Two 14-year-old boys — Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen — went missing Friday afternoon while boating off the coast near Jupiter Inlet. The Coast Guard announced today that the Navy is joining the search for the boys, while their parents urged people to comb the shoreline looking for signs of…
About 6 a.m. on July 10, Ekaterina Juskowski was shooting a video of her friend, a model, near 36th Street in the heart of Miami Beach. She noticed that a blue-green boat in the background — she thought it was a scuba boat — was coming closer to shore and thought,…
Just a few days ago, New Times told you about how groups including Audubon and Sea Turtle Oversight Protection (STOP) train volunteers who keep watch at night on Broward County beaches to ensure hatchlings make it to the water safely. Around 11 p.m. Friday night, a 72-year old volunteer was…
On Saturday, Brie Gabrielle won the Miss Florida USA pageant at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale. Fifty-nine contestants competed in three categories: evening gown, swimsuit, and interview. The 25-year-old told New Times this was her fifth year entering the contest. “It’s unreal,” she said right after winning. “I seriously…
The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Florida’s Lieutenant Governor, Carlos Lopez-Cantera, for allegedly violating the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. On June 20, Lopez-Cantera told a group of Republicans at a Miami-Dade fundraising dinner that on July 15 (today!), he’ll…
New York Giants defender Jason Pierre-Paul — known as JPP — reportedly seriously hurt his hand in a fireworks accident on the Fourth of July, and was treated at a Broward Health facility in Deerfield Beach. Posts on social media — including two videos that Pierre-Paul posted to Instagram (@iamjasonpierrepaul)…
Longtime curator Jane Hart is no longer with the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. Hart, who was curator for approximately a decade, was known for bringing cutting-edge exhibits to the quaint, city-owned space, giving it a reputation that outmatched its small size and small-city locale. New Times this year…
Archbishop Thomas Wenski is the highest-ranking Catholic official in Florida. He was born in West Palm beach and grew up in Lake Worth. In 2010 he was appointed by Pope Benedict to be the Archbishop of Miami and Metropolitan of the Province of Miami — which covers the seven dioceses…
The family of Jason Budjinski, known by his stage name Billy Boloby and nom de plume Fats Pompano (still so awesome and clever — thanks for making me laugh even in death, Jason!) , has announced the details for his celebration of life. The event will be held Saturday, June…
As further proof that life is deeply unfair, one of the greatest dancers and perhaps the most fascinating frontman of all time — a man who might have experienced riches and worldwide fame, but who instead gave the gift of his presence to a select lucky few like a secret…
John Trainer, M.D., is a family doctor in Jacksonville. He has circumcised children and taught other doctors how to perform circumcisions. His own son is circumcised. But during the past few months, as he’s followed the case of 4-year Chase Hironimus — whose father won a highly-publicized legal battle against…
On Sunday, a $500,000 artificial reef, designed to look like the famous moai sculptures on Easter Island, was destroyed when the barge transporting it flipped over and sunk to the bottom of the ocean — an event caught on dramatic video footage. Just over 24 hours later, the team behind…
For months, hype has been building about a set of 15 giant sculptures — eight to 22 feet tall and designed as replicas of the mysterious heads at easter Island — that were built and designed to be sunk yesterday off the coast of Deerfield Beach, making an artificial reef…
In a cover story published two weeks ago, we described the empire run by longtime business partners Bill Faloon and Saul Kent, who have built up a multimillion-dollar dietary supplement business called Life Extension, and who pump huge sums into projects and experiments related to extending human lifespans. These efforts…
A Pennsylvanian man named Ernest Evans, better known by his stage name, Chubby Checker, is suing a New York clothing company called Andy & Evan Industries for selling children’s clothing — some pieces of which, like “shirtzies,” are branded as “Chubby Checker” —without the singer’s knowledge or consent, or compensation…
Evan Rowe, who taught history as an adjunct professor at Broward College since 2004, is suing the board of trustees of Broward College, as well as one of its deans, in federal court, alleging that the school retaliated against him for criticizing the college. Rowe has written occasional columns for…
Friday is the last day for the public to comment on Florida Power & Light’s proposal to build two new nuclear reactors at its Turkey Point facility, near Homestead, which powers all of South Florida. Turkey Point already has five power-generating units: two nuclear, two powered by oil and gas,…
Gabriel Rothblatt grew up building rocket ships on the floor of his living room, overhearing his father discuss with his buddies from NASA how they would manage to fund human civilization in space. Growing up outside of Washington with a dad, Martin Rothblatt, who was an attorney specializing in outer-space…
Over the past few weeks and months, conspiracy theorist and prepper types around the country have been warning about a US military exercise called Jade Helm. Jade Helm 15 is a real, and massive, special forces training project set to take place this summer over seven states: Texas, New…
Upstairs in a beige church on McKinley Street in Hollywood, a 60-year-old with a full head of dark hair launches into a PowerPoint presentation full of big ideas and a bigger vocabulary. First, Bill Faloon gives a shoutout to Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine. “We need to put…
Robin Haines Merrill, the executive director of the Upper Room Art Gallery, came up with an unlikely idea. She imagined an evening where folks would row along the Himmarshee Canal in dugout canoes, taking in performance art along the water that nods to the traditions of the Miccosukee and Seminole…
The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on two bills — SB1582 and SB1486 — that opponents are calling “The Fracking Secret Chemicals bill[s].” During the process of fracking, oil and gas exploration companies inject chemicals into the ground in pursuit of natural gas reserves. These chemicals could potentially end up…
