Governor Rick Scott is vastly unpopular. Almost half of Floridians disapprove of the job he’s doing, while only 38 percent approve of his work in Tallahassee according to the latest polls. Which isn’t news. His approvals ratings have famously been horrible practically since the moment he stepped into office. Yet, somehow we’ve…
The Office of Congressional Ethics dropped its report on Rep. Alan Grayson today, and found that there is “substantial reason to believe” that Grayson broke the law and ran afoul of House ethics rules while he ran a small hedge fund. Grayson’s campaign has shot back by calling the investigation a “politically…
Waka flakka, flamed out? The synthetic-drug epidemic that has gripped Broward County and spilled over into Miami-Dade more than two years ago may already be over thanks to an unprecedented level of coordination involved in the war on that drug. Flakka, known scientifically as alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone, had been floating around for years…
Stray cats riddle Miami-Dade like pigeons in New York or rats in Chicago. Except, you know, cats are cute, and come people can’t help but feed the feral felines, often to the chagrin of their neighbors. It’s a common quarrel, but one that usually doesn’t end in bullets. Then again,…
If there’s a tragic figure in the unseemly Biogenesis steroid scandal that tore apart Major League Baseball three years ago, it’s Yuri Sucart, Alex Rodriguez’s cousin and longtime drug connection. After years at A-Rod’s side, often doing his less-than-legal bidding, Sucart fell hard in a federal criminal case tied to…
Don Festge, a hospitality and tourism teacher at Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School in North Miami, had already been toying with the idea of running for office when he traveled to Tallahassee in January. It was Rep. Frank Artiles who pushed him into the fray. Unable to arrange a meeting…
A half-mile off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, 35 feet below the ocean’s surface, two battery-powered golden-yellow submarines the size of Volkswagen Beetles puttered around Barracuda Reef. In one submarine’s cabin — a transparent sphere that looks like a giant fishbowl — sat Rachel Silverstein, a dark-haired PhD who holds…
The area between Alton Road and West Ave in South Beach is suddenly a booming nightlife hub. Places like Bodega and Foxhole are pulling crowds over from the eastside of the beach, and more venues are in the works. That doesn’t sit well with everyone. Namely mainy residents who live…
Last night, one of the biggest data leaks in history hit the web. The leak comes via a firm in Panama with a niche business: Setting up off-shore shell companies for clients who want to hide their cash from the tax man. A team lead by the International Consortium of Investigative…
Florida International University deserves a slow clap. On Friday, the school pulled off one of the funnier Miami-related April Fools Day pranks we’ve seen in a bit. In a video posted on their official Facebook page, the school proudly announced today a new major focus in Miami-studies, or, as it’s…
The Miami Marlins kick off their 2016 season tomorrow, making this as good a time as any to brush up on our hometown baseball team. It’s like when your iPhone asks you to update. You put it off until you’re sick of seeing the alert and just give in. That’s…
Marco Rubio failed to land a top job at a once-great institution that is now a sad, messy parody of its former self (the national Republican party) and is now might just be seeking a top job at another once great institution that is now a sad, messy parody of…
If you’re heading to or from South Beach tonight you really might want to think about taking a cab or Uber. The Miami Beach police department is setting up a DUI checkpoint that starts at 8 p.m. tonight and will continue until 6 a.m. the next morning. The checkpoint will…
Miami is no stranger to human rights violations. Undocumented workers who have lived here for over twenty years are being deported, our governor just defunded Planned Parenthood, and locals are being displaced due to rapid overdevelopment. There is a lot of work to be done in Dade. So it’s good…
Heads-up, it’s April Fools Day! No, LeBron James did not say publicly he wants to return to the HEAT. No, Publix isn’t opening stand alone sub shops. No, Hialeah isn’t getting an In-And-Out, yet. I’m sorry, you’ve been duped. I know finding out this way is devastating. In-And-Out is delicious. Instead…
For the past two years, the City of Miami has fought hard to convince the public and politicians in Key Biscayne to back their plans for hosting the Miami International Boat Show on Virginia Key. Central among the city’s pledges was to create a public park on part of the waterfront…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week. On Friday, we’re here to bring you the oddest. This week: a Jimmy John’s delivery that really was so fast it will make you freak, a man who drove with his wife on his minivan’s roof for six miles, and…
Miami Beach Police are asking for the publics help in identifying a suspect who allegedly attacked a visiting gay couple at the Whopper Bar in South Beach. The confrontation led to a brawl that was caught on tape by the restaurant’s security cameras. According to police, the incident occured in…
Zaha Hadid, a pioneering architect who became the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, has died at the age of 65 following a heart attack here in Miami. Originally born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hadid was educated in London and later became a naturalized resident of the…
When the biggest names in Italian fashion show their latest collection they do it in Milan. When they want to slap their name and branding on a condo tower, well, they do it in Miami. The Residences by Armani Casa are under construction up in Sunny Isles. The Fendi Château is…
The Florida Keys are hardly a crime-free haven. Residents in the watery string of islands are used to all kinds of extra-legal shenanigans, from mass drug rings to wild backhoe joyrides. But murder is rare. And the execution-style killing of two young parents just a few feet away from their…
In South Florida’s burgeoning tech sector, a non-profit called Endeavor Miami plays an outsized role. The group helps incubate new businesses with a $2 million Knight Foundation grant and a board stacked with a who’s-who of local power players. Since 2013, one of those players has been a charismatic Chilean tech…
