Migdalia “Milly” Cowan and her husband, Alex Paez, were regulars on the national bodybuilding circuit, traveling cross country to flex while glistening in Speedos. But while they competed, prosecutors say, they left their horses — which they used as props in muscled photoshoots — to starve back on their South…
When it comes to texting, Miamians have an outlook similar to the one Jay-Z takes about hookers on his hit “Big Pimpin'”: “I got no patience / and I hate waiting.” When a Miamians texts you they expect an almost immediate reply. More so than anywhere in the nation. At…
Heat fans have been on a roller coaster of emotion this week watching King James win a title in Cleveland. Some were happy for LBJ. Others joined #TeamPetty to root hard against the Heat’s former savior. Wherever you land on the spectrum, the simple fact is that LeBron wouldn’t…
Davone Bess’s latest bizarre confrontation with police started as a simple, routine traffic stop and then quickly escalated to a standoff with a SWAT team. Bess, best known as a former player with the Miami Dolphins, is behind bars today in Maricopa County, Arizona and facing three felony charges after the…
London is one of the greatest cities in the world. It’s got centuries of history, non-stop culture and great architecture. You know what it doesn’t have? Particularly great summer weather and a beach. So this summer, Londoners looking for a bit of subtropical thrill can get a small taste of…
Donald Trump’s growing Florida problem isn’t complicated. The Sunshine State is the most diverse of the big swing states up for grabs in November’s election. More than a quarter of residents here are of Hispanic descent, and another 15 percent or so are black. Over the last month, Trump practically…
Around 9:30 one night back in March, residents in a Palmetto Bay neighborhood called police about a man who was outside apparently smashing car windows and puncturing car tires with a pick-axe. Officers quickly arrived to investigate and soon traced the suspect, 25-year-old Ethan Rincon, to his home on Southwest…
For Miami condo developers there’s no such thing as too many balconies too high up in the air. Unfortunately, when the weather gets rough and the winds starts to gust, all those high-rise balconies can prove dangerous. Especially when patio furniture isn’t properly secured. On Saturday, the inclement weather apparently…
Just over a week after the most deadly mass shooting by a lone perpetrator in American history occurred in Florida, a state politician has decided to bring attention to his congressional campaign by giving away a version of the weapon used in the attack. State Sen. Greg Evers, who…
Florida’s coral reefs are already in big trouble. Scientists around the globe have noted serious problems for the delicate but vital ecosystems, especially from “bleaching,” a process that occurs when high heat and sunshine causes devastating effects. But that’s not the only threat reefs in Florida face. A Florida Keys study…
The internet can be like one permanent, painful Thanksgiving dinner where everyone has had one too many glasses of wine and just decides to unload and fight about everything. No subject seems to be safe from concern trolling. Maybe some of this discussion can be enlightening, if not necessary. Sometimes…
Rep. David Jolly, who had a nominal lead among announced candidates in polls for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, has dropped his bid for the higher house. Instead, he’ll try to keep his seat in the House of Representatives. The move comes as anticipation grows that Marco Rubio will announce his…
A Facebook posting declaring “I am not Orlando” has gone viral. The original posting, made by someone in California, has been shared close to 15,000 times. Screenshots of the post have popped up on Tumblr. One version has racked up more than 32,000 notes. It’s spread to places like Twitter,…
Normally on Fridays we use this space wrap up all the weird “Florida man” stories of the week, but this has been an incredibly devastating and depressing week for the Sunshine State. So, for this week and this week only, we’ve decided instead to bring you all the happy and…
Marco Rubio is spending this weekend pondering his future, possibly cruising around Miami’s waterways in his “luxury yacht” as he decides whether to make another run for Senate. All signs are that he will. The GOP leadership is begging him to do it. And now his good buddy Lt. Gov…
Almost 30 years ago, Hialeah passed an ordinance banning animal sacrifice in an attempt to stop a group of Santeria practitioners from building a new place of worship in the city. The church challenged the law all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which unanimously agreed that such a…
The evidence that FIU professor David Ralston raped an unconscious woman seems strong. The attack was caught on surveillance video, they say, that he had set up in his Lee County home. So when Ralston got word that detectives were trying to persuade him to voluntarily surrender, Ralston fled. After more…
Richard Florida, the country’s most famous urban studies scholar, and the FIU-Miami Creative City Initiative came out today with a major, in-depth and incisive report on the state of the Miami and what we must do to truly become a global city. Dubbed “Miami’s Great Inflection: Toward Shared Prosperity as a Creative…
In another sign of just odd this election is, Floridians, by and large, do not have a favorable view of Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Both are seen negatively by well over 50 percent of the states. Here’s where things get even odder: compared to the vast majority of the…
Yesterday, three Florida International University students set out in a small center-console, Mako-style boat to collect water samples in Whitewater Bay, a huge expanse of water on the southwestern edge of Everglades National Park. They never made it back. Last evening, the U.S. Coast Guard got a call that the…
A few things Tremont Towing is well known for: pissing off South Beach drivers, accusations of shady business practices, tight political connections, and enriching us all with hilariously scripted “windmill roundhouse back flips” on the since-canceled reality show South Beach Tow. Some things Tremont Towing is not particularly well known for: improving…
It was exactly one year ago today when Jeb Bush strolled across the stage of the auditorium of Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus to confirm the years of speculation. Yes, he would run for president, and yes he was in it to win it. “We need a president willing to…
