According to a recently departed staffer, Wayne Messam’s campaign team didn’t receive their paychecks Monday as expected. As a result, multiple staffers have resigned this week, the source says.
In a clip posted for his 3.3 million Instagram followers this past March 28, Oakland Raiders star Antonio Brown stands in a weight room at Hollywood Hills High School while grasping a comically large medicine ball. The song “Baby Birkin” by the rapper Gunna reverberates through the gym, painted various…
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office says it is investigating a situation where deputies pepper-sprayed, punched, and slammed into the ground at least two teens Thursday afternoon near J.P. Taravella High School. Videos of the incident began rapidly spreading on social media Thursday night.
Russian hackers often used pretty crude techniques in the leadup to the 2016 election. Case in point: The redacted Mueller report released this morning confirms that Russians sent “phishing” emails to 120 Florida election officials and that, troublingly, the FBI believes at least one county fell for the trick.
As one of the few women on staff at a Broward County office, Shatia Sims says she endured almost constant sexual harassment from her male co-workers. Sims is now suing Truly Nolen for harassment and discrimination.
The National Weather Service is forecasting a “strong cold front” in South Florida starting Friday. The weather pattern will bring rain, thunderstorms, and strong winds to the Miami area, along with slightly cooler temperatures.
Never having been a pot smoker, Martha Bueno was surprised when the marijuana she began vaping from a local dispensary in 2017 helped allay the need to remove her thyroid. The 40-year-old vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Miami-Dade had multiple polyps and cysts growing on both lobes of her…
Bruce Ryan, president of the Florida Custom Car Association, is working with Florida lawmakers to legalize so-called “underbody” lights. Ryan is better known online as OG Magnum, the white-haired, tattooed, dancing “hip-hop grandpa” who’s amassed 238,000 Instagram followers and hung out with numerous rap icons.
A federal judge sentenced former Miami Police Officer Schonton Harris to more than 15 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to cocaine-trafficking charges this past January. Prosecutors say Harris and two other cops sold a Miami Police uniform to an undercover agent posing as a drug trafficker, used a gun while ferrying drugs, and ultimately tried to sell tens of kilograms of cocaine as well as Percocet pills.
Federal authorities say Sol Pais made threats to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the school shooting with “an act of violence” in Colorado. This morning, a widespread manhunt for the Surfside teen continues as officers frantically try to prevent another tragedy.
Last year, Florida was home to 18 of the country’s top 50 cities for fraud, according to a new report from the Federal Trade Commission. There were 1,002 reports of fraud for every 100,000 people in Florida — the highest rate of any state in the country.
It’s been a week, but Miami Heat fans are still coming to terms with the fact that Dwyane Wade will never play again. It’s sad. On the bright side, though, that Spotify break-up playlist filled with ’90s Brian McKnight and Boyz II Men songs is coming in handy again. The…
Earlier this month, the Florida Panthers made a bunch of posters and a literal billboard emblazoned with the sentence “Q IS HERE” — a reference to the team’s new coach, Joel Quenneville — and some people now believe it’s a reference to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Considered an eyesore by many, the old South Shore Hospital came tumbling down this morning during a scheduled implosion. Neighbors could be heard cheering when the building finally collapsed.
Well, America, it took us 243 years, but it looks as if we’re finally, maybe (sort of) becoming just a bit cool about weed. This was a shockingly tough hangup for us to overcome. For some reason, this country was able to tolerate hard liquor, addictive prescription drugs, a reality…
The El Paso Police Department has issued arrest warrants for Alessandra Mondolfi and 15 other protesters, all of whom are part of a coalition called Tornillo: the Occupation. Three are charged with trespassing, while the rest — including Mondolfi — are charged with felony criminal mischief, a crime that carries a jail sentence of up to two years.
Now that the Dwyane Wade retirement tour is over, the Heat faces a troubling reality — next year’s team is sure to look a lot like this year’s team that missed the playoffs, only without the pleasant distraction of Wade.
Dressed in a white guayabera and loose-fitting grandpa jeans, Robert Platshorn walks onto a small stage set up in the clubhouse of Lakes of Delray, a 55-and-over condo development in Delray Beach. About 300 snow-haired residents sit on dining-room chairs on a midafternoon in early March. They’ve shown up to…
Democratic presidential candidate Wayne Messam has condemned Joe Biden, who has been accused of inappropriately touching women. But during his tenure as mayor of Miramar, Messam supported two top city administrators who have also been accused of harassing women.
Cruise lines repeatedly put profits ahead of passengers, as outlined in multiple lawsuits and news stories.
After Ultra was forced to pay $400,000 to settle a lawsuit from a festivalgoer who was beaten up by officers including former union boss Javier Ortiz, the controversy-prone cop was banned from working future editions of the EDM festival. Well, what a difference a few years make: Ortiz, now a…
Will Florida legalize recreational pot? Medical marijuana is already legal. But who really cares? It’s all bad for Miami’s black community, where weed has helped drive the economy for years. What governments aren’t even mentioning is paying reparations to black-dominated countries or African-Americans who have or will lose their livelihoods…
