It seems that all bizarre news stories somehow wind up finding their way to Florida.The saga of John McAfee, the anti-virus software tycoon who may or may not have murdered his neighbor in Belize, is following that natural trajectory now that he’s been released by Guatemalan police and soon will…
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Miami-based conservative techno hermit Matt Drudge is no stranger to good old fashioned race baiting, but the headline currently adorning The Drudge Report maybe went just a little too far. It is literally just the phrase: ‘N*GGER. N*GGER. N*GGER. N*GGER. N*GGER. N*GGER. N*GGER.’…
We guess it’s a sure sign that you really are a political superstar when men’s magazine Esquire starts writing about your hair.The mag’s website points out that Marco Rubio’s hair is looking mighty thin up on top lately, and thinks the Florida senator is trying to overcompensate for it in…
Early this morning, two people, including a dancer, were injured during a shooting at The Office Gentlemen’s Club in Miami Gardens. The shooter is believe to be a man who got in an argument with one of the club’s bouncers…
Congratulations, cocaine smugglers. You’ve successfully moved the War on Drugs from island-hopping airplanes to Caribbean submarines to the most daring transportation method yet: Huge breast implants.A Panamanian woman flying out of Bogota, Colombia has been arrested in Spain after cops became suspicious of her fresh boob job. They eventually found…
Need a perfect illustration of just absurd the fight against synthetic drugs has become? Take a look at the latest legal missive from Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has just banned 22 new synthetic versions of weed and cocaine on sale in the Sunshine State. The document reads more…
The Transportation Security Administration workers who keep Miami International Airport safe from terrorists, criminals, and Solange Knowles’s Afro (no, really, they thoroughly searched her hair last month) earned a dubious distinction in October. According to an analysis by ABC News, the TSA had fired more agents for theft at MIA…
After last month’s electoral loss, the Republican Party is desperately trying to make it self over as a Hispanic friendly group, but the fact that a group representing Hispanic Republican voters in Florida has now filed a lawsuit against Reince Priebus, the national GOP chair with a name that sounds…
Basketball star turned professional mouth Charles Barkley has emerged as the preeminent Miami Heat hater of our times, and LeBron James for one has had enough.James told Barkley to “shut up” point blank after the TNT analyst took shots at Dwyane Wade’s athletic ability…
University of Miami Hurricanes player Thomas Finnie may not have the name recognition of Cam Newton, but he finds himself in a similar situation. No, not in contention for a Heisman, but accused of a laptop theft.The defensive back was arrested today on charges of occupied burglary and grand larceny…
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Jury duty in Miami-Dade is the worst. You have to get there at nine am. and sit in a crowded room while being subjected to an endless display of nothing but Sandra Bullock movies, then, if you’re picked for a jury pool, you’re shepherded around the courthouse all day like…
You’d think with all our good weather and miles of sandy beaches, Floridians would have extra reason to stay healthy, but no. According to the latest edition of United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings, Florida is only ranked the 34th most healthy state in the nation. Of course, we are…
Jason Levesque, a Virginia-based artist, was strolling through Scope Art Fair this weekend, thinking about how much he’d love to be exhibiting there, when suddenly he turned a corner to find two of his images on sale. The only problem was, they didn’t have his name on them. A Miami-based…
Earlier this week, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced that he’ll be undergoing cancer surgery for the fourth time in less than two years. Chavez, who has held power in Venezuela since 1999, apparently isn’t too optimistic about his chances; he’s already named a successor to take his position should his…
Eighteen years ago, New Times published an investigation into a Miami doctor accused of preying on his HIV patients. More than a dozen men with the disease accused Dr. Homer L. Kirkpatrick of manipulating them, sexually assaulting them, even offering them medication in exchange for sex. Despite our articles, however,…
Two months ago, New Times broke news of Miami Beach Fire Department recruit Brian Gentles’s allegations that fellow firemen had sexually and racially harassed him. He accused another recruit of tea-bagging him and superiors of covering up the abuse.But a report released yesterday by an outside investigator hired by the…
Tens of thousands of people packed dozens of Basel-week fairs for all kinds of reasons: to buy and sell masterpieces, to network, to see the next big visionaries before they blow up. But let’s be honest. You probably attended for the same reason most folks did: to ogle the weirdest…
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The ongoing sex scandal engulfing Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, has finally found its way back to Miami.A fourth accuser has come forward, and claims he met Clash in Miami Beach when he was just 16 or 17. The man, now 33 and only identified as “John Doe,” claims…
Al Golden has only compiled a 13-11 record as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes, but he’s done so under difficult circumstances. His efforts have caught the eye of other schools’ Athletic Directors, and he’s been rumored as a possible candidate for recent vacancies at Boston College and Tennessee. Now,…
