Florida now officially recognizes marijuana as a substance with medical benefits — well, at least in some very narrow cases. As expected, Gov. Rick Scott signed the “Charlotte’s Web” bill into law today. The bill allows certain strains of noneuphoric marijuana tincture to be used to treat a very short…
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And so it begins. Chris “Birdman” Andersen won’t exercise his player’s option next season and will enter free agency instead. That’s according to a Yahoo! Sports story anyway. Granted, win or lose, some roster changes were to be expected, but after last night’s humiliation, the future of the Heat sure…
While Miami-Dade County couldn’t even pass an ordinance protecting transgender people from discrimination, the City of Miami Beach is taking the lead in Florida when it comes to transgender rights. Last week the city commission unanimously passed a measure that would cover transitioning procedures for employees, becoming the first city…
Compared to the miles-wide F5 monsters that roar across the Kansas and Nebraska plains, Florida’s tornadoes are usually quaint little dust devils that pop up momentarily and never get the space to grow into city-destroying catastrophes. Yet it’s the Sunshine State’s mini-twisters that are the deadliest in the nation, according…
Not to remind you too much of last night, but if Miami is going to win a major sports championship in the calendar year of 2014, our only hope remains — gulp — the Marlins. Oddly, a recent scientific survey by political polling firm Public Policy Polling reveals that a…
The Miami Heat’s mantra heading into game five versus San Antonio was “Why not us?” But by the time the horn mercifully sounded on their third straight series-ending blowout loss, all they could say was, “Oh, that’s why.” The Heat’s 24-month reign as champions of the basketball world came crashing…
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Miami has earned a bit of an undeserved reputation as a town with a lot of bandwagon sports fans. Though, you can’t say that about the Marlins. According to a study by researchers from Emory University, the Miami Marlins have the third least bandwagon-y fans in Major League Baseball. They’re…
More than three days after a shooting at Mansion’s VIP section left chef Antaun Teasley dead, Miami Beach police say the investigation remains ongoing and no names of suspects have yet been released. In the first day after the shooting, detectives interviewed six to eight potential suspects, Sergeant Bobby Hernandez…
On his MySpace and Youtube pages, Ronnie Candelaria is an odd presence, obsessed with kung fu master Bruce Lee and enamored of remixing videos of violent fight scenes with heavy metal tracks. In real life, the 21-year-old Kendall man was into guns and could be intimidating, acquaintances say. But no…
During the Heat’s 107-86 loss to San Antonio last night, my TV kept cutting out. I thought it might be the storms in the area; then I realized it was ABC hitting the dump button every time a fan cursed. It happened a lot. I’m surprised it didn’t happen more…
After almost 55 years, the tides of public perception are changing when it comes to the Cuban embargo. A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that 53 percent of Floridians support ending the embargo. Only 22 percent supports keeping the embargo in place…
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via Miami-Dade School BoardCarlos Cubelo, left, at a high school pep rallyFor years, Florida’s 26th U.S. Congressional District has been defined less by politics than by outright scandal. Two years ago, Republican David Rivera lost the seat amid revelations that he had funded a shadow campaign in the Democratic primary…
Unless you’ve been hiding from federales on an island of swamp grass floating deep within the Everglades for the past six months, you’re well aware that the World Cup starts this this afternoon. You should also know that pleading ignorance of the international tournament just won’t cut it in modern…
First Miami-Dade started ticketing Lyft and UberX drivers. Then they started impounding their cars. Apparently that’s not good enough for the local taxi industry. No, they want drivers working for UberX and Lyft put in jail. See also: Miami-Dade County Is Now Impounding Lyft Vehicles…
David Beckham’s downtown stadium is dead in the water, but Miami’s second-most contentious bayfront proposal is very much alive and kicking. Developer Jeff Berkowitz’s 1,000-foot tall paperclip, the SkyRise Miami tower, could be on a ballot for city voters as early as August. But first the city commission has to…
Despite the (mostly) beautiful weather and fast-paced lifestyle, Miami can be a rough place to live given the traffic, the parking, and the general South Florida insanity. Of course, those of us who’ve lived here for a while have compiled tips and tricks that make life just a little easier…
The memories are etched in Melecia del Carmen Casco’s face. They show in the deep, thin lines that run across her caramel-colored forehead and in the prominent half-star patterns that surround her small brown eyes. Casco wears a turquoise cotton shirt with matching earrings. Her silver hair is pulled into…
Hazel Sobti dashes to center stage carrying a microphone pole, barely skirting a collision with another contestant. Two beautiful women follow her. As a guitarist in a Hawaiian shirt hams up “Rollin’ on the River” for an audience bathed in blue light, the luminous beauty from India shimmies in a…
Florida has a reputation as America’s weirdest state, but there’s hardly any national appreciation for the fact that Florida has several culturally distinct regions of weirdness to choose from. In fact, sometimes it seems weird that Florida is considered one state at all. It’s high time someone drew a realistic…
