According to Phys.org the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District is evaluating how realistic it could be to use drones aka “unmanned aerial vehicles” in the battle against Mosquitoes. Hell yeah, science! The battery powered war machines would weight less than two pounds and be equipped with tiny infrared cameras, apparently…
60 Minutes is reporting this morning that Alex Rodriguez may have done quiet possibly the most Alex Rodriguez thing ever to cover his own ass. The report indicates that in the weeks after Miami New Times broke the Biogenesis story, Alex Rodriguez’s inner circle obtained and leaked documents that implicated…
Florida is one step closer to getting a statewide public vote on legalizing medical marijuana. With powerful backers like Orlando super-lawyer John Morgan and funding from big Democrats around the state, the push by People United for Medical Marijuana is blazing ahead. The group announced yesterday that it’s already gathered…
“We’re watching one of the greatest right-handed hitters who ever lived.” That’s what an AL scout told ESPN’s Jayson Stark this week for his new piece, titled “We are witnessing greatness,” incidentally, about slugger Miguel Cabrera. The article details just what a ridiculous thing Miguel Cabrera has become, ridiculous as…
On the second Saturday night in August, Wynwood was a blur of booze and beats. Thousands had descended upon the district for the neighborhood’s monthly Art Walk. Drinks in hand, they moved in mass from one gallery to the next. But the piece drawing the biggest buzz wasn’t behind glass,…
New Times has obtained the IA files for Jorge Mercado, the Miami Beach cop who fatally Tasered teenage tagger Israel Hernandez last week, and they ain’t pretty. The files show that Mercado arrested an old woman last year as she tried to navigate Memorial Day weekend traffic. In 2007, he…
While New Times detailed evidence that several MLB stars were clients of the PED-pushing Biogenesis clinic, our original source Porter Fischer has since claimed that other athletes, including mixed-martial arts fighters, were amongst the clinic’s clients. Though, UFC President Dana White says he doesn’t really care that much to investigate…
On Tuesday South Miami police chief Orlando Martinez de Castro announced that he had taken the first step toward suing the city after a commissioner publicly disclosed that the chief had undergone weight loss surgery. On Wednesday night he was fired…
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Miami Fraternal Order of Police President Sgt. Javier Ortiz has come out roaring against those who are criticizing police in the wake of the death of teenager Israel Hernandez. After City of Miami commissioner and mayoral candidate Francis Suarez released a flyer condemning police violence, Ortiz replied with his own…
Last night during an argument in the parking lot of a Hialeah convenience store, a man pulled a machete and slashed his opponent in the face. Police are now searching for the suspect while the victim recovers in the hospital…
More than 25 years ago, Anita Bryant led her infamous campaign against Miami-Dade County’s gay rights amendments. Now an amendment to that same ordinance granting basic rights to transgender individuals is in danger of being derailed even after it passed on its first reading with an 11-1 vote…
Richard Millsap’s friends say his dream was to open a Crossfit gym where anyone could get ripped — or at least lose a few pounds — even if they couldn’t afford the program. The muscle-bound 33-year-old made that goal a reality last March, renting out a warehouse in Winter Garden…
Chad Johnson is a complicated man. The NFL’s most infamous loudmouth is actually an introvert. He has 4 million Twitter followers, but mostly hangs out alone. He’s a ladies’ man, but now claims to be celibate. He listens to Andrea Bocelli and is addicted to ChapStick. He is an enigma,…
Chad Johnson is damaged. But as he sits on the patio of the Pelican Hotel on a Thursday afternoon, the holes in his life are hidden. It’s been nearly two years since Johnson last suited up for the National Football League, but he still looks the part. His muscles bulge…
Either Shaquille O’Neal has forgotten how to use a computer or he’s grown humble with age. On his July application to become a part-time cop for the Golden Beach Police Department, the former NBA star simply scrawled “none” across the three lines for answering the question about what special equipment…
If Miami Beach Police Chief Ray Martinez was thinking of a way to regain public trust after a string of embarrassing incidents involving his officers, this was not it: a dead teenager, a cop under investigation, and a community up in arms. It all began last Wednesday morning, when New…
It’s the time of year when South Florida politicians must reveal their net worth to their constituents. So Riptide is here to let readers know which Miami-Dade state legislators are ballin’ like the Bawse at his King of Diamonds birthday party and which ones are probably living on a steady…
UPDATE: Seven months after New Times published its investigation into Biogenesis and its founder, Tony Bosch, Major League Baseball suspended 14 players tied to the clinic. In August 2014, Bosch and nine other men tied to his steroid ring were charged with a variety of crimes in federal court. Bosch…
A week after fatally Tasering Israel Hernandez, Miami Beach Police have released the 911 tape of the teenager’s arrest. The 14-minute-long tape begins on August 6 at 5:13 with a westbound foot-chase on 74th Street near Collins Avenue. Multiple cops then call in sightings of Hernandez, who is described as…
BREAKING NEWS: Someone in Miami sort of hates their job and tweets about it. The Miami Herald has been all over the story of Christina Haramboure’s Twitter complaints about constituents. She’s the 24-year-old administrative assistant who sits at the bottom rung of Miami commissioner and mayoral candidate Francis Suarez’s staff…
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