The night before the official beginning of the Florida legislative session, Miami-area Rep. Frank Artiles was hanging out at a Tallahassee bar, Clydes & Costello’s, into the early hours of the morning. That’s all anyone seems to know for sure, but Artiles has been publicly accused of punching a college…
Real-estate booms don’t last forever, as anyone even passingly familiar with Miami’s history should know, and it appears the most recent downtown condo boom might have hit its peak. A new report from the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), which focuses on Miami’s urban core from Brickell up to midtown, indicates…
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Oh, Miami. Where those with untold riches and a taste for unabashed luxury live in the same community as those suffering from crippling poverty. As another reminder of that fact, new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau finds that the Miami metro area has the second highest rate…
Sun Life Stadium is undergoing a major face-lift, with the goal of remaining one of the nation’s go-to spots for hosting major sporting events. Before the Dolphins organization gets to bid for another Super Bowl, the stadium’s first major test will be bidding for the 2018 and 2020 College Football…
Today marks the beginning of Florida’s most turbulent 60 days of the year, a bizarre two-month stretch when 160 oddballs convene in a remote North Florida town and — between bites from gigantic plates of paella — find new ways to make our state even more dysfunctional. Yes, it’s time…
The light-colored SUV was already parked when Keri Street wheeled into a neighboring spot at the KinderCare in a Seattle suburb. As Street gathered up her two kids, she ran a suspicious eye over the vehicle. The guy behind the wheel was cocooned in a baggy gray hoodie. A young…
The family of Lavall Hall, the mentally ill man who was shot dead by Miami Gardens police after brandishing a broom handle, has filed suit against the city. The suit specifically names the city, Peter Ehrlich, and Eddo Trimino, the two police officers who were involved in the incident, and…
Advocates of bringing resort-style casinos to Miami-Dade and Broward counties are preparing to roll the dice once again this legislative session. Rep. Dana Young, R-Tampa, introduced an ambitious package of gaming bills today that would pave the way for two destination casinos in the counties. The bills would also allow…
Jeb Bush may be getting all the major scrutiny right now, but he’s not the only guy from Miami who is running a not-quite presidential campaign. Senator Marco Rubio has been busy the past few months fundraising, touring early primary states on a book tour and considering his future. Sure…
Down in Venezuela, things are not going great. Condoms are retailing for hundreds of dollars, inflation has leapt to 60 percent and there’s such an acute shortage of toilet paper that Caracas is considering a deal to trade crude oil for Charmin. So in the finest tradition of his mentor…
The rains of God came down Saturday. The result was flooded streets, stranded cars, and bone-soaked tourists. All in all as much as eight inches dropped on parts of Miami-Dade, along with strong winds. If you were caught in Saturday afternoon’s downpour, you already know it sucked. Especially if your…
View image | gettyimages.com Sarkis Soghanalian once sold weapons to warring countries across the globe from his Hibiscus Island mansion, earning the nickname the “Merchant of Death” while becoming one of the biggest arms dealers on earth during the Cold War. Soghanalian’s larger-than-life exploits partly inspired Nicolas Cage’s character in…
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Miami Beach is famous for its iconic, colorful lifeguard stands, but they’re ultimately utilitarian structures that aren’t meant to last forever. In fact, many of the city’s historic stands were leveled during Hurricane Andrew back in 1992. Architect William Lane stepped in and designed some psychedelic, sci-fi replacements, and they’ve…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest…
More than seven months after it was announced that the University of Miami had sold an 88-acre parcel of endangered pine rocklands habitat to a developer set on building a Walmart, the project remains stalled pending environmental certification — and the blowback continues. Today at 3 p.m. supporters will gather…
“I don’t believe in ghosts,” Bullet says. “But that is one of the creepiest places you could find.” Bullet is an urban explorer: a twenty-something Miamian who sneaks into abandoned buildings and photographs their bones. This time around, however, he came a little too close to the real thing. He’s…
Normally, being told that Chris Bosh would miss the rest of a season would be tough enough for Heat fans to stomach but when we all heard earlier this week exactly why he would be done playing, it completely broke our hearts. What at first seemed like a precautionary trip…
Jeb Bush’s fledgling not-quite-campaign has a lot of problems, not the least of which is that conservative radio talk show hosts don’t particularly like the guy. That includes the king blowhard himself, Rush Limbaugh. The grandaddy of conservative talk took to the airwaves on Wednesday to claim, in great horror,…
State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced the arrest of Miami Beach man Antonio Giansante on multiple felony charges involving child porn, video voyeurism, and cyber stalking. The charges come after Giansante went on a campaign to embarrass his ex-girlfriend. The 37-year-old began dating the woman when she was just 16…
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