Marissa Alexander, the Jacksonville mother had originally been sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot to ward of her abusive ex-husband, has reached a new plea deal. She received a three-year sentence, of which the 1,030 days she already spent in jail will be counted towards…
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Perhaps you’re worried about paying your rent, or you’re kind of angry the Subway value meal deal went from $5 to $6, or you’re busy looking up instructions on how to make thrifty DIY holiday gifts for your family right now. Well, boy, do we have some good news for…
Your Amazon packages could start arriving even sooner. The company has signed a lease to open a 335,841-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Doral. That will bring about 500 news job to the area, and there’s even talk of Amazon opening an actual brick-and-mortar store in the area…
As Joe Garcia desperately fought to hang onto his Congressional office this fall, we described it as the battle for “Florida’s dirtiest district.” After all, Garcia’s predecessor, David Rivera, has faced down repeated investigations from the feds and watched former colleague Ana Alliegro head to prison over an election scheme…
Last week Riptide reported on the new digital signs on Lincoln Road announcing that riding bicycles on the pedestrian mall is prohibited between 9 am and 2 am. But at that point, police weren’t actually issuing citations to offenders of the rule passed a few months ago. That changed yesterday,…
A grand jury’s decision not to indict the cop who three months ago killed unarmed teenager Mike Brown sparked protests across the country last night. Ferguson, Missouri, is still smoldering this morning after looting, teargas, arson, armored vehicles, and gunshots turned the St. Louis suburb into something resembling a war…
All hopes of the Miami Hurricanes football team crashing into the top 25 seem to be dashed this season, but the basketball team should help dry some of those tears. After beating then 7th-ranked Florida last week and breezing through a minor tournament this weekend, the 5-0 team debuted at…
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“Once known for its flair of a by-gone era, Mid-Beach on Miami Beach, now coined the ‘Wunder Mile,’ has been getting a major face-lift,” reads a press release. Our first thought was obviously, “Wait, since when has that area ever been known as the Wunder Mile?” A quick Google search…
Hurricane season ends on November 30, but for Floridians it seems like it didn’t even begin this year. In fact, it will be the ninth straight year in a row that a hurricane hasn’t made landfall in Florida. That’s the longest stretch in recorded history, more than doubling the previous…
Taxpayers weren’t the only Miami residents royally screwed in the Marlins Park deal, at least according to one group of workers who actually built the $2 billion fiasco. The workers say they were systemically underpaid by a contractor building the ballpark. A federal judge recently gave them permission to go…
Four years ago, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment with a simple mandate: Legislators had to stop drawing absurd state congressional districts that virtually ensured the GOP would dominate in Tallahassee forever. Instead, voters wanted fair districts — boundaries that would create actual competitive races instead of Democrat- or…
Just when you think the Miami Dolphins have embarrassed themselves in every possible fashion, they invent new and peculiar ways to make you face-palm. Following a late touchdown and subsequent two-point conversion to cut the Broncos’ lead to 39-36, Dolphins kicker Caleb Sturgis lined up for an onside kick. Just…
Luis Ramirez Gonzalez had a pretty admirable alleged bank robbery run as far as bank robbery runs go. He didn’t quite reach Butch Cassidy levels, but taking part in four robberies in just over two months in these days is pretty decent. Well, last night the 27-year-old Miami man was…
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A sprawling 23,000-square-foot modernist mansion has hit the market in the exclusive enclave of Golden Beach for an eye popping $36 million. The catch: the beachfront home doesn’t even exist yet. Developer Jacob Abramson doesn’t actual even plan to break ground on the eight-bedroom, 12-bathroom manse until the second quarter…
We’ve been so busy feeling the schadenfreude of A-Rod, that we’ve almost forgotten to be embarrassed lately about the original hulking Miami-born baseball slugger: Jose Canseco. In October Canseco accidentally blasted his own finger off while cleaning a gun in his kitchen. That appears to be true, but a few…
Last night, President Barack Obama announced he will take executive action to shield 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. The prime-time speech was big news in the U.S., kicking up a political skirmish ahead of the 2016 elections. But it was far from the continent’s top story. Instead, that title…
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 300 votes for Mickey Mouse, an ill-advised Facebook friendship, and the week’s saddest mug shot after a Taco Bell drive-thru scuffle…
The voice — deep, sonorous, and slow — rang out every time a customer called the shop: “Plaza Tire & Auto. Gabe Cortez speaking.” For more than 35 years, Cortez’s humor, patience, and honesty have made life better for the untold Miamians who took their ailing cars to his midtown…
Police are actively searching for a gunman after two young victims were found shot near Carol City High School this afternoon. About 400 people remain in the school under lockdown…
