Two Juveniles Shot at Carol City High, School on Lockdown
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…
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Showing 10297 - 10318 of 31942Tony Bosch’s Attorney Asked A-Rod For $500,000 After New Times Investigation
The date was January 29, 2013. Miami New Times had just published its investigation outing Coral Gables clinic Biogenesis as a steroid dealer to the stars, including Alex Rodriguez. A few hours later, A-Rod and his celebrity lawyer Roy Black met with Susy Ayala-Ribero, the high school buddy and now…
Florida’s Text While Driving Ban May Actually Get Some Teeth
Passed in 2013, Florida’s law outlawing texting while driving isn’t really so much of a ban as it is a gentle plea to “please don’t do that.” Cops cannot pull you over solely for texting while driving, and even then the highest fine is just $60. In fact, as of…
305 Photo of the Day: Vroom Vroom
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The New Symbols of the Hypothetical State of South Florida: As Chosen by Our Readers
Will South Florida secede to form its own state? Probably not, but it’s fun to think about. Last week we asked you to help choose the symbols and emblems for the new state of South Florida. Most of them were pretty good, except for the state song. We apologize for…
The Seven Weirdest Ways We’ve Totally Screwed Up the Everglades
Oh, the Everglades. Our noble river of grass. Our beautiful, unique ecosystem. Oh, the ways in which we have totally screwed it over. No, seriously. We’ve made our alligators the size of Kate Moss. We’ve turned some birds gay, and we keep releasing all sorts of stupid pets into it…
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Marine Stadium Deal Flounders Amid News That Backer Filed For Bankruptcy
Just a week ago, the future of long-vacant Marine Stadium looked sunnier than a winter day on South Beach. Leaders from Friends of the Marine Stadium and the Miami Boat Show gathered to proudly announce the gala fair would come to the decaying waterfront property in two years after a…
Tony Dokoupil on Miami’s Golden Era of Marijuana Smuggling: “Pot Today Is So Boring”
Scarface. Cocaine Cowboys. How to Leave Hialeah. Now Miamians can add a new title to their list of must-haves: Tony Dokoupil’s The Last Pirate. The book’s subtitle says it all: “A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana.” Dokoupil, a reporter for NBC, will speak about his gripping,…
FSU Campus Shooting: Gunman Killed After Wounding Three in Library
The gunman, who law enforcement officials have identified as Myron May, a lawyer and graduate of FSU, was later killed by officers after walking outside and firing in their direction.
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Rick Scott to Hold Scaled-Back Inauguration Events
After a reelection campaign that cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million total, Rick Scott has decided to scale back traditional inaugural events. Because, you know, he wants you all to know he’s a budget conscious, thrifty guy…
305 Photo of the Day: Webs We Weave
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Woman Sues Miami Beach PD For Arresting Her Naked
What started as an argument over a taxi cab refusing to take a credit card allegedly ended up with a woman being arrested in the nude. Now that woman, Candice Padavick, is suing the Miami Beach Police Department…
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Florida’s CFO, Ag Commissioner Each Took More Than $400,000 in Public Money to Finance Campaigns
Florida’s public campaign financing laws mean that candidates for governor and the three cabinet offices can qualify to have any donations of $250 or less matched by public money with a few caveats. Charlie Crist received about $2.4 million in public financing during his run against mega-loaded Rick Scott. Attorney…
Midtown Walmart Plans Back at Commission as Opponents Threaten New Lawsuit
Walmart’s plans to build a mega shopping center in the heart of Miami’s burgeoning Midtown neighborhood hit a speed bump last month when a panel of judges handed a partial victory to a vociferous group of neighborhood activists. The judges ordered the city to reconsider Walmart’s application, ruling that it…
Five Reasons Giancarlo Stanton’s Huge Deal Will Save Baseball in Miami
The Miami Marlins and their deep pockets are the story of the sports world this week, just as we all predicted. On Monday, the Marlins formally announced they’d given All-Star slugger Giancarlo Stanton a 13-year, $325 million deal. It’s the single most lucrative deal ever given to an an American…
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Miami Gardens Reverend Relies on Redemption Story, but Critics Say He’s Far From Reformed
On a warm summer evening in 2010, a young man with kind eyes and a faint mustache took his position on the 50-yard line of a football field in Palm Beach. Sporting a baggy black shirt, jeans, and a Bible, however, Eric Readon wasn’t there to play. He was there…
Fourteen Miami Dade College Students Arrested for Tax Fraud
Fraud is so prevalent in South Florida that it has even infiltrated the world of higher education. Fourteen former and current Miami Dade College students were arrested today along with three others for their participation in a tax refund scheme that sought to rip off the federal government for $1.9…
305 Photo of the Day: Blushing Sky
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Jaguars Player Arrested for Trying to Pay Miami Beach Store in Bubble Gum
As if things couldn’t get worse for the 1-9 Jacksonville Jaguars, one of their players got arrested for the stupidest crime recently committed by an NFL player in Miami Beach this weekend. Cornerback Dwayne Gratz was arrested early Sunday morning for showing up drunk to a South Beach convenience store…
17-Year-Old Arrested in Murder of Local Rapper and Videographer
Beetoo Pierre, a 17-year-old, has been arrested for the murder of Kenson “Short Kidd” Pierre, a 21-year-old up-and-coming rapper, and Justin McAdam, a 31-year-old Navy veteran turned photographer and videographer. The incident happened back on June 18 in front of Kenson Pierre’s home at 1130 NE 133rd Street in North…
Some Republicans Actually Want Rick Scott to Run for President
Gov. Rick Scott just spent four years as one of America’s most deeply unpopular elected officials. Thanks to his days running a firm that earned the largest fine in U.S. history for Medicare fraud, he has skeletons in his closet that would make Hannibal Lecter flinch. He had to blow…
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A Gay — or “Two-Spirit” — Miccosukee Man Fights for the Everglades
Just off the six lanes of Tamiami Trail, west of Florida’s Turnpike and behind a Kentucky Fried Chicken, a secret gate leads to a backyard where dugout canoes rest under a chickee hut. Across the grass and through a sliding-glass door is a living room that doubles as the Medicine…