Romero told NBC6 at the time. Romero soon found the source: A…
Everyone agrees on this: Florida’s waterways are facing an unprecedented emergency. Toxic algae blooms have choked waterways across the state, closing beaches and rivers to tourists and residents. Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in two counties. There’s less agreement about who’s at fault. Scott’s blamed the…
In an off-season filled with huge questions for the Miami Heat, Pat Riley has already delivered one undeniable answer. Hassan Whiteside is staying in the 305. In a post published this morning on the Player’s Tribune, the elite 7-foot talent announced that he’s staying with the Miami Heat. The AP’s…
