Deadly “Kissing Bug” Has Infiltrated Florida

To quote our favorite Christmas movie Batman Returns, mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it, but a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it. Especially if that kiss is from an invasive insect known as the Kissing Bug. The Center For Disease Control reports that the insect,…

Woman’s “End of Probation” Party Leads to Arrests

A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week, and on Friday we’re here to bring you the oddest. This week a probation party gone seriously wrong, a Darth Vader imposter who did not let the force be with him, and a reminder not to film yourself damaging police…

The Five Best Contracts for the Value in South Florida Sports

Black Friday, the day Americans decide cheap waffle irons and flat-screen televisions are enough reason to hurdle other shoppers, face-smush an old lady, and dive into Macy’s before the doors close like in Indiana Jones. It’s a tradition like no other. Being a sucker for an unbelievable deal isn’t unique…

Santa’s Enchanted Forest Protest Planned Over Animal Shows

It’s the happiest time of the year — except for the animals at Santa’s Enchanted Forest. At least that’s what a group of animal activists planning a protest against the venerable holiday theme park says. They believe Santa’s Enchanted Forest, which bills itself as the “world’s largest holiday theme park,”…

Brightline, New Rail Link Between Miami and Orlando, Explained

Almost 20 million people live in Florida. Last year, almost 100 million more visited. This is a state, in other words, with a whole lot of people who need to move around — especially in and around hyper-congested South Florida and family vacation-mecca Orlando. As any Floridian knows, public transportation…

Facebook Killer Derek Medina Found Guilty

Two years ago Derek Medina wrote in a caption a chilling photo of his wife’s slumping, lifeless body that, “I’m going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife.” This afternoon a jury decided he was right. A jury found Medina guilty of the second degree murder of his…

Twenty-Five Reasons We Are Thankful for the Miami Heat

The Miami Heat are your rock. They are Netflix on a gloomy South Florida Winter day. They make you feel more emotion on a nightly basis than any Adele album ever could. They are waking up in the middle of the night and remembering tomorrow is Saturday. They are chicken…

NBA Features 786 on Heat’s Area Code Gear, Not 305

There are few cities in America quite as in love with their primary area code as Miami. It’s pretty much in every Miami rap song. Pitbull calls himself “Mr. 305,” and has an upcoming Miami-set drama in the works called “305.” You can see it on tattoos, hats, shirts and…

Three of America’s Worst Traffic Bottlenecks Are in Miami

You ever find yourself stuck on the Palmetto during rush hour and think, “Jeez, their can’t be traffic anywhere else in the country worse than this.” Well, technically, there are 19 stretches of road in the country with worst traffic. Not that that’s much of a consultation, and indeed a…

North Beach Plots Future After Rejecting Luxury Condo Plan On Ocean Terrace

After a controversial development proposal that would have transformed a historic beachfront stretch of North Beach was rejected by Miami Beach voters earlier this month, many residents were left wondering about the fate of their neighborhood. They got some clues Monday night, when esteemed urban planning firm Dover Kohl launched…

Bomani Jones on Highly Questionable: “It’s Improvisational”

There’s not a sports journalist in America with a better office than Bomani Jones. Jones records both his ESPN radio show, The Right Time With Bomani Jones, and the TV hit he cohosts with Dan Le Batard, Highly Questionable, right inside the Clevelander, the iconic oceanside South Beach hotel. In…

Germane Barnes Aims to Revive Opa-locka Without Gentrifying It

As a kid on Chicago’s gritty West Side, Germane Barnes spent a lot of time with friends in a neighborhood park across the street from a striking home. Barnes was way too young to know much about the brilliant designer behind the sprawling, geometrically intricate estate — the genius Frank…

Rookie Beach Cop Fires Gun While Checking Burglar Alarm

Officer Miguel Romain was just a few months into his new job as a full-fledged Miami Beach cop when the routine call came in on Sunday: A burglar alarm was going off in a building near 51st Street and Alton Road. The former public service specialist hopped in a patrol…