On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott signed the DREAM Act bill into law, which will allow in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants in Florida. According to the bill, undocumented immigrants must meet a certain number of conditions to qualify that include attending a secondary school for at least three…
A man jumped from the third level of the parking garage at CityPlace early Monday morning, police say. There are also reports of gunshots being heard at or around CityPlace Muvico at the time the man jumped. It’s unclear if he was running from the gunshots or if he was…
South Florida looks a lot like a Renaissance painting today. The skyline and the cityscape bleed into each other with the most minuscule of brush strokes. But no, an imaginary Leonardo did not restyle South Florida to look like the Mona Lisa. What you’re seeing is not sfumato; it’s smoke…
It seems that the farther from the ocean you are in this country, the more relaxed you are. Sounds counterintuitive, considering that beaches are our collective vision of paradise, and seaside communities are where old people go to decompress before they die. But hey — science is science, or something…
Last week we told you about the African Gambian Pouched Rat’s reemergence on Grassy Key. Now comes an organization headquartered in Tanzania called APOPO, dedicated to training African Gambian pouched rats to detect land mines and tuberculosis. When trained, they’re dubbed HeroRATS. Bart Weetjens, a self-described monk, started the organization…
By now you’ve probably heard about the ride-share fever that’s sweeping through the 305, a game changer for anyone looking travel in Miami-Dade. Two app-based car services — UberX and Lyft — are currently motoring folks all over the county, despite the fact that well, it’s kind of illegal. Regardless,…
After he was forced out of Game 1 with cramps and had to be carried to the bench by Heat trainers, the Twittersphere began mocking LeBron James with a viral #LeBroning hashtag that showed people being carried in pain. In Game 2, LeBron took #LeBroning and bent it, torqued it,…
As LeBron James was losing a battle against debilitating muscle cramps, because he is, after all, a human and not a cyborg, energy-drink-maker Gatorade was getting all trolly with the King during the game. Or, at least whoever runs the Gatorade Twitter account was. Because they were laying it on…
Update: National Press Secretary for the Democratic Party Mike Czin has released a statement concerning Wasserman Schultz’s comments. “She was speaking as a mom and a member of congress on her personal concerns on a local issue,” Czin says. “The Democratic National Committee has not taken an official position on…
Last year after Ray Allen sprinted furiously to a corner, made Mike Breen yell “BAAAAAAAAAAAANG” and the Heat took a bat to San Antonio’s knees, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski collected on his bet with his San Antonio counterpart Gustavo García-Siller. Wenski received a sizable chunk of Texas barbecue and fajitas…
“I may have used the ‘N’ word while trying to protect myself from the immediate threat,” writes Wilton Manors Commissioner Ted Galatis, after he and his wife were involved in a road-rage incident near his home Sunday night. “I apologize for my use of the ‘N’ word,” he goes on…
The fall elections approach, and like clockwork, GOP operatives begin priming the faithful with horror stories of rampant Democratic Party voter fraud. How much substance is there to their tales of electoral chicanery, and how great is the need for stern measures to deter it? See also: Republican Voter Suppression…
Warning: the following story is sure to thaw out the most cold-blooded of SOBs or haters. You’ve been warned . . . Probably by the time you read this, a little boy from Coral Springs is living out his dream. We’re not talking about like a new bike or some…
The Spurs needed 90 percent shooting in the fourth quarter and the aid of a machine to beat LeBron James and the Miami Heat 110-95 Thursday night in San Antonio. The Heat took control of Game 1 in the third quarter of the NBA Finals matchup against the San Antonio…
A jury of six men and six women have recommended that James Herard, the former gang member convicted for the brutal 2008 Thanksgiving Day Dunkin’ Donuts robbery in Tamarac, be sentenced to death. Herard, 24, has already been sentenced to multiple counts of life imprisonment for the death of Kiem…
Former embattled Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner has been disbarred from practicing law by the Florida Supreme Court. Back in 2008, New Times broke the story of Gardiner’s improper sexual relationship with then-prosecutor and Assistant State Attorney Howard Scheinberg during a death penalty trial. Gardiner and Scheinberg had both been…
FAU announced recently that researchers at its Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) have signed a five-year lease to evaluate underwater turbines powered by ocean currents. The lease, which was granted by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), calls specifically for the researchers…
More than 100,000 cases have been reported in the Caribbean. About 53,000 have cropped up in the Dominican Republic. And South Floridians traveling to those two places might be responsible for bringing an epidemic home. Chikungunya, the oddly named disease that’s spread through mosquitoes, has infected 18 people in Florida…
There’s one rule about casinos: you always lose. No matter how much of your pocket change you dump into that slot machine, you’re always the sucker. That said, it’s eye-opening to see on a macro-level which casinos are actually making real money off you and your fellow suckers. Unfortunately for…
Has Mr. Horner lost his way to the house under the hill? Is old blind Bob having trouble finding the harbor of hope? Oh, don’t despair. It’s time for Just the Tips with the queen of concupiscence, Joy Taylor. Jonathan Zaslow: Just the Tips, we do it every week at…
Well. Here we are. The two best teams in the world ready to square off tonight at 9 on ABC. This 2014 NBA Finals is a rematch of last year’s Finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs. And it promises to be a doozy. With the series…
Biking in South Florida is dangerous — that can be said flatly. Last week, for instance, hundreds of cyclists from Miami to Delray Beach participated in a memorial event for fallen riders called the Ride of Silence. So after a cyclist took a bad fall over a wet grated bridge…
