Surely sensing a growing public relations disaster on its hands, Arby’s has decided to try and qualm tensions between them and local police forces following an officer receiving poor costumers service at a Pembrokes Pines location of the roast beef sandwich chain. “As a show of our appreciation and support,…
When new host takes over a storied late night chat show franchise they look to start the show with the biggest guests they can get. Stephen Colbert is no exception. He’s booked George Clooney as his first guest ever when he kicks off his duties on The Late Show next…
Following years of legal challenges involving religious inmates in Florida prisons and their right to eat meals based on the dietary principals of their faith, the ACLU of Florida and Council on American-Islamic Relations Florida has filed a lawsuit against the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department for refusing to serve Muslim inmates…
SwiftKey, a maker of customized keyboard apps, recently decided to dig into its databases to find out which emojis are used most in each state. Some made perfect sense. New York really loves the Statue of Liberty emoji. Hawaii is keen on pineapples, surfing and rainbows. Florida’s however have us…
On Friday August 22, Andres Pombo was in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon with three friends competing in a paddelboarding competition. They were on a practice run, stand-up paddling in gusty downwind conditions. Three miles short of the finish line, the group stopped for photos amid the swells. That’s…
Most Miamians can never quite seem to get around to purchasing that pesky flood insurance for their house or apartment. Try as they might to put it on a to-do list, dishing out the bucks for a weather event that never seems to happen inevitably gets eclipsed by other tasks…
A controversy involving a Broward County Arby’s employee refusing to serve a Pembrokes Pines police officer has spilled over the county line as Miami-Dade County Police Benevolent Association has called for a nationwide boycott of the roast beef chain. The incident allegedly happened on Monday night when an Pembrokes Pines…
The Miami Marlins’ 2015 season started off as so many of them do with slight hope. Some predicted they might even compete for the wildcard. It soon however devolved into the type of stunning tragicomedy that only the Marlins can pull off. Owner Jeffrey Loria fired manager Mike Redmond less…
He started out as Mr. 305, then morphed into Mr. Worldwide, but for the next year Pitbull will be Mr. Florida. Visit Florida has struck a deal with the Miami rapper to official serve as Florida’s tourism ambassador for the next year. Yes, the state’s official private/public tourism wing hopes that…
“Oh my god,” a woman intones, a shaky camera phone aimed at the sky. “There’s something that is releasing a whole bunch of light in the … Oh my god!” No, the footage isn’t the start of the latest insufferable “found footage” horror flick about an alien invasion. It’s just…
In the heat of summer, it seems President Obama is dancing la salsa dura. Along with 40 artists, including Justin Timberlake, Aretha Franklin and Bob Marley, the President chose Miami-based Colombian salsa band Sonora Carruseles to appear on his summer POTUS playlist late last month. The chosen song, “La Salsa…
She remembers the way he smelled. Groomed and clean. No cologne, no cigars. Just soapy. His beard was soft. When she called home from her hotel room the following night, her daughter Maggie, then age 13, answered. “Mom!” She sounded panicked. “What?” Magda said, thinking, Christ, what now? Which one…
Comcast has been testing internet data caps in some markets for the since 2012, and has slowly been rolling them out across the country. On October 1st, they’re coming to South Florida. For Comcast costumers on the most common plans that means that if you use anymore data than 300…
The Fairholme Capital headquarters and art museum is a bizarre thing. First of all, it looks like some sort of fortress from a dystopian sci-fi movie. Secondly, it will be part open-to-the-public art museum and part equity fund management offices (which unintentionally says a lot about the state of the commodification…
Donald Trump is currently the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for president. This despite the fact that the guy has a lifelong history of supporting several ideas more at home in the Democratic party. Jeb Bush, whose undergone a stunning fall from front runner to third place candidate, seems…
Miami Police Officer Luis Weinad was annoyed: The young cop he was in charge of training had just arrested a man for walking around with crack cocaine and a pipe and sent him off to jail. But instead of filling out an electronic arrest form — as per department policy…
Pelting rain has glued red-and-yellow-striped jerseys onto the soaked bodies of 6,000 fans scattered around Lockhart Stadium’s metal bleachers. The waterlogged pitch looks more like a World War I battle site than a soccer field, but the true believers in the stands chant and sing ecstatically. For the first time…
It’s not exactly breaking news that Florida is a good place to retire. It’s kind of half of what the state is known for. So it’s not shocking that the state pretty much dominated WalletHub’s analysis of the best cities to retire in, but have you wondered what the worst…
While David Beckham is still trying to nail down a spot for his MSL stadium, Miami’s other brand new professional soccer team is moving fast and furious. Today, Miami FC announced that they’ve hired Italian soccer legend Alessandro Nesta as their head coach. Though, Nesta has never been a head…
A team of residents has been working to keep the billion-dollar retail chain out of their neighborhood and over a year of legal hurdles hasn’t dissuaded Walmart from opening one of its superstores in Midtown. The company won an appeal last week, and now it looks like Walmart is coming…
Right about now, thousands of especially grumpy Miamians are sitting in traffic wondering what the hell happened to the tropical storm that was supposed to get them out of work today. Erika was a dud, turning into nothing more than a wave of decent thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday. If…
Earlier this summer, the nation was startled to learn that the FBI operates a fleet of more than 100 small planes that gather surveillance around American cities. The planes, an Associated Press investigation revealed, fly low in mysterious circular patterns; their registrations, meanwhile, are often tied to fake companies. “The…
