There was no reason for Anthawn D. Ragan Jr. to fire the gun. He and his accomplice already had the panicked customers’ purses, had what little money was in the register at Hong Kong Nails in Miami. But with both feet outside the swinging door, surveillance footage captured Ragan Jr…
Hey, Toronto, we see your crack-smoking mayor with a coke-snorting congressman, and raise you a hillbilly heroin-dealing mayor. Yes, because the laws of oddness state that Florida can never truly be outshined in the bizarre-news area, Barry Layne Moore, the mayor of Hampton, Florida, has been arrested and charged with…
Sure, last time we tried this, it ended in an epic on-field brawl. But the University of Miami and Florida International University are prepared to let bygones be bygones and are in talks about scheduling another football game…
With Thanksgiving arriving tomorrow, now seems like a good time to give thanks to a few of the things that make Miami so great. The Magic City is one of the top destinations for tourists and travelers looking to take a break from the rise-and-grind life, but for those of…
On a normal day, mere mortals like you might go to Publix, chill in your cubicles for eight or nine hours, go home and catch a few reruns of Everybody Loves Raymond. (OK, Homeland). But possible-genius and business it-boy Elon Musk juggles his multiple companies — Tesla, the ultra-sleek electric…
This has been a year of great uncertainty for Jameis Winston. The freshman quarterback might lead Florida State to a national championship. He might win a Heisman trophy. And, of course, he might end up in prison after being accused of rape. One thing Winston almost certainly did not do,…
“Also posing a medical concern to the zoo: the status of Maude, an Asian elephant unable to move her bowels.” — an actual sentence in a Miami Herald story that comes with the partial headlines “elephant severely constipated.”…
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Twelve-year-old Vanessa VanDyke has been rocking a natural hairstyle to Faith Christian Academy near Orlando all year. But when the girl’s parents complained that some classmates had been picking on VanDyke for her puffy locks, the school’s administration reportedly responded by threatening to kick the girl out of school unless…
It seems almost too obvious to state that a key requirement of being lieutenant governor is actually wanting to be lieutenant governor, but that’s apparently something Gov. Rick Scott didn’t take into account during his long, dragged-out search to replaced disgraced ex-Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll. In the week since his…
One of the major hurdles in David Beckham’s quest to bring a Major League Soccer team to South Florida is deciding on a place for the team to play. While reports suggest the team would start play at either FIU Stadium, Marlins Park or Sun Life Stadium, the long-term plan…
Yesterday should have been a celebration for this family of Colombian immigrants. It should have been a night filled with music and art and laughter. It should have been Israel “Reefa” Hernandez’s 19th birthday. Instead, it was yet another milestone along the long path of mourning the slain teenager, who…
Ricardo Fort, a playboy and reality star who cruised South Beach with the likes of Pamela Anderson, is dead at age 45. Fort had broken his femur in Miami not long ago. Doctors, though, said he died from a heart attack caused by a massive digestive hemorrhage, according to the…
While his colleagues in DC have remained quiet, two major voices in Florida have now called for Rep. Trey Radel to resign after his arrest for cocaine possession. Last night both Lenny Curry, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, and the Collier County Republican Executive Committee called for…
Mark Quartiano has drawn many comparisons to famous fishermen throughout history. In August 1991, Life magazine called him a modern Captain Ahab. Exactly 20 years later, author Juliet Eilperin coined the name Captain Quint (from Jaws) for him. But Quartiano didn’t make waves this weekend over a shark or a…
The Miami Heat (11-3) pushed the winning streak to seven games Monday night with a 107-92 win against the Phoenix Suns. The LeBron James ioS 2013 update continues to get rave reviews, finishing with 35 points, five rebounds, and four assists. Ray Allen had 17 points, and Chris Andersen chipped…
If you’ve got a baby on board you might want to start throwing your butts out. A Republican legislator from Jacksonville has filed a new bill that would make it illegal for anyone to smoke in their car or truck while a minor is also in the vehicle…
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Peter B. Lewis, billionaire pot philanthropist and chairman Progressive Insurance, died in his home in Coconut Grove of natural causes on Saturday afternoon, he was 80 years old. Lewis donated millions of dollars towards cannabis legalization reform in America. National Organization of the Reformation of Marijuana Laws Executive Director Allen…
Art critic Robert Hughes once quipped of artist Jeff Koons that “he has the slimy assurance, the gross patter about transcendence through art, of a blow-dried Baptist selling swamp acres in Florida.” The irony, of course, is that Koons work is now being used as a marketing gimmick to sell…
Two Miami-Dade brothers are behind bars on $2 million bail after a botched drug deal left two young men dead in Naples. According to the Naples Daily News, Jacob and Nickolas Mislow allegedly shot Keegan Leon, 21, and Eric Riley Jr., 23, to death Saturday around 9:30 p.m. before taking…
A Miami man who was busted for trying to fence a half-million bucks in jewels is at the center of controversial raids on pot dispensaries in Colorado. Juan Guardarrama, a 49-year-old with such a lengthy criminal record that cops called him “Tony Montana,” was arrested in a Miami hotel room…
