Miami native Brad Meltzer is a nine-time bestselling author of historical and political thrillers. He hosts two shows on the History Channel, Lost History and Decoded. He’s given anti-terrorism advice to the Department of Homeland Security, hobnobbed with George H.W. Bush, and spent hours poring over Lincoln assassination history. But…
It starts out as a light wind and a few small waves lapping the shore. But in less than a minute, the minor storm becomes brutal. Howling winds turn the water choppy and rough and storm surges are so massive that they consume a small house. With 157 mph winds,…
When developer Michael Simkins started snapping up properties in the Southeast Overtown, Park West neighborhood last year no one knew exactly what he had mind. Then plans leaked out to the public that he wanted to build a 633-foot giant LCD advertisement structure to outrage, but Simkins soon wanted the…
The New York Times, the paper of record with a combined 114 Pulitzer Prizes, has really outdone itself with its latest shocker. It’s the kind of in depth investigation that could change the course of American politics for ever. They’ve found that Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette have —gasp—…
Jamie Crabtree, a 32-year-old Key Largo native, just wanted to leave. The Keys, Florida, America, you name it. So Wednesday night, according to a police report, Crabtree boarded a Greyhound headed for Key West. There the 5’10”, hazel-eyed drifter made his way to Key West International Airport. He came up…
Marijuana reform has swept the nation recently, with Louisiana this week on the brink of becoming the 24th state to legalize weed for medical purposes. Florida narrowly missed joining that party last year, but some meaningful local change could be on the horizon. The Miami-Dade Police Department has helped draft…
In early November, with a new toll system about to launch on the 836 Expressway and the 112, Doral resident Alexander Gonzalez was worried. He was already paying some $50 each month on those roads, to get to and from work at a communications company in Coral Gables. The changes…
Given that Miami is home to Vine’s reigning teen stunt queen Lele Pons, we imagine educators throughout the county shudder whenever the hear the phrase “Do it for the Vine!” What is doing it for the Vine? Well, it’s doing something incredibly stupid or outrageous while your friend records it…
There are 8,000 new hotel rooms expected to be built over the next five years in Miami-Dade. That will add to a total hotel room inventory n the county that’s already well over 50,000 rooms, but apparently we’ll need them all. Turns out Miami hotels lead the nation in key…
Game three of the 2012 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Miami at Boston. LeBron put up 34. Garnett put up 24. And in the men’s room, one middle-aged fan allegedly slipped on a puddle of dirty water, crashing hard on the tile floor, “twisting his right knee and leg, landing on…
Florida has gone almost 10 years since receiving a direct hit from a hurricane. The last time a cane actually touched our shores was when Hurricane Wilma made landfall in late October 2005. That’s an awfully long (though not necessarily scientifically strange) gap for hurricanes in Florida. The world and…
For more than six months, Jeb Bush has been furiously crisscrossing the country to give speeches in key primary states while raising unprecedented campaign millions. He even told reporters at one stop in Nevada: “I am running for president in 2016.” But believe it or not, through it all Jeb…
Did Miami-Dade cops lure criminals to Redlands with the specific intent of executing them without a trial? Miami-Dade taxpayers may never know for sure, but they now are on the hook for $1.3 million in settlements to avoid that question going to trial. That’s the total price the county has…
Great cities are home to great international media organizations whose influences extends well beyond that city’s border. So when Univision and ABC News (under the guidance of its owner, Disney) joined together in October, 2013 to launch Fusion, we, as Miamians, couldn’t help but be proud and hopeful. The network…
It’s official. Body cameras will be rolled out amongst the Miami-Dade County Police Department by the end of the year. Yesterday, the county commission endorsed a measure to spend $5 million over the next five years to fit officers with tiny cameras that will record their interactions with the public. …
Hey Miami, hear those mangos falling and exploding on your roof? That can only mean one thing: Hurricane season is here. So are the same stories you read every year about the need to stock up on the basics: water, canned goods, flashlights, and other items on your average hurricane supply…
American travel to Cuba has soared since President Obama’s announcement that he’s restoring diplomatic ties to the nation, with a 36 percent jump in visitors since January. Among those flocking to Havana? Billionaire Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. The real estate developer confirmed yesterday that he visited the island, telling…
The week before he was killed by a brick-wielding, 400-pound mental patient, Terry Young told his mother not to worry. It was a Saturday in late April 2013. Bettye White, a retired elementary-school principal, had made her weekly trip to see to her 53-year-old son at the Liberty City Hope…
Lily Noelle Karolyi, 20, were arrested yesterday on charges they forced a 14-year-old girl into prostitution at a Hialeah motel, made her have sex with multiple unknown men, and then kept the profits for themselves. Karolyi met the young victim at the Crossway Motel in Hialeah. Karolyi was staying there…
For the first time in four years Dwyane Wade won’t be in the NBA Finals, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be seeing him lots during the ESPN on ABC broadcasts. The network has made the sort of odd but increasingly common decision of bringing on an active player (who just…
Oh thank heaven for 7-Eleven’s oven timer. Police are on the look out for two men who attempted a ballsy armed robbery at a convenience store near the county line back in March, but the men were unable to complete there heist once they were scared off by an alarming…
For 20 years, Yuri Sucart was Alex Rodriguez’s right-hand man. A-Rod’s pudgy cousin arranged hotel rooms, booked travel — and also hooked the slugger up with the performance enhancing drugs that fueled much of his career. But Sucart now awaits a federal judge’s ruling on how much time he’ll spend…
