Miami Woman No Longer Sought in Las Vegas Rapper Murder

Less than 24 hours after sounding national alarm bells that a 22-year-old Miami native with ties to the sex trade might be in danger over her connection to the fiery murder of a rapper on the Las Vegas Strip, police have called off the hunt this morning.Tineesha Lashun Howard is…

Dream Water Sued by Florida Woman Who Says It Didn’t Help Her Sleep

Since 2009, millions of Americans who have had trouble counting sheep but didn’t want to turn to brain-frying pills or the ol’ liquor cabinet have looked instead to a company started by four Miamians to put them to sleep. Dream Water, an all-natural beverage carried at thousands of Walmarts and convenience…

The Castro Regime Finally Has an Expiration Date: 2018

Time to queue up the Calle Ocho parades, roll out the gigantic Cuban flags for the mass rally at Marlins Park, and get some security guards in front of Versailles ASAP before the revelers get all hopped up on coladas: The Castro regime officially has an end date. ¡Felicidades!OK, as…

Walmart’s Midtown Miami Design Plans Rejected by Review Board

From the moment Walmart announced plans to build a 16,000-square-foot store in the heart of midtown, activists have clashed with the retail giant over whether the store could fit into the booming neighborhood’s aesthetic. Last night, the city’s Urban Development Review Board chimed in with a resounding rejection of Walmart’s…

West Little Havana Strip Mall Fire Kills 30 Puppies

After Miami firefighters got control of a blaze tearing through a strip mall in west Little Havana late last night, they made a gruesome discovery inside the charred building: at least 30 puppies dead inside a gutted pet shop. “That smoke filled up that entire building pretty quickly,” Lt. Ignatius…

Red-Light Camera Ban Advances Thanks To Two Reps From Miami

Rejoice, everyone who frantically slams the gas whenever a yellow light pops up (AKA every single driver in Miami-Dade):  A bill that would forbid cities from using red-light cameras narrowly passed its first test in Tallahassee yesterday. While Riptide supports any plan to ax the cameras, it’s worth noting that…

Carlos Bertonatti Set to Plead Guilty to Key Biscayne Hit-and-Run

It’s taken three full years, but Carlos Bertonatti is finally set to admit in court that he killed cyclist Christophe LeCanne in a drunken, early-morning hit-and-run on the Rickenbacker Causeway. Bertonatti told a Miami-Dade judge today that he’ll plead guilty next Tuesday.The aspiring singer-songwriter sped away from the January 2010…

Miami-Dade Could Print Ballots In Just One Language

On the same day Rick Scott’s secretary of state issued a plan to avoid a repeat of November’s catastrophic voting delays, a Miami commissioner put out his own, more radical idea: Printing Dade County’s ballots in a single language, instead of the lengthy documents in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.Don’t…

Miami Among the Nation’s Worst Cities For Congested Traffic

Here’s something to read on your smartphone while sucking exhaust and staring at the miles of immobile cars ahead of you on the Dolphin this morning: A new report out of Texas A&M University ranks Miami among the 15 worst cities in America for traffic congestion.Miami ranked 11th on this…

Three Shot, One Killed At Miami Gardens Super Bowl Party

The row of ranch houses sits along a canal in Miami Gardens, dwarfed by the structure just across the water: Sun Life Stadium, home to scores of Super Bowls. As neighbors gathered last night to watch this year’s big game in New Orleans, tragedy struck the block.A gunman blasted more…