When the shots rang out, they came in flurries. The pops drowned out the music echoing through the Spot, a Caribbean restaurant in Liberty City that by midnight had transformed into a nightclub where dozens of local young people, some in middle school, flirted and rubbed sweaty bodies in the…
Animal rights activists for years have complained that an orca named Lolita at the Miami Seaquarium has been held in unsafe conditions. Now, an investigation by federal authorities into the safety of the trainers who perform with the killer whale has lead to a big change at the park. A…
Not only has Miami’s Critical Mass bike ride grown to be one of the largest in the country, but its also just about the only one where you’ll occasionally catch an NBA champion peddling next to you. Dwyane Wade is a frequent rider, and has brought wife Gabrielle Union and…
Enterprise Florida is a public-private partnership meant to attract business to Florida. Think of it this way, if Visit Florida, the state’s tourism board, is meant to lure people to Florida for vacation, Enterprise Florida is supposed to lure businesses here to set up shop permanently. Governor Rick Scott, ever…
Almost a year ago, Governor Rick Scott signed the “Charlotte’s Web” bill into law, legalizing a non-euphoric strain of marijuana for medical use in Florida. Though, so far Floridians who need that medical treatment have not yet been able to receive it. The law has been held up by legal…
When American prosecutors lobbed a grenade into world soccer’s governing body last week, they left a wake of legal carnage inside FIFA, the organization that oversees international soccer, including the World Cup. Fourteen top officials face corruption charges linked to decades of crooked deals. Among those indicted were the giant…
In the immortal words of Ron Burgundy: “Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got outta hand fast.” In a matter of days, the Miami Heat and Dwyane Wade have suddenly found themselves perched on a knife’s edge. Unlike the Heat’s last big “decision” — involving a certain LeBron…
Memorial Day weekend in South Beach. So many people. So many cars. So few parking spaces. Thus, a lot of towing. Six hundred twenty-three vehicles, actually, more than double the corresponding four-day period the week prior. “We want to make sure that residents’ quality of life is high,” says Saul…
Thieves in Miami will steal just about anything. Even pigeons. The Miami-Dade Police Department is asking the public’s help in identifying three men who broke into a farm in Kendale Lakes in March and stole 150 pigeons. Though, the birds were returned to the owner a few days later, three…
So you’ve heard about All Aboard Florida, the private railroad line that will connect Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach to Orlando set to be completed in 2017. Perhaps you’ve imagined one day ditching your car in favor of a ticket on the train for your next trip to…
Everyweek a lot of weird things happen in Florida, and every Friday we’re here to rundown the weirdest. This week: a teen girl who thought a cop would be totally cool with her can ibis habit, a drunk pilot and a judge who didn’t like it when defendants declined her…
Just a couple months ago, the Miami Marlins were brimming with optimism. Giancarlo Stanton had a new record-breaking deal, the team had reinforced with promising new players and even lengthy road trips looked like they’d be more palatable this year. Team owner Jeffrey Loria promised a retro-fitted Boeing 767-200 pimped…
It’s the Friday of the month, which means the ride is on tonight, and it’s a winding one. More significantly, tonight’s Critical Mass will cycle across the Venetian Causeway to South Beach — the last time cyclists can use the historic causeway before it closes on Monday for months of…
The corruption scandal tearing through international soccer this week has already taken down more than a dozen top-ranking FIFA execs and business partners facing federal charges — including Aaron Davidson, the Miami-based head of soccer marketing giant Traffic Sports USA. But now the corruption probe looks likely to entangle an…
Oh, Heat fans, you thought we were going to at least have an easy-breezy off-season after last year’s conundrum? Think again. It appears Dwyane Wade is thinking longterm with his contract, and is considering the possibility of opting out this year and even possibly testing the open market. Pretty much…
Steve Karro, a 55-year-old Rabbi on Miami Beach, is behind bars today on charges of molesting an 11-year-old girl. The alleged incident happened last month, but Karro told police that he was merely trying to cleanse the girl of her “negative energy.” Karro is a substitute Rabbi for the a…
Marco Rubio, the Republican “boy” wonder, is 44-years-old today! The Presidential candidate will spend the day in Las Vegas, his other childhood home (the Rubio family lived there between 1979 and 1985 before returning to Miami). He’ll celebrate later at a birthday party-slash-fundraiser hosted at the home of Rick Harrison, the…
Jimmy and Hector, two police dogs who served with the Hialeah Police Department were found dead in Davie last night after being left in an officer’s SUV. Both the Hialeah and Police Department are investigating the matter, but Officer Nelson Enriquez, a 13-year veteran of the Hialeah force, has been relieved…
Earlier this month, the Miami Beach Police Department was hanging its head in shame when the State Attorney’s Office announced that two officers had used work accounts to send hundreds of explicitly racist, sexist, and homophobic emails and text messages. When news of the scandal broke, one of the officers, Captain Alex…
For more than a year, FIU physics professor Stephan Linn warned campus administrators and Miami Dade Transit that using the bus to get to and from campus was risky for students. In letter after letter, he complained of bus stops that were inconvenient, unsheltered and unsafe— located too far from…
One day after U.S. federal prosecutors shocked the futbol world by indicting 14 top FIFA executives, the fallout continues for Sepp Blatter — the organization’s embattled president — and for Aaron Davidson, the 44-year-old Miami resident charged with helping to funnel millions in bribes to nab marketing rights to soccer…
Early last month, Eduardo Goudie was set to move into his new home on North Greenway Drive in Coral Gables. He had already moved in his eclectic art collection which featured contemporary painters from all across the world, but when he returned to the him April 3rd he found that five paintings…
