Some Very Familiar Faces Enacted Painful Revenge on Miami Sports Teams
The Heat, Dolphins, and Hurricanes all got a heaping scoop of potluck revenge at the hands of players who once led those teams.
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Miami-Dade’s Homeless Sex Offenders Get the Boot Again
For more than a decade, the sex offenders left homeless by Miami-Dade’s prohibitive residency restrictions have settled beneath bridges and highway overpasses, in abandoned lots, and along train tracks. Nobody wants them in their communities, and the sex offenders themselves would rather be anywhere but on the street.
Recreational Weed Would Pump $190 Million Into Florida’s Economy, Report Says
Sales of recreational marijuana and accompanying increases in tourism would account for about $190 million in tax revenue after the official industry was up and running, the report says. The analysts say the overall economic effect would be “slightly positive” — more or less a ringing endorsement from a state that was once ground zero for the war on weed.
Baby Trump Is the Shiny Object Florida Needs During Impeachment Season UPDATED
The secret to defeating Donald Trump? A big orange balloon, obviously.
Heat Fans Love to See Trail Blazers Fans Grow Furious With Hassan Whiteside
When the Miami Heat traded Hassan Whiteside to the Portland Trail Blazers for Meyers Leonard and Mo Harkless this offseason, most observers outside Miami saw the move as a loss that was an unfortunate necessity so the Heat could afford adding Jimmy Butler in free agency.
Miami-Dade Suspends Evictions From Public Housing During Hurricanes
Miami-Dade police arrived at Maria Cazañes’ South Beach apartment on an August evening as she was making herself a cafecito. By the end of the night, Cazañes and her family were homeless.
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Two Bills Could Dismantle Florida’s Medical Marijuana “Cartel”
In Florida, companies such as Philip Morris and Bacardi aren’t required to cultivate and process raw plant material and then package, distribute, and sell their cigarettes and rum. But for some reason, state law requires medical marijuana producers to operate exactly that way.
Miami Commissioners to Cast Final Vote on Whether to Give Themselves Pensions
To much heckling, City of Miami commissioners voted to sharply reduce pay and pensions for employees when the Great Recession nearly toppled the city’s economy a decade ago. They also closed the pension program for incoming elected officials, but commissioners unsuccessfully tried to quietly restore it three years ago.
Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald Newsrooms Vote to Unionize
In a decisive 66-24 vote, the newsrooms of the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald have elected to form a union. Votes were counted this afternoon by federal officials at the Claude Pepper Federal Building in downtown Miami, where members of both the One Herald Guild and Herald management were present.
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Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez Involved in Active Criminal Probe
The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office today confirmed to New Times that an active criminal probe exists in relation to Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez.
Rick Scott Says Adam Schiff Runs Impeachment “Like He’s in Communist China or Venezuela”
In a November 19 interview with Fox Business, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida claimed the Trump impeachment proceedings lack due process and drew comparisons to “communist China or Venezuela.”
Five Reasons the 1972 Miami Dolphins Will Forever Be the Only Undefeated NFL Team
Last week, the San Francisco 49ers lost 27-24 to the Seattle Seahawks in overtime on Monday Night Football. You’re probably wondering what that fact has to do with you. Well, if you’re a Miami Dolphins fan, it has everything to do with you because the 49ers were the last remaining undefeated team in the NFL for the 2019-20 season, meaning, once again, the 1972 Dolphins stand as the only undefeated team in NFL history.
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Survey Finds Millennial Renters in Miami Are Nowhere Close to Buying a Home
With sea levels and student debt on the rise and fears of another recession around the corner, millennials in Miami aren’t exactly optimists when it comes to the possibility of owning a home anytime soon.
Miami Beach Cops Fired Taser, Shouted N-Word at Man Recording Them, Lawsuit Alleges
Ronald Saint-Vil arrived at the SLS Hotel in South Beach in November 2017 to help raise money for victims of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. But he says he wound up a victim of police brutality instead. In a new lawsuit, Saint-Vil says Miami Beach cops shouted the N-word at him and stunned him with a Taser until he threw up — all because he was recording them on his cell phone.
Former Bolivian Leaders Back in Court in Miami Over Human-Rights Abuses
As Etelvina Ramos Mamani recovered from giving birth in her home in the rural highlands of Bolivia, a military sharpshooter fired a single bullet through her small bedroom window, striking her 8-year-old daughter Marlene in the chest. The woman held her daughter as she died.
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University of Miami Money-Laundering Expert Charged With Money Laundering
For years, Bruce M. Bagley has taught in the University of Miami’s International Studies program. He’s one of the nation’s foremost experts on money laundering in Latin America. That might be because, at least according to the FBI, he’s been helping to launder money out of Latin America.
Miami Herald Says Columnists Shouldn’t Have Union Protection
With only two days to go before votes are counted in an election on whether to unionize employees in the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald newsrooms, Herald reporters have denounced a decision by management to exclude five of their colleagues from union protection.
Dancers Sue Hialeah Strip Club Over Unpaid Wages, Labor Violations
The basic rules of employment are simple: Show up for work; get paid. Repeat over time. But when Nancy — who has been stripping for almost two decades in various clubs in Oregon and Florida — shows up for work, she has to pay to be there.
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Firing Medical Marijuana Patients for Drug Use Would Be Banned Under New Florida Bill
Some of Florida’s estimated 300,000 medical marijuana users have learned the hard way that although it’s legal to use cannabis to relieve certain conditions, they can still face consequences at work and school.
The Dolphins Still Lost a Football Game Even Though #TankForTua Is Dead
Following a 0-7 start to the season, everything recently had turned to butterflies, lollipops, bubbles, and rainbows for the Miami Dolphins thanks to straight wins over the New York Jets and Indianapolis Colts. Head coach Brian Flores got a celebratory Gatorade shower after the Jets game, and Dolphins players no one had ever heard of got interviews with ESPN after the Fins pulled off a surprise win over the Colts last week.
The Craziest Floridians Running for U.S. Congress in 2020
Walking into the United States Capitol Building does not magically remove the title of Florida Man or Woman. Here are some of the craziest Floridians running for Congress in 2020
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Miami-Dade Prosecutors Hit Kodak Black With Two New Gun Charges
Mere days after receiving more than three years in prison after lying on a gun background-check form, South Florida rapper (and accused rapist) Kodak Black is facing two additional felony gun charges after Miami-Dade prosecutors unsealed a new case against him. The Miami Herald first reported this afternoon that Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle has hit Black with two felony counts of possession of a firearm by a felon.