As if you needed another reason to add to the list of way driving in Miami is a pain, InsuranceQuotes.com reports that Miami-Dade has the most expensive average car insurance rates in Florida. Miamians pay 54 percent more than your average Floridian, which is even more depressing when you learn…
In the weeks since announcing his presidential run, Marco Rubio has seemingly been softening his stance on gay marriage. He told Face the Nation last week that he doesn’t believe being gay is a choice for most people and earlier told Fusion’s Jorge Ramos that yeah, he’d attend a gay…
The Miami Dolphins are just days away from making some big decisions in this years NFL Draft, but are they also might be close to giving up on their top pick from just two years ago. Rumors are swirling that the team is close to parting ways with Dion Jordan,…
Residents in the area of 41st Street and Jefferson Avenue on Miami Beach were awoken early Sunday morning by the sounds of a car crash in the area — but that crash wouldn’t end up being resident’s biggest worry on the night. A woman in her 70s was one of…
Michael Pizzi is now one step closer to regaining his position as mayor Miami Lakes. A three judge panel of the The 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled today that Pizzi should legally be restored to the office. The town of Miami Lakes now has five days to appeal the decision…
Few cities have a love affair with their area code as strong as Miami does with 305. It’s shouted out in various rap songs. Pitbull calls himself Mr. 305.” Tattoos baring the numbers are common, and Dade lifers love to say that they’re “305 til I die.” Of course, that’s…
Moments after a muscular 23-year-old named Ernesto Hernandez was sucked into his boat’s propellers and killed off Key Biscayne, DJ Laz was interviewed by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer. Although the death occurred during a vodka-sponsored event at a notoriously drunken sandbar, the officer says Mendez showed…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week, and each Friday we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: intoxicated GILFS, snake kissing, naked jackings and peeing in ice machines. Bikini Clad Grandma Fails Roadside Sobriety Test Naples, our ritzy neighbor across the Everglades, rarely makes it…
Angela Cameron says she spent days trying to avoid thinking about what had happened after a college party last April. But when the University of Miami junior finally broke down and told her friends about waking up injured and raped by a fellow student she’d been dating, they told her…
It’s offseason for the NFL, and at least one Miami Dolphins player is trying to get a summer job. Defensive tackle A.J. Francis announced on Twitter yesterday that he had applied to be an Uber driver, apparently so he could spend his free time being productive. Apparently he won’t mind being…
Miami is a city built by immigrations, both from other countries and within America’s own borders. Lots of people move here with previous previous sports team affinities in tact and no intention on changing them. It’s a problem that’s long plauged local teams. Heck, in Florida, the New York Yankees…
When you’re rich the only information on your driver’s license that really matters is your address. Real estate says everything, and there’s no more exclusive street to have on that ID in the entire United States of America than Indian Creek Island Road right here in Miami-Dade. Zillow crunched the…
For months, Miami Beach developer Michael Simkins has been buying up properties around Overtown, tearing down apartment buildings and — in some cases — sparking resident’s fury to the point that his construction equipment was set on fire earlier this year. But Simkins’ exact plans for those sites hasn’t been…
Early last week, Mayor Philip Levine dropped a bombshell on the city commission. “We all know what’s going on on Ocean Drive,” he said. “It’s turning into a Bourbon Street. It’s turning into a terrible place that’s become a blight, a cancer that spreads to our entire city.” Luckily, Levine…
Florida Gov. Rick Scott was the target of a Presidential dig Wednesday during Obama’s speech in the Everglades. The occasion was Earth Day and Obama didn’t miss the chance to take a whack at a governor who has reportedly forbid staff from even mentioning climate change. “Climate change can’t be…
Apparently the U.S. Treasury Department doesn’t think that a lot of Miami business who say they’re “electronics exporters,” are just exporting electronics. The Department’s Financial Crime Enforcement Network believes that some of the businesses are being used to launder drug money, and has placed a dragnet on any electronics exporter in…
As a younger Miamians a few years ago while the city was still in the midst of recession, a friend and I were out a club in a not-quite-gentrified area, as young Miamians were apt to do at the time, when we stopped for water and some food at a…
Today is Earth Day, a holiday that should resonate in a city that takes such pride in its local environmental beauty. Miami is the only metro area in America sandwiched between two National Parks, and in many ways Miami has done a decent job in the green department. Our air…
The NFL Draft is mere days away, and the Miami Dolphins are in desperate need of some offense. Of the many holes the Dolphins have to fill this offseason, one the biggest problems is at running back. The Fins have a dynamic, proven back in Lamar Miller, but it’s anyones…
Just after dawn, a gray van pulled up to Maria’s mustard-yellow house on the western edge of Immokalee, just a few blocks from the acres of tomatoes that draw tens of thousands of migrant workers to this remote town in Southwest Florida.
Apparently Hillary Clinton won’t be able to count on the same support in Miami she had in 2008. Back then sitting Mayor of Miami Manny Diaz emerged as one of Clinton’s stronger supporters and local surrogates. He appeared with Hillary at numerous primary campaign stops across Florida. Clinton may seem…
The head of the city’s police union is accusing the Assistant Chief of Police Anita Najiy of lacking respect for the United States, and he’s circulating a video that he says should lead to disciplinary action against her. Her alleged crime against America? Not holding her hand over her heart…
