The last time Shaq signed up to be South Florida cop, his application was a memorable catastrophe. In addition to claiming one of the greatest skill sets in law enforcement — “Laptop computer, binnochulars [sic], master of surveillance” — Shaq papered over his involvement in a violent Disney World altercation…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. We’re here every Friday morning to give you the week’s weirdest. This week: Refrigerator emergencies, shoplifting toddlers, and sex crimes at a yoga class…
Twenty-one-year-old Ultra-goer Adonis Peña Escoto died March 30 after attending the second night of the three-day EDM fest, but the cause of his death had been a mystery until now. A Miami-Dade Medical Examiner report obtained Thursday by New Times at last sheds some light on what killed him. The…
The U.S. Coast Guard will be unloading 719 kilograms of cocaine today at its station in Miami Beach. That comes with an estimated street value of about $23 million. The coke was intercepted in the Caribbean on September 8 by Coast Guard Cutter Bear…
Miami may be looking to the past for its public transportation future. In the ’20s and ’30s, streetcars zoomed through the city of Miami, and now city commissioners have renewed a push to bring them back. According to Miami Today, the plan had gained steam back in 2006 but lost…
Yet another park in Miami-Dade has been fenced off today after officials found high levels of arsenic in the soil. This time, it’s the athletic fields at Colonial Drive Park that have been closed. “The closure has been implemented out of an abundance of caution and as a proactive measure,”…
One day after police found a badly decayed body in the trunk of a missing Miami woman’s car, her family says that the medical examiner has confirmed their worst fears: Dental records from the corpse matched 28-year-old Tanya Gonzalez. The news comes a day after a wild chase in the…
A month ago, state regulators raised the alarm over silt from the Deep Dredge killing Miami corals. Now the feds are stepping in as well. According to documents obtained by New Times, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a scathing set of recommendations for saving endangered coral threatened…
Miami rapper Stitches is Internet-famous for a few things: Namely, his bonkers face tattoos, his cocaine-drenched videos, and rapping “I love sellin’ blow!” So maybe it’s not a surprise that his latest South Florida show ended after a yeyo controversy and a violent argument with his wife, all caught on…
The owner of Miami’s most iconic Cuban restaurant is at the center of a sordid lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, smutty photos, and rooms full of sex toys. It’s all playing out in civil court thanks to a complaint by a former Versailles worker that lays out the sex claims against…
The CIA created lesbianism. The Walt Disney Co. was secretly manufacturing cigars on the side. A Batman movie predicted multiple violent mass shootings. Spend five minutes on the internet and you can find a conspiracy theory to fit any warped frame of reference on the planet. But the more interesting…
Star quarterback Jameis Winston was suspended for half a game this week for shouting “Fuck her right in the pussy” around FSU’s campus. There are probably think pieces or at least pointed tweets to write about how Winston caught more punishment for this than some of his other alleged misdeeds…
A 24-year-old tourist who took a late-night stroll down the sands off of South Beach ended up running away after fighting off a man who tried to rape her. The woman and her boyfriend were walking in the area of 200 block of Ocean Drive at about 3 a.m. last…
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Floridians may be set to head to the polls in November to legalize medical marijuana, but could individual cities still ban smoking medical pot anyway? Bonita Springs, Florida, is going to try and is already drafting an ordinance banning smoking in public. Which is slightly funny because Bonita Springs’ most…
Who is behind exMiami, a curious blog that details development around town? Well, no one seems to know, and, of course, any mystery in Miami must have some nefarious explanation. Right? Well, maybe, maybe not. Yesterday, blogger Al Crespo alleged, with little evidence, that PR maven Tadd Schwartz of Schwartz…
A missing persons case took a turn for the gruesome yesterday when police found a badly decayed body in the disappeared woman’s car. That’s when the case got truly bizarre. Hours later, Miami Police got wind that the woman’s boyfriend had fled to the Florida Keys on a boat with…
When the Hurricanes announced their “Go to Fewer Games!” campaign before the season began, this is not what they meant. This past Saturday, the paid crowd of 41,519 for the Hurricanes’ 41-20 win over Arkansas State looked like half that number in cavernous Sun Life Stadium, and it was a…
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Giancarlo Stanton, the Marlins’ sole source of hope, was escorted off the field last week after getting nailed in the face by a fastball thrown by Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Mike Fiers in an incident that later almost triggered a bench-clearing brawl. A fastball to the face is no small injury,…
City ranking are fun (*cough* *cough*), but depending on the data used (if any) you can get some very different results. In fact, this week Miami Beach was named both Florida’s most livable city and its most dangerous city by different websites…
In Miami-Dade, transgender residents today have zero legal protection against being fired or discriminated against by their county government. That incredible fact remains true in 2014 largely because of one county commissioner and one conservative group hell-bent on keeping that basic human protection off the books. Well, with that right-wing…
