Ben Carson, the former neurosurgeon and Florida’s other presidential hopeful, may have told an audience at a rally Wednesday that he is open to drone strikes on U.S. soil to protect the border. Carson appeared in front of thousands at a rally in Phoenix, where he touched on topics such as…
John Singer went on a burglary spree throughout Broward and Palm Beach where he stole what police call “an arsenal of weapons,” which he then tried to sell at a gun show. According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office Report, Singer — who has has been arrested 17 times in the…
Anti-abortion activists are calling for a protest at the Planned Parenthood facility at 263 North University Drive, in Pembroke Pines this weekend. The gathering is being headed up by Broward Right to Life & Respect Life in what is being called a National Day of Protest at Planned Parenthood offices and…
After nearly three hours of debating and hearing from both Uber and the cab industry, Palm Beach County commissioners voted to not regulate the ride-sharing company when it comes to fingerprint-based background checks, and are likely going to deregulate the entire industry — including taxi cabs. According to various reports,…
According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, Florida’s poor or underprivileged children make up about 24 percent of the 3,894,496 children living in the state. Nationally, it’s 22 percent. And now, via a new study released by WalletHub, the numbers look even more dire for underprivileged children living in…
As Broward works to get Uber operating within the county again, the focus now shifts to Palm Beach, whose commissioners must also decide if they want to institute regulations on rid-sharing companies, or have the popular Uber suspend operations there as well. Palm Beach County commissioners will be meeting tonight…
In July, Kanter Real Estate filed an application to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection agency to begin drilling for oil just south of Broward County in the Everglades. But last week, Broward County Commissioners voted unanimously to amend a state law to have individual counties decide if they would…
Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office says that 32 undocumented migrants were spotted off the shores of Juno Beach early Monday morning. A PBSO marine unit spotted a boat arriving just about two miles off shore at around 5:40 a.m. Authorities say 13 men, 9 women, and 10 children — including an…
A Mardi Gras Casino greyhound tested positive for cocaine, but the dog’s trainer apparently got off on a bureaucratic technicality regarding the Division of Para-Mutuel Wagering’s inspection manual. On December 14, 2014, a urine sample was taken from a greyhound named Waylon Hambone just before the dog entered into the 9th…
It was one drive. And it was preseason. But it was enough to show that Ryan Tannehill is on the upswing, and poised to bust things up this season. In his lone drive of the Dolphins pre-season loss to the Bears Thursday night, Miami’s starting quarterback went 6-for-7 with 56…
The Miami Dolphins officially kick off their 2015 campaign tonight in their first pre-season matchup in Chicago when they face the Bears. Is it just us or does it feel like football season ended three years ago? It’s not just us? Oh good. Because it seems that way. But, alas,…
Fort Lauderdale Police and officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation are still investigating a fatal boating accident along Middle River that left one teen boy dead and five others injured — three of the them critically. One of the teens is in stable condition, and another was treated…
Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter, who is no stranger to controversy, may have compared Uber to clerks who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after it was made legal. In an email exchange obtained by New Times, Broward resident Christina Davis wrote Ritter to push her to convince…
The father of a dead baby whose remains were discovered in the back yard of a Hallandale Beach home in 2013 has agreed to take a plea deal. Calvin Melvin, 29, has been charged with two counts of child neglect and three counts of giving false information to law enforcement officials…
It looks like Uber might be coming back to Broward County — just not yet, anyway. During a lengthy meeting on Tuesday, commissioners discussed the possibility of relaxing their ordinance to allow the ride-sharing company to operate in the county and agreed to draft a new ordinance that would bring…
The Riviera Beach Police Department says it’s investigating an officer after a video surfaced of the cop getting into a confrontation with a disabled veteran. The video, shot on Sunday on the man claiming to be a disabled vet’s cell phone camera, depicts Sgt. Gary Wilson walking up to a…
Pembroke Pines Police are looking for those responsible for beating a family dog to death and then tagging a handwritten note to the dead animal with an angry-looking smiley face and “WE BEAT IT 2 DEATH lol! HAHAHA!” written on it. The dog, a 13-year-old Pomeranian named Fox, was discovered…
Marco Rubio says that, if elected president, he will crack down on states that have legalized marijuana by enforcing the federal law. Rubio has a long history speaking out against marijuana legalization, though he’s never said whether he’s used it in his past. The recent comments came on Sunday on…
Ride-sharing service Uber suspended operations in Broward County back on July 31, citing what they called stringent regulations put in place by county commissioners. The move was twofold: to let the county know that the regulations were too complicated and onerous to allow the company to operate, and to get…
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…
This weekend marks the 45th anniversary of the Penn Cove orca captures, the controversial and deadly whale hunt off the coast of Washington where Lolita the killer whale was captured to become the trained performer she is today at the Miami Seaquarium. In the summer of 1970, about eighty whales…
Donald Trump had himself a YUUUGE Twitter meltdown following Thursday night’s GOP presidential race. As we boldly predicted in our Florida GOP Debate Drinking Game, Trump went on to declare himself the winner of the debate, and retweeted his horde of supporters who concurred with this opinion. But, as it…
