U.S. Spends $500,000 a Day on Homestead Child-Migrant Camp
The Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children costs $17 million per month to run.
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The Five Best Assets the Miami Heat Currently Has to Offer in Trade
There is more to fielding an NBA team than just picking players. The lifeblood of a contender depends on things like good-value contracts, draft picks, and having extra currency beyond just money to spend. The teams that best manage their assets are usually champions whose success lasts. With reports that…
So Far, Young People Have Cast Only 6 Percent of Ballots in Florida
This was supposed to be the year young people hit the polls in droves, pushing back on years of dismal youth turnout in the midterms. Parkland student activists like David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez traveled the country all summer to sign up new voters and last month appeared in…
Trump Advisor John Bolton Praises Brazil’s Bloodthirsty Leader, Criticizes Troika of Terror in Miami
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton stood today in Miami’s Freedom Tower — a building famous for housing Cuban refugees fleeing political oppression — and praised the election of the neofascist wannabe dictator of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. Bolton, who also labeled Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela the “Troika of Terror,”…
Someone in North Miami Beach Is Spreading Flyers With Fake Obama Endorsements
Over the past few months, former President Barack Obama has endorsed hundreds of Democratic candidates in the November midterms elections. None were running for municipal positions in Florida. Yet a flyer circulating in North Miami Beach claims Obama has endorsed five candidates vying for mayor and the city commission.
Cars Keep Getting Towed From This Spot in Miami Beach
Franca says Beach Towing demanded she pay in cash when she went to retrieve her car, even though Miami Beach’s Towing Bill of Rights requires tow companies to accept at least two forms of payment. Franca was charged $140 for the hookup, $6 for the .4 mile Beach Towing dragged her car, $30 for the labor, $35 for an “admin charge,” and $2 in tax, all in cash.
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Miami Beach Commissioners Retreat From Plan to Sue Gov. Rick Scott Over Red Tide
For months, Rick Scott has faced scorching criticism over Florida’s red tide crisis, which has brought heaps of dead fish to the state’s shorelines and shuttered its beaches because people literally can’t breathe. Thanks to his years of environmental deregulation and budget slashing, the term-limited governor has been branded “Red…
Miami Police Department’s Written Pot Policy Contradicts Chief’s Statements
City of Miami finally sent out a standard operating procedure detailing the program — and while the policy itself does not contain the language Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina promised, he assured New Times that the department is following through on his word.
Miami’s Top Prosecutor Is Pushing the Terrible Florida “Victims’ Rights” Amendment
The United States jails more of its citizens than any nation on Earth. Florida’s incarceration rate is higher than any country’s. So it would seem logical to ratchet down the War on Drugs, demilitarize local police departments, and persuade local cops to arrest fewer people.
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Mother of Man Shot by Cops Sues Rundle for Withholding Key Information
Twenty-three-year-old Juvon Simon was at his apartment in Florida City when cops showed up on the afternoon of May 30. According to a witness, Simon ran inside, shut the door, and then dropped dead; a preliminary investigation found that Florida City Police Officer Frantz Hardy was responsible for firing two shots through the door, killing Simon almost instantly.
Global Warming Will Bake Florida’s Outdoor Workers, Study Warns
Climate change will hurt working-class and poor communities the hardest. Monsoons and absurd levels of heat are already battering huge portions of India, for example. Closer to home, much has already been written about “climate gentrification” in Miami — that is, the process by which wealthier people are buying…
Republicans Are on the Run as Trump and Obama Face Off in Florida Six Days Before Election
With the election less than a week away, Florida for the next few days becomes the epicenter of campaigning by presidents past and present. Donald Trump hits the Hertz Arena in Fort Myers tonight at 7 p.m. A large crowd is expected and cops are warning people to…
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Broward Teacher Called 8-Year-Old Special Needs Boy “Dumbo,” Isolated Him From Peers
“Dumbo” is what one Broward County schoolteacher called an 8-year-old student with autism and ADHD, according to a lawsuit filed in Florida’s Southern District Court earlier this month by the boy’s mother.
Miami Lawsuit Says Sigma Chi Frat Bro Bit Off Some Guy’s Ear at FIU Tailgate
In the midst of the revelry, a Sigma Chi frat bro bit off a guy’s ear.
If You Want Legal Weed in Florida, Vote for These People
If you’re looking for someone who will legalize weed, here’s a list of all Florida candidates up for election this November who will fight for your right to light up.
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Miami’s Francis Suarez Wants to Be Strong Mayor
It’s just before 7:30 p.m. on a Tuesday in October, and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is glad-handing with constituents at the Shenandoah Park recreation center. He shakes hands with a couple of uniformed cops and plants a kiss on an older woman’s cheek. Dressed in a trim navy suit, he…
Halloween Megastore Employee Asks Customer if He Can Feel Her Breasts
On a recent Friday afternoon, Diana Androsova walked into the Halloween Megastore at NE 61st Street and Biscayne Boulevard. She grabbed a couple of items for her costume and went to the register, where a young man began ringing up her bill. Standing at the register, Androsova decided against buying an exaggerated pair of fake breasts along with the rest of her costume and put them aside.
Conservative Christian Group Sued for Spamming Florida Residents to Support Brett Kavanaugh
The slew of unsolicited text messages from the Faith and Freedom Coalition pissed off at least one Miami resident enough to file a class action lawsuit against the nonprofit, since technically, text messages like the ones FFC spammed Florida residents with are illegal. Wijesinha, a registered Democrat, says he has no idea how the Faith and Freedom Coalition even got his number in the first place.
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Goran Dragic Is the Most Underappreciated Player in Miami Heat History
Goran Dragic will forever be linked to LeBron James in the minds of Miami Heat fans. And that’s likely not a positive thing. When the Heat acquired Dragic from the Phoenix Suns in 2015, it was part of an effort to quickly pick up the pieces,…
Miami’s Teachers Don’t Just Deserve Higher Pay – They Need It
Teachers will get a raise if MIami-Dade voters approve a referendum that would allow the county to raise $232 million a year through an increase in property taxes over the next four years.
Five Times Bombs Shook South Florida
While Sayoc’s arrest yesterday focused attention on the Sunshine State, South Florida has a history of of residents who hatch half-assed bomb threats — and of anti-Castro Cuban exiles who actually made good on their plans:
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“It Will Be Worse Than 9/11”: Accused Florida Bomber Threatened to Blow Up FPL in 2002
“FPL will get what they deserve, and it will be worse than 9/11,” Sayoc said. When the representative on the phone said he should not be making threats like that, Sayoc said he doesn’t make threats; he makes promises.