Jeremy Shaw’s favorite pastime is reading. The 26-year-old Florida State grad prefers revolutionary authors who write about black history and civil rights, like James Baldwin and Stokely Carmichael. But he frequently had to wait days to order their books online. Barnes & Noble didn’t carry many of their titles. He…
The first week of the Miami Heat season is now complete, so we now have an idea of what kind of team we’re working with. Between better health, and better players, the Heat are already looking light-years better than they did when they last left us. Jumping to conclusions based…
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is so worried about two new gun bills, he took to writing an editorial for the Sun-Sentinel. As you may have expected, some gun lovers didn’t exactly enjoy the post — and they let the sheriff know about it in on Facebook yesterday. Sheriff Israel…
Lauren Cooley is an unlikely candidate to lead Broward’s Republicans. The 23-year-old Fort Lauderdale native has more than 26,000 Twitter followers, knows a thing or two about Instagram filters, and isn’t shy about her Netflix binge-watching habits. Cooley returned to the 954 after graduating from college last year. Now, she’s…
On Saturday, November 14, Governor Rick Scott is being honored for his excellent work in conservation. No really, we’re serious. I’m sorry you had to find out this way. Yes, an award for the guy whose response to climate change is “I’m not a scientist,” yet whose administration instructed scientists…
The biggest bummer about looking for love online — you don’t really know who is sitting there on the other end of the internet connection. “If you think about it, Match.com or any of those, the only information you have on there is what people represent as being the truth,”…
A trial taking place today brings attention once again to the plight of the 700-acre Briger Forest, a rare tract of pristine land in Palm Beach County that environmentalists have been trying to protect for years. Developers have begun to clear trees and build roads to construct homes, stores, and…
It’s November, but the Miami Marlins have still found a way to disappoint you. This time, though, you likely played a part in their terrible performance. According to a new study, the Marlins, and their fans, leave the smallest social media footprint of any team in the league. Of the…
If you’re planning to go to the largest boat show in the world, the 56th Annual Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, which takes place this weekend — you’ve come to the right place. The yearly Boat Show showcases over a billion dollars’ worth of boats, yachts and accessories, and brings in…
The people known best as “an internet gathering” are about to gather in a very real, non-online, type of way. Anonymous — a loose international network of “hacktivists” who use computers in pursuit of social justice goals — is rallying supporters to join a Million Mask March this Thursday in…
Last night’s Fort Lauderdale city commission meeting wasn’t as monotonous as usual. The three hour-long gathering was punctuated by six presentations by members of Food Not Bombs, who spoke in rhyme and costume to protest the city’s homeless hate laws. The activists gather every Friday at Stranahan Park to share…
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is coming up this weekend, which means big-ass boats that you’ll probably never be able to afford. But that doesn’t mean you can’t come down and gawk that the gaudy floating hotels known as mega yachts. Because that’s really what the boat show is…
Boca Raton is the highest ranked small city from Palm Beach in the United States, according to a new study released by Wallet Hub. As a whole, Boca came in ranked at the 116th best small city in America out of a ranking of 1,268 — which is pretty darn…
Preston Cohen has always struggled in school. The 15-year-old’s speech impediment and learning disability made him require more time from teachers than the Broward Public School system could provide. “At the public school, he was overlooked and pushed to the side,” says his mother, Robyn Cohen. “He would cry every…
Dawn has yet to crawl up in the east, but 30-year-old Jason Genova is awake. No alarm need pluck him out of his sleep cycle. The first thought forming in his fuzzy-topped head is the same one that was sitting there when he blacked out seven hours ago: Get freaking…
A massive boat fire broke out over night in Pompano Beach, damaging at least three boats. According to various reports, the three boats, which were docked near the Hillsboro Inlet Finish Marina located at 2705 North Riverside Drive, went up in flames just after midnight Monday. Crews from the Pompano…
As former Gov. Jeb Bush gets ready to tour our state in his campaign for the presidency, a Twitter campaign has backfired in the most Jeb! way possible. In a attempt to bullrush his way back to the top of the polls and voter’s imaginations, Jeb has launched a “Jeb…
Broward Sheriff’s Office announced that the body of Vihaan Pullamsetti, the 18-month-old Tampa boy that went missing Sunday night from a Weston apartment complex, has been found in a canal not far from where he had last been seen. The body was found in a canal behind the complex at 9:40…
So far, only one candidate has filed paperwork to challenge incumbent Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel — a Broward County politics outsider named Edison Jules, promoting pretty much the entire courthouse crowd to scratch their heads. After Jules filed paperwork earlier this year, reporters and bloggers found him hard to…
The Miami Heat started Sunday night’s game against the Houston Rockets looking like a bucket of urine cakes. They were listless, lethargic, and their offense was stuck in the mud. While Houston came out guns blazing, hitting threes and attacking the Heat with a frenetic defense, Miami went 0-for-9 on…
Last week’s Florida Black Bear hunt saw nearly 300 bears killed, with 207 coming on the first day alone. On Sunday, a five year-old boy who has been outspoken over the hunt on YouTube will be leading a Black Bear Memorial in Orlando. The Black Bear hunt has been a…
The worst thing about Thursday night’s 36-7 massacre at the hands of the New England Patriots was losing Pro Bowl defensive end Cameron Wake to an injury. And now things have gone from bad to pitch-dark bleak, as it’s being reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Wake has suffered a…
