Yesterday, the world was fully braced for financial catastrophe in Greece. Then Puerto Rico suddenly burst into the news with its own shocking admission: Its government is also broke and can’t pay back $79 billion in debt. In Florida, where more than two million Puerto Ricans call home, the news…
The officer stalks toward a group waving signs outside Miami Sequarium to protest the living conditions of Lolita, the park’s captive killer whale. The officer gets right in front of a camera held by one man, and then goes off. “I’m gonna be honest with you,” says the cop, identified…
Last month, scientists released rare good news in Florida’s endless fight against invasive species: After collecting more than 150,000 giant African land snails, they’d nearly eradicated the pest from the Sunshine State. That’s great, because they’ve got a new disgusting import to turn their attention to. A peer-reviewed study published…
Carlos M. Gutierrez is about as unlikely an ally President Obama could possibly find in his move to thaw relations with Cuba. An old school Cuban-American Republican, Gutierrez spent four years as George W. Bush’s Commerce Secretary loudly blasting the Castro regime and helping Bush craft his hard-line stance on…
When Jeb Bush was governor, Florida was roiled with the kind of debate that only happens in Deep South states with long histories of Civil War strife and segregation. As activists pushed for Florida to stop flying the Confederate flag — a symbol of racism to many African-Americans — Bush…
Last week, TV stations and wire reports began spreading an urgent warning from the Florida Department of Health: A flesh-eating bacteria was spreading in Florida’s oceans, health officials warned. More than 30 swimmers have been infected in the past year, including seven in 2015. Two people have already died this…
In January 2013, in the days after New Times published an investigation linking Alex Rodriguez to Biogenesis, a steroid clinic in Coral Gables, the Yankees slugger scrambled to obtain the medical records at the heart of the story. His associates eventually bought two sets, for $4,000 and later $200,000. A year…
A bloody week in South Florida continued early this morning with a mass shooting outside a Latin music nightclub in the heart of Allapattah. Four people were hit outside The Flow Bar & Lounge on NW 36th Street as bystanders scrambled for cover. The shoot-out comes one day after a…
Miami-Dade is one step closer to allowing police to issue fines — rather than making arrests — for marijuana possession. After a hearing yesterday where residents, public defenders and commissioners mostly enthusiastically backed the idea, a panel of Miami-Dade Commissioners gave initial approval to the ordinance. Supporters say the plan,…
It all started with a $70 bill. That’s what a doctor’s office in West Kendall sent to Miami Police Detective Lizlinda Bremer. One year later, that simple bit of medical cost-collecting has led to two abuse investigations against Bremer and now the threat of a civil lawsuit against the doctor’s…
Last week, the New York Times dropped an election-season bombshell: Marco Rubio and his wife, Jeanette, have gotten a few traffic tickets over the years in Miami. The horror! The story has been universally lampooned, with conservatives questioning whether the Times took the traffic info from a liberal opposition research group…
Marijuana reform has swept the nation recently, with Louisiana this week on the brink of becoming the 24th state to legalize weed for medical purposes. Florida narrowly missed joining that party last year, but some meaningful local change could be on the horizon. The Miami-Dade Police Department has helped draft…
In late 2012, a cadre of top Miami art names all packed up and moved downtown into a huge warehouse last occupied by a fishing supply company. The result was the Downtown ArtHouse, a sprawling studio space for A-list names like the TM Sisters, Bas Fisher Invitational and Turn-Based…
For more than six months, Jeb Bush has been furiously crisscrossing the country to give speeches in key primary states while raising unprecedented campaign millions. He even told reporters at one stop in Nevada: “I am running for president in 2016.” But believe it or not, through it all Jeb…
For 20 years, Yuri Sucart was Alex Rodriguez’s right-hand man. A-Rod’s pudgy cousin arranged hotel rooms, booked travel — and also hooked the slugger up with the performance enhancing drugs that fueled much of his career. But Sucart now awaits a federal judge’s ruling on how much time he’ll spend…
When American prosecutors lobbed a grenade into world soccer’s governing body last week, they left a wake of legal carnage inside FIFA, the organization that oversees international soccer, including the World Cup. Fourteen top officials face corruption charges linked to decades of crooked deals. Among those indicted were the giant…
Just a couple months ago, the Miami Marlins were brimming with optimism. Giancarlo Stanton had a new record-breaking deal, the team had reinforced with promising new players and even lengthy road trips looked like they’d be more palatable this year. Team owner Jeffrey Loria promised a retro-fitted Boeing 767-200 pimped…
The corruption scandal tearing through international soccer this week has already taken down more than a dozen top-ranking FIFA execs and business partners facing federal charges — including Aaron Davidson, the Miami-based head of soccer marketing giant Traffic Sports USA. But now the corruption probe looks likely to entangle an…
One day after U.S. federal prosecutors shocked the futbol world by indicting 14 top FIFA executives, the fallout continues for Sepp Blatter — the organization’s embattled president — and for Aaron Davidson, the 44-year-old Miami resident charged with helping to funnel millions in bribes to nab marketing rights to soccer…
Federal prosecutors struck a stunning blow against FIFA, the world’s soccer organization, late last night with a coordinated raid in Switzerland that netted 14 top executives on corruption charges tied to World Cup bids and sponsorship deals. Among those facing charges is the head of Miami-based Traffic Sports USA, a…
The late-night party is over for Ocean Drive sidewalk cafes. The Miami Beach City Commission voted yesterday to ban all outdoor booze sales after 2 a.m., the first of several moves Mayor Philip Levine pledges will usher in a new era for the iconic beachfront boulevard. Several restaurant owners slammed…
The party was jumping behind the small beige house backed up against I-95 in North Miami. Dance lights flashed on hundreds of liquor bottles behind the makeshift bar. A DJ dropped a bass-heavy mix. And just before midnight, a party bus full of girls rolled up. It was tough to…
