It looks like James Tracy, the FAU professor who doubles as a conspiracy theorist, has struck again. Or, at least one of his writers did. On Tracy’s Memory Hole blog, blogger Patrick Murphy suggests that the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, in the past couple of weeks might be another case…
As you may very well know, Tuesday is the big Primary Elections Day. And while it’s not superfancy like November elections, it’s pretty damned important. Mainly because Tuesday will decide who faces whom come November, when things start to get real. Primary days usually have low turnout, but it’s still…
Whatever your plans for this Friday evening, just be sure of one thing: Do not drive like an asshole. That’s because the Broward Sheriff’s Office is unleashing a cavalry of units known as the Broward County Aggressive Driving Task Force onto the streets to make sure you people pump the…
Commuters on Hallandale Beach Boulevard had to be more vigilant than usual on Wednesday when they had to swerve their cars to keep from hitting a 2-year-old boy left there by his father. The child was, thankfully, unharmed. But his father was arrested for child neglect after having simply left…
The folks over at United for Care have jumped on the ALS Ice Bucket challenge and decided to get doused for the cause. But for United for Care, the challenge also hits home for a fellow medical marijuana advocate. This challenge was done in honor of Cathy Jordan, president of…
On Thursday, in a 33-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle of Florida’s Northern District in Tallahassee became the fifth judge in the state to rule against the same-sex marriage ban. Like the previous rulings, however, Hinkle immediately stayed his ruling, meaning that gay and lesbian couples still can’t…
Back in April, we brought you the story about a Jupiter woman having to pay for the damages an exploding corpse caused to her condo unit. She tried to sue the insurance company that refused to pay for the damages, but the suit was dismissed. Now, a judge has declared…
Ray Allen was decidedly unhappy about how the Coral Gables Police Department handled seven teens who broke into his home in the middle of the night. But after meeting with the Florida State Attorney’s Office, authorities have charged all seven teens with first-degree misdemeanor trespassing of an occupied structure. “Ray…
An assistant principal at Royal Palm Beach High was stabbed this morning while she tried to break up a fight between students. According to Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, a little after 7 Thursday morning, the assistant principal was monitoring the outside of the school, located on Wildcat Way and Bob…
Oh look. Another tropical disturbance. There’s something brewing out there, and according to the National Hurricane Center, it could impact South Florida in the next five days. While it’s still too early to say exactly what will happen with this disturbance, if it’ll fully form, or where it’ll go, pretty…
After being named for a prison accused of human rights violations and after almost being named for an apparent homophobic fast-food restaurant, the Florida Atlantic University football field is finally getting a name that everyone will love and isn’t a total lapse into bad taste. FAU announced Wednesday that the…
Kratom, an herb found in Southeast Asia and banned in Thailand, Australia, Myanmar, Malaysia, and recently Indiana and Tennessee, is often used in a drink called kava here in Florida — where it is not banned. Not yet, anyway. But now, Palm Beach County is considering banning kratom. This is…
Tom Steyer, a former hedge fund manager billionaire from California, has decided to pour millions into a campaign to remind Floridians that Rick Scott has been terrible to the environment. Steyer’s super PAC, NextGen Climate, is going strong to the hoop with attack ads targeting Scott and his environmental record,…
Coral Gables Police have released audio from the 911 made by Shannon Allen, Ray Allen’s wife, after a group of teens walked into their home in the middle of the night. Also, according to an incident report, Shannon Allen confirmed to police that the home’s alarm system was not activated…
That hazy sky you woke up to this morning wasn’t the usual August overcast. It was actually Saharan dust flying over our neck of the woods straight from Africa. Prior to this year’s hurricane season, forecasters predicted a slower-than-usual turnout of storms. Part of that is because of El Nino,…
Jameel McCline, the Democratic challenger to Alcee Hastings for Florida’s 20th Congressional District, was caught on video in a heated exchange in which he dropped a homophobic slur as well as a term used against mentally challenged people toward his daughter’s ex-boyfriend and that man’s mother. The video, shot by…
Ray Allen blasted Coral Gables Police for the way they handled his home being broken into last week. Last Thursday, a group of teens walked into Allen’s home in the middle of the night while his wife and children were asleep. Allen was not home at the time. According to…
Gov. Rick Scott’s job approval rating remains positive, with 50 percent of likely voters approving of the job he’s doing. This, according to heavily Republican-leaning Florida Chamber of Commerce’s latest poll. Voters have “a more positive view of the future,” the FCPI says. And they “favor Governor Rick Scott in…
SeaWorld has been in a bit of a pickle since the documentary Blackfish (and its ensuing soaring viewership on CNN and Netflix) came out in 2013. The documentary, which features several former SeaWorld trainers, exposes the park’s inhumane practices with orcas, including how the whales are kept in small, cramped…
In case you haven’t heard or if you have been trapped under something heavy, the latest internet craze has been the ALS Ice Bucket challenge. But this is actually a very cool and noble thing, as internet crazes go. It’s all about raising awareness and money for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s…
The Miami Dolphins are well into the preseason, facing off against the Buccaneers in Tampa on Saturday night. And that means football season is in full swing. And while kickoff is still a couple of weeks off, people are either excited, not excited, or just don’t give a crap that…
A group of teenagers may have just single-handedly ruined the chances of the Miami Heat getting Ray Allen back after they broke into his home in the middle of the night, while his wife and children were sleeping. According to police, the break-in happened Thursday morning around 2:30 at the…
