For more than three decades, Cuba has joined such nefarious characters as Iran, Sudan and Syria on the U.S. State Department’s list of countries that support terrorism abroad. Even as Havana has become a well-traveled international tourism hub sharing little in common with Tehran or Damascus, the designation has remained,…
The nation’s eyes this morning have turned to South Carolina, where a white police officer has been charged with murder for fatally shooting an unarmed black man. The charges only came after a video emerged to contradict the officer’s story that the suspect had been threatening him with the cop’s…
New studies emerge by the week illustrating how Earth’s climate is changing. Sea levels are rising, and the only real question is how quickly and whether low-lying regions — like, you know, the entire state of Florida — will have time enough to react to save themselves. The only significant group…
For months leading up to last year’s vote on Amendment Two, which would have legalized medical pot in Florida, polls consistently showed huge margins in favor of reform — and we all know how that turned out in the end. Still, the numbers are eye-opening in the latest survey out…
When a Twitter-storm erupted two weeks ago around Marlins pitcher Jarred Cosart and a series of messages seemingly between him and a pair of gambling experts, two central questions quickly emerged: Were the messages legit? And did they point to anything darker than Costart putting a few bucks on college…
Annette Taddeo seemingly has all the elements of a successful Miami political candidate: A compelling immigrant narrative, a self-made business success tale, a charismatic presence fluent in Spanish and English. Yet Taddeo has so far come up short in bids for U.S. Congress, the Miami-Dade County Commission and last year…
As Jeb Bush has learned on the turn of April Fool’s Day, it’s never too early in a presidential campaign to have a rough week. With Bush backpedalling on his support for Indiana’s hotly contested gay discrimination law and rival Ted Cruz riding a surge off his official announcement, Jeb’s…
Early on Sunday morning, a blue BMW sped through a well-lit street corner near King of Diamonds, smashing into a young Canadian tourist in town for Ultra Music Fest and then speeding away as he fell critically injured to the pavement. Police now say that the driver behind the wheel…
Like all the other GOP presidential candidates except for Ted Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio hasn’t officially announced that he’s making a bid for the White House — even as he banks millions in fundraising and sets up sophisticated ground games from New Hampshire to Iowa. But that could change next…
By all accounts, Ultra Music Festival was a calmer, more peaceful affair in downtown Miami this year. Arrests were down sharply from 2014 with Miami police handling festival security, while new procedures and bans on everything from glowsticks to masks helped control the crowds. But police this morning are untangling…
Last spring, New Times published the results of a five-month investigation into Miami-Dade’s guardianship system — the program set up by the courts to protect the assets of vulnerable people. Except in South Florida, it had become a politically-connected, un-regulated cesspool of abuse. One year later, as Tallahassee works to…
The allegations tying Marlins pitcher Jarred Cosart’s to sports gambling all began last night with a Twitter post by @GhostFadeKillah, a guy in New Jersey with 1,110 followers. A screencap he posted appears to show Cosart asking someone for advice about bets. But where did that screencap come from? New…
Starting pitcher Jarred Cosart came to the Miami Marlins last summer hoping for a fresh start after a sometimes rocky tenure with the Houston Astros. Instead, he finds himself this morning amidst a Twitter-storm of allegations tying him to gambling. MLB is now looking into the claims, a spokesman tells…
The first call came to police just after rush hour, around 7 p.m. — two 16-year-olds had been gunned down on a busy Allapattah corner, killing one and wounding the other. Just two hours later, as crime scene technicians were still working in the taped-off murder site, another frantic call…
Among the eight men charged by the feds over the Biogenesis steroid scandal, only former University of Miami pitching coach Lazer Collazo has managed to beat the rap. Despite allegations from the clinic’s owner, Tony Bosch, that Collazo had helped recruit young athletes to the Coral Gables clinic, the government…
With a raucous crowd and a national broadcast crew, Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber sat yesterday in sunny, southern weather in his league’s newest stadium and raved about the future of his sport. But more than a year after David Beckham’s gala press conference promising a downtown Miami soccer…
Last month, faux doctor Tony Bosch at last faced the music for running a freewheeling steroid clinic from a storefront on bustling South Dixie Highway in Coral Gables. He’ll spend four years in federal prison for posing as a doctor and selling roids and HGH to scores of athletes, bodybuilders,…
Dan Bilzerian’s Instagram feed is like a 14-year-old boy’s fantasy world come to life. Guns, beautiful women who forgot their pants, more guns and baby alligators at fancy nightclubs keep Bilzerian’s 7.1 million followers coming back for more. The trust fund playboy and professional poker player’s lifestyle seemed to at…
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been fighting all month against claims by former state employees that his administration banned the use of “climate change.” With state workers now upping the ante — including news yesterday one state employee was ordered into a mental health exam for demanding to use the…
Last weekend, a 52-year-old woman was arrested at Miami International Airport under bizarre circumstances. In videos captured by fellow passengers on her Nicaragua-to-Miami flight, Karen Halnon yelled loudly about the U.S. “declaring war” on Venezuela and about her support for Hugo Chavez. She also lit up a cigarette mid-flight. A…
For the past five years, Weston-based tennis pro Wayne Odesnik has been as well known for his ties to illegal drugs as for his backhand. In 2010, Odesnik was banned for two years after getting caught with human growth hormone in Australia. Then, New Times’ 2013 investigation into the Biogenesis scandal…
Thanks to the monster contract the Dolphins threw at Ndamukong Suh this week, Miami is now home to three of the biggest deals in each of America’s three biggest sports, with Giancarlo Stanton’s record-breaking Marlins contract and Chris Bosh’s elite Heat salary rounding out the Magic City pay scales. That…
