Like bingo and shuffleboard, dominoes is a favorite among Florida’s senior population. It isn’t physically grueling or fast-paced, but one wrong turn of the domino can rile emotions. It did Sunday night on 54th street in West Palm Beach when a game of dominoes ended in blood and an arrest. …
Speculation ran rampant as to who the Miami Heat would select with the tenth overall pick in Thursday night’s NBA Draft. Would it be a shooter? Someone who can defend the perimeter? A swingman who could step in and contribute right away? Turns out, it ended up being the steal…
Rick Scott has announced that he is dropping the lawsuit against The Obama administration over the Low Income Pool (LIP) health-care program. The announcement comes hours after the Supreme Court handed the president a victory by upholding Obamacare subsidies, allowing, millions in Florida who have insurance through Obamacare will continue…
Earlier this week, Palm Beach County Commissioners passed a panhandling ordinance making it illegal for someone to solicit for money or donations from a driver white on a county road. Which means anyone found panhandling will be fined $500 and even see some jail time. But the American Civil Liberties Union…
Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have approved a one-week black bear hunting season this October—- even though the agency does not have an official estimate of the bear population. Activists are devastated, to say the least. “The Florida black bear was just removed from the…
Pedophiles are some of the most hated members of society. But what happens when the person sexually abusing a child is a child themselves? It’s a disturbing thought—children sexually abusing other children—but unfortunately it is more prevalent than most people imagine—especially in Broward, where there are more incidents reported than…
The NBA Draft is tonight, and your Miami Heat are picking 10th. That’s pretty exciting, given the craptactular season they had last year when they lost LeBron James, and then Chris Bosh almost died. Yet, even with the excitement of draft night, the Heat enter the off-season in turbulent waters…
Jayvon Woolfork continues to insist he’s innocent in the gang rape and beating of a Hollywood teen has rejected yet another plea deal. The latest plea deal would have had Woolfork, 20, serve 10 years in prison, plus five years probation, as opposed to 20 years-to-life he’s facing if he’s…
Authorities have arrested Rick Ross after he allegedly pistol whipped and kept an man construction worker from leaving his home. According to various reports, Ross and his bodyguard are facing kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated battery charges after being arrested by a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force arrested him…
Religious billboards are nothing new for Florida highways, especially the ones in the rural north. But five billboards unveiled on May 8 were erected along Interstate 95 by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) to educate South Floridians about Islam. They were prompted by growing levels of Islamophobia in…
The mother-son grudge match of the century — a decades-long spat between the heirs to National Enquirer fortune — is heating up again. This month, Paul Pope, the son of the tabloid’s founder, asked a court to amend a 2013 injunction issued by a court after he was arrested for…
Broward County is a step closer to having more lax penalties for anyone busted for minor pot possession. On Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously voted to draw up an ordinance to lessen penalties for anyone caught with 20 grams of less of marijuana — though the exact amount will still need…
A coterie of about 15 homeless folk gathered two weeks ago on a balmy Monday evening under the copious canopy of a banyan tree in downtown Fort Lauderdale, the mood, if not quite funereal, was understandably somber. For six years, “the Tree” — located at the site of the long-abandoned…
An underage volunteer for the Boys & Girls Clubs is suing the organization after she was impregnated by a coach who worked there who was twice her age. The coach, 32-year-old Corey Collier, was hired by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County despite having a criminal background. …
In a 5-1 vote on Tuesday, the Palm Beach County Commissioners voted to ban panhandling throughout the county. The ordinance covers not only those who beg for money from drivers in intersections but also to charities, non-profit organizations, or anyone else soliciting donations. Specifically, the ordinance addresses people who stand…
Kolter Group CEO Bobby Julien lives in a swanky beachfront mansion, but the animals who are being displaced by his company have no such homes. That’s the message environmentalists hoped to convey this past weekend. Julien’s company has begin to develop an area known as the Briger Forest — one…
It’s been almost a week since the Charleston, South Carolina shootings.. And the nation has moved from mourning to outrage to debate. The arrest of alleged shooter Dylann Roof has brought to light whether or not southern states should have Confederate flags flying in government buildings. The debate has gone…
In 1974 officials at the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) listed the Florida black bear as a threatened species. The protected status prevented the public from hunting the vulnerable bears, helping them to make considerable population gains despite increasing habitat loss. By 2002, there were about 3,000 bears in…
In the summer of 2013, Dr. Stephen Haggerty stood in the humid Liberian jungle, frustrated at the lack of progress. The swampy ground didn’t allow for heavy machinery, so diamond exploration in these parts was done the old-fashioned way. Seventy-five years old at the time, the geologist helplessly watched his…
In 2012, Lauderdale Lakes City Commissioner Eric Haynes used a fake address when he voted. This is a big no-no for elected officials and, as a result, the Broward Office of Inspector General filed a report to the Florida Elections Commission that proved Haynes used the address of a house…
Tullian Tchividjian grandson of Billy Graham, and pastor at Fort Lauderdale mega church Coral Ridge Presbyterian, has resigned from his pulpit after admitting to an affair. Aside from being known as Billy Graham’s grandkid, Tchividjian — who has been since 1994 and has three children with his wife Kim —…
Nine black churchgoers were murdered during their Wednesday night bible study in Charleston, leaving the nation grappling over racist violence. In the immediate aftermath, vigils and rallies to commemorate their lives began sprouting up across the country: in D.C., the Bay Area, and Tallahassee. On Tuesday, there will be a…
