In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an eight-foot buffer-zone rule outside of abortion clinics in Colorado. This eliminated the ability of abortion protesters to spew bile and venom (and often worse) at folks trying to enter the clinics. Yesterday, though, the court unanimously struck down a 2007 Massachusetts law…

Over the past few decades, Boca Raton — because of FAU’s growth and the city’s location, securely known as “really far away from busy Miami” — has filled with college kids and lots of old folks. But much of the city is still quaint and quiet and small. That’s about…

At last month’s Critical Mass Fort Lauderdale — the once-per-month, 14-mile ride through the city — one cop tackled a cyclist and another officer knocked a rider off his bike after ramming him with his motorcycle, according to the biker. This month? Hopefully not that. Tomorrow, the monthly event to…

Broward commissioners passed a bill last night that can revoke permits of companies at the airport whose services get interrupted due to a work stoppage by employees, like a strike. This comes as a win for aggrieved airport workers — baggage handlers, sky caps, wheelchair attendants, cabin cleaners, ramp workers,…

Yesterday afternoon, police identified the man killed in a gruesome and harrowing wood chipper accident in Davie. Hernan Gutierrez, 42, was with two coworkers on Monday feeding tree limbs and branches into the wood chipper when, according to police, he either fell into or was pulled into the industrial-sized machine…

Back in 2012, President Obama’s Interior Department went forward with a proposal to list nine species of snakes as “injurious” — legalese that would ban the importation and selling of the animals. But when the announcement was made, only four species were put on the list: the Indian python (including…

Another day, another terrifying crazy animal arrives in Florida. The Daily Mail reported yesterday that a new ant native to South America, called Odontomachus haematodus, had been found across the Gulf Coast. Research conducted by North Carolina State University shows the nonnative species was found in populated places in Florida…

After former state employee Dianne Parcell — who worked for the Department of Economic Opportunity — recently won a lawsuit for $250,000 against the state of Florida, taxpayers here could now be on the hook for up to $2 billion in legal claims. This comes after Parcell was fired for…

A recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts points out that nationally, the number of inmates released without supervision has grown a staggering 119 percent between 1990 and 2012. But the biggest discrepancies the report found came in — you guessed it — Florida. The Pew study looked at, among…

If you’ve been following the journey of Dr. Mehmet Oz — a popular TV host made famous first by Oprah in 2004 — you know that he’s been grilled by senators recently for strongly endorsing ineffective weight loss products on his show. But you might not know about the Florida…

Tomorrow, the Broward County Commission is expected to announce its final vote on a bill that would (in addition to preventing service distruptions) improve the standards of airline and contractor workers. This is clearly needed. Just last week at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, two workers — one of Bags…

Back in March and into May, Fort Lauderdale was considering a new ordinance granting powers to police officers to take the property of homeless folks after a 24-hour notice as well as ban groups from sharing food with the homeless. The ordinance even had tricky language that would have allowed…

Update: Parks told New Times via email that he had officially made the Wounded Warrior Games in swimming, track and field, and seated volleyball. The games take place Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 in Colorado, but Parks will remain in Jacksonville to train until then, he says. Original post: On…

South Florida cyclists have been vocal for years about the dangers of riding down here, what with wet grates and unruly drivers hitting people, but those aren’t the only dangers. Kevin Culp, a 43-year-old cyclist who moved here from New York two years ago, says South Florida is the most…

Last week we told you about the African Gambian Pouched Rat’s reemergence on Grassy Key. Now comes an organization headquartered in Tanzania called APOPO, dedicated to training African Gambian pouched rats to detect land mines and tuberculosis. When trained, they’re dubbed HeroRATS. Bart Weetjens, a self-described monk, started the organization…

Last year after Ray Allen sprinted furiously to a corner, made Mike Breen yell “BAAAAAAAAAAAANG” and the Heat took a bat to San Antonio’s knees, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski collected on his bet with his San Antonio counterpart Gustavo García-Siller. Wenski received a sizable chunk of Texas barbecue and fajitas…

FAU announced recently that researchers at its Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) have signed a five-year lease to evaluate underwater turbines powered by ocean currents. The lease, which was granted by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), calls specifically for the researchers…

Has Mr. Horner lost his way to the house under the hill? Is old blind Bob having trouble finding the harbor of hope? Oh, don’t despair. It’s time for Just the Tips with the queen of concupiscence, Joy Taylor. Jonathan Zaslow: Just the Tips, we do it every week at…

Biking in South Florida is dangerous — that can be said flatly. Last week, for instance, hundreds of cyclists from Miami to Delray Beach participated in a memorial event for fallen riders called the Ride of Silence. So after a cyclist took a bad fall over a wet grated bridge…