According to MTV’s “Casting Calls” page, the network is seeking users of flakka — the synthetic drug ravaging Broward County and seeping into other parts of the country — for a documentary style TV show called True Life: I’m Addicted to Flakka. Flakka is a synthetic cathinone drug called alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone…
A week after the Charleston church shooting, a New Times article pointed out that there are streets in Hollywood commemorating Confederate soldiers. Two weeks later, an anti-confederate flag group calling itself BlackOutWhiteSupremacy sent New Times an email with photos of five Hollywood street signs named after Confederate leaders: two on…
Earlier this month Schlitterbahn Waterparks owner Jeff Henry got the good news — a project he has been working 16 years to secure was close to becoming a reality. Fort Lauderdale was on the verge of sealing a deal that will bring a water park back to Broward for the first…
A man named Harlem Suarez, also reportedly known as Almlak Benitez, sympathized with the Islamic State and wanted to bomb a Key West Beach , according to a criminal complaint unsealed today in federal court in Miami. Department of Justice officials said he was charged with attempting to use a…
Today, the search for missing teen boys Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos continues today, with rescue operations focused near Savannah, Georgia. Mothers of the teen boys appeared on the Today Show this morning and insisted that the boys have the skills to survive their ordeal at sea. The boys have…
It’s been a week since Greg Futchi had was killed crossing a dangerous five-lane stretch of Wilton Drive, and those close to him are still looking for answers. Friends, family members, and supporters turned out at a rally last week to bring attention to the escalating hazard that is the…
The memoir, due out August 4, begins this way: “I was born on Miami Beach on December 22, 1960. How I came out, what time I came out, I don’t know. What I do know is that it was unusual. Miami Beach was still segregated… and black people weren’t even…
Good thing animals can’t read (or can they?) because there’s a legal definition in Florida’s statutes that would certainly hurt their feelings. According to Florida Statute 828.27, an ordinance on animal cruelty, the term “animal” refers to “any living dumb creature.” Calling any creature dumb, homo sapien or not, doesn’t…
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…
Without ever really knowing it, you might be sitting in the middle of an epidemic zone. That’s the sense you get studying a newly released map which lays out the rates and numbers of sexually transmitted diseases across the country. The following map, which is currently making the rounds online,…
When Kimon Korres’ friends came into town, the first thing they wanted to do was go boating. “Find a boat online, and I’ll take care of the rest,” Korres told them. But finding an affordable, reliable, and convenient boat was no easy feat. To rent a boat for the day…
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,…
The death of Greg Futchi — a dedicated and respected member of the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida — has sparked a rally that will take place in Wilton Manors City Hall today from 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Those attending the rally will focus on demanding that the city to…
Do you want to get a jump start on figuring out who you might vote for next year? Next week is your chance. On July 29th at the 2015 National Urban League Conference a session titled “Off To The Races The 2016 Presidential Candidates’ Plenary” will take place. The…
Equality Florida has announced that Jim Obergfell, the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court decision that ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in the United States, will be the recipient of the group’s 2015 Voice for Equality Award. The award will be given to Obergfell at Equality Florida’s annual Broward…
Baseball is dumb. And the Marlins’ former general manager now manager Dan Jennings has just reiterated that for us all. On Wednesday night, the Marlins earned a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks behind a dominant performance from the usually-dominant Jose Fernandez. But Fernandez had a miscue in the bottom…
Since February, the Broward courts have been dragging their feet over the fate of a special needs 3-year-old who’s father has failed to cough up the appropriate financial support. But now that the story of Davia Bradshaw and her daughter Ashton has made a splash on the internet, the mother’s…
Good morning, America. Donald Trump is your current clubhouse leader for the GOP 2016 ticket. And it might be for good reason. Trump has dominated the media landscape for the last serval weeks, starting with his controversial comments about Mexican immigrants, and his disparaging Sen. John McCain as a war…
Colleen Lynn Berzok, 37, a children’s swimming instructor in Coral Springs, was struck by a car Monday night, on July 13th, and was pronounced dead the following afternoon. The collision, still under investigation, occurred at the 2800 block of East Sunrise Boulevard, a stone throw from Fort Lauderdale Beach, by…
After coming two-percentage points of having medical marijuana legalized in last November’s election, United For Care regrouped and came charging out of the gate with renewed energy to get medicinal cannabis back onto the ballot for the 2016 election. They needed to collect 68,317 valid signatures for a Supreme Court review…
The iconic cruise ship-shaped hotel known as the Yankee Clipper that became the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale is now becoming the B Ocean Resort via a total renovation beginning in August, announced B Hotels & Resorts. The 60-year-old iconic Yankee Clipper, best known for its Mermaid Shows at the Wreck Bar…
Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives are investigating a deadly deputy shooting of a suspect on Tuesday afternoon. According to a BSO report, a deputy was on his way to patrol Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport when he spotted a man driving recklessly on I-95 near Cypress Creek Road at around 4:30…
