Hundreds of thousands have now watched a video of Charles Kinsey on his back with his arms in the air and asked, “How could police have shot this man?” A recent 14-page report from state inspectors might offer one hint. The report, prepared on May 23 by the Florida Commission on…
As Kendall’s population has spiked in recent decades to more than 75,000, the suburb’s sprawling fields and swamp lands have disappeared to make way for more single family homes and strip malls. Already facing overcrowding and traffic, residents there are now fighting to keep two of West Kendall’s last green…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. Every Friday, we’re here to bring you the weirdest. And to warn you to stay the hell away from folks to make a habit of huffing propane — or barbecue sauce. Naked, Toothless Woman Huffing Propane Threatens to Blow Up Cops We’ve…
National condemnation has been swift today after video showed Charles Kinsey, an unarmed black man trying to help an autistic patient, holding his arms in the air before a North Miami Police officer shot him. But Miami’s two most prominent police union chiefs have now leaped to the officer’s defense. …
There are three stages in the life cycle of every “hip” urban neighborhood. First, broke artists move into an economically depressed area of town, setting up studios and slowly making it cool — and often pushing out longtime residents as rents climb. In stage two, the full-on explosion arrives. The…
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi did not enter the Republican National Convention this week with the best credibility on ethics. Just last month, news broke that she’d personally solicited a $25,000 donation from Donald Trump just before dropping an investigation into fraud complaints against his private university. So it was a…
For a few months earlier this year, Sen. Marco Rubio seemed to have actually grown a spine. On the campaign trail, he dished out hard truths about Donald Trump, arguing passionately that Republicans would be making a historic mistake by nominating the xenophobic, serially dishonest populist. Then came Rubio’s crushing…
Take a deep breath, Heat fans. You can sleep now. Because barring some unforeseen blockbuster trade, this offseason is over for Miami. And after the last few weeks of constant disappointment, you have certainly earned a few months off. No more refreshing Twitter to see who Dwyane Wade just followed…
America has been roiled this month by questionable police shootings caught on camera in Minnesota and Louisiana. Now, Miami has its own baffling case caught on video. A cop in North Miami shot a man named Charles Kinsey on Monday night. Last night, cell phone video was released of the…
The real-estate tracking website Zumper today released a map of what an average one-bedroom apartment will run you in every Miami-Dade County neighborhood this summer. And — surprise! — You basically can’t afford to live anywhere. Granted, Zumper’s map shows median prices, which means half of the apartments in every ‘hood…
Some criminals spend their dirty money on drugs. Others blow it on luxury cars, high-end escorts, or trips to obscure rich people enclaves like Gstaad, Switzerland. Or, if you’re Dr. Fernando Mendez-Villamil, a man accused of running one of the largest fake-prescription schemes in history, you invest heavily in paintings of…
Seventeen years ago, Michelle Salem moved into her home on Bay Drive in Normandy Isle next to what she thought was a regular apartment building. But as she later found out, the building was actually being used to house recovering drug addicts. In her time next to the apartments, Salem’s…
The South Beach dinner crowd was still buzzing with the news that O.J. Simpson had been acquitted of murder charges when Richard Clements got the call about a man flashing a gun near 16th Street and Washington Avenue. It was Oct. 3, 1995, and within minutes, Clements would find himself…
Today, the Miami City Commission will finally decide whether to allow the RCI Group, a prominent development firm based in Miami Beach, to raze Miami’s historic marina on Virginia Key, formerly the county’s only “black” beach during segregation, and build a gleaming, $100 million facility in its place, complete with…
The bodies of scores of Miami’s black pioneers fill a five-acre piece of prairie in South Miami-Dade near South Dixie Highway and Coconut Palm Drive. Many of the forenames are forgotten, but the family names can be found in the county’s halls of power and history books: Cherry, Richardson, Perry,…
When fliers advertising a “no ID” teen party at King of Diamonds began circulating across social media earlier this year, local politicians reacted with horror. After the outcry, the promoter canceled the party at the famed strip club. But now some Miami-Dade commissioners want to make sure minors are not…
Christian Yelich, the Miami Marlins’ 24-year-old outfielder, is quietly having a very solid season for the Fish, batting .317 with seven homers. New Times earlier this year called Yelich the best player on the team, and though the team’s Giancarlo Stanton has made a mockery of that judgment, Yelich is still a very…
The American Dream is alive and well in Miami — provided that you aren’t actually trying to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. In that case, this city is most certainly not for you. Please find the nearest exit. Not only are rents astronomically high all over the place, but it’s almost…
It’s May 13, just after 6:30 p.m., and a grimy Fort Lauderdale Denny’s reeks of cooking grease and industrial disinfectant when Tim Canova busts through the door. He’s trailed by a small team of handlers. An audience of about 20 ACLU members awaits him at a banquet table and surrounding…
Donald Trump just can’t get enough of that sweet, sweet, South Florida cash. After canceling a thinly veiled money-begging opportunity in Miami earlier this month due to the recent police shootings in Dallas, Trump has announced that he’s coming back to South Florida at the end of July. This time,…
Starting today, thousands of (mostly white) people will gather in Cleveland, Ohio to horribly embarrass themselves and our nation. They will argue that scientists are wrong about climate change, that gay people don’t have the right to marry, and that Americans shouldn’t be allowed to watch porn. And then they…
Late last week, South Florida social media users began circulating a screen cap that appeared to show Florida City Vice Mayor Sharon Butler sharing what looked to be a conspiracy theory about the recent shootings in Dallas, in which five police officers were killed by a sniper. “The government killed…
