Florida Still Feeling the Fallout of Digital Domain Collapse

The Tupac hologram wasn’t enough. Back in 2012, New Times brought you a comprehensive post-op on Digital Domain, a California-based special effects company that grabbed a lot of attention after it resurrected hip hop legend Tupac via hologram for the 2012 Coachella music festival. But at the same time the…

Broward’s Chillest Buildings

Police action in the heartland! Fevers sweeping Africa! Rockets lacing the skies over the Middle East! Real estate bubbles! Rising seas! Mosquito-borne illnesses! Steroids derailing professional sports! Everywhere you look, the headlines are ballooning with more bad news. But what issue is truly itching away inside every South Floridian? What…

Hot Out? Escape into the Coldest Buildings in Broward

Police action in the heartland! Fevers sweeping Africa! Rockets lacing the skies over the Middle East! Real estate bubbles! Rising seas! Mosquito-borne illnesses! Steroids derailing professional sports! Everywhere you look, the headlines are ballooning with more bad news. But what issue is truly itching away inside every South Floridian? What…

Two New Cases of Chikungunya Diagnosed in Palm Beach County

After a couple of weeks of relative quiet, chikungunya is back on the radar of local health officials. This week, authorities in Palm Beach announced that two more people had contracted the fever in the area, bringing the local total of Palm Beachers affected to four. The latest victims pretty…

Buju Banton: U.S. Appellate Court Agrees to Hear Case

It’s been a long haul for Buju Banton, the famous Jamaican recording artist who has been gummed up in federal drug and gun charges since 2009. Despite two trials and an exhaustive series of New Times stories tracking the shady business behind the convictions, Banton — born Mark Anthony Myrie…

Baby Photographed With Rebel Flags and Guns Is Kidnapped

Robert Baumann watched as his ex-girlfriend changed before his eyes, going from a free-spirited girl from Broward to an angry young woman with radical, hard-right politics. But it wasn’t Megan Everett’s transformation alone that bothered Robert. He was troubled by the impact his ex’s new life had on their 2-year-old…

PEER Report: Rick Scott Has Neutered Florida’s Environmental Enforcement

As part of its effort to watchdog Rick Scott’s administration, the Florida arm of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) combs through the annual data about the caseload of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The thinking goes that a shrinking number of corrective actions by the state’s…

Broward Crime Lab Scandal Could Taint Many Cases

Kadesha Roberts was camped out at a friend’s condo in a cookie-cutter, tile-roofed development off McNab Road when the knock came. The short Jamaican woman with spiked hair opened the door to find a UPS man clutching a large package. After identifying herself, she grabbed it. Then all hell broke…