Ever since police unloaded 115 rounds into a car driven by 22-year-old Palm Beach man Raymond Herisse on Memorial Day weekend two years ago — a firefight that wounded five bystanders and was caught on video — a key question has been, What triggered that onslaught of firepower? Police waited…
Get used to that headline up there, Miami. If Riptide were a lazier sort of operation, we’d copy it onto our desktop and recycle it over and over during homestands. One day after setting a new low attendance mark at Marlins Park, the Fish shattered that record last night by…
The 2013 Miami Heat is the winningest team in franchise history. Behind a solid performance from a lineup full of backups, the team beat the Wizards 103-98, winning for the 62nd time this season to surpass the 1996-97 Heat’s record. More important for this season, Miami also secured home-court advantage…
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Norman Braman told Miami politicians once they were making a mistake giving public money to a wealthy team owner, and now he’s speaking up again. Unlike his ultimately losing fight against the new Marlins Park, this time he’s pledging to kill any deal to renovate the Dolphins stadium with tax…
Yesterday, Riptide reported on Rick Falls, a Miami Beach code enforcement officer who claims he was retaliated against for wearing a wire for the F.B.I. One thing that remains unclear, however, is how Falls’s supervisors became aware of his involvement in the first place.The FBI was brought in to help…
Ever get home and regret eating that gas-station hot dog earlier in the day? You got nothing on Norman Mosch. Or maybe you have a friend who always talks you into doing stuff you inevitably question later, like that extra shot of Patrón at LIV? Norman Mosch scoffs at your…
As the county commission meets today to consider a proposed deal to renovate Sun Life Stadium, news comes that the NFL has decided to chip in $150 million of the estimated $480 million it would cost to Flip This House, leaving the county and the Dolphins with $350 million to cover…
First, the good news for Florida booze-hounds: A bill that would help craft distilleries in the Sunshine State is headed to the House floor for a vote. If it passes, you’ll be able to buy small-batch liquors straight from distilleries, ending a Prohibition-era ban that has prevented local rum and…
At the Marlins’ home opener on Monday, commentators threw around words like “respectable” and “surprising” to describe the announced crowd of 34,439 (minus a few troublemaking protesters, of course). By the season’s second game last night, though, the more appropriate adjectives were “embarrassing” and “unsurprising.”The Fish drew just 14,222 to…
In a game that featured two teams seemingly just going through the motions, the Miami Heat pulled out its franchise-record-tying 61st win of the season, equaling the 1996-97 squad that finished 61-21. LeBron James was the sole member of the Big Three to suit up, and he led the Heat with 28…
Looks like there’s not going to be an Elian Saga Part Two, despite the best efforts of a fugitive couple who kidnapped their kids in Florida and fled to Cuba hoping to hide out. Authorities in Havana have just announced that the couple, Joshua and Sharyn Hakken, will be sent…
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Breaking news: People want Jeffrey Loria to sell the Marlins. So much so, in fact, that someone has started an official White House petition to pass legislation that would force Loria to sell the team and allow him to get right back to selling artwork full time…
Ever think about uploading that sex tape you made with your ex to the Internet? Well, you might want to think twice about it if you live in Florida, because victims of “revenge porn” soon may not have to take it, uh, lying down anymore. There’s a bill working its way…
Eusebio Diaz Acosta made it all the way to Tamarac with his stolen tractor-trailer full of soup, but that is where his dream of soup-filled days would end — until soup day in jail, that is. In the most un-Goodfellas heist ever, Acosta is charged with stealing a tractor-trailer full of $75,000…
North Miami mayoral candidate Anna Pierre needs your prayers because someone has opened a can of voodoo on her ass. On Easter Sunday, Pierre says, she discovered what appeared to be your typical “Voodoo Starter Kit” in front of her campaign headquarters’ doors. Over the past few months, this twisted…
