We’re not ones to want to rain on someone’s big day. It’s not every day, after all, that you go and declare that you’re running for President of the United States in a big showy stage from an historical building in downtown Miami. But, we’re going to do it anyway…
Love may not last forever, but herpes certainly does. And then things get really messy when courts get involved. But one such Palm Beach case that revealed the twists and turns of a relationship gone sour due to STDs has been overturned after an appeals court ruled that the man…
A Piper PA-31 crashed into a wooded area near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Sunday afternoon. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, all four passengers aboard the twin engine plane were killed. FAA officials say the pilot declared an emergency moments before the plane crashed into a nature preserve along the…
At long last. The weekend is here. It’s been a long work week and Tax Day is around the corner and Kip from accounting has been a total douche lately. Time to watch the clock, wait until 5:00 and then unwind with some drinking and reveling. You deserve it. You…
Broward County Commissioners have agreed to propose new measures for ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft that would require more thorough background checks for potential driver’s, as well as more stringent inspections for vehicles. Commissioners also want to have drivers fingerprinted. The County Attorney’s Office will prepare the requirements into…
The Environment Florida Research & Policy Center released a new report showing that a good amount of wetlands remain in the flood-prone areas of the state to hold enough rain to cover Broward and Palm Beach in more than four feet of water. And the group is calling on the federal…
It looks like gay couples will finally be able to adopt in Florida, thanks to one measure being approved and a last-minute intervention by Former Senate President Don Gaetz in a separate measure. The state’s gay couples have not been allowed to legally adopt for 38 years. But on Wednesday, the Florida…
Fort Lauderdale City Commissioners approved to add $2.1 million in costs for the new aquatic center. The center is already costing roughly $33.7 million. The contractor, Recreational Design and Construction, were hired to build a complex over the old one which has sat on the Intracoastal Waterway on Seabreeze Boulevard for…
On the same day a white South Carolina police officer was charged with murder after shooting an unarmed black man, the Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee unanimously passed a measure that would have police agencies to establish policies and procedures addressing the proper use of body cameras for their officers. The…
Count archeologists among those who oppose All Aboard Florida. According to a 44-page lawsuit filed by Old Vero Ice Age Sites Committee, a nonprofit archeology group, the U.S. Department of Transportation illegally approved funding for the high-speed rail project that will run 32 express passenger trains a day from Miami,…
Opening Day came and went on Monday. All of America tuned in to watch first pitches across the nation. The stars were out in full force. Mike Trout homered in his first at-bat. As it is every year, it was a special day. Yet all people can talk about is…
Palm Beach Police nabbed two women in a prostitution ring being held at The Breakers hotel in West Palm. According to probable cause affidavits, the Palm Beach Police Department’s Organized Crime, Vice & Narcotics Unit set up the sting via the website Backpage.com. Undercover agents answered an ad in the…
Life is hard and everything sucks. Racial tension is escalating, murderous militant extremists are running rampant, our white politicians lie about what race they actually belong to, and we’ll stab each other in the neck over the color of that goddamn dress! Stress is pervasive in everything. Our lives have…
Victor Ramirez, the Fort Lauderdale cop who was caught slapping a homeless man on video, has been charged with three misdemeanor charges by the Broward State Attorney’s Office. One of the charges includes falsifying reports. New Times reported last month that Ramirez had omitted the part where he slapped the…
When Hollywood Police arrived to Attucks Middle School Saturday afternoon, they found the Dodge four-door rolled over onto its back in the parking lot, the lone victim in the driver’s seat. The woman, a 19-year-old from Lauderdale Lakes, had in fact been in another accident just a block away before…
Today is Opening Day. And that’s fun. The new-look Miami Marlins are poised to make a run in the National League and get back to the playoffs with a revamped lineup that includes extensions for Giancarlo Stanton and Christian Yelich, while adding the likes of Martin Prado, Dee Gordon and…
Cooley’s Landing Marina might be a little closer to getting moderately safer for drivers. The group leading the cause to have retractable gates placed on the boat ramps to prevent vehicles from accidentally driving into the water met with the Fort Lauderdale Marine Advisory Board on Thursday, and so far,…
Just as Indiana is scrambling to fix their Religious Freedom Act law, Florida could be one step closer in replacing the Hoosier State as the face of LGBT discrimination. On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would allow private adoption agencies to refuse same-sex couples from adopting…
Las Olas and Downtown Fort Lauderdale is going cause a bit of a mess with traffic Thursday afternoon. That’s because the Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run is being held in the area, which means roads will be shut down and chaos might be in your future. So, if your afternoon commute involves…
Florida is growing ever so closer to making it more difficult for a woman to have an abortion, with the legislature looking at least three different measures that would either restrict abortion rights, or eliminate them altogether. One of those measures has been fast-tracked this week. A bill that would…
Fort Lauderdale businessman George Levin brought more money into Scott Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme than anyone else involved with the convicted ex-lawyer. And now, Levin himself has been convicted by a federal grand jury. On Wednesday, the jury found Levin liable for fraud in his roll with Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme. In…
Three BSO deputies are facing criminal charges after allegedly accepting cash payment from the Pink Pony Pompano for allowing the strip club to remain open for longer hours, and covering up illegal drug use at the establishment. Deputies Reginald Arteta, Alberto Ferreras and Troy Wilkins turned themselves in on Wednesday, and…
