In a year when transgender issues have been at the forefront of conversation and headlines around the nation, Fort Lauderdale will be the home of The Southern Comfort Conference, the largest annual trans conference in North America. In fact, Fort Lauderdale has been announced as the host city for the…
SeaWorld announced on Thursday that there has been a steep decline in attendance, sales and profits, and blamed ““continued brand challenges” — which is another way of saying people are upset over the company keeping orcas in captivity. Attendance at SeaWorld’s theme parks across the U.S. fell by two percent…
Four presidential candidates from Florida and a bunch of other guys are all set to have the first GOP debate tonight, and it promises to be a doozy. Mainly because there are so many of them — ten candidates in all on stage — and also because of a weird…
Hallandale Beach is officially the first city in Broward County that will have cops fine anyone caught with marijuana rather than arresting them. On Wednesday night, Hallandale Beach Commissioners unanimously approved a new measure that will make marijuana possession a civil offense rather than a criminal one. Anyone caught with…
A school child psychologist from Tennessee was arrested on child pornography charges in Hollywood Tuesday night. According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office report, Richard Pitcock, 51, was busted sharing child porn images from the St. Maurice Inn, located on 314 Michigan Street in Hollywood. The South Florida Internet Crimes Against…
As it stands, anyone in Hallandale Beach caught with 20 grams of pot or less is facing one year in the slammer, maximum. But that could all change starting tonight. After mulling over whether or not to have police issue fines rather than place under arrest anyone caught with a…
Jeb Bush says that he “misspoke” when, as he offered up his opinion that funding for Planned Parenthood should be cut, that women’s health programs as a whole should be scaled back. “I’m not sure we need half a billion dollars in funding for women’s health programs,” Bush told a…
Back during the 2013 season, Richie Incognito became the face of bullying in the NFL when it was revealed that he hazed and used racial slurs against then-Miami Dolphins teammate Jonathan Martin. Incognito was suspended and then released and stayed unemployed for the entire 2014 season. But this offseason, Incognito was…
A group that says they are affiliated with the hacktivist collective known as Anonymous has announced a national Day of Rage in support of Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old Chicago area woman who died under mysterious circumstances while in police custody in Texas. The rally, which is also called #opSandraBland, is…
Jeffery Feldewert, a 20-year veteran with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department who was fired in June over racist comments he made on his Facebook, is not back on the job and has instead been given a 10-day suspension. Feldewert was let go after he took to his personal Facebook page…
Equality Florida has announced that Jim Obergfell, the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court decision that ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in the United States, will be the recipient of the group’s 2015 Voice for Equality Award. The award will be given to Obergfell at Equality Florida’s annual Broward…
Baseball is dumb. And the Marlins’ former general manager now manager Dan Jennings has just reiterated that for us all. On Wednesday night, the Marlins earned a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks behind a dominant performance from the usually-dominant Jose Fernandez. But Fernandez had a miscue in the bottom…
Good morning, America. Donald Trump is your current clubhouse leader for the GOP 2016 ticket. And it might be for good reason. Trump has dominated the media landscape for the last serval weeks, starting with his controversial comments about Mexican immigrants, and his disparaging Sen. John McCain as a war…
After coming two-percentage points of having medical marijuana legalized in last November’s election, United For Care regrouped and came charging out of the gate with renewed energy to get medicinal cannabis back onto the ballot for the 2016 election. They needed to collect 68,317 valid signatures for a Supreme Court review…
The iconic cruise ship-shaped hotel known as the Yankee Clipper that became the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale is now becoming the B Ocean Resort via a total renovation beginning in August, announced B Hotels & Resorts. The 60-year-old iconic Yankee Clipper, best known for its Mermaid Shows at the Wreck Bar…
Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives are investigating a deadly deputy shooting of a suspect on Tuesday afternoon. According to a BSO report, a deputy was on his way to patrol Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport when he spotted a man driving recklessly on I-95 near Cypress Creek Road at around 4:30…
An environmental group is asking supporters to call Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson out on a bipartisan bill meant to streamline regulations on ballast water discharged by ships that come into port. Bilge water is the mix of salt water, fresh water, chemicals and sludge that accumulates within a…
Lil’ Wayne lit a joint on a private jet moments after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale. But the plane’s pilot was having none of that, turned the jet around and landed back on the tarmac where Weezy and his entourage were kicked off the flight. According to a report by TMZ,…
The Miami Seaquarium is once again facing a lawsuit over their captive orca, Lolita. On Monday, a coalition of animal rights activists that includes PETA, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and the Orca Network, filed a lawsuit against the park saying that keeping the orca in her small tank constitutes…
Dontavious Mingel Blake, and his former girlfriend, Tara Jo Moore, of Palm Beach, have each been sentenced to lengthy prison times for their involvement in a child sex trafficking ring, though neither received the maximum life-in-prison sentences, according to a press release from the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office of Southern…
The whole of South Florida is experiencing major drought, with parts of Eastern Broward County suffering drier than normal rainy conditions for this time of year. According to the Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division, eastern parts of the county ads under Stage 3 drought conditions. The rest of Broward…
In a 3-2 vote, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids sexual orientation discrimination on the job because it’s a form “sex” discrimination. While only the Supreme Court can issue a definitive ruling on the interpretation, federal courts can use…
