One of the two couples who became the first to be legally married in Florida will be attending tonight’s State of the Union Address in Washington D.C. Hollywood residents Todd and Jeff Delmay were invited by congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz to sit with her at President Obama’s State of the…
Florida drivers are terrible. But you know this already. All it takes is a five-minute drive around the block to come to that realization. But now, we have definitive proof that not only are drivers in Florida a complete nightmare but that our fair state ranks as the riskiest for…
A throng of ATV riders turned parts of Broward and Miami-Dade into a scene out of Mad Max, zipping through traffic, popping wheelies, and generally creating havoc on the roadways on Monday afternoon. The ATV riders and motorcyclists brazenly traveled in packs, not really caring for traffic laws, with at…
Super sports agent and South Florida resident Drew Rosenhaus was apparently involved in a domestic incident with his wife Sunday evening. According to a report by TMZ, police were called to Rosenhaus’ Miami home where his wife, Lisa Thomson, says she was verbally attacked by Drew and his brother Jason…
Last year, the Florida Panthers ended the season at the bottom of the conference standings and among the worst teams in the league. They’re a team constantly mired in controversy. For various reasons — from terrible management to a lack of fans buying tickets to the fact the South Florida…
So a teenage kid was walking around in a lab coat at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach totally pretending to be a gynecologist. According to an incident report, police got a call on Tuesday about a teen boy roaming the halls of the medical center wearing a…
On Tuesday, nearly a month after Broward County ordered ride share companies Uber and Lyft to cease operations until their drivers complied with county taxi laws and transportation regulations, county commissioners voted to regulate the companies and to come up with a set of rules to do just that. The…
Last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration brought a proposal to amend the current Endangered Species Act listing for Southern Resident killer whales to include Miami Seaquarium’s Lolita as a member of her extended family. As New Times reported last March, the National Marine Fisheries Service sought public comment…
The mayor of Riviera Beach wants to change the name Old Dixie Highway and rename it Barack Obama Highway. Mayor Thomas Masters is on a personal quest to have the old road renamed after the current president and hopes his constituents can back him up on the plan. Masters says…
On Thursday, the Treasury and Commerce Department announced that trade and travel restrictions to Cuba will loosen up starting Friday. This means, among other things, that traveling to the island nation will be much less restricted, such as no longer having to apply for a travel license if one falls…
An armed robbery at a Palm Springs department store turned into a hostage situation Thursday morning, according to multiple reports. Police say several people in the store managed to run out when three armed men entered La Vieja, a department store located on Lake Worth Road and Kirk Road. Six…
Residents of the City of Doral in Miami have come to the conclusion that Donald Trump is not a great person and have asked their mayor to rescind an offer of giving him the key to the city. And the mayor has done just that. Trump had been offered the…
It was recently announced that retired Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo would be part of the ownership group that purchased the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. With his World Cup-winning pedigree and well-known grin, Ronaldo is expected to lend his name to the North American Soccer League and the Strikers, which is never…
A diary purportedly belonging to Virginia Roberts, the sex slave Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein “loaned” out to billionaires and, allegedly, to Prince Andrew when she was underaged, reveals sordid and dark details of her experiences at the hands of Epstein and other high-powered men she claims she was ordered…
Marco Rubio appeared on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart on Tuesday night. The senator was there to hock his new book, American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone, and talk up some of the policies he writes about. But before that, in the show’s intro segment, Stewart took on…
Jamal Rutledge, a 17-year-old Fort Lauderdale teen, is being hailed as a hero after he helped save the life of the police officer who was booking him into jail. Rutledge, who was being booked for criminal mischief and burglary probation, was being processed by Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Franklin Foulks…
Broward commissioners have been hearing from Broward cabdrivers and Uber representatives Tuesday about the possibility of seeking a court injunction against Uber and Lyft, which cabdrivers say are playing by a different set of rules than regulated taxi cab companies. In December, the county sent Uber and Lyft a letter…
Sen. Eleanor Sobel, who represents the 33rd District in Broward, will be honoring the six same-sex couples who sued the state last year over Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage. The suit was key in ultimately lifting the ban on same-sex marriage in the state, which began issuing marriage licenses earlier…
In a month that has been both historical and joyful for LGBT Florida comes some more good news: West Palm Beach comes in third in The Advocate ‘s Queerest Cities in America 2015 list. While many immediately think of Fort Lauderdale when it comes to gayest cities in Florida, recent…
A visibly shaken and emotional Rob Konrad held a news conference in Palm Beach to recall his nearly 16-hour ordeal of being forced to swim nine miles to shore after he had fallen off his fishing boat. Konrad, 38, was aboard his 36-foot boat last Wednesday when he tripped and…
With SeaWorld seeing attendance dips, its CEO step down, and people protesting the Miami Seaqiarium’s captivity of Lolita, more and more people are getting involved in trying to save aquatic animals from being used as playthings for tourists. Now a new petition, this one targeting “swimming with dolphins” programs, has…
This past November, Amendment 2, which would have made it legal for those with debilitating diseases to obtain medical marijuana legally, needed 60 percent of the vote to pass. It fell short by 2 percent. It was as close as Florida has ever come to joining 23 other states and…
