Update 5: Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra during Friday’s practice: “In terms of all the rumors and speculation, we’re aware of all the things that are out there. Everybody’s jumping the gun right now. Frankly, there is not a full diagnosis, so for everybody to speculate at this stage is…
Pat Riley has done it again. As the NBA’s trade deadline loomed Thursday afternoon, the Miami Heat was able to pull off a trade that netted them Goran Dragic from the Phoenix Suns, immediately improving the Heat’s point guard situation while still keeping key pieces. According to several reports, the…
It’s cold out here today. And it’s about to get even colder than originally expected. The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory for Broward and Palm Beach Counties for Thursday night, with temps expected to dip into the 30s and even 20s in some parts of South…
Thirty eight gang members from the Latin Kings, Top 6, and Sur-13 have been federally indicted following a 16-month investigation, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday. The massive operation, dubbed Operation Check Mate, began in August 2013, and was set up to disrupt and dismantle the narcotics trafficking by…
The lawsuit filed by the family of Florida resident Mary DeLorenzo Knight, one of the victims slain by Aaron Alexis during the Washington Navy Yard massacre in 2013, has been ordered out of Florida by a federal judge. The suit, filed in December 2013, alleges negligence by the government. Alexis,…
With the sudden blast of arctic coolness making its way down to our neck of the woods, Broward and Palm Beach counties have declared a cold weather emergency for at least the next two days. The National Weather Service has forecast low temperatures tonight through Thursday, including a wind chill…
Kayla Mendoza, the 21-year-old woman who tweeted out “2 drunk 2 care” before driving a Hyundai Sonata the wrong way on the Sawgrass Expressway and crashing into a 2012 Toyota Camry, killing two people, pleaded guilty to two charges of DUI manslaughter in the deaths of Kaitlyn Ferrante and Marisa…
Boynton Beach City commissioners unanimously approved, on first reading, for the city to adopt a civil rights ordinance. The ordinance would establish that Boynton Beach opposes discrimination based on race, nationality, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity, among factors. It’s another progressive move by the city that has steadily…
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that heroin-related deaths spiked 39 percent between 2012 and 2013. According to the CDC, 8,257 people died of heroin-related deaths in 2013, compared with 5,925 deaths in 2012. The number of overdose deaths overall increased from 41,340 to 43,982. Overall,…
Sharks are sort of a way of life ’round these parts. So it only makes sense that we start betting on them like people do horses at Gulf Stream. Except instead of going home angry and broke and cursing your horse’s jockey, you’re doing some good and helping some scientists…
Tax day is a mere two months away. And while some of us owe and some of us won’t be satisfied with our return, now is a good time to remind ourselves that we’ve got it pretty good here in Florida when it comes to taxes. Most of us already…
All indications point to All Aboard Florida being a go, even with opposition from concerned citizens growing. The private rail service that plans on running a passenger train from Miami to Orlando with stops in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach announced last month that it had hired Fort Lauderdale-based…
Earlier this month, the federal government classified Lolita the orca as endangered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), sending ripples across animal activists and whale lovers the world over. This meant that the orca, who has been captive and performing twice a day at the Miami Seaquarium since…
After falling painfully short of passing a bill that could have ended greyhound racing in Florida last year, advocates for the racing dogs have come back for another round, this time armed with a new study that reminds everyone of the cruelty these animals endure when forced to race. Grey2K…
Three Pembroke Pines minors — a 13-year-old girl and two 12-year-old boys — have been charged with electronic transmission of child pornography after they allegedly created an Instagram account that posted explicit photos of other minors in the Broward County area. Pembroke Pines Police say the account, which had around…
As Palm Beach County Commissioners are trying to figure out a compromise to regulate Uber, the ride-sharing company may have shut down the accounts of at least two of the county’s compliance officers on purpose. According to city inspectors, Uber allegedly shut down accounts and apps of Palm Beach officials…
On Wednesday, Palm Beach County Commissioners approved an $18 million agreement to have trash imported into the county from Broward. This was done to help raise revenue for the county’s new incinerator, and has been a sore subject among residents since last April. But West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio,…
Even with plans for a land-use change for a baseball site still up in the air, it looks like the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals will be making West Palm Beach their permanent spring training home for at least the next three decades following the 2016 season. Gov. Rick Scott…
The “Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow” campaign started by the Florida Department of Transportation is looking to curb pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities and injuries throughout the state. The campaign focuses on making sure people are alert and cautious when crossing the roads. And police in Delray Beach are going full throttle…
Attorney General Pam Bondi is urging, via a letter, that oil companies BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Citgo, Shell, Sunoco, Valero, Marathon, and Phillips 66 get their gas stations to stop selling synthetic drugs, including synthetic marijuana. The letter, sent by Bondi and 41 other attorneys general across the U.S., expresses…
Jack Seiler has won reelection as Fort Lauderdale mayor for a third straight term. With polls closing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, New Times is reporting that Seiler has won a decisive victory over opponents Earl Rynerson and Chris Brennen, getting 70.85 percent of the votes. Robert L. McKinzie, meanwhile, has…
On the heels of Rep. Jeff Brandes introduction of the Florida Medical Marijuana Act in late January comes a new bill, this time introduced by fellow Republican Rep. Greg Steube. But where Brandes’ bill focuses in on trying to close off loop holes to keep medical marijuana only in the…
