As Floridians continue to ponder the idea of a not-so-distant future in which weed is legal, Democratic state Rep. Shevrin Jones has moved for more sudden action. Yesterday he introduced a bill that would decriminalize possession of certain quantities of marijuana in Florida.
Saturday morning, a white-supremacist terrorist walked into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, sprayed the building with bullets, and killed 22 people while injuring 25 others. The shooter left a manifesto online stating he targeted the Walmart because he hates immigrants and wanted to kill as many as possible.
The morning of June 20, Michael Morell woke up as he did every weekday, when his alarm clock rang at 6. The 34-year-old father of two sat up and reached over to his bedside table to hit snooze. But when he attempted to lie back down, his muscles became rigid, leaving him frozen in a sitting position.
Cesar Sayoc, the pro-Trump Miami resident who briefly terrorized the nation by sending a series of mail bombs to prominent Democrats last year, was sentenced to 20 years in prison today in Manhattan federal court, according to multiple news outlets.
In exchange for a public park, Miami Beach amended its city code last week to allow real-estate developers to build a luxury condo and hotel where a parking lot currently resides on Ocean Terrace.
Last week in this space, we let you know about a study that showed Miami Dolphins fans curse more than almost all others in the NFL. It was quite an achievement, really. This week, we learn that Heat fans go harder than all others on game night and feel it the next morning.
In a cramped studio inside Florida International University’s student union, two friends sit side-by-side in swiveling office chairs and sidle up to the microphone. Six spotlights radiate from above as one of them presses the “record” button.
Wayne Messam is, for reasons that are difficult to explain, still running for president. When he announced his run, the mayor of tiny Miramar, Florida, tried to position himself as a Pete Buttigieg-style outsider, the sort of political newcomer who wouldn’t be indebted to Washington elites and could spout tough truths on the campaign trail.
State Sen. Joe Gruters, the chair of the Florida Republican Party, announced yesterday that he’s planning an immigration tour to ask would-be voters what new policies they want the all-powerful Florida GOP to enact in the coming years.
The court battle over Florida’s abortion waiting period has been ongoing ever since state legislators passed House Bill 633 in 2015, requiring women to wait 24 hours after meeting with their doctor before having an abortion.
We all know Miami will be underwater sooner or later. But while some folks are plotting how to spend their Atlantean retirement down here, others are asking the all-important question: How much is it gonna cost?
Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam wanted to be the Democrats’ next Pete Buttigieg — a long-shot, small-town mayor who could quote-unquote “tell it like it is” and talk his way into becoming president. But Messam’s bid is failing horribly.
If you’ve spent any real time in Miami, chances are you already know this. But now, there’s a study to back up your own personal research — Miami Dolphins fans like to use profanity, and they do so more than almost any other fan base in the NFL.
Miami International Airport is a landing pad for people from every corner of the globe. Compared to, say, an airport in Montana, the clientele and staff at MIA are about as multicultural as they come. So after two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at Miami-Dade’s primary airport this week were caught…
For Venezuelans enduring widespread food shortages and the daily desperation caused by hyperinflation, a months-long wait for hundreds of thousands of dollars in promised humanitarian aid just got a little longer.
The last time Miami Beach Crime Prevention and Awareness made the news, then-Police Chief Daniel Oates was distancing himself from the controversial vigilante group and vaguely claiming its new leader had put cops in danger and kicked many police officers out of its Facebook group.
Dan Bilzerian, the pro-Trump Instagram star who is essentially a humanoid version of a Monster Energy drink can, is set to host an event at LIV, Miami’s most famous nightclub, this Saturday night. Generally speaking, Bilzerian is the exact type of person whom LIV would want as a host: He’s famous, he’s rich, he’s a gigantic asshole, and he loves to shoot guns and hang out with models.
Miami officials seem hellbent on paving over one of the city’s last vibrant immigrant communities. Activists in Little Haiti for years have been pushing back against plans to build the Magic City Innovation District — a 17-acre luxury living and shopping complex that is unlike anything else in the working-class neighborhood of Little Haiti.
For years, Floridians have watched from the sidelines as states such as Colorado, California, and even Michigan have legalized recreational marijuana.
Women make up about half the workforce, but they are continually paid less than their male counterparts. The pay gap seems to exist in all industries, including academia.
It’s been a long, winding, and painful road, but here we are — South Florida’s professional sports teams have arrived at arguably one of their brightest times. It doesn’t sound right when you say it out loud, but it’s true.
Lately, it seems like Miami can’t go long without a cretin getting fired for hanging a noose at his/her/their respective job. In 2017, for example, multiple Miami Fire-Rescue employees were terminated after they were caught hanging a noose over a black co-worker’s family photos.
