Donald Trump’s campaign is to presidential elections what the Challenger disaster was to Space Shuttle missions — a loud, fiery disaster no one seems capable of stopping. After Trump was accused of groping more than ten women this week, he’s taken a gigantic swan dive in the polls and has…
The U.S. is one of the few developed nations in the world that still imposes the death penalty. But even among U.S. states, Florida’s death-penalty laws are behind the times. Florida was one of only three states where juries did not need to be unanimous to sentence someone to death…
When two University of Miami professors decided in 2009 to write a book about the role of conspiracy theories in American politics, they figured the esoteric topic was worthy of more mainstream academic research. At the time, wild accusations about who really planned 9/11 and killed Princess Diana were blooming…
Steven Machat is confident he’d win Florida’s U.S. Senate race — if only he was allowed to get on the debate stage. The music industry veteran running as an independent last month sued the Federal Communications Commission and hosts of two upcoming televised debates, arguing that “as a proper candidate,”…
Miamians rarely, if ever, have an excuse to complain about the weather. When the rest of America sits under a smothering carpet of snow, we can still usually go to the beach. Yes, we get some occasional flooding, but our rainstorms usually don’t last longer than Game of Thrones episodes…
Active Zika virus transmissions have returned to mainland Miami. Gov. Rick Scott’s office announced a new “active transmission zone” this afternoon in the heart of Little Haiti and Little River. The one square mile area stretches from NW 63rd Street to NW 79th Street and from N Miami Ave. to…
South Miami Vice Mayor Bob Welsh does not know what the word “badonkadonk” means. Reached on his cell phone today, Welsh insisted the slang term — which references a woman’s large rear-end — was actually a reference to the, ahem, frontal part of a lady’s nether-regions. “Badonkadonk is southern for vajayjay,”…
Dear Stoner: I have bouts of nausea for days sometimes, and I’ve heard that pot tea can help. Do you know how to make it? Blizz Dear Blizz: You’ve heard correctly — pot tea can be a marvel for those suffering from nausea. But since water isn’t a strong enough…
Miami Beach environmentalist Dave Doebler says he doesn’t think most people know how bad styrofoam really is for the ocean. He says he sees people using temporary, floating docks made from bare styrofoam “all the time.” Most folks quickly pull the docks from the water the minute he tells them…
Three years ago today, six-year-old Qwentyn Hunter was on a cruise with his parents and two older siblings heading back to Miami from Cozumel. Before dinner, Qwentyn and his brother asked their dad, Caselle, to take them up to the jacuzzi. He happily agreed. While up at the pool, however,…
Conservative Twitter is abuzz this afternoon with a trending hashtag: #BlacksForTrump. The spark is clear: Thousands have retweeted photos from Trump’s rally in Lakeland, Florida this afternoon showing a small group directly behind the Donald enthusiastically waving “Blacks For Trump” signs. “Blacks are for Trump and the left can’t…
Empathy isn’t exactly a major part of Rick Scott’s brand. Before taking the governorship, Scott had the distinct honor of running the company that stole the most money from Medicare, the government agency that gives health care to poor people, in history. Things haven’t progressed much since he took office. Thankfully, Florida…
Yesterday, Hillary Clinton joined Al Gore at Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus to give a serious, policy-heavy speech on her plans to tackle climate change and other environmental issues. It was one of the wonkier moments in her campaign and a breath of science-heavy fresh air from all the mudslinging…
Breaking news: New Times has now confirmed with multiple sources that the Miami Dolphins are indeed a terrible football team. We will continue to update our readers as additional facts about this devastating, yet unsurprising news comes in. OK, so you already know that the Miami Dolphins are plummeting towards the…
One day in 2010, James Hoefling came home from work to find that his house had gone missing. Hoefling’s home was more mobile than most: He’d lived in a houseboat by the Dinner Key marina in Coconut Grove for 11 years. Hoefling, now 67, works as a marine technician. On…
John Taglieri is a self-described “blue-collar worker kinda guy.” In 2005, the now-70-year-old restaurant owner with a tan that sets off his blue eyes and white hair put money down for a one-bedroom condo in the preconstruction Trump International Hotel & Tower Fort Lauderdale. Lured by the New York businessman’s…
Marco Rubio is a man of principle. You’ll notice we did not use the word “principles” — that would be far too generous. Rubio abides by one single rule in his life: Do whatever the hell he can to appease his voter base and get re-elected. His morals change with…
Two years ago, Florida voters just barely missed a 60 percent threshold to legalize medical marijuana in the state. That’s not going to happen this November — at least, not if a new poll on the measure from North Florida University is even close to accurate. UNF’s survey, released this…
Both north and south of Miami, Hurricane Matthew was an unmitigated disaster. More than one thousand Haitians died in the storm, while at least 21 fatalities have been reported in the U.S. so far. Miami completely lucked out as the storm stayed far enough off the coast to barely graze…
As John Wilson cooked dinner for his family in March 2010, an eerie silence filled their cozy Plantation home. Usually around 6 p.m. on a school day, the place was bustling. Four kids were asking about dinner or playing videogames. John, a mild-mannered musician with salt-and-pepper hair and rimless glasses,…
When Grant Stern sent a critical tweet at Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine over the summer, the politician quickly blocked the local activist. So Stern took his comments to the mayor’s official Facebook page and was swiftly blocked there, too. Soon, he says, he heard from dozens of others who…
On Sunday, a tourist from New York was gunned down on Ocean Drive around 7 a.m., just as South Beach was starting to wake up. Shot two times outside iconic sidewalk restaurant News Cafe, the young man was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he later died. This morning, Miami…
