Another poll, another strong showing for medical marijuana in Florida. According to a new University of North Florida poll, 74 percent of Floridians say they support and will vote “yes” for Proposition 2 in November, which would legalize the use of medical marijuana. This, along with the recent news that…
President Barack Obama left South Florida on Thursday night after attending a fund raiser at the home of former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning, but not before being greeted by dozens of people protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline. Protesters, some wearing costumes representing everything that’s wrong with the pipeline, lined…
Mike Miller will be making his first visit back to the American Airlines Arena tonight since being amnestied and signing with the Memphis Grizzlies. And the Miami Heat have already announced that they’ll be giving him his 2013 NBA championship ring during a special ceremony prior to tip-off. According to…
Protesters dressed in scuba gear, a polar bear costume, and as various sea creatures are gathering in Pinecrest near former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning’s house Thursday afternoon. President Obama is scheduled to have a fundraiser at Mourning’s home, and members of groups like 350 South Florida, the Center for…
Andy Amoroso, the first openly gay city commissioner in Palm Beach County, is leading the charge for a gay marriage demonstration this coming weekend. But the angle Amoroso is taking is unique. Instead of the usual call for gay rights, the city commish and countless others will try to reason…
Ever wanted to own Scottie Pippen’s lavish mansion with basketball court and putting green? If so, now’s your chance. The former Chicago Bulls star and Michael Jordan sidekick has put his Fort Lauderdale mansion on the market, and it’s a humdinger of a house for anyone who ever wanted to…
A West Palm Beach man allegedly attacked another man with a scythe, which is pretty much the same kind of curved blade the Grim Reaper carries around to take you to the other side. Carlos Vasquez, 24, is now facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he…
Yesterday, we brought you the news on how the internet made it official that Downtown Fort Lauderdale was a kickass place. But today, we’re here to tell you that not just the downtown area is kickass but the whole of Fort Lauderdale is kickass. All of it. A new study…
The new I-595 reversible lanes will kick off at 2 p.m. on March 26, the Florida Department of Transportation has announced. To alleviate congestion, three sets of reversible lanes will move traffic east in the morning, then west in the evening. As a sort of test run, the lanes will…
A couple of bills that would force greyhound tracks to report dog injuries are making their way through the House and Senate. Meanwhile, the fight to add decoupling to the bills is also on the docket. If decoupling can get pushed through, it could virtually end greyhound racing in Florida…
Looks like the Florida Panthers’ latest proposal to Broward County has altered language that would basically screw over the county while they make the big dough, according to a rundown of the proposal by the Sun Sentinel. The first proposal the Panthers made at the beginning of the year had…
Steve Carell is attached to star as David Menasche, the Broward resident and former Coral Reef Senior High English teacher who was stricken with brain cancer and wrote a book about reconnecting with his former students. The rights to Menasche’s The Priority List: A Teacher’s Final Quest to Discover Life’s…
The internet has made official what we pretty much already knew: Downtown Fort Lauderdale is a kickass place. How kickass? According to Livability.com, it’s the seventh-best downtown in the U.S. The website is all about tracking down and ranking the best cities to live and work in, avoiding the obvious…
The identity of the machete-wielding man who was shot and killed by a BSO deputy has been released by the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Homicide detectives say Deosaran Maharaj, 51, was the man who allegedly threatened a woman with a machete and was later shot and killed by BSO Deputy Paul…
A group calling itself Floridians for Immigration Enforcement (or, FLIMEN) is putting on the full-court press to get legislators to derail HB 851, a bill that would allow all students who have studied in Florida for three consecutive years the opportunity to pay in-state tuition at a state college or…
There seem to be more questions than answers after a man who allegedly threatened a woman with a machete was shot and killed by a Broward Sheriff’s deputy Sunday night. According to the BSO, a woman approached the deputy just before 8 p.m. Sunday to tell him a man had…
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. released fourth quarter earnings for 2013 on Thursday, and reported record earnings in its first year as a public company. SeaWorld President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Atchison told analysts during Thursday’s conference call that the documentary Blackfish, and its ensuing backlash, had no impact on the…
The attorney for Elroy Phillips is determined to have his client set free for what has amounted to an egregious and distorted miscarriage of the law. Phillips, the 47-year-old West Palm Beach resident, has already spent the better part of a decade in prison for what he says is a…
After a two-year hunt with no success, a dangerous, man-eating Nile crocodile was captured alive in Florida’s Everglades National Park this past weekend. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says two other crocs were captured in 2009 and 2012 in the same area as this one. Since the Nile…
Arguably the most important governor this state has ever had has died. Reubin Askew, who served Florida as the state’s 37th governor from 1971 to 1979, died early Thursday after suffering through various ailments, including a stroke, a former aide has confirmed. He was 85. In his time as governor,…
Florida seems to be well on its way to getting medical marijuana legalized. Voters this November are going to be able to decide on their own whether weed should be made legal for folks with debilitating diseases, and a bill that would decriminalize the use of a strain of medical…
This week, our cover story in the print edition of New Times profiles a group of young South Florida men who find enlightenment in hanging their bodies with hooks. The group calls their practice out-of-body experiences, or OBEs, and testify to the practice of suspending one’s self in the air…
