The bodies of scores of Miami’s black pioneers fill a five-acre piece of prairie in South Miami-Dade near South Dixie Highway and Coconut Palm Drive. Many of the forenames are forgotten, but the family names can be found in the county’s halls of power and history books: Cherry, Richardson, Perry,…
When fliers advertising a “no ID” teen party at King of Diamonds began circulating across social media earlier this year, local politicians reacted with horror. After the outcry, the promoter canceled the party at the famed strip club. But now some Miami-Dade commissioners want to make sure minors are not…
Christian Yelich, the Miami Marlins’ 24-year-old outfielder, is quietly having a very solid season for the Fish, batting .317 with seven homers. New Times earlier this year called Yelich the best player on the team, and though the team’s Giancarlo Stanton has made a mockery of that judgment, Yelich is still a very…
The American Dream is alive and well in Miami — provided that you aren’t actually trying to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. In that case, this city is most certainly not for you. Please find the nearest exit. Not only are rents astronomically high all over the place, but it’s almost…
It’s May 13, just after 6:30 p.m., and a grimy Fort Lauderdale Denny’s reeks of cooking grease and industrial disinfectant when Tim Canova busts through the door. He’s trailed by a small team of handlers. An audience of about 20 ACLU members awaits him at a banquet table and surrounding…
Donald Trump just can’t get enough of that sweet, sweet, South Florida cash. After canceling a thinly veiled money-begging opportunity in Miami earlier this month due to the recent police shootings in Dallas, Trump has announced that he’s coming back to South Florida at the end of July. This time,…
Starting today, thousands of (mostly white) people will gather in Cleveland, Ohio to horribly embarrass themselves and our nation. They will argue that scientists are wrong about climate change, that gay people don’t have the right to marry, and that Americans shouldn’t be allowed to watch porn. And then they…
Late last week, South Florida social media users began circulating a screen cap that appeared to show Florida City Vice Mayor Sharon Butler sharing what looked to be a conspiracy theory about the recent shootings in Dallas, in which five police officers were killed by a sniper. “The government killed…
Javier Ortiz, Miami’s outspoken police union chief, habitually lets his opinions fly whenever law enforcement issues make national headlines. Famously, he called for a boycott of Beyonce’s latest concert in Miami after the artist’s Black Panther-referencing Super Bowl performance this year. He also called Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy shot…
Earlier this morning, an accused murderer executed a Houdini-like escape from the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, forcing the Broward Sheriff’s Office to evacuate the courthouse and mobilize an all-hands-on-deck manhunt. Dayonte Resiles, 21, had been charged with murdering Jill Su, a Davie woman who’d been found dead in…
The video opens in a Coconut Grove hairdresser’s reception area, where a camera man barges in and announces, “This woman called us a faggot and threatened to shoot us.” The woman quickly confirms the story. “I did,” she says. “You jumped out of a car right in front of me,…
Late last month, Anthony Apfelbeck, a fire marshal and building official in the Central Florida city of Altamonte Springs, sent a link to a story about sea-level rise to a listserve for the Building Officials Association of Florida, an email group where contractors, architects, and building officials connect to answer…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. Every Friday, we’re here to bring you the week’s weirdest. Although there is nothing weird about befriending a pizza-loving alligator. Buzzkill Government Tried to Take Away Man’s Best Friend, Who is An Alligator That Loves Junk Food There is something so terribly…
It’s come to this: Society has broken down, social customs have been abandoned, and the young and spry among us have been doomed to wander the earth in leaderless mobs, hunting not for food or adequate shelter, but fugitive digital turtles. Pokemania has hit Florida International University, and there is…
In the heat of their quest to nail baseball stars buying banned drugs from Coral Gables steroid den Biogenesis, Major League Baseball’s investigators admittedly went overboard. Some witnesses were offered stacks of cash to cooperate. Others were threatened with lawsuits. MLB’s lead investigator even slept with one potential witness. And…
Three weeks ago, Miami Beach police rolled out a new crime fighting initiative aimed at stemming a tide of robberies in South Beach, and they’ve had some recent success. Some of the arrests may be due to beefed up manpower and squads of detectives working longer hours (with overtime benefits, of course.)…
Kendall seems like every other suburb in America: a bunch of chain restaurants, shopping plazas, and gated residential communities. Recently though, Kendall is being noticed for its local bands and gastropubs. Just last year a county commissioner even tried to rebrand the area of West Kendall as “West End.” Seriously. Kendallians…
Earlier this year, Miami Police sent out a bid request for 687 “active shooter kits,” which contain multiple types of military-grade body armor, as well as two holsters, apiece, for AR-15 rifle ammunition. On March 7, a police-supply company gave the city a quote, claiming the purchase would cost the…
Miami Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes and Latin crooner extraordinaire Marc Anthony are apparently pretty tight pals. Anthony recently gave $25,000 to the Police Athletic League and came to speak at a dinner for the group, where he met the top dog at MPD. The two hit it off, so Llanes said…
In March, state regulators announced that the Turkey Point nuclear power plant had been leaking dangerous saltwater into the Biscayne Bay, and possibly the Biscayne Aquifer, the county’s largest source of drinking water, leaving local politicians were aghast. But environmentalists say outrage isn’t enough when dealing with the powerful Florida…
On Sunday, the Daily Caller, the right-wing news site run by former CNN talking-bowtie Tucker Carlson, did Miami a huge favor: The site fixed our long-term issues with sea-level-rise in a single article. Huzzah! According to the Caller, man is not melting the polar ice caps, and Miami is not actually getting…
On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott’s “Let’s Get to Work” political-action committee published its very own presidential poll, which claimed Donald Trump had taken a two-point lead over Hillary Clinton in Florida’s presidential race. This being Scott, a man who lies about as often as Frank Abignale, the poll was met with…
