There are a good six months before Election Day, and Scott is not holding back on attacking Charlie Crist. He’s also not holding back on how much money he’s willing to spend doing it, nor in what language. Scott is eyeing a full-on campaign of wooing Hispanic voters by launching…
The Livingston Award for Young Journalists is kind of a Pulitzer Prize for the under-35 set. It honors good writing by those who have yet to grow thick around the middle and thin on top. New Times has often done well in these awards. Bob Norman, our columnist in Broward…
Fort Lauderdale is set to pass ordinances that would make an already difficult life for the city’s homeless even more so. During a public workshop in January, it was announced that the city planned to pass ordinances that would effectively ban groups from sharing food with the homeless and make…
It was a showdown for the ages: a drag queen facing off against a Ku Klux Klansman. And the battle weapon? A flaming tiki torch. No, this wasn’t the product of a febrile imagination but what Halloween revelers in 2012 watched unfold at the outdoor costume party at Georgie’s Alibi…
Disney fanatics can hardly wait until May 28, when a new roller coaster is fully open to the public at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando. The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train looks not unlike Thunder Mountain, with a train going over faux boulders…
Environmental groups made up of 350 South Florida, 350.org, Sierra Club, and CREDO will hold a news conference outside of Florida Sen. Bill Nelson’s office Monday to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline. Congress is a mere four votes away from passing a bill that would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline…
The Broward school district should apologize to a fifth-grade boy at Park Lakes Elementary School in Lauderdale Lakes because a teacher prohibited him from reading the Bible during a free reading period, according to a Dallas-based legal group that advocates for religious freedom. The Liberty Institute — which represents Paul…
The Miami Heat’s second-round opponent was finally decided Sunday when the Brooklyn Nets eked by the Toronto Raptors in a 104-103 Game 7 victory. The Nets took down Miami in all four of their regular season games this season, lending to the narrative that the Heat are now in big,…
If polls mean anything at all, Florida is going to be legalizing medical marijuana come next year. In March, a University of North Florida poll said 74 percent of Floridians support and will vote “yes” for Proposition 2 in November, which would legalize the use of medical marijuana. On Monday,…
A Florida gay marriage case — known in the federal court system as James Domer Brenner et al., v. Rick Scott, which challenges Florida’s refusal to recognize gay marriages that are performed legally elsewhere (Brenner and his partner married in Canada) — is sure to be one of the landmark…
Of all the murders that have been committed over the past five years, almost 100 were committed by people who were registered users of Stormfront, a West Palm Beach-based website for “white nationalists,” according to a report released April 17 by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC says that…
Sebastian Gonzales is a 28-year-old former defensive end at Florida International University who knows how to eat. And when it comes to fast food, his allegiances are crystal-clear. “I was obsessed with Chicken Kitchen and addicted to their food,” he says of the South Florida chain. “I was eating there…
A bill that would’ve allowed people to walk around with concealed guns — even if they do not have concealed weapons permits — during riots or natural disasters was killed in the Florida Legislature last week. And the NRA is upset. Had it passed, SB 296 would have made it…
Broward County circuit judge, and misdemeanor drug court judge, Gisele Pollack, who has had a history of substance abuse, including one time when she arrived to work drunk, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Friday morning in Plantation. Pollack, who just a month ago took leave…
Most of us have no idea what Cinco de Mayo is about — its origins, reasons for celebrating, or what it even means. What we do know, however, is that it’s another excuse to get plastered. And that’s cool. This is South Florida. We need no real reasons to get…
The latest numbers say that about 980,000 Floridians have signed up for private insurance through Obamacare. That’s up from 440,000 in February and March. And, as the AP correctly predicted weeks ago, the state is well on its way to blowing out its original projections. For his part, Charlie Crist…
This week’s grievance hearing on FAU’s firing of dolphin rescue expert Stephen McCulloch — after 16 years of high-profile service — was over almost before it began, with FAU lawyer Lawrence Glick storming from the room and threatening to call the cops to clear the room of McCulloch’s supporters. See…
A US combat vet from South Florida with two tours of duty in Afghanistan under his belt is unfortunately stuck in another tough spot. On April 1, Andrew Tahmooressi steered his black Ford pickup over the border into Mexico. Now a month later, he’s reportedly chained to a cot in…
Laura Flynn remembers the first time she met a Scientologist. Living in Clearwater — also known as Flag Land Base or Mecca by L. Ron Hubbard’s acolytes — she had unknowingly come into contact with them countless times. The 56-year-old, who describes herself as “good country people,” didn’t ask questions,…
A video uncovered by CBS 12 shows Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office deputies beating, tasing, and pepper-spraying an alleged suspect. The deputies say the man resisted arrest after the deputies pulled him over on the night of November 28, 2013. Of particular note is that one of the officers is Deputy…
At Vista View Park in Davie, four baby burrowing owls are prompting some wacky human activity. Burrowing owls are protected in Florida. Their populations are threatened because of habitat destruction that has come as humans develop natural areas. These days, the owls often build their burrows in open fields they…
Six same-sex couples who sued the state back in January have asked a state court to rule that Florida’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. According to Equality Florida, the couples’ motion, filed Thursday, asserts that Florida’s marriage ban cannot stand in light of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
