In the past two days, two new polls released regarding the Florida gubernatorial race tell two very different stories. One shows Democrat Charlie Crist back up to a two-digit lead over incumbent Rick Scott, but another shows Scott with a one-point lead…
Soon, the undead will arise. Their flesh hanging from their rotten bones like rags, they’ll emerge from cemeteries and mortuaries, wandering aimlessly down Biscayne Boulevard in search of their only sustenance: Brains. Living human brains. Society will quickly devolve into an anarchic fight for survival as the government, military and…
This week, the first organized opposition to Florida’s looming vote on legalized marijuana has set up shop in Tampa, thanks to a six-figure donation from GOP power player Mel Sembler. To front his new anti-pot PAC, Sembler chose Carlton Turner, a former drug czar for President Ronald Reagan. Unfortunately for…
More than 100 days and 5,000 miles after they departed from Morocco, a South African couple are about to become the first people ever to row — yes, row, using their arms and all — from mainland Africa to the mainland United States when they land in Miami this Monday…
After weeks of posturing by Mayor Tomás Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff and a bizarre commission meeting — surely the first in history that included video of a woman humping a tree — the votes are in. And by a 4-1 margin, Ultra Music Festival will return to Bayfront Park…
In 2009, President Barack Obama set out to deactivate the next bomb awaiting the U.S. economy, the one ticking inside our bloated, beleaguered health system. Since the 1990s, insurance premiums had averaged double-digit annual increases. America was spending more than $7,500 per person per year — 50 percent more than…
It ended with a boom: a 40-year relationship and two lives — one dead and gone, the other alive and alone. Jorge Arrojas and his partner, Miguel Larrieu, were heading home, fresh from a dinner party in Bal Harbour around midnight last August 10 on I-75 when a red 2009…
In February 1964, the Beatles had invaded Miami Beach, and they needed somewhere quiet to escape the mobs of screaming fans for a Life magazine shoot. Through an Ed Sullivan Show connection, the mop-topped British sensations were pulled away from the swarmed Deauville Hotel and spirited away to 5750 North…
Some visitors prepare for a trip to Miami by brushing up on their high school Spanish. Which is silly because most of the people they’ll actually run into here speak English. Sure, the English may be peppered with Spanglish phrases and local sayings, and is often delivered in the distinct…
There are two types of drivers in Florida: snow birds who drive 15 mph under the speed limit, and everyone else who pretty much ignores the speed limit. Despite that, Florida still has a speed limit maximum of 70 mph. A bill to raise the limit to 75 mph in…
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Jameis Winston may be from Alabama, but the Heisman winner and Florida State quarterback has certainly adjusted to Florida culture. He was reportedly slapped on the wrists earlier this week for pulling off one of the most Florida minor crimes ever: he stole seafood from a Publix. According to Tomahawk…
Saturday Night Live may have portrayed Jeb Bush as a wannabe-Coachella hipster desperate to get the youth vote a few weeks backs, but by the funniest thing about his possible presidential campaign is the fact that his own mother, the ever-outspoken Barbara Bush, is publicly against it. Over the past…
It ended with a boom: a 40-year relationship and two lives — one dead and gone, the other alive and alone. Jorge Arrojas and his partner, Miguel Larrieu, were heading home, fresh from a dinner party in Bal Harbour around midnight last August 10 on I-75 when a red 2009…
Attention Riptide readers: We know that you have many opinions. You share them with us every day in the comments (often with language that makes us blush). Who is the best politician in town? Where’s the finest breakfast served? Who sells the best damn sneakers in Dade County? Now’s your…
Last week a local 21-year-old made international headlines for snagging a 13-foot hammerhead while fishing off the pier at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. After his friend’s line bent hard and the huge fish was pulled in closer, Ryan Bolash dragged the shark onto a beach full of stunned onlookers. “It was flailing around,…
Now that the Miami Heat have punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, the team and its fans can begin to look ahead to the next challenge. The Heat next face the winner of the Toronto Raptors-Brooklyn Nets series, which is tied 2-2. While the Raptors are the higher…
After audio leaked of LA Clippers owners Donald Sterling’s racist exchange with his mistress, LeBron James responded by saying there’s no place for him the NBA. Today, NBA commissioner Adam Silver essentially agreed. He announced that Sterling has been banned indefinitely from the NBA, and pending on a vote from…
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The good news first: The Florida Senate passed a bill today that clears the way for craft breweries to sell 64-ounce growlers directly to customers. The bad news: the bill places so many other regulations on Florida’s booming craft beer industry it could kill it before it gets a chance…
Ron English spent two years creating his brightly colored mural and deer sculptures at Wynwood Walls. It took thieves less than four minutes to steal them. Last month, three young men stole English’s last remaining deer sculpture. Now the street artist is asking for them to return it. “It’s fine…
Like a lot of young women, Maria Gabriela Chavez is obsessed with chronicling her life on Instagram. Unlike a lot of young women, she’s the pampered daughter of one Latin American strongman and still buddy-buddy with another. Yes, Hugo Chavez’s youngest daughter visited uncle Fidel this week and posted new…
