Two “gain-time” bills making their way through the Florida Legislature would reform the state’s harsh minimum sentencing laws — a move experts say would promote good behavior and public safety while saving the state hundreds of millions of dollars.
On any given day behind the wheel in Miami, someone will send a text while doing 85 on I-95, run a traffic light a solid eight seconds after it turns red, cut across four lanes of a highway to make an exit, or slow to single-digit speeds to make a right turn without using their blinker. Just choose your fighter.
Before this weekend, Yulian Gonzalez, a former Miami-Dade County corrections officer, had already been facing life in prison. He previously supervised inmates sitting on house arrest — but at the end of September, prosecutors hit him with eight criminal charges.
Experts say a recent class-action lawsuit filed in Florida signals a growing need for more stringent regulation and enforcement of the hemp and CBD industries in the state. The suit alleges the Fort Lauderdale company Diamond CBD and the Denver-based First Capital Venture Co. misrepresented the amount of CBD in their products.
During a traffic stop yesterday, agents from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) detained an undocumented woman who was on her way home from a family outing at Haulover Beach. Almost immediately, the woman began to have a panic attack. The officers took her to Aventura Hospital & Medical Center, where she was treated by emergency-room doctors.
Yesterday the Miami Dolphins played arguably the most important game at Hard Rock Stadium since, well, when was El Clásico? Fans were treated to a textbook showdown between two winless teams that were maybe, probably, arguably trying to out-suck each other in what can only be referred to as the 2019 Tank Bowl.
Florida’s next legislative session doesn’t begin until January, but already, lawmakers have filed dozens of bills with the potential to drastically change the way things are done here in the Sunshine State.
Sea turtles suffering from toxic red tide exposure could benefit from a therapy used to treat human drug overdoses
Miriam Alba is tired of being tired. An immigrant from Nicaragua, she wears her exhaustion like a uniform, juggling multiple jobs to keep a roof over her head and help put her granddaughter through college.
Outside of his family, friends, and Miami Heat fans, there is no one on Earth who loves Dwyane Wade more than his former coworkers. Wade is adored by just about everyone who came into contact with him during his 15 seasons with the Heat, from longtime teammates to the coaching staff to the broadcast team.
October 11, the top Democratic leaders in the state will meet in Orlando for the Florida Democratic Party’s annual convention. After a disastrous outcome in the 2016 election, the 2019 conference is perhaps the most important in recent history.
If misery loves company, tourists newly arrived in Miami can rest easy knowing that going through customs here basically sucks for everyone. It’s so bad, in fact, that Miami International Airport (MIA) ranks among the worst customs wait times in the nation when it comes to processing international travelers.
Last year’s American Priority Conference was, according to attendees, a bit of a joke. According to a Politico reporter who went to the inaugural event, the conference — pitched as some sort of yearly gathering for people who love Donald Trump and “American nationalism” — played to a lot of empty seats.
Another week, another study telling us what we already know about Miami’s housing affordability crisis: The rent is too damn high, and residents of the Magic City are more burdened by rental costs than those of any other U.S. city.
The nation’s highest court will soon decide if it’s legal to fire someone based on gender identity or sexual orientation — and Florida activists are watching closely to see how the decision will affect the LGBTQ community in the Sunshine State.
Perhaps you have heard the news — the Miami Dolphins are *not* having a superfantastic football season. They are not the greatest football team, and they most definitely are not moving the ball from goal to goal like no one has ever seen.
In 2018, New Times reported that the Miami-Dade Police Department wanted to renew its long-standing contract with the Nebraska company PenLink, which sells extremely powerful cell-phone-tracking technology to local cops. At the time, information about the sort of tech MDPD was using to surveil its citizens was fairly sparse…
Somehow, Miami Beach Police Officer William Beeker’s latest incident — wherein he appears on film with semi-nude models at the police station — is not his first. Last night, WSVN broke the news that Beeker had inexplicably appeared in a series of Instagram videos in which he pretended to arrest three barely-clothed women
Miami avoided a direct hit by Hurricane Dorian, but hundreds of residents were still threatened with the loss of their homes and businesses before the storm.
For the past nine weeks, workers at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children have reported to their jobs at the facility for migrant kids, despite the fact that all children were transferred out of the camp in early August.
The greyhound industry isn’t taking defeat well. After unsuccessfully suing to keep a measure banning dog racing off the Florida ballot last year, greyhound breeders and trainers are headed back to court. This time, they’re arguing that the ban — approved by 69 percent of state voters in the 2018 election — strips their dogs of their earning potential.
A person barred from buying a gun under Florida law is also prohibited from buying ammunition — but currently, there’s nothing to stop them from going to a gun shop and walking out with a few boxes of ammo.
