Miami Gardens, the city that’s home to Sun Life Stadium and one of Florida’s highest crime rates, has had a wrenchingly difficult week. Days after police fatally shot a mentally ill man armed with a broom, city leaders are now dealing with an apparent hate crime. Yesterday, someone spray-painted “KKK”…
Spring training is just around the corner, and in case you’ve tuned out this off-season, your hometown Miami Marlins might just be worth watching this year. Really! The Fish made a few small splashes in free agency, tinkered with the roster a bit via some trades, and signed their best…
Want to pick up a bag of baby carrots, a carton of Hefty bags, and a fifth of vodka all in one quick trip? Well, lawmakers are currently debating whether to allow grocery and drug stores to sell hard liquor alongside other wares. See also: Beer Growlers May Finally Be…
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Ever heard of the Eiffel Tower presented by L’Oréal or the Starbuck Seattle Space Needle? Of course not. Unlike many of the structures across the globe its being compared to by backers, the SkyRise Miami tower could feature some serious corporate branding…
On Saturday, Lavall Hall, a Miami Gardens man diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, was having an episode. His mother called police to help her calm down her son. As it turns out Hall’s mother would never see her son alive again. Miami Gardens Police showed up the scene and…
Marco Rubio swept into the Senate with more hype than any politician since, well, Barack Obama. The then-Tea Party wunderkind promised he wouldn’t let the hype go to his head and would concentrate on the job he was elected to do. So much for that. Turns out, of every single…
Photo by Omar Vega / Courtesy of Lauren’s Kids As she climbed the hill leading to Florida’s State Capitol last spring, Lauren Book broke from a walk into a run. The 29-year-old blond with a pink ribbon wrapped around her ponytail raised both arms in triumph and flashed a huge…
The battle over the future of an historic Miami Beach church took another turn yesterday morning when city attorneys and developers struck a tentative agreement. If approved by commissioners, the deal would give TriStar Capital the green light to transform Miami Beach Community Church’s century-old courtyard into a clothing store…
On YouTube, the man in black goes by the handle DareDevilMagic_insane. For once, an online name isn’t hyperbole. Just watch his latest video, when the urban climber sneaks into a Brickell construction site, scales a 50-story crane, and dangles by one hand high over downtown Miami…
Miami International Airport catches a lot of flak, but you can’t complain too much about your flights being delayed — at least compared to most of the other large airports around the globe. According to a new analysis from the Official Airport Guide, MIA ranks ninth among large airports in…
Florida politics is a chain of dominoes right now as everyone waits to see whether Sen. Marco Rubio will go forward with a run at the White House. Well, Politico reports that some insiders are saying South Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, might run…
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Paddling as a disciplinary measure in school may seem archaic, but it’s still practiced widely in certain Florida counties. Though the practice is outlawed in 31 states, Florida leaves it up to each individual school district to make the call. Turns out 28 of Florida’s 67 school districts are still…
For years, Republicans in certain circles have been salivating over the possibility of a Jeb Bush presidential campaign, except for one notable exception: Jeb’s own mother, Barbara Bush. America’s favorite blunt Republican matriarch has spent the better part of the past two years saying there’s already been enough Bushes in…
Update: Shortly after Bosch’s sentencing, Alex Rodriguez issued his first apology to fans for secretly buying banned drugs from Bosch for years. This morning, U.S. District Court Judge Darrin Gayles sentenced Biogenesis chief Tony Bosch to 48 months in federal prison and three years of probation upon his release on…
On December 30, New Times published a yearlong investigation showing local cops routinely broke department policy on Tasers: using the weapons on skateboarding teenagers, shocking the mentally ill, even killing 18-year-old graffiti artist Israel “Reefa” Hernandez. The most disturbing finding, however, was evidence that Miami Police Officer Vincent Miller had…
On February 25, 2014, Carlos Gracida raced down the field at the Everglades Polo Club atop a powerful thoroughbred pony. After decades of being among the best to play the game, having already won every major prize and tournament multiple times in his long career, the 53-year-old had nothing left…
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Seasalt and Co. is a Florida-based company that creates custom Photoshop tool packages for graphic designers. That should be a relatively controversy-free business, but yesterday the company took to Facebook to announce an upcoming package of tools. It’s called “The Hanging Tree” and was advertised with a chilling image of…
The rest of the country sure likes to make fun of Florida, but that hasn’t stopped tourists from visiting the Sunshine State in record numbers. Earlier today, Gov. Rick Scott and state tourism officials unveiled tourism data from 2014 that estimates 97.3 million people visited Florida last year, a record…
Steve Montador played three seasons of his decadelong NHL career with the Florida Panthers, including his career-best year during 2007 and ’08, when he scored eight goals and racked up 15 assists. The former defenseman was found dead early Sunday morning at this home in Mississauga, Ontario. Montador, who was…
