The Middle East — and specifically Iran — has probably been lodged in your news feed nonstop for the past couple of weeks. With Congress brawling over President Obama’s nuclear deal and the possibility of normalized relations with the Islamic Republic, old debates are being argued anew, geopolitical slights revived...
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In the wake of the terrorist attack in Paris that left at least 129 dead and countless others wounded, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush came out talking tough about ISIS. During an interview on Meet the Press Sunday, Bush came out and said that the U.S. should declare war on...
Opening a brewery is a long and arduous process. Considering the rapid rate at which they've been popping up in South Florida, that might come as a bit of a surprise. Alcohol, unsurprisingly, is a highly regulated industry, with local governments, the State of Florida, and the federal government all...
Any story about New Brunswick, New Jersey ska-punk heroes Streetlight Manifesto is really two stories. One is a story about music, a decade’s-worth of intelligent, clever, and genuinely fun albums that kept the flame going for third-wave ska (a flame vocalist/bandleader Tomas Kolnaky helped ignite in the late '90s with...
Hialeah Police Officer Nelson Enriquez, who killed two police dogs in Davie when he left them in a hot police SUV all day, will not be charged criminally, the Broward County state attorney's office said on Tuesday. In May, Enriquez's K-9 partners Jimmy and Hektor were found dead inside his police...
It's been about ten years since Silverstein and Senses Fail last toured together. Back then, both bands were new on the screamo scene and just cutting their teeth. Neither would have imagined that they'd each go on to sell hundreds of thousands of albums, let alone tour together again a...
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Corey Jones' family has announced his wake and funeral for this weekend, and have asked the Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver the eulogy. Jones, a 31-year-old South Florida musician, was gunned down by a Palm Beach Gardens plain clothes police officer linearly two weeks ago. A wake for Jones will be...
The City of Fort Lauderdale, as well as Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Oakland Park, Port Everglades Authority, Village of Sea Ranch Lakes, Wilton Manors and sections of Davie and Tamarac (east of State Road 7/441) has upgraded a boil water advisory to a boil water warning. On Saturday, a sample taken from one...
It's been two years since three Broward Sherriff's Officers shot Jermaine McBean, a 33-year-old African American computer engineer who was walking home with an air gun balanced on his shoulders. The officers maintained that they ordered McBean to turn around and that he then pointed the air gun at them...
Ah, it's that time of year again, a time when a plethora of "best" and "worst" lists look back at the the culinary world Everyone seems to have an opinion: the National Restaurant Association released its food forecast, chefs spoke off-the-cuff, the Food Network Kitchen's prognosticators prognosticated, and even Pinterest...
It's easy to get depressed about the state of the world today, what with the scourges of terrorism, global warming, and Sandy Hook hoaxers. Well, there's an antidote to that: 15-year-old Hannah Herbst. This smiley, bright, and poised-beyond-her-years 9th grader from Boca Raton has invented a device called an "ocean...
Take one look at ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons and you'll get the picture: This is a guy who likes to be different. As one-third of the legendary blues-rock band, Gibbons boasts a distinctive, cascading beard typically complemented by headwear resembling a tentacled sea creature — not to mention more...
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From May 13 to 15, across the state, a slew of "body rub" businesses were busted by the Department of Health for operating without proper massage licenses. Operation Trigger Point lasted only three days but the final count was 64 cease-and-desist orders being issued as a result of the sting...
Between the selfie sticks, the paparazzi, and the endless Instagram hashtags, Art Basel Miami Beach might be the most narcissistic place on Earth this week. Which is why it's appropriate that among the highlights at the fair's 14th edition is a trippy piece by Tomás Saraceno. Titled One Module Cloud...
The first week of the Miami Heat season is now complete, so we now have an idea of what kind of team we're working with. Between better health, and better players, the Heat are already looking light-years better than they did when they last left us. Jumping to conclusions based...
The U.S. Congress is pretty much greased by wink-wink arrangements and cash gifts. So it's no surprise that a series of recent reports have identified D.C. legislators who have gotten perhaps too cozy with the payday loan industry — the $46 billion-a-year business that keeps many low income Americans locked...
We've gotten used to the idea that the highest-quality, most innovative television lives on premium cable channels like HBO and Showtime. But two of the most delightful and inventive series to premiere in the past year have come from an unexpected place: the CW. Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend...
In 2012, Lauderdale Lakes City Commissioner Eric Haynes used a fake address when he voted. This is a big no-no for elected officials and, as a result, the Broward Office of Inspector General filed a report to the Florida Elections Commission that proved Haynes used the address of a house...
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Life easily could have been over for James Joseph Richardson in 1967. A black orange picker from Arcadia, in central Florida, he was convicted that year of the gruesome murders of his seven children – murders he didn’t commit. It would take more than two decades of false imprisonment before...
A plane was engulfed in flames at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood-International airpot this afternoon. People on the tarmac snapped photos and videos of the aircraft, which was shooting massive plumes of black smoke into the air. According to at least one Tweet, fire crews arrived quickly on the scene to foam...
Fishing guide Mike Conner putters his skiff across the Indian River Lagoon near Stuart, about a two-hour drive north of Miami. He used to bring clients from all over the United States here to stalk delicious pompano, yard-long snook, and the Holy Grail of inshore fishing: sea trout longer than...
The Miami Heat started Sunday night's game against the Houston Rockets looking like a bucket of urine cakes. They were listless, lethargic, and their offense was stuck in the mud. While Houston came out guns blazing, hitting threes and attacking the Heat with a frenetic defense, Miami went 0-for-9 on...