Five Lies Miami Dolphins Fans Hear Every Offseason

If you ask the experts, the Miami Dolphins will be a special sort of bad this season. But if you ask Dolphins fans, many will tell you the team is better off without all the talented players the team jettisoned this off-season.This is pretty much standard procedure in South Florida, where fans take the team’s off-season bait…

Coral Gables License-Plate Reader Company Shares Info With ICE

Coral Gables has only about 50,000 residents, but because of its central location in Miami-Dade, more than 700,000 cars pass through the city daily. And its police now have the ability to monitor a huge number of those vehicles. Since inking a deal to acquire license-plate readers in 2016, the Gables uses more than 30 such devices around the city.

There’s Now a 40 Percent Chance of a Tropical Storm Forming, Soaking Miami

Logging into Twitter first thing in the morning in 2018 generally feels like diving headfirst into a flaming dumpster floating down a flooded roadway. Wage theft is legal now! Trump is treating the Constitution like a Russian prostitute! More than a week before hurricane season begins, a damn tropical storm might already be forming!

Steve Cousins, Miami Hero of Science, Dies

An always-smiling six-foot-five science teacher, he explained how the cancer began in the pancreas and spread to the liver. But that really wasn’t the lesson. Those kids were learning about daily life with death — being valiant, caring, and loving both your family and your profession.

Miami Beach Considers Taking Over Scandal-Plagued North Bay Village

Since revelations surfaced last year of a blackmail plot against a commissioner with an undisclosed arrest for cocaine in his past, scandal after scandal has rocked tiny North Bay Village, a two-island town on the 79th Street Causeway. Now Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola is proposing a dramatic fix: He wants his city to take over the troubled village.

Miami Could Get Stronger, Wetter Hurricanes Thanks to Climate Change

Hurricane Irma caused a ton of damage in Miami last year. But so did a bunch of unnamed rainstorms and weak tropical systems. Downtown Miami, Brickell, Miami Beach, and other parts of Miami-Dade County regularly flood these days during high tide, and larger-than-average rainstorms deluge the area. Many residents have questioned…

Secretary Says Asbestos at Miami-Dade Courthouse Gave Her Lung Cancer

There’s no question the historic Miami-Dade County Courthouse, completed in 1928, is in bad shape. County commissioners have described the building as “hazardous” and “experiencing corrosion, rust, water intrusion, algae and mold penetration, termites, poor air quality, and potential asbestos exposure.” Yet voters have been clear they don’t want to pay to rebuild it.

Cheesecake Factory Says Miami MAGA Hat Incident Being “Overblown”

Is there a sadder sentence in the English language than “The Cheesecake Factory calls out a man for possibly lying during an appearance on the president’s favorite cable-news TV show?” (No.) Can the news cycle in any way get dumber than “Conservatives are mad that a mediocre restaurant chain isn’t sufficiently patriotic?” (The answer to that is probably yes, somehow.)

Homestead City Council Wants to Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Florida voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana in late 2016. But for many patients across the state, actually getting medical pot is still almost impossible. In some cases, the state has taken months to approve applications, while suppliers that can’t keep up with the demand are constantly out of stock.

Five Reasons the Miami Dolphins Should No Longer Have Cheerleaders

NFL cheerleaders have been in the news lately, and not for the right reasons. In April, the New York Times published a story in which cheerleaders from around the NFL told how sexual harassment, groping, and an overall lack of respect were almost a part of their job description. They were expected to escort high-paying season ticketholders and donors to functions. If they refused, they would be fired.

Miami Beach Outlaws Electric Scooters in Crackdown on Latest Tourist Craze

Rentable electric scooters have seemingly popped up in major cities and tourist destinations overnight. According to various news reports, the scooters are “ruining” Venice Beach, causing “controversy” in Nashville, and “terrorizing” San Francisco. Some of the rental companies, such as Lime, Spin, and Bird (those are real tech-company names), have received major funding from venture-capital firms, which helps explain how the little transportation devices seem to have proliferated across planet Earth in a matter of days.