In a major shift on how it conducts its entertainment business, Feld Entertainment Inc., the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, announced Thursday that it will remove Asian elephants from its traveling circus performances. The plan is to have Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus phase…

On Tuesday, Florida Rep. Frank Artiles’ restroom bill passed the House Civil Justice Subcommittee on a 9-5 vote. It was one of three subcommittee votes the bill will have to get through in order to get to the House floor. Still, it was a symbolic defeat for LGBT activists and…

Students at Parkway Middle School, located at 3600 NW Fifth Court in Lauderhill, were evacuated Wednesday morning after an apparent bomb threat. While Lauderhill Police are not revealing the specifics, they did say that it’s being treated as a “credible threat.” According to police, a resource officer at the school…

After failing to push through legislation over the past couple of years, a bill requiring racetracks to report greyhound injuries was passed by the Florida Senate on Tuesday. Senate Bill 2, titled, “The Victoria Q Gaetz Racing Greyhound Protection Act,” has been championed by greyhound safety advocates Grey2K USA, the…

On Monday night, the City of Boynton Beach enacted an LGBT-inclusive civil rights ordinance that establishes that the city opposes discrimination based on, among other things, race, color, national origin, religion, disability, marital status, pregnancy, familial status, or age. Also included are sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. The…

On Monday, a state judicial panel recommended that Broward Judge Cynthia Imperato be reprimanded, fined and temporarily suspended following her DUI guilty verdict from last December. Palm Beach County Judge Mark Eissey originally sentenced Imperato to 20 days of house arrest, and one year probation, following the guilty verdict on…

Boynton Beach City commissioners are set to vote on adopting a civil rights ordinance that would would establish that the city opposes discrimination based on race, nationality, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity, among factors. But the city could have been voting on the wrong issue had it not…

Adam Meyer, the sports betting pro to the stars and a Fort Lauderdale native, was arrested in December on racketeering, extortion and brandishing-a-firearm charges after he allegedly orchestrated an elaborate plot to con a man out of $25 million. Last week, a federal judge decided not to revoke Meyer’s bail,…

Ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft have been trying to find a way to operate legally in Broward and Palm Beach Counties, while amassing penalty fees for doing so. But now two companion bills have been filed to establish guidelines for each service, though both differ in some of the details…

Update: Reached for comment by New Times, David Bishop, who does media outreach for the Florida Greyhound Association, has responded to Theil’s comments. “The Florida Greyhound Association fully supports reporting at-track injuries and deaths, but this is more than just gathering numbers,” Bishop says. “We want conditions at the tracks…

Update: Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives have released the name of the victim as Kenol Jean, 51, of Pompano Beach. A married couple were looking at a home in Washington Park they were interested in buying with their real estate agent when a gunman walked in and fired his gun,…

Tensions in Fort Lauderdale have been on the rise since the city’s commissioners implemented the homeless feeding ordinance back in November. Since then, we’ve seen a 90-year-old war veteran cited several times for feeding the homeless, advocate arrests, protests at the mayor’s house, and national ridicule fall upon the city…

The Broward sheriff’s deputy who was caught on video dragging a mentally challenged woman across the floor of the Broward County Courthouse on Monday is under investigation. Attorney Bill Gelin, who runs the JAABlog, caught Deputy Christopher Johnson dragging Dasyl Jeanette Rios by the chains binding her feet across the…

A Brooklyn man has been arrested in Florida and accused of wanting to join the terrorist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. Federal prosecutors say Abror Habibov, who operated mall kiosks in Jacksonville, and two other men were arrested early Wednesday on charges that they plotted to…

Bahama Mama, a cruise ferry that will offer three-hour tours between Fort Lauderdale and Freeport Harbour, Grand Bahama Island, is set to launch her maiden voyage on Thursday. The Bahama Mama, owned and operated by Spanish company Balearia Ferry Express, will feature economy and first-class seating, private suites, a swimming…

Mark Levinson, the prominent South Florida jeweler and founder of Levinson Jewelers, was found dead Tuesday morning, apparently of a suicide. Levinson, 60, and his wife, Robin, founded their jewelry store in the 1989, and the store at 888 E. Las Olas Blvd. has become a fixture in Fort Lauderdale…

Invasive species is something of an issue in Florida. From lion fish, to giant African land snails, to the Burmese Python — animals that are not native to our state have managed to ensconce themselves into the ecosystem, and effectively start screwing things up. But the Florida Fish And Wildlife…