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Cordoba Courts in Opa-locka Criticized as a Slum

On a Saturday morning in 2013, Shalonda Rivers woke up early, ate a breakfast of microwaved oatmeal, and put a mop to her linoleum floor. It was the first step in her weekend cleaning routine, an ongoing battle against grime, pests, and mold that began when she moved into the...
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Now That Loria Is Gone, Rooting for the Miami Marlins Will Be Fun Again This Season

The Marlins will probably lose more than 100 games this season. Players you've never heard of will take over for stars such as Giancarlo Stanton and Marcelo Ozuna, who were shipped off to save cash. There will probably be some nights that will take Marlins fans back to a time when they sat in a cavernous Pro Player Stadium surrounded by orange seats and foul balls nobody wanted. The Marlins might make history this season, and not the good kind.
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JoJo Tea Plans Nationwide Expansion With Focus on Sustainable Farming

High-school-pals-turned-tea-men Tico Aran and Michael Ortiz want to make the world a better place with tea. For the past year, the two guys behind JoJo Tea have been striving toward that goal three days a week inside their ascetic, tea-tasting speakeasy on Le Jeune Road. The $25 tea experience provides a moment of pause in an otherwise overwhelming world.
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A Brief History of South Florida Cops Harassing LGBTQ+ People

Hollywood Police have now raided the same adult store twice in a single year. This past Thursday, Hollywood cops arrested 13 men for masturbating and having consensual oral sex in a secluded, private room — hardly the sort of police work that makes locals safer. Thanks to Hollywood PD, 13 men will likely be harassed or retaliated against by their families or employers simply for consensually enjoying themselves at a gay-cruising destination.
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Neither Cops nor Rain Dampens Urban Beach Week

When the clouds finally cleared Sunday afternoon, three things became apparent: Many brightly colored swimsuits exist, the air portion of the Air & Sea Show is very loud, and police officers were everywhere.
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Miami Beach Revokes Mokai’s Business License Over Horse Stunt

For the past 24 hours, animal rights activists have been bombarding the social media accounts of South Beach nightclub Mokai and lighting up phone lines at Miami Beach City Hall to demand action over a viral video that shows a horse panicking in the middle of the club. It didn't take city officials long to act on those demands.
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Morrissey May Be a Bigmouth, but We Still Have the Music of the Smiths

For all of his witticisms and clever turns of phrase, Morrissey is essentially childish. He lives in an exaggerated realm where every inconvenience is a misery and every naysayer a flatulent pain in the arse. So the tribute band Ordinary Boys might be the most ideal way to enjoy the Smiths — it's Morrissey without Morrissey.
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Smvt’s Ale Campos on Writing Punk Taylor Swift Songs

Why does Ale Campos pronounce her band's name, Smvt, as smut? "When I first started the band, it was me playing aggressive music by myself," she says. "It was really heavy. Smut was the most intense, gross word I could think of to describe those feelings," Campos explained. Campos is Miami born...
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Conservatives Freak Out at Miami Cheesecake Factory Over MAGA Hat Incident

A brave, free-speech MAGA warrior is under attack, America. Eugenior Joseph, a Miami native and former Westwood Christian School basketball star, says he walked into the Cheesecake Factory at Dadeland Mall with his girlfriend's family on Mother's Day wearing a "Make American Great Again" hat, sat down, and was — we can barely muster the strength to utter these words — ridiculed by the staff for supporting President Trump.