Lost in the midst of President Obama’s announcement last month that the U.S. would be begin to overhaul its diplomatic relations with Cuba is the Cuban Adjustment Act, passed in 1966. The policy was meant to be a humanitarian effort, allowing Cuban immigrants access to the United States, even illegally,…
Fort Lauderdale Jack Seiler, who has had a bit of a rough year with his handling of the homeless ordinance laws and his same-sex marriage stance, will be challenged by two opponents for his seat as mayor. Earl Rynerson, who has made it a habit of challenging Seiler for mayor…
Some Palm Beach County residents don’t want the county’s commissioners green-lighting the easing of strip club restrictions while a new strip club is being built. The restriction changes would allow this strip club, and others in the area, to serve food. But on Thursday, commissioners tentatively agreed to change the…
Rob Konrad, a popular former fullback for the Miami Dolphins, reportedly fell off a boat during a fishing excursion, then managed to swim nine miles to shore off the coast of Palm Beach. According to the Coast Guard, Konrad was out on the waters alone on Wednesday, fishing for about…
Jeb’s sour grapes about #gaymarriage in #Florida #FLmarriage (via @Chanlowe) http://t.co/YJ1XvCkAse pic.twitter.com/md8R4BFVsb— Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) January 7, 2015 At a time when political cartoons are the international symbol for freedom of expression and an art and journalistic form that is needed more now than ever, as well as the focus…
This week, Florida officially legalized same-sex marriage. And, in what is the least surprising news to come out of this historical moment, Sen. Marco Rubio has publicly decried it. Rubio went the route of most politicians who are antigay but don’t want to outright publicly oppose same-sex marriage and said…
The environmental threat of fracking has been looming over Florida for some time now, especially after the big utilities have tried to squash solar energy at every turn. But Florida Rep. Evan Jenne is looking to keep the practice of fracking out of the state by introducing a bill that…
Donald Trump says the Charlie Hebdo tragedy could probably have been avoided if the cartoonists who were shot down had been allowed to own guns. If France wasn’t so strict with its gun laws, The Donald says, the victims would at least have had a fighting chance. As he usually…
A sex scandal involving underaged girls, a shady Palm Beach billionaire, and a member of the Royal family has suddenly turned into a battle of the Super Lawyers. In the last week, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz has seen his name mixed up in international headlines dealing with the alleged…
In 2010, blathering conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh said these words when discussing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare): “I’ll just tell you this, if this passes and it’s five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented — I am leaving the country. I’ll…
With Florida basking in the glow of a historical day in which same-sex couples were granted the right to be married, two opposing views have emerged from the state’s Roman Catholic leadership. In one corner, we get the archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, sending out a letter threatening to fire…
Broward County Judge — and misdemeanor drug court judge — Gisele Pollack, who was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence last May, has decided to resign rather than face being fired from her position. Pollack’s fate was in the hands of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, which, after reviewing…
After yet another mediocre season in which they missed the playoffs and lodged themselves firmly in the middle of the draft, the Miami Dolphins have gone ahead and hired Mike Tannenbaum to be their next head of football operations. Who is Mike Tannenbaum, you ask? He once ran the New…
With clerks handing out marriage licenses to same-sex couples today all across the state, Attorney General Pam Bondi — who has spent a lot of time and energy trying to keep the same-sex marriage ban in Florida intact — has come out with a lukewarm endorsement of the overturning of…
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is not attending Rick Scott’s inauguration today. Instead, he’s out in New York putting together his new PAC, Right to Rise. Bush announced the news of his new PAC on Twitter and Facebook with two videos shot in both English and Spanish. And, in another…
Virginia Roberts, the sex slave Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein “loaned” out to billionaires and, allegedly, to Prince Andrew when she was underaged, is writing a tell-all book that promises to present undeniable evidence of the Duke of York’s involvement. In December, a lawsuit was filed saying that Roberts –…
A reptile store owner was arrested for slapping his employees with a bearded dragon lizard. And you hate your boss when he gives you gruff about stuff. According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Benjamin Siegel, 40, owner of Ben Siegel Reptiles Inc. in Delray Beach, was arrested on…
Update, 1:30 p.m.: According to a press release, Once Judge Zabel lifted the stay, Miami-Dade County Clerk Harvey Ruvin stated marriages can begin immediately in the county. Couples have already begun receiving their marriage licenses. Judge Zabel has agreed to marry the plaintiff couples who wish to marry today. Karla…
Update and CORRECTION: The earlier version of this post reporting of a mass wedding on Fort Lauderdale Beach was incorrect. There will be a mass wedding at 3 a.m. Tuesday, but it will be held at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. The courthouse wedding will take place on…
With Florida on the cusp of same-sex marriage being legalized, in-all-probability-going-to-run-for-president-in-2016 Jeb Bush has come out and said he’s not necessarily in agreement with the law being decided on by a judge. Briefly stopping from a round of golf on Sunday, Bush told the Miami Herald that gay marriage should…
Oakland Park brothers Sheheryar Alam Qazi and Raees Alam Qazi are set to go on trial this year on terrorism charges, and prosecutors are planning to use secretly recorded phone calls between one of the men and his wife as evidence against them. The defense says the phone conversations were…
Local documentarian Billy Corben has claimed on his Twitter and Facebook feeds that the Broward Sheriff’s Office twitter account blocked him over a tweet regarding a story of one of their deputies being arrested for shoplifting. The issue came up late Thursday night after Corben tweeted a story linked to…
