A passerby spotted the body just after dawn March 29. It didn’t take long for Miami Police detectives to identify the man lying in a pool of blood near Biscayne Boulevard and NE 80th Street. But that only deepened the mystery. Shaun Cole, they soon learned, was a 22-year-old Scottish…
About 45 years ago, Dade County Mayor Chuck Hall had a grand idea. He wanted to build one of the world’s largest and most advanced airports smack dab in the middle of what is now known as the Big Cypress National Preserve. Environmentalists bulked, and the plan was abandoned after…
Alan Grayson might be the most interesting man in Florida politics, and should he officially announce his run for Senate tomorrow he could make the race one of the most interesting to watch in the nation. With Marco Rubio running for the presidency, that leaves his Senate seat wide open…
Just eight days after the Miami-Dade County Commission passed its own version of the ordinance, Miami Beach Commissioners haven o also passed a law that allows police to issue a $100 ticket to people found with 20 grams or less of marijuana on their person instead of arrested them. The…
It should be well established by now that the single biggest economic issues facing regular residents of South Florida is the fact that while rents continue to rise unabated, our paychecks remain relatively low. As a result, Miamians spend a higher percentage of their annual income on paying their rent…
Now that Uber has announced it will suspend operations in Broward effective July 31, Key West commuters are wondering if the island town could be the next domino to fall for the ride-sharing app in South Florida. Starting last week, the city has threatened to arrest any Uber drivers operating…
You don’t have to look very far to find examples of gringos playing white Cubans in our culture. There’s Taram Killam’s portrayal of Marco Rubio on SNL. Jimmy Fallon dressing up as Pitbull on Th e Tonight Show. Al Pacino in Scarface, of course. Some examples have been met with…
You know as far as Republican members of Congress go, Miami’s Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is probably one of the coolest to intern with. She’s got a well documented sense of humor. She’s the longest serving female Republican in the House. She sits on the powerful Foreign Relations committee. She’s down…
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Florida since early January, but the state Department of Health is having a hard time catching up to that reality. Florida’s marriage license forms still list one partner as the “bride” and the other as the “groom,” and same-sex couples are left to manually…
As commerce and tourism to Cuba open up amidst President Obama’s big thaw of relations between the neighboring nations, Miami’s biggest cruise line is ready to get in on the action. Carnival announced this morning that — barring a red-tape holdup on the Cuban end of the deal — you’ll…
George Gray, all five feet eight inches of him, flies up the court like a Chihuahua released from a cage. He bursts through midcourt, dribbling at hyperspeed, and weaves around two towering defenders near the goal. Just before slamming into another, an enormous center beneath the rim, he spins instinctively…
Post-Trayvon and Ferguson, the nation has turned its attention to gaping racial disparities in local police forces, which are often overwhelmingly white even though they patrol mostly black neighborhoods. It’s a serious problem. But there’s another group with far more power to influence criminal cases and the delivery of justice…
House nightclubs was one of the most talked about clubs in Miami years before it even opened. Mark Lowe, who had previously made his mark at Living Room, the rare Ft. Lauderdale nightclub called that some Miamians actually found worth driving up for, was rumored to be working on the…
Randall Hill has quite the Miami biography. A native, he won a national championship ring with the Miami Hurricanes in 1989. Known as “Thrill” Hill, his most memorable came during the 1991 Cotton Bowl when he scored a touchdown against the Texas Longhorns and continued running all the way to…
The flamingos at Hialeah Park Racing and Casino may be some of the city’s most famous residents. The flock, which has dates back to 1934, is so iconic that they appear as one of the first images of the opening of the credits to “Miami Vice” and inspired the design…
As legend has it, in 1945, six fishermen embarked from the seaside town of Cojimar in Cuba to find the underwater monster that was devouring their fish. The crew took off in a small boat, armed only with ropes and harpoons. After they caught the creature, they spent the night…
“Take that fucking belt off right now,” Ruben Alvarez, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) instructor commands to a student. Alvarez, an imposing presence in a white robe, was towering over his student, also robed, who lay sprawled on his back on a mat inside Black House, a Miami Beach martial…
It’s not really a holiday weekend in Miami until a professional athlete gets arrested in South Beach. So get those Fourth of July firecrackers ready because last night, Green Bay Packers tight end Andrew Quarless got the party started. Quarless ended up in police custody early this morning after firing…
If you’ve ever wanted to see a few of your elected leaders half-naked and battling it out against each other in a pool, today is your chance. But don’t worry, it’s for a good cause. County Commissioner Xavier Suarez and City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff are set to take on City…
Marlins fans know they’re in for a certain amount of pain at the ballpark. The team’s atrocious baseball on the field and brain-punishingly dumb decisions off it have been brutalizing spectators for years. But Beth Fedornak got more hurt than she bargained for on a trip to Marlins Park. The…
The Miami Heat’s greatest player ever re-signed Thursday, ending months of speculation about whether he would return to the team with which he has won three NBA championships. “It has been an honor and privilege to play with the Miami HEAT the past twelve years,” said Wade. “The Heat family…
Demand for Miami properties from South American buyers continues to subside as the economic situation changes and exchange rates fluctuate, and that’s left Miami developers searching for a new hotbed of potential buyers to tap. Sure, they may be having to starting woo-ing actual Americans, perhaps even Miamians who already…
