With the midterm election dust settling and political donors and insiders getting ready to do it all all over again in a couple of years, Marco Rubio has decided to go all-in without actually making any kind of announcement of a 2016 run at the White House by releasing a…
Kayaking can be a fun, relaxing time to spend an afternoon. Except, of course, when there’s a 13-foot hammerhead shark stalking you the entire way. Not as fun or relaxing. But that’s what happened to a pair of kayakers off the shores of Palm Beach earlier this week. The shark…
As reported earlier by New Times, a midmorning protest went on as scheduled outside of the home of Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler on Wednesday. About 60 homeless advocates and some homeless people carried signs and chanted outside the home while mounted police guarded Seiler’s driveway. The protest was the…
For a city with the highest concentration of same-sex couples, Fort Lauderdale got a pretty substandard score in the Municipal Equality Index this year. The index, released annually by the gay-rights group Human Rights Campaign, grades how municipalities across the country treat lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender residents. And Fort…
Fort Lauderdale is one of the most vibrant and dynamic cities in the world. It’s the Venice of America. It’s the yachting capital of the world. It’s eco-friendly. Unfortunately, all those accolades don’t always extend to its opinions. This is a city that has a thriving downtown vibe and is…
Sean Petrozzino, a quadruple amputee who had been considered a “person of interest” in the shooting deaths of his parents, has committed suicide, according to Memphis police. Authorities had initially believed Petrozzino was headed for Coral Springs in his dead father’s car after police found his parents, Nancy Petrozzino, 64,…
Rush Limbaugh, a man who has made a living slamming people by saying vile things about them, is threatening to sue the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for what his lawyer says were attempts to paint the conservative talk show host in a bad light. According to the Daily Caller, Limbaugh…
In case you haven’t been aware, Fort Lauderdale has a professional soccer team. And, as it turns out, it’s one win away from winning the league title after upsetting top-seeded Minnesota this past weekend. The Strikers, who make their home at Lockhart Stadium, pulled off the upset Saturday when they…
The Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills could have headed into this Thursday’s matchup looking to go 7-3 and positioning themselves for a strong push to win the AFC East. Instead, both teams were beaten and now both teams are staring at a game that, should they lose, will bury them…
Arnold Abbott, the 90-year-old homeless advocate cited twice for feeding the homeless in Fort Lauderdale, met with Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler on the WPLG program This Week in South Florida Sunday morning for a friendly debate over the city’s homeless ordinance. Abbott has made headlines around the world after…
Ninety-year-old homeless advocate hero Arnold Abbott has quickly gained a lot of attention this week after being cited twice for feeding the homeless. He’s gone from local news story to the lead story on the Colbert Report and making national headlines. Now the folks over at PETA want to get…
The weekend is finally here! Aww yeah… Time to get out there and unwind. Also time to get your drink on. Only, don’t get your drink on and then get behind the wheel of a car. Because that would be dumb. Not only could you cause a tragedy for yourself…
Stephen Colbert kicked off Thursday night’s episode of the Colbert Report by diving headlong into the recent reports of 90-year-old homeless advocate Arnold Abbott being cited twice by Fort Lauderdale Police for feeding the homeless in violation of the city’s new restrictions on the practice. The story, which New Times…
Florida’s favorite Tea Party congressman, Allen West, is taking his talents out of Florida and heading to Texas, where he’s landed a new gig as head of a Dallas-based think tank. West, who repped the 22nd District in Broward and Palm Beach and made headlines with his outspoken manner such…
The 2014 Miami Dolphins season is well underway! And while lots of other sites will be breaking down each game and listing reasons why the Dolphins will or won’t win while analyzing players, coaches, and matchups against their respective opponent week to week, we won’t. Not us. Not here. Instead,…
Earlier this year, Fort Lauderdale declared the once-filled-with-promise open-air shops of Beach Place a nuisance following a string of drug-related complaints and arrests. Now the city is threatening to take away Beach Place’s entertainment district status unless it cleans things up by making a serious effort to make sure drug…
The Miami Dolphins are set to become the first (of two) teams to play a divisional game in London in 2015. On Thursday, the NFL announced its trio of games that are played annually across the pond, and the Dolphins are included in that batch. The slight difference this time…
Sean Petrozzino, a quadruple amputee, is considered a person of interest for the shooting deaths of his parents. Police are also saying that Petrozzino, 30, who grew up in South Florida, could be heading to Coral Springs. Petrozzino is missing parts of his hands and feet as a result of…
Arnold Abbott, the 90-year-old who was issued a citation earlier this week for feeding the homeless without adhering to new rules that would require him to obtain a permit and provide portable toilets, was cited again Wednesday night for the same reason. Abbott since 1991 has made it a weekly…
Arnold Abbott, the 90-year-old homeless advocate who was cited earlier this week for feeding the homeless, and could be facing jail time, is planning on returning to his old spot in Fort Lauderdale to continue breaking the law by feeding the hungry. Abbott, along with three others, was cited Sunday…
Amendment 2 got more votes than Rick Scott, Jeff Atwater, and Pam Bondi. More Floridians voted yes on 2 than they did no. Yet, Florida remains a state without legalized medical marijuana. Simply because it couldn’t get those final two percentage points to push it over the top. What did…
Rick Scott was able to win his reelection bid by 1 percentage point. Amendment 2 fell short by 3 percentage points. As predicted for months, the midterm election races in Florida ended up razor-thin close in the end. And thanks to lower-than-average turnout in Broward County, those races were ultimately…
