Kratom, an herb found in Southeast Asia and banned in Thailand, Australia, Myanmar, Malaysia, and recently Indiana and Tennessee, is often used in a drink called kava here in Florida. But now, a new bill is proposing that the herbal drug be banned across the state. The bill, being filed…
Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union last night, and pretty much everyone is talking about the moment in the evening when the president did some trash talking at Republicans who sarcastically applauded his declaration of not campaigning anymore by claiming it’s because he won both elections. Boom. Mic…
Back in 2008, a woman claimed that she was pulled over for a blaring stereo in Belle Glade — and that her encounter with police ended with a beating in the back of a police car. She filed a lawsuit against the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office. This month, a federal…
Instagram can be fun. It’s a social media outlet where you can share what you’re doing, where you are, and generally show off those hidden Annie Leibovitz skills. But like anything else, some things can get stale and played out — particularly in places like Fort Lauderdale, where the choice…
It was December 13, 2012, when 40-year-old Sunjee Louissaint, a soft-spoken woman with gentle eyes, looked across the front yard of her West Palm Beach home and saw two green-and-gold-striped Palm Beach County Sheriff’s cruisers. Two deputies had pinned her 17-year-old son, Devin, to the ground. She heard a bang…
Video by Mitchel Worley and Ryan Pfeffer Evil is bald. Evil is bearded. And today, Tamerlane — who passes for evil personified here at UltraCon — clunks his combat boots down the turquoise carpet of the Broward Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, swinging around a riding crop like a five-star…
Next month, Rick Scott will win the distinction of “Florida’s Most Deadly Governor” when he surpasses Jeb Bush in the number of executions under his watch since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Since taking office in 2011, Scott has signed 21 death warrants — the same number Bush…
One of the two couples who became the first to be legally married in Florida will be attending tonight’s State of the Union Address in Washington D.C. Hollywood residents Todd and Jeff Delmay were invited by congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz to sit with her at President Obama’s State of the…
Florida drivers are terrible. But you know this already. All it takes is a five-minute drive around the block to come to that realization. But now, we have definitive proof that not only are drivers in Florida a complete nightmare but that our fair state ranks as the riskiest for…
Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene, who made an absolute fortune hedging against the real estate market by betting that people would default on their mortgages, has put a 35,000-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills on the market for what is believed to be the most expensive public listing in the country…
After getting hacked by cyber activist group Anonymous last month for its homeless laws, the City of Fort Lauderdale beefed up its cyber security network with a hefty $430,000 worth of improvements. But city officials say it wasn’t the Anonymous attack that made them spend almost half a million dollars…
Don’t count out legal weed just yet. Although medical marijuana racked up only 58 percent approval at the polls this election year, supporters are already mounting a campaign to get a similar proposal on the 2016 ballot. The thinking is that a general election will draw more Floridians off their…
A throng of ATV riders turned parts of Broward and Miami-Dade into a scene out of Mad Max, zipping through traffic, popping wheelies, and generally creating havoc on the roadways on Monday afternoon. The ATV riders and motorcyclists brazenly traveled in packs, not really caring for traffic laws, with at…
Super sports agent and South Florida resident Drew Rosenhaus was apparently involved in a domestic incident with his wife Sunday evening. According to a report by TMZ, police were called to Rosenhaus’ Miami home where his wife, Lisa Thomson, says she was verbally attacked by Drew and his brother Jason…
Evan Rowe is a former professor of history at Broward College. Broward College, that hallowed institution of community access to higher education, wants to help remind students about its whitewashed version of the King legacy, one that is now entirely compatible with its consistent abuse of adjunct professors. The college…
The strange political bedfellows that are hoping to revitalize Florida’s solar industry are taking another step toward that goal. Floridians for Solar Choice bills itself as a “grassroots citizens’ effort to allow more homes and businesses to generate electricity by harnessing the power of the sun.” Right now the organization…
Last year, the Florida Panthers ended the season at the bottom of the conference standings and among the worst teams in the league. They’re a team constantly mired in controversy. For various reasons — from terrible management to a lack of fans buying tickets to the fact the South Florida…
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court Justices have said they will determine this spring whether the Constitution requires all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and whether every U.S. state must recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere…
So a teenage kid was walking around in a lab coat at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach totally pretending to be a gynecologist. According to an incident report, police got a call on Tuesday about a teen boy roaming the halls of the medical center wearing a…
On Tuesday, nearly a month after Broward County ordered ride share companies Uber and Lyft to cease operations until their drivers complied with county taxi laws and transportation regulations, county commissioners voted to regulate the companies and to come up with a set of rules to do just that. The…
Last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration brought a proposal to amend the current Endangered Species Act listing for Southern Resident killer whales to include Miami Seaquarium’s Lolita as a member of her extended family. As New Times reported last March, the National Marine Fisheries Service sought public comment…
Back on January 5 at 3:37 a.m., a shot was fired in front of the Walgreens on Haverhill Road and Okeechobee Road in West Palm Beach. PBSO confirmed then that a shot was fired but didn’t release any details. But this week, Florida Cop Watch reported something a little more…
