Miami Beach, Florida and Flint, Michigan don’t have a lot in common. One is the country’s most impoverished and suffering cities. The other is billed as America’s paradise. But according to a new analysis from Apartment List, both are about the same when it comes to raising a young family. Which…
The Brazilian butt lift is an increasingly popular cosmetic surgery during which fat is sucked out of one area of the body and inserted in the buttocks, leaving the appearance of a larger, firmer behind. It sounds simple enough, but be warned: when performed by the wrong hands it can…
In addition to being Miami Beach’s mayor, Philip Levine is also among the biggest property owners in booming Sunset Harbour. That’s created some sticky situations in the past, like when Levine voted to put millions of city cash into anti-sea level pumps and street adjustments to protect the buildings he owns. …
Roger Stone and Ana Navarro are both Republican political operatives who are now better known for their roles as TV talking heads. Both have ties to candidates in the race, both live in Miami and both are frequently seen giving their opinions on CNN. That’s quite a bit in common…
This past December 3, a somber 21-year-old with long blond hair stood on the limestone outdoor stage at the center of the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus. When her name was called, she approached the microphone and detailed a violent rape she said had occurred three years ago at…
One of political writer’s favorite games to play to fill out column inches is “Who would ______ pick as their running mate?” Political writers, however, haven’t spent much time thinking about who Donald Trump would pick, mostly because they’re still more focused on whether or not Trump can actually win…
The Miami Marlins, a professional baseballing team and a suspected longform improv troupe specializing in dark comedy, have tried everything in recent years to turn their fortunes around: a new stadium, three different managers, and occasional star signings followed by roster shaking trades. Nothing has worked. Well, maybe just maybe newly…
Earlier this month, Miami Police union chief Javier Ortiz used his Facebook account to post the cell phone number of a woman who had filmed an officer speeding. He urged his followers to call her. Now, in response, a group identifying itself as part of the hacking collective Anonymous has posted Ortiz’s personal information through social media, a practice known as doxxing.
Miamians tend to enjoy their lives. They feel that they have purpose, enjoy their close network of friends and family, and are in some of the best physical shape of anywhere in the country. Just don’t bring up Money. Locals are also some of the most financially stressed in the…
Thanks to Scarface, Miami Vice and Rakontur, everyone knows that 1980s Miami was the world capital of illegal substances. But few realize that sixty years before the Cocaine Cowboys, another brand of underworld smugglers had already turned South Florida into the Wild West. At the height of Prohibition, Dade County…
Some boxers enter the ring scowling dead-eyed at their opponents. But Stan Stanisclasse could never pull it off. His smile came too easily — it’d just creep unbidden across his face. So he began most bouts with a little dance instead, stomping and sliding his feet back and forth in…
On Sunday night, 26-year-old Miami Beach resident Tzvi Yeheskel Ference got into his 2009 Hyundai Accent. He drove out to the Florida Turnpike, entered the southbound lanes while driving the wrong way and crashed directly into an oncoming tractor-trailer. His car was sent careening. It landed on its roof. The tractor-trailer jackknifed…
Most Miami Heat stars opt for a Miami Beach mansion, a downtown condo or an estate in the like of Coconut Grove or Coral Gables. The team’s reigning star, Goran Dragic, decided to look a little bit more north in his search for a permanent pad in the 305 and…
America’s saddest presidential campaign has finally been euthanized by the good voters of South Carolina. No more can voters chuckle woefully at pleas to “Please clap” or at ham handed attempts to explain why Dubya wasn’t wrong to invade Iraq. Jeb! and his random exclamation point have walked slowly into…
King Carter was six years old. He played Pop Warner football for the 75-pound Junior Bandits and had a smile that lit up his neighborhood. This weekend, he became the latest shockingly young kid killed in Miami by gun violence. The young victim has now become the latest rallying cry…
It’s a presidential election year in which Americans of all stripes are questioning the health of our democracy, but you don’t start at the presidential level to realize how broken democracy can be at times. Just take the Florida legislature as a prime example. Representatives and Senators up in Tallahassee once…
Marlins Park has been open for four years now. The team continues to lack in both wins and attracting much attendance. The county Mayor who oversaw the deal was long ago recalled by voters, and other politicians who went along with the deal are also out of office. However, it appears…
Cuba is one of the richest pipelines on earth for world-class baseball talent. It’s also one of the most treacherous places for Major League Baseball teams to recruit. Thanks to the embargo, defectors have to risk perilous journeys across the Gulf and through Latin America before they can snag big-money…
The political data hounds at FiveThirtyEight have assembled a map of which presidential candidate is most popular on Facebook in every county in America. You’ll see seas of blue for Ben Carson, strongholds of gold for Donald Trump, regions of purple for Bernie Sanders, flecks of red in Texas for…
For baseball fans, Spring Training is a time for hope, naive innocence and the glorious chance to drink ballpark beers that cost less than 15 bucks. Sure, the Marlins were wretched again last year, but in Jupiter at least, Fish fans can forget all that pain, snag a few autographs…
Fifteen-year-old Federico Tamborrel was learning to drive on the Turnpike last January with his dad riding shotgun when he swerved to avoid another car. That’s when he saw what every student driver dreads most: Flashing blue-and-red lights in his mirror. But the traffic stop soon turned into a whole different…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week, and on Fridays we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: the impressive story of a very ambitious and very fake teenage doctor, a woman who gave it to her husband after she discovered his dildo, and the tragic…
