The treatment of the homeless was a huge issue in Fort Lauderdale at the tail end of 2014. With a mayoral race coming up, it’s probably going to be the defining conversation of the new year as well. Today, homeless advocates are gathering at the Broward County Courthouse to push…
The mayor of Riviera Beach wants to change the name Old Dixie Highway and rename it Barack Obama Highway. Mayor Thomas Masters is on a personal quest to have the old road renamed after the current president and hopes his constituents can back him up on the plan. Masters says…
On Thursday, the Treasury and Commerce Department announced that trade and travel restrictions to Cuba will loosen up starting Friday. This means, among other things, that traveling to the island nation will be much less restricted, such as no longer having to apply for a travel license if one falls…
An armed robbery at a Palm Springs department store turned into a hostage situation Thursday morning, according to multiple reports. Police say several people in the store managed to run out when three armed men entered La Vieja, a department store located on Lake Worth Road and Kirk Road. Six…
People of the internet, I have an important announcement — I need to borrow $100,000. Why, you ask? Because that’s how much ex-Bears head coach and current ESPN talking head Mike Ditka says it will take for him to Prancercise. I feel like this is where the post should end,…
Residents of the City of Doral in Miami have come to the conclusion that Donald Trump is not a great person and have asked their mayor to rescind an offer of giving him the key to the city. And the mayor has done just that. Trump had been offered the…
Scary times out there: The world is still trying to screw its head back on after last week’s attack on the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo. The publication, which was hit by two gunmen who took 12 lives, had long been a target for radical Islam after its provocations against…
It was recently announced that retired Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo would be part of the ownership group that purchased the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. With his World Cup-winning pedigree and well-known grin, Ronaldo is expected to lend his name to the North American Soccer League and the Strikers, which is never…
A diary purportedly belonging to Virginia Roberts, the sex slave Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein “loaned” out to billionaires and, allegedly, to Prince Andrew when she was underaged, reveals sordid and dark details of her experiences at the hands of Epstein and other high-powered men she claims she was ordered…
Marco Rubio appeared on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart on Tuesday night. The senator was there to hock his new book, American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone, and talk up some of the policies he writes about. But before that, in the show’s intro segment, Stewart took on…
One Broward college campus was rocked yesterday morning with grisly news of two students being victimized during a sexual assault. Two Nova Southeastern University students were allegedly attacked the night before, sending some nasty shockwaves through the campus. Although only a little information has squeezed out about the situation. This…
On March 6, 2014, a gray-haired Japanese-American man in wire-rimmed glasses swept past a swarm of television crews that had been staking out his home. He jumped into a car and led a chase through Los Angeles, the likes of which had not been seen since O.J. Simpson’s white Bronco…
Jamal Rutledge, a 17-year-old Fort Lauderdale teen, is being hailed as a hero after he helped save the life of the police officer who was booking him into jail. Rutledge, who was being booked for criminal mischief and burglary probation, was being processed by Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Franklin Foulks…
Deputy Shatara K. Shatara shot and killed his 21-year-old son, Khamis, in his Delray Beach apartment last Christmas Eve. Other than that, not much is known about the shooter or the investigation, which is being conducted by the Delray Beach Police Department. But Deputy Shatara’s personnel file reveals he had…
Broward commissioners have been hearing from Broward cabdrivers and Uber representatives Tuesday about the possibility of seeking a court injunction against Uber and Lyft, which cabdrivers say are playing by a different set of rules than regulated taxi cab companies. In December, the county sent Uber and Lyft a letter…
Sen. Eleanor Sobel, who represents the 33rd District in Broward, will be honoring the six same-sex couples who sued the state last year over Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage. The suit was key in ultimately lifting the ban on same-sex marriage in the state, which began issuing marriage licenses earlier…
In a month that has been both historical and joyful for LGBT Florida comes some more good news: West Palm Beach comes in third in The Advocate ‘s Queerest Cities in America 2015 list. While many immediately think of Fort Lauderdale when it comes to gayest cities in Florida, recent…
Donald Trump says the Palm Beach International Airport is routing planes over his Mar-a-Lago club just to spite the millionaire mogul, so he’s suing the county for a whopping $100 million. In the lawsuit, filed last week in Palm Beach County court, the toupee-rocking real estate caricature says the planes…
On a cloudy afternoon in late October, South Florida’s most recognizable fast-food magnate approaches a chainlink gate outside a waterfront property on ultra-exclusive North Bay Road in Miami Beach. Christian de Berdouare scrolls his finger and thumb along a large padlock. After several seconds, the lock drops with a clank,…
Kindergarten is the new university. Or at least that’s what it feels like, with families having to apply to a wide range of schools months in advance and biting their nails in anticipation that Junior will get into that public Montessori — or at least his “safety” elementary school…
A visibly shaken and emotional Rob Konrad held a news conference in Palm Beach to recall his nearly 16-hour ordeal of being forced to swim nine miles to shore after he had fallen off his fishing boat. Konrad, 38, was aboard his 36-foot boat last Wednesday when he tripped and…
With SeaWorld seeing attendance dips, its CEO step down, and people protesting the Miami Seaqiarium’s captivity of Lolita, more and more people are getting involved in trying to save aquatic animals from being used as playthings for tourists. Now a new petition, this one targeting “swimming with dolphins” programs, has…
