Rapper/mogul/respect-loving person Bryan “Birdman” Williams lives by his own code. He does not seem to travel anywhere without duffel-bags full of cash nearby at all times. On ESPN’s “Highly Questionable” last month, he claimed to literally sleep on a bed made of $1 million. Considering how many people claim Birdman owes them millions…
When the Miami Herald recently asked for public records from Miami Beach about the city’s water quality, City Hall responded with a whopping $72,793.53 bill for the documents. That lead to loud protests from First Amendment groups, with one leader calling the bill “crazy” and filmmaker Billy Corben penning a memorable demand letter…
As part of an “aggressive hiring plan,” the Miami-Dade Police Department wants to beef up its stockpiles of weapons, armor, and ammo. And they’re asking county commissioners for millions in new body armor, “ballistic shields,” and night-vision rifles — as well as a controversial license-plate reading system. The request, which…
Miami, we talked about this yesterday. Firing your gun in the air to celebrate Fourth of July is a very bad idea. Falling celebratory bullets have seriously injured multiple people in recent years, including two kids in separate instances. But you didn’t listen. In fact, you even found a new…
Earlier this year, a Delray Beach-based Bitcoin exchange company called Cryptsy abruptly shut down, locking hundreds of thousands of users out of the system and leaving them no way to withdrawal their digital currencies. In January, Broward County attorney David Silver filed a class-action lawsuit against Cryptsy and its owner,…
With Election Day rapidly approaching, Desmond Meade’s calendar has been jam-packed with political rallies and fundraising galas. In the past few months, the Miami native has been a part of a handful of panel discussions about reforming the criminal justice system, appeared as a guest on MSNBC, and headed to…
Anaid Romero was chilling outside the Biltmore Hotel in 2012, watching fireworks light up the Coral Gables sky when she noticed a weird sensation. “I just felt something wet on me and I looked down and I had blood everywhere,” Romero told NBC6 at the time. Romero soon found the source: A…
Things you should never ask your co-workers: If they believe in a Righteous Christian God; if they want to Make America Great Again; if they “have a Brazilian wax.” The last one rings especially true if you happen to work as a cop. In a lawsuit filed last Friday, Miami-Dade…
Everyone agrees on this: Florida’s waterways are facing an unprecedented emergency. Toxic algae blooms have choked waterways across the state, closing beaches and rivers to tourists and residents. Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in two counties. There’s less agreement about who’s at fault. Scott’s blamed the…
Time took its toll on the Dorsey Memorial Library as it sat vacant in Overtown for more than 50 years. Over time, its walls were covered in graffiti. A fire burned through most of the interior. Termites have eaten their way through the rotting wood like a giant buffet. Last year,…
In an off-season filled with huge questions for the Miami Heat, Pat Riley has already delivered one undeniable answer. Hassan Whiteside is staying in the 305. In a post published this morning on the Player’s Tribune, the elite 7-foot talent announced that he’s staying with the Miami Heat. The AP’s…
After 52 years on a quiet Wynwood side street, King Automotive, a family-run repair shop owned by Leon Wegman, will close its doors today. Wegman recently sold his property in the booming arts neighborhood for more than 100 times what he paid for it decades ago. King Automotive was one…
There are over 20 million people in Florida. That’s a population larger than all but two other senate districts. Which means there are millions of Floridians who are technically eligible to run for senate. Theoretically, at least a few thousands of them could actually do a damn good job at…
You love the Everglades, right? Of course you do. We all live in Florida, and we all love the Everglades. It’s a river of grass. A unique ecosystem not duplicated anywhere else in the entire world. A true state treasure. Would you like to help the Everglades Nationa Park? Of…
The rumors hit over the weekend: King of Diamonds, the legendary hip-hop strip club, was coming to Ocean Drive. By Monday, that idea had been dashed by KOD, which says a former manager had advertised the idea without first talking to the club’s new ownership. Then, that former manager claimed…
On a Sunday afternoon back in December 2014, Charlie Silberman boarded a county bus at the Omni Bus Terminal with his psychiatric service dog, Oscar. He was grateful for the ride — at that point Silberman says he had already watch two separate buses pass him by. But as he…
Hillary Clinton has a better chance of winning the traditionally deep red state of Texas than Donald Trump has of winning perpetually purple Florida. That’s at least according to one metric of FiveThirtyEight’s just debuted 2016 Election Forecast. That’s how bad things are looking for Donald Trump in the Sunshine State (his own…
As a young man back in 1992, Thomas S. Ross drew up plans for a then-futuristic handheld gizmo he dubbed the “Electronic Reading Device.” He envisioned it as a way for people to read novels, check the news, and view pictures and even videos, but also dreamed that the device…
If you wake up each morning and stroll out to the balcony of your luxury downtown condo in nothing but a silk robe to leisurely spend the morning checking your E-Trade account and making reservations for the night at Prime 112, you may, in fact, think Miami is the best…
William Jose Velez doesn’t necessarily hate the City of Miami’s flag. In fact, his problem is that he doesn’t think Miamians love the orange and green emblem enough. “There are cities that have flags they’re really proud of, like Washington D.C. or Chicago, or states like Maryland, and the…
The grainy security video shows Steven Rodgers, a 43-year-old Miami-Dade County Public Schools Police officer, inside his Miami Edison Senior High School office. His silver badge glints against the dark blue of his uniform as he grins into the camera. And his penis is in his hand as he pleasures…
There’s no question that Miami was one of the cities hardest hit by the housing market collapse, but can the City of Miami actually sue big banks over it? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide next year. Back in 2013, the City of Miami sued Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and…
