Update: Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez, AKA Demz, died of his injuries on Wednesday, December 10. A witness reached by New Times also disputes the police version of events. Danny Garcia, a friend who was with Demz that night, says there’s no way he had time to disappear down a side street…
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If you happen to have tens of millions of dollars and are on the look out for a new home that was once occupied by a celebrity, we have some good news and some bad news. The bad news first, just to get it out of the way: After a…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest. This week, that includes a deadly 4-year-old, a man who desperately needs anger management classes, and, of course, Satan himself…
Has there ever been a stranger moment to be in Miami? As grand juries across the country refuse to indict white cops for killing innocent black men, all Miami can talk about is Miley’s killer concert. In New York, people are flocking to the streets and shutting down bridges. Here,…
Update: We spoke to the artist, Lena Marquise, about her sudden fame and the meaning behind the performance, “Body As Commodity.” If there’s any doubt that more redeemable parts of Art Basel Miami Beach week have been overshadowed by random VIPs and juvenile art-world stunting, we present to you the…
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Five months to the day after launching in Miami-Dade County, Uber will now cover the vast majority of South Florida after launching in the Keys and Southwest Florida today. That means the UberX service reaches 82 percent of the population of Florida despite its legality still remaining somewhat murky in…
The Miami ecosystem is so awash in con men and two-bit pretenders that not even the Miami Heat are immune. Ibes Gomez appeared to be a big baller during the Heat’s 2012 playoff run. He sat in seats in a luxury box for five games, including three during the Finals…
Rick Scott’s obsessive quest to drug test every man, woman and child in the state of Florida appears to be at an end. Seven months after the Supreme Court declined to hear his administration’s argument for drug testing state employees, the governor lost again yesterday when a federal appeals resoundingly…
When Miami cop Reynoldo Goyos shot and killed an unarmed man named Travis McNeil at a traffic stop three years ago, the Miami PD left no doubt about the killing’s propriety. Miami PD’s chief promptly fired Goyos and called McNeil’s death “unjustified.” The feds later investigated the department and, based…
Joseph Gagliardo, a longtime South Beach resident, returned home last week from a long trip. As he had for years, he cycled from his home on the Venetian Causeway over to Lincoln Road. For a block or so he slowly pedaled east down the virtually empty mall, only to be…
A Miami-based chain of for-profits colleges that is under hot water for ripping off taxpayers is now the center of a stranger allegation: it used strippers to lure potential students to its school. The allegations came after the U.S Attorney’s Office and Florida’s attorney general joined a class-action lawsuit against…
Same-sex marriages are likely to start in the Sunshine State on January 6. That is thanks to an 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision today denying the state’s motion to extend U.S. Federal Judge Robert Hinkle’s stay on his summertime ruling that held Florida’s ban on gay marriage to be…
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Amidst worries over the future of Major League Soccer in Miami, the David Bekcham-led group behind the proposed team has finally spoken up again after months of relative silence. “The reality is that everything is progressing very well,” a spokesperson for Miami Beckham United told Reuters.”Miami is still David’s number…
Is the University of Miami a basketball school now? At least this year it certainly seems like it. The undefeated and 15th ranked Miami Hurricanes topped number 24 Illinois 70-61 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. In all, 2,003 students packed in the Bank United Center’s student section to watch the…
The living room of MaryAnn Macias’ Miami Beach condo is sparsely furnished, with few decorations other than photos of herself with her swarthy, barrel-chested husband, Jaime. There’s one snapped soon after they moved in together. Another was taken at their wedding. A third shows them seated together in Jaime’s aunt’s…
The Miami Hurricanes capped off a disappointing 2014 season with a loss to Pittsburgh last Saturday, their third in a row. The collapse began with blowing a 16-point lead to Florida State and ended with the Canes finishing the season 6-6, putting Miami in danger of finishing below .500 with…
It’s a busy week in Miami. Art Basel is upon us, of course. Design Miami as well. Then there are all the satellite fairs and the associated parties, concerts, and openings. Right now, Miami looks and feels like one giant, frantic party. Amid the frivolity, however, at least 700 people…
More than 35 years after Anita Bryant’s crusade to have gays and lesbians denied basic rights in Miami-Dade and following a more recent political battle that saw a once powerful county commissioner defeated earlier this year, the county’s Human Rights Ordinance now finally protects citizens on the basis of gender…
Popular late-night South Beach spot Purdy Lounge has a new interior design — one that not even the bar’s owner knew was coming. Last night a troublemaking artist hid in a bathroom until the lounge closed at 5 a.m. and then spent several hours painting enormous murals that now cover…
