David Shiffman cringes whenever he watches the Discovery Channel and finds mermaids, megalodons, or zombie sharks on air. But for the 30-year-old University of Miami graduate student, Shark Week is the worst. That’s because Shiffman has spent his career researching actual science about sharks. The way he sees it, few popular…
Florida’s official state flag may be the only state Flag in the entire union to feature a woman of color on it, but is it also “the most overtly racist symbol in the United States?” That’s what T.D. Allman, historian and author of “Finding Florida: The True History of the…
Donald Trump is the kind of shrewd businessman that if you cross you can be assured he’ll extract his revenge. Usually in an over-the-top, childish way that actually makes him look worse …but he will extract his revenge. Yesterday, Univision announced that it was dropping its coverage of all Miss…
While most prominent Miamians have been celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage across the map, the Catholic Archdiocese of Miami has come out hard against the decision. In a statement, Archbishop compared the ruling to Roe vs Wade (which legalized abortion across the country) and the Dred…
Today the Supreme Court legalized same sex marriage nationwide, which, in case you’ve been living under a rock or something for the past 10 years, is a pretty humungous deal. Only legalized in Florida this January, same sex couples in all 50 states will now be allowed to marry. Naturally,…
The officer stalks toward a group waving signs outside Miami Sequarium to protest the living conditions of Lolita, the park’s captive killer whale. The officer gets right in front of a camera held by one man, and then goes off. “I’m gonna be honest with you,” says the cop, identified…
A lot of weird thing happen in Florida each week. Every Friday we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: a woman who can’t take rejection well, another who doesn’t even care whose chicken and biscuits she’s eating and, a third with a bulge full of drugs. Woman Attacks…
When a deadline passed last week, more than 250,000 Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent living in the D.R. suddenly faced the specter of deportation back to Port-au-Prince. On Thursday, hundreds from both nation gathered outside the Dominican Republic’s consulate in Brickell to protest the move, which many called racist and…
Manny Dieguez, 39, and Ivette Montero, 29, were raising both cannabis and kids in their home until Miami-Dade Police busted them this morning. The couple now faces multiple charges including marijuana trafficking, possession of marijuana with a minor present and selling or manufacturing marijuana, The couple lived in the 5400 block…
Donald Trump had harsh word for Hispanics who come to America in his Presidential campaign announcement speech, and now America’s largest Spanish-language broadcaster wants nothing to do with him. Univision announced its intentions today to halt all business with Trump, meaning the network will cancel its planned broadcasts of Trump’s Miss…
Today the Supreme Court voted 6-3 in a case that left Obamacare in tact as designed. Local Democrats celebrated like it was a final victory for permanent healthcare reform in America while Miami’s two presidential candidates vowed to keep fighting against the law. Other major state and local Republicans, including…
For more than a year before he was brutally murdered, Pinecrest native and freelance journalist Steven Sotloff was held captive in Syria in often torturous conditions. On the advice of security experts, Sotloff’s family in Miami kept the news of their son’s kidnapping quiet, fearing publicity would only further endanger…
June is officially LGBT Pride Month in America, but Miami-Dade’s only local party — Miami Beach’s gay pride party — is held in April. So instead of parades or slideshows of revelers, we decided to take the opportunity to look back at one of the gayest things ever produced by…
A female attorney and mother of a 5-month-old child says a county judge denied her request last week to take short breaks to pump her breasts during a trial. Marissa Altman, an 11-year assistant public defender, acts as a trainer for misdemeanor lawyers that are new to the courtroom. One…
After years of skittering its feet, Florida legislature finally formally outlawed sex between animals and humans in 2011. The Miami-Dade County Commission however really wants to drive the point home that beastiality is not welcomed here, and is poised to consider a 300 word update to its animal-cruelty ordinance. Proposed by…
The National Statuary Hall Collection is a neat feature of the United States Capitol where each state gets to erect statues of two of its more prominent historical citizens. Guess which two people are honored by Florida: a guy who invented an early precursor to air-conditioning (this is true, and honestly…
Positive media exposure of transgender people has been growing steadily over the past few years, peaking with Bruce Jenner, Olympic hero and patriarch of America’s most famous reality TV clan, debuted her new identity as Caitlyn Jenner on the cover of this month’s Vanity Fair. The question however is how…
Last month, scientists released rare good news in Florida’s endless fight against invasive species: After collecting more than 150,000 giant African land snails, they’d nearly eradicated the pest from the Sunshine State. That’s great, because they’ve got a new disgusting import to turn their attention to. A peer-reviewed study published…
Jon Ranellone was cycling home in South Beach around 1 am last Friday when a car slammed into him. The accident, in front of the Panera at 14th Street, threw him from his bike onto the asphalt. But that wasn’t the worst part of the ordeal, the video editor says…
Unity on the Bay may practice worship in ways looked down upon by more conservative religious sects, but God’s good fortune has clearly blessed them in the real estate department. The iconic Edgewater church with a bayfront view has decided to put the 2-acre lot its called home since 1961…
With little advanced notice, Governor Rick Scott quietly signed the budget passed by the Republican-controlled legislature during special session, and used his line-item veto power to slash $461 million in funding from the original $78.6 billion state budget. Now several notable Republicans are criticizing Scott’s spend-thrift ways, noting that he’s…
British Billionaire Richard Branson does not know the meaning of subtly, and that was made all very clear today during his flashy press conference to announce that he’ll be launching Virgin Cruises, the latest subsidy in a Virgin empire that already includes hotels, record stores and space travel, right here…
