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Sandy Hook Dad Suing Alex Jones Says South Florida Cop Illegally Accessed His Personal Info

By Jerry Iannelli

Leonard Pozner has lived through unimaginable pain. His son Noah was shot to death during the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, in which six adults and 20 children were murdered in Newtown, Connecticut. Then, after that incomprehensible tragedy, conspiracy theorists and gun-rights advocates have continued to harass him. Pozner is suing InfoWars’ Alex Jones for defamation after Jones repeatedly claimed Pozner was a fake “crisis actor.”

Miami-Dade Housing Prices Are Rising Faster Than Wages

By Jerry Iannelli

Good news! Wages are finally rising in Miami-Dade County, a major metro area where the median income is a paltry $46,000, which is much lower than that of other cities of comparable size, such as Boston, Philadelphia, and Seattle. Whoops, we forgot to mention one thing, though: Miami-area housing prices are rising way faster than those wages.

Angry Shareholders Sue Miami Billionaire Phillip Frost Over Pump-and-Dump Allegations

By Jessica Lipscomb

In September, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission slapped Miami biotech billionaire Phillip Frost with a massive lawsuit accusing him of stock fraud. According to the SEC, Frost and his co-conspirators artificially inflated the price of stocks and then exited with millions, leaving other investors with virtually worthless shares. After the charges were announced in national media, stock prices for Frost’s company, Opko Health, plummeted.

Last Guardian Angel Asked to Leave Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

By Brittany Shammas

Since the day after the February 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, David “Cobra” Clemente has been a constant presence, standing guard when students arrive at 5:30 a.m. and when they leave around 2:40 p.m. In the beginning, he was surrounded by other red-beret-topped Guardian Angels who patrolled the school as volunteers — and won the affection of many worried parents and shaken students.

Donald Trump Jr. Scheduled to Speak at a South Florida High School Tonight

By Jerry Iannelli

Even compared to other college conservative groups, Turning Point USA is a collection of some of the absolute worst pundits in America. Case in point: The group says it’s bringing American-Habsburg crown prince Donald Trump Jr. to a South Florida high school to speak at 6:30 tonight as part of TPUSA’s Campus Clash series, in which group leaders Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens appear at local schools and colleges to make libs mad or whatever it is they do.

Five Reasons Miami Hurricanes Will Make the College Football Playoffs

By Ryan Yousefi

The Miami Hurricanes’ instant-classic 28-27 comeback win over the Florida State Seminoles last weekend marked the midpoint of the team’s 2018-19 season. The now-15h-ranked Canes have reeled off five straight wins since their season-opening loss to LSU, putting themselves back within striking distance of their first playoff berth.

Zapruder Analysis of a Knockout Fan Brawl at FSU-Miami

By Sean Pendergast

For the life of me, I’ll never understand the concept of fans getting into fights over sporting events, and let’s be honest, there are degrees of absurdity in this behavior. It’s one thing to start a brawl and risk assault charges over perceived disrespect of your professional team, standing up…

DeSantis Wrote Book Excusing Slavery, Complaining About Women’s Rights

By Jerry Iannelli

Florida gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis’ 2011 tome, Dreams From Our Founding Fathers, is terrible. It’s a book-long screed from the then-Tea Party candidate, in which DeSantis screams at President Barack Obama for 286 pages, implies he is a closet Marxist, and at one point writes that Obama has “Muslim roots.”…

Hurricane Michael Winds Could Hit Miami by Tuesday Morning – Updated

By Chuck Strouse

Hurricane Michael continues strengthening this afternoon and could deliver strong winds and heavy rain to Miami by early Tuesday. By 2 p.m. Monday, the storm’s strength had reached 75 mph, and as it moves away from Cuba, it’s expected to strengthen all the way through Wednesday, when wind speeds might hit 120 mph, making Michael a strong Category 3.

Miami Will Be Screwed by 2050 Unless We Cut All Carbon Emissions ASAP, UN Warns

By Jerry Iannelli

A new United Nations report warns that much of the world will be screwed by the year 2040 unless we basically reduce carbon emissions to zero. And Miami will likely be destroyed by hurricane storm surge. Happy Monday! The latest report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is, honestly, the sort of thing that should force the world’s citizens out into the streets.

Miami-Dade Explores Privatizing New Jails

By Jessica Lipscomb

Miami-Dade’s jail system has been a mess for years. The downtown Pretrial Detention Center is now almost 60 years old. In recent years, the Department of Justice has blasted the county for operating leaky, roach-infested jails with overflowing urinals. And just last week, a correctional supervisor sued Miami-Dade for employment violations because the mold inside the detention center is so bad she can’t breathe.

Miami PD Backs Off Plan Letting Cops Use Drugs After New Times Story

By Jerry Iannelli

Miami Police officers nearly just won the right to do drugs and get away with it. Last month, New Times obtained a copy of the police department’s new labor contract, and its language would let cops caught doing illegal drugs keep their jobs as long as they entered rehab after failing a drug test. Many critics found the rule hypocritical because one of the police department’s main jobs is to arrest people doing drugs.

Four Times Rick Scott Screwed Over Florida’s Waterways

By Jerry Iannelli

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is a bad person. He’s now running for U.S. Senate, and one of his central campaign strategies is to flat-out admit he stole a then-record amount of money from Medicare and Medicaid when he ran a hospital system. He literally made it harder for poor people to go to the hospital.