Miami’s urban core has long been missing a feature almost every major city on earth has: an Apple store. For years downtowners and mainlanders have had to travel to South Beach, Kendal or Aventura if they’ve wanted to visit the Genius Bar or pick up a new Mac charger chord. …
What a strange month February has been for Marco Rubio. It was barely a week ago when the pride of West Miami sprinted out of Iowa in third place, riding waves of momentum as the establishment candidate who could take down Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. But an odd software…
Belkis López Correa is poised on her skateboard, ready to give herself over to one of the most epic hills in all of Havana. The 16-year-old stands under a fierce midday sun with a forward gaze, steady and cool. Her knees are slightly bent, pink Vans sneakers stacked atop a…
Lakatriona Brunson has been a lot of things in her life: A high school track star, a college basketball player, a 10-year-veteran of a woman’s football league, and a physical education. Perhaps she’s best known as her alter-ego “Bernice,” the cult hero of the reality TV program South Beach Tow. …
Major League Baseball player Delmon Young found himself behind bars and accused of battery this weekend after threatening to kill a valet at the Viceroy hotel in Brickell over the weekend. Young reportedly unleashed a tirade full of ethnic insults at the valet before leaving. Police eventually found him at his…
There’s still a little over a month and about 20 state primaries and caucuses to go until Floridians get to go vote in their presidential preference contest, but by all indications, the race for both party’s nomination may still very much be contested by then. A new poll out of…
Anchelin Gonzalez was just 17 when she left the Bronx and moved to Palm Beach to give birth to her son back in 2005. She was “leading a fast and dangerous life” in New York, she says, but relocated to live with her uncle in a sunnier side of the…
On Saturday, thousands of passengers on the Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas sailed out of New Jersey into calm seas, sipping margaritas and dreaming balmy beaches. Just off the coast of the Carolinas, meanwhile, a monster storm was brewing, with winds howling around a huge low pressure front. Last…
Will this finally be the year Florida bans red light cameras? State Senator Jeff Brandes sure hope so. The Tampa Bay Republican has introduced legislation for the past for years to ban the controversial traffic devices only to see the proposal die every session. His latest attempt has made it…
Derek Medina was sentenced to life in prison for the grisly 2013 murder of his wife Jennifer Alonso. The case made headlines after Medina posted a picture of Alonso’s lifeless murder on Facebook with the caption, “I’m going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife.” Though Medina correctly predicted his…
A Washington Post story last month revealing that Marco Rubio had been arrested after hours in a Brickell Park in 1990 quickly sparked far slimier allegations in the conservative Twittersphere: Namely, that the 18-year-old Rubio had actually been cruising for gay sex in the park with a good friend who…
Danielle Daals has been making the most of every minute with her family lately, from relishing strolls in the park with her pup Maxwell, a mixed rescue, to savoring sips of coffee during chats with her mom Stephanie. Because next week, the New Zealander plans to travel across the world…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. On Friday we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: a man manages to lock himself in his own trunk, a shoplifter is caught because she left her phone and her urine in a fitting room, and a woman makes a…
Joe Garcia may very well end up spending more of his life campaigning for congress than he does actually serving in it. The former one-term Democratic congressman announced his fifth straight candidacy for a Southwestern Miami-Dade congressional district after being defeated in 2014 by current the current Rep., Republican Carlos…
Yesterday we learned that Miami is one of the best cities to have a midlife crisis in. Perplexing, it’s also one of the best cities to get married in. At least according to a WalletHub analysis. Now, before you start scratching your head, the analysis isn’t about the chances of…
An anti-immigration bill with language so harsh it makes Donald Trump sound like Cesar Chavez by comparison is advancing through Tallahassee right now. How strong are the provisions in HB 1095, the “Prevention of Acts of War”? Not only would the bill let Florida’s governor ban immigrants or refugees from…
Twenty counties and forty cities have already banned fracking in Florida. Environmentalists warn that the oil extraction technique could put the final nail in the Everglades’ coffin. And with the price of oil plummeting, the expensive procedure may not make much economic sense. So why are Florida Republicans gung-ho to…
Ah, the Super Bowl. The one non-international soccer match sporting event that Miamians will watch en mass that a Miami team won’t actually play in. The only problem for many of us is figuring out which team to root for. Sure, in some cases it was obvious. Take last year…
A public health emergency has been declared in Miami-Dade County after a case of Zika was detected. Lee, Hillsborough and Santa Rosa counties are also affected by the warning. “We have to ensure Florida is prepared and stays ahead of the spread of the Zika virus in our state,” said Governor…
Hey men of a certain age, do you ever feel like there’s something missing from your life? Do you feel like you never took full advantage of your youth? Feeling bogged down by your increasingly mundane middle-aged life and saddened by that increasingly receding hairline and protruding gut? Well, we…
Last week we ran down the history behind some of Miami’s neighborhood names, but it appears that some neighborhood names are best lost to history. Take for example an small expanse in Little Havana that is still in some ways legally known as Swastika Park. Yes, Swastika Park. Yes, 92…
Max Martinez spent his youth worshipping David Beckham’s exploits on the soccer pitch. Growing up in Miami with a Real Madrid fanatic for a father, Martinez used to wear his number 23 Madrid shirt everywhere. So when MLS made it official that Beckham will be bringing an MLS club to…
