Wage equality, workplace opportunities and other issues linked to gender differences in the office finally seem to be getting the notice they deserve. That said, you’re average working mom still faces her fair share of uphill battles compared to male counterparts. A new study aims to rank the fifty states…
Man, it’s getting to the point where the phrase “Florida Man” no longer conjures up images of meth-huffing trailer park residents who murder over burnt dinner roasts but over-privileged guys gunning for the 2016 Republican Presidential slot. Already the Sunshine State boasts two of the bigger names entering the political popularity…
Today, Hollywood serves up its latest big budget confection, The Avengers: Age of Ultron. The latest Marvel comic to blow up the big screen is expected to rake in billions. But before you shell out your lunch money on a ticket, take a moment to consider that Captain America —…
Florida’s best known wild animal is not one to f-with in the wild. The famed Florida Panther — a protected endangered species that scientists estimate has been reduced to somewhere between 100 and 160 animals — lands in the headlines any time one is found dead. And when one is…
Palm Beach County has its fair share of deep-pocketed party animals. But none of the usual trust-fund wild men has the same tabloid pedigree as Paul David Pope. Son of the founder of the National Enquirer, Pope is best-known today for his frequent legal battles with his mother over what…
Investigators are one step closer to throwing some lights on what happened to a young woman discovered dead on the side of a road in rural Delray Beach. Yesterday, the Palm Beach Sheriff Office announced they had discovered the identity of the young woman found over the weekend: she is…
Investigators are still trying to ID the woman discovered dead over the weekend in a part of west Delray Beach. As of now, the Palm Beach Sheriff Office isn’t providing that many details about the crime — other than they’re still stumped about who’ve they found. Foul play, however, does seem to…
A cushy partnership between one of Florida’s all-power public energy utilities and the U.S. military looks like it’s moving forward. The state’s Public Service Commission — which right now is pretty much an official rubber-stamp for whatever project the utilities want — signed off recently on the deal, which will…
As New Times discovered earlier this year, there isn’t a subject matter more touchy that the laws outlining the rights — or lack there of — of sex offenders. The uptick of laws determining where sex offenders can and cannot go, along with the rise and ubiquity of information on…
It’s hard out there for a ‘tee. Florida’s population of endangered yet lovable underwater hunks, the manatee, has had a mixed 2015 so far. Yes, the manatee season – which runs from November to the first week April, when the water temperatures lure herds south to Florida – ended with…
Good news for Gladesmen, snake-heads, reptile fiends, would-be reality TV stars, and just about anybody else who gets their kicks chasing big slimey invasive species through the wild: The Python Challenge is back. This is probably the best news we’ve heard in awhile. In case you weren’t around for the…
Limos. A rock band. Crab claws. Strippers. The night had all the ingredients for an epic bro-down. On February 28, 2013, the limo swung by the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to pick up five members of the ’90s alt-rock band Candlebox. Along for the ride: Matt Iudice, their…
This might completely blow your mind, seeing as we’re about to drop some actual positive education news on you. It might further explode your gourd to know that this particular piece of good tidings comes in the category of school testing — not exactly a field the state of Florida has…
The stain continues to spread in the Fort Lauderdale Police racism scandal. Late Thursday the Broward State Attorney’s office announced they were dropping more than 40 cases involving the Fort Lauderdale police officers who were recently booted from the department for racist behavior. 12 felony cases, 30 criminal misdemeanor cases,…
April: forget about poetry or pleasant showers or even the opening day of baseball season. What the month really means to your average American: taxes. Times to find those mustard covered receipts under the couch and pray you actually left that W-2 where you think you did. Luckily for Floridians,…
Last December, just before the New Year, Palm Beach county was rocked with a report of a tragic helicopter crash involving two people in Lantana. The crash on the 29th resulted in the serious injury of Jonathan Desouza, a student earning his certification, and the death of the pilot, instructor…
The word shot out on the police wire: Be on the lookout for a Ford Focus, black female at the wheel. The driver is waving a handgun at other cars. That muggy afternoon on July 10, 2012, a Fort Lauderdale community service officer coursing through a grid of industrial streets…
A trio of bills snaking their way through the legislature will likely help close the door more on open government. Although each of the proposals was likely cooked-up in the spirit of well intentions, their effect will be rubbing away at the essential tenants of the Sunshine Laws, critics claim…
It’s been two seasons since the Dolphins became the NFL’s most vilified franchise thanks to a locker-room scandal involving team bullying. But now a former team trainer has filed a lawsuit against the franchise. Kevin O’Neill is now claiming that he was served up as a sacrificial lamb in order to…
The statewide push to get a solar power proposal on the 2016 ballot recently hit a milestone. Backers of the proposal announced last week that they’d secured enough initial signatures to send the proposal to the Florida Supreme Court. It’s an important first step for backers of the proposal, which…
Ex-Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Alex Alvarez, the racist cop sitting center-stage in the scandal that’s engulfed the department, once broke a suspect’s arm while taking him into custody. Despite the incident, an Internal Affairs review of the use of force found there was “no apparent violation” of department policy, according…
Both the biological mother and father of Ahziya Osceola (note: on reports, investigators have alternately spelled his name Ahziya and Ahizya) have extensive criminal records, according to a review of court filings and police reports. Those charges range all over the spectrum, from possession of cocaine and organized fraud to criminal…
