A crazy scene is playing out in Kendall tonight, with police urging residents to stay indoors as officers battle a suspect with a high-powered rifle near Miller Drive and SW 154th Avenue.Though details are scarce, NBC 6 reports that the confrontation began when police raided a suspected grow house. The…
The University of Miami finally received a notice of allegations from the NCAA today, and University president Donna Shalala sent a statement to students and alumni tonight detailing the association’s findings. Though Shalala did not specifically mention it, the AP reports the school has been charged with the vague “lack…
The U.S. Coast Guard seized $17 million worth of cocaine in the southwest Caribbean on January 24. Today, that 1,400 pounds of cocaine was offloaded at the Coast Guard station in Miami Beach…
Earlier this month, news broke that the Perry Hotel will undergo its third name change in a little more than a year. The resort was formerly known as the Gansevoort but will soon close for a nearly a yearlong, $100 million renovation to reopen as the eco-friendly 1 Hotel.Unfortunately, that…
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While the Miami Dolphins are asking for millions in state money to help upgrade Sun Life Stadium, some lawmakers are focusing on sports teams that don’t even exist yet.A state Senate panel today approved a bill that would grant $2 million a year in order to build new soccer stadiums…
On one hand: What the hell, people? You can’t just bring your unleashed dog to the steps of the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building and expect it to patiently wait outside until you’re done with your courthouse business. On the other hand: Awwwwww, cute!…
Say what you will about Miami’s king of brightly hued beach balls and cartoonish faces: Romero Britto’s art is popular and pricey enough to spark a network of forgers. The artist launched his own federal suit against a group of fraudsters in 2010. But at least one of the dealers…
On June 20 of last year, Keskea Hernandez appeared in a federal courthouse to beg for her life. The 42-year-old real estate agent had been locked up in Miami’s Federal Detention Center for almost a year since her arrest for mortgage fraud. Formerly pretty and energetic, Hernandez was now thin…
University of Miami President Donna Shalala has had about enough of the NCAA’s BS. Following today’s release of the NCAA findings of its own investigation into itself, Shalala released a strongly worded statement demanding that the NCAA basically stop screwing around, put an end to the two-and-half-year investigation, and, oh yeah,…
Manatees are for looking, not touching. Even people who lack common sense should have learned that after Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez turned herself in for attempting to ride a manatee in the Tampa Bay area.Not everyone got the message. Ryan William Waterman, a 21-year-old Fort Pierce man, has been arrested after…
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It’s nonstop Miami Hurricanes athletics news today. Mario Cristobal is leaving the Canes football staff less than two months after he was hired.The former Florida International University head coach has been hired as Alabama’s offensive-line coach…
While the NCAA’s investigation into allegations made about the University of Miami athletic department by convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro has lagged for about two years, the NCAA’s investigation into itself over botching the Miami investigation has come to a relatively swift end.The NCAA’s vice president of enforcement, Julie Roe…
Another week, another historic ranking for the University of Miami’s men’s basketball team. Thanks to Duke’s loss to Maryland and the Canes’ buzzer-beater against Clemson, the team has moved up to number two in the polls. It’s the team’s highest ranking in school history and also the first time the Canes…
More porn stars were born in Florida than any other state but California.
Obviously, one of the very important political questions many of us had following Marco Rubio’s State of the Union rebuttal and the gulp heard round the world was who would play him on Saturday Night Live? Obviously, the show couldn’t resist, and sent out Taran Killam to play our junior…
Ever had a sinking feeling that something isn’t quite right while surveying the beers at your grocery store? Sure, the selection is fine — maybe not as many local craft beers as you’d like to see, but hey, this is Miami after all. But wait. Why are all the beers…
Florida history is full of condominium-related corruption, including board members receiving kickbacks for contracts or raiding condo coffers and then disappearing into the Everglades. That’s why state statute bars condo board members and officers from receiving compensation unless explicitly outlined in the building’s bylaws.So it’s not surprising that residents of…
Chris Paul and the West All-Stars edged a East team featuring three Miami Heat starters 143-138 Sunday Night. Even though LeBron and Wade combined for 40 points and were good for a few of their typical “Flying Death Machine” highlight finishes, it was Paul who snagged the game MVP with…
On November 21, 2011, John Kenneth Rosenbaum burst into a South Georgia hospital begging for treatment. He had puncture wounds on his arm and the words “BLACK MAMBA” scrawled in marker on his skin.But the bullsh*t bite is now coming back to haunt Rosenbaum. The 24-year-old Jacksonville resident faces up…
What happens in the family, used to stay in the family. No longer.The Santiesteban drug clan — which made millions by running grow houses all over South Florida and smuggling pot up the coast to New York City — now appears to be falling apart. Earlier today, one of the…
