Danilo Jose Mejia Salazar, 63, showed up to work yesterday for his job as a janitor at the Coral Reef Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Southwest Miami-Dade and left after being airlifted to Kendall Regional Medical Center’s Trauma Center.For reasons police are still trying to piece together, Gregoria Rojas, 51,…
Major League Baseball is set to file a lawsuit today against Tony Bosch, the former head of Coral Gables anti-aging clinic Biogenesis, alleging he damaged the sport by providing performance-enhancing drugs to baseball players, the New York Times reports. The suit follows a Miami New Times investigation into Biogenesis that…
As Hurricane Ultra doubles back upon Bayfront Park today, some cranky locals are once again boarding up the windows and bolting town. But apparently not everyone got the message about the massive, noisy music festival.”We have no information about this event till yesterday,” writes out-of-towner Michel Harr, who is staying…
What does your basketball program do to grab attention when its sharing a city with the NBA champs and another college basketball team that has become the surprise story of the season? Oh, you know, just float out some crazy basketball court redesigns…
The Miami Dolphins are so confident the NFL is going to hand them a Super Bowl in May they’ve announced today that they’d let the county back out of any stadium renovation deal if Miami isn’t picked as a host…
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If you’re a foreign national looking to have a good time in Florida, stay out of trouble, and avoid possible deportation, here are three easy rules to follow.1) Don’t borrow someone’s flashy, $200,000 Mercedes2) Don’t street race said Mercedes at 116 miles per hour3) And for god’s sake, don’t hand…
A bit of tooth can ruin a good blowjob. Entirely too much tooth can land you behind bars on attempted murder charges.Priscilla Vaughn, a 29-year-old Orange County escort, was arrested Tuesday morning after allegedly attacking a client and attempting to bite off his genitals…
Mark Duper spent 11 legendary years with the Miami Dolphins. Now he’s spending some time behind bars.The three-time Pro Bowler was arrested this morning for allegedly leaving a teenage boy unconscious after punching him in the face and slamming him onto the floor several times…
Gainesville Mayor Craig Lowe found himself on the wrong side of the law this morning after getting busted for DUI. The arrest comes just a month before he’s set to face off in a runoff election to keep his seat.A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was called out at 3:46 a.m…
Evan Rodriguez was arrested multiple times as a college student, but when the Chicago Bears drafted him in 2012, they were under the impression they were getting a more mature player whose troubled days were behind him.Well, Rodriguez was arrested last night on South Beach for disorderly conduct and resisting…
Florida may well be the “Gunshine State,” but like the rest of the nation, its residents still overwhelmingly support background checks on all gun purchases. More surprising, a solid majority of Floridians also want a national ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.That’s according to Quinnipiac’s new poll, which found…
Real-Life Pain and Gain Star Ed DuBois Pens Blues Song to Torture Plot
Booze Bills Could Help Florida’s Craft Alcohol Industry
Miami Beach Must Pay $100,000 for Arresting Man for Looking Poor
Puerto Rico’s Wave of Drugs and Brazen Murders Reverberates to Miami
See the slide show “Puerto Rico Awash in Violence and Drugs.”
NCAA Probe of UM More Flawed Than You Know
In a blow to everyone who has expensive taste but low quality standards and lower bank accounts, Customs and Border Protections agents have snagged more than $86 million in fake luxury goods at Miami International Airport over the past six months. In fact, they’ve intercepted more than 505 shipments of…
The unveiling of President Obama’s March Madness bracket has become an annual tradition, but over the past few years he’s lowballed the University of Miami women’s team. This year, he put a bit more faith in the Hurricanes’ men’s team, but has the Hurricanes just missing the Final Four.Oddly, he…
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Miami sure is a starfucker of a town. Some Miamians would show up to a letter opening if an A-lister was on the invite, but a lack of starpower can be deadly for attendance.So maybe it’s not too much of a surprise that as the Miami Masters (now officially known…
Another day, another poll with bad news for Florida Governor Rick Scott. This time it’s from Quinnipiac.The poll seems to show a case of too little too late for Scott. While Floridians largely agree with Scott’s latest high profile decision to expand Medicare, less than one-third feels he deserves to…
