Ever since state-wide and municipal level bans on the sale of synthetic drugs went into effect reports of people getting sick from ingesting things like “bath salts” and “K2” are significantly down in South Florida…
It took Christopher Castillo less than 15 seconds to write “that’s the last straw, if he gets re-elected I’m going to hunt him down and kill him watch the life disappear from his eyes” on Facebook. Now he’ll spend 15 months in jail for it…
John Errol Ferguson is a monster. Between 1977 and 1978, he killed eight people around Miami-Dade in a vicious, cold blooded robbery and murder spree. But Ferguson is also severely mentally ill. He truly believes he is the “Prince of God.” He thinks the state wants to execute him because…
Drivers headed west toward downtown on the MacArthur Causeway have been greeted by two strange sights lately. To the north, the old Miami Herald office has already begun to decay, its once grand signage replaced by the flickering neon of what looks like a dive bar named Brown Mackie College…
Welp. At least those uniforms really pop in HD!!! Coach Joe Philbin and company were supposed to go out and show the world that the New Look Dolphins were not just about a new logo that looks like a whale penis and some flashy clothes that would make a World…
The bullet-hole-ridden gray hoodie Trayvon Martin wore on the night of his death could find its way into a museum. At the moment, it’s still being held by the FBI as the Department of Justice decides whether or not to pursue civil rights charges against George Zimmerman…
Even police dogs put their life on the line during duty. Seabee, a 2-year-old German Shepherd, is recovering after he was nearly drowned by 18-year-old London Barnes during a police chase…
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Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-hour rule stipulates that a person needs about 10,000 hours of practice to completely master a task. Dallas Cowboys player Dez Bryant however thinks that LeBron James would only need about two weeks to become an NFL-ready wide receiver…
It seems like two more libraries previously threatened with closure could be getting a reprieve. According to the Miami Herald, the North Shore and Virrick Park branches could join the six branches spared from closure under Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s plan. That would bring the number of libraries on…
A 30-year-old autistic man in Sweetwater was living in a terrifying dungeon straight of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, local police say. According to the Miami Herald, Sweetwater police officers responded to a trailer at 11250 NW Third St. after receiving an anonymous tip about the man’s “dungeon-like” living conditions early…
If you build it, they will come. That was the message from Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria back in 2009 when he convinced Miami-Dade commissioners to vote for the massive pimple that now protrudes from the forehead of Little Havana. It worked for a season. And then came Loria’s $2…
Talks of a sequel or remake of Brian de Palma’s 1983 neo-noir masterpiece Scarface have surfaced since, well, pretty much 1983. Now, just months before that film’s 30th anniversary, Deadline reports that the director of the last few Harry Potter movies is in final talks to helm a reboot of…
We’ve all been in that situation when our body’s saying let’s go, but our heart is saying, “Wait a minute, we don’t actually have a place to have sex right now.” That didn’t stop Vincent Ewell, 18, and Lindsay Longbottom, 19, of Daytona Beach. They decided to break into a…
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Pre-season buzz seems higher than it has in years for the Miami Hurricanes, but apparently that buzz wasn’t loud enough to convince the voters in USA Today’s coaches poll to slip them into the top 25. The Canes just missed the cutoff, but did receive enough votes to put them…
When you’re already King why not be President too? Yes, LeBron James is reportedly mulling over a big for higher officer… in the NBA Players Union at least. According to Fox Sports, he’s considering running for the union’s presidency…
Last night was a bit of a turd in the punchbowl for Major League Soccer, as the MLS All Stars lost to Roma 3-1 in Kansas City. But the silver lining to that turd (let’s leave the metaphor there) is that MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced at halftime that the…
There’s no question that in his day, no anti-Castro terrorist was more feared than Luis Posada Carilles. The Miami-based Cuban-American has been convicted abroad for roles in everything from the 1976 bombing that took down a Cuban airliner to a string of Havana hotel bombings in the late ’90s. But…
The fallout from New Times’ January investigation into Biogenesis, the Coral Gables anti-aging clinic tied to selling athletes performance-enhancing drugs, looks ready to come to a head this week. Last night, USA Today reported that Major League Baseball was “prepared” to suspend eight players, including a lifetime ban for Alex…
As the light leaks out of the sky over downtown last Friday, mechanical gears squeak in the distance. Slowly, small groups begin to gather at Government Center. Before long, the groups swell into a crowd, then a swarm. By 7:15 p.m., 4,000 people line NW First Street as if it’s…
With the Miami Dolphins hitting the heart of their training camp schedule this week, it’s the perfect time to look into that vintage Marino promotional beer mirror hanging in your man cave and decide once and for all: What type of Fins fanatic are you? Here are just a few…
