Gov. Rick Scott’s first term honeymoon period was legendarily short before his approval ratings begin slipping to some of the worst in the nation, and it appears there’ll be no second honeymoon this time around. Despite reelecting him, a new poll finds that more Florida voters still disapprove of Scott’s…
View image | gettyimages.com Consider Jeffrey Loria’s crimes. After decimating baseball in Montreal, the art dealer bought the Marlins with an interest-free MLB loan and then duped fans for a decade. He blatantly lied to taxpayers about how much money his team was making at Sun Life Stadium and then…
In our two-part series on the end of the embargo and the Cuban cigar industry, we profile two Miami-based tabacaleros: José Padrón, a legendary cigar maker who has survived bombings and civil wars, and Pepe Montagne, another exile who has battled the Cuban government for 13 years in American courts…
Robert Macias was looking over the food options in the Miami Coral Park Senior High cafeteria one day when he felt a sharp pain. Someone had flicked his ear. The underclassman swung around to eyeball the tormentor, but the kids in line were stone-faced. So he turned back to the…
Today’s photo comes from Javier Photography’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group. Follow Miami New Times on Facebook. Follow @MiamiNewTimes !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+’://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, ‘script’, ‘twitter-wjs’);…
A state Senate bill to legalize medical marijuana in Florida now has a companion in the House thanks to two Republican representatives. Reps. Greg Steube of Sarasota and John Wood of Winter Haven joined together to sponsor the legislation just a few weeks after Sen. Jeff Brandes, a St. Pete…
Raquel Regalado hasn’t actually declared she’s running for county mayor yet, but that hasn’t stopped her from funding a new poll that shows her chances of winning the job are “very, very positive,” the school board member tells New Times. The internal poll, commissioned by billionaire Regalado backer Norman Braman…
Since launching last May and June respectively, Lyft and Uber continue to thrive in Miami-Dade County. This is despite the fact they continue to do so illegally. No, you didn’t miss any news. There have been no changes to the county ordinances. Well, now the owner of a limousine service…
On Sunday, an international coalition of media published a damning investigation into British bank HSBC. Files leaked by an HSBC employee show that its Swiss branch helped conceal billions of dollars of assets belonging to convicted felons and arms traffickers. Almost ten percent of the suspect accounts belonged to Americans…
Under Florida law, sex is technically considered sex only when it involves a consenting p in a consenting v. The only legal definition the state has for “sexual intercourse” goes on to specify that “emission of semen is not required” — in case you were wondering. Oral and anal sex,…
In March 2013, Chicago resident David Schlessinger was at the Calle Ocho music festival when he tried to take a group of friends to a restricted area. He mentioned his Clear Channel connections and flashed old BET credentials, but a guard refused to let him pass. “‘That guy’s an idiot,'”…
True to its name, Nicaragua’s Puro Humo cigar festival is hazy as hell. The smoke is thick enough to slice. Flames flicker and fade in the darkness. Figures drift through the fumes. Grinning businessmen gnaw on smoldering cigars. Bow-tied waiters scurry in the half-light. And beautiful women in sequined dresses…
Miami has overtaken New York City in a statistic it has long nationally dominated: the percentage of residents who rent their homes. According to a new report from New York University’s Furman Center and Capital One Financial Corp, 65 percent of Miamians rented in 2013, slightly ahead of the 64…
Today’s photo comes from Javier Z Photography’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group. Follow Miami New Times on Facebook. Follow @MiamiNewTimes !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+’://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, ‘script’, ‘twitter-wjs’);…
Cubans will soon get to watch shows about corrupt, conniving politicians and the inadequacies of America’s prison system. Yes, Netflix has officially launched in Cuba, bringing shows like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black to the island. The move also means that Netflix now offers its services…
Immigrants winding up on the shores of South Florida is not an uncommon occurrence, but a boat full of nine people from literally all over the world that came ashore on Miami Beach this morning has authorities scratching their heads. The boat included nine people, eight men and one women,…
Thirty-year-old Reginald Killings was outside his home. Twenty-one-year-old Maurice Cabrera was riding his bike. Both men were shot multiple times, and both were killed. A 14-year-old was shot in the face, and another man was shot in the upper chest. And all the gunfire went down in a few hours…
It’s no secret that County Commissioner Xavier Suarez is gearing up a campaign for mayor. Now, the former city mayor’s first real broadside at county hall is closer to heading to voters: a petition that would cap most county salaries at the same pay earned by Florida’s Supreme Court Justices,…
Richie Incognito is officially out of timeouts — and so ends one of the most ridiculous suspensions in National Football League history. This weekend, the Buffalo Bills decided to take a chance on Incognito, signing him to a one-year, $2.25 million nonguaranteed deal. The signing of Incognito fits right in…
Today’s photo comes from Sandra Canning’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group. Follow Miami New Times on Facebook. Follow @MiamiNewTimes !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+’://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, ‘script’, ‘twitter-wjs’);…
Just months after Miami-Dade County made history by amending its Human Rights Ordinance to include basic protections for transgender citizens, a Miami Republican has filed a bill in the Florida House that would ban transgender people across the state from their preferred public bathrooms, locker rooms, and dressing rooms, forcing…
After six months of silence, the past couple of weeks have brought plenty of rumors about where David Beckham will build his soccer stadium. MLS insists it must be downtown. City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff suggested the old Miami Herald site. Someone even mooted the possibility of building it in Broward…
