From Burmese pythons to Lion fish to rock pythons to giant African snails, Florida is home to a plethora of invasive species. And now, the latest animal threatening to eat all of the things in the Everglades and other parts of the wild, is a particularly jerky thing called the…
The NFL is close to implementing a new rule where the use of the N-word will be banned. This is more a less a reaction to the Dolphins’ bullying scandal where Richie Incognito and others used racial slurs to taunt other players and a team trainer. The NFL rule would…
The University of Miami community was saddened to hear that former football player Jojo Nicolas died around 5 p.m. Wednesday after a horrific crash involving a semi-trailer truck on the MacArthur Causeway Tuesday. Fans, students, and Nicolas’ former teammates took to Twitter to send their prayers and communicate their grief…
Thanks to a lot of hard workers hawking petitions in parking lots, not to mention the shifting pop cultural sands, it looks like Florida has a fighting chance for legalizing medical marijuana. Come November, we’ll find out. But as with any political movement, despite best intentions and hopes, it’s money…
Update: According to TMZ, Incognito smashed and dented the car himself. The Scottsdale Police Department say that Incognito admitted to them that he was the one that took a baseball bat to his own Ferrari, though police aren’t saying what set him off. So, it’s official, Richie Incognito bullied his…
Just south of Oakland Park Boulevard on I-95, drivers turn to stare at an eye-catching billboard. It shows a picture of an adorable golden retriever and this striking web address: KillThisPet.com. The website offers the same picture with a devilish choice: You can either save the pup or kill it…
Florida Power & Light could soon be allowed to run power lines through Everglades National Park. They would deliver power from Turkey Point nuclear power plant to points north. The National Park Service is accepting public input on the matter until March 18. Here’s the backstory, as explained by Matt…
The brunt of winter is over, and the median age of South Florida’s population is in for a sharp decline. The snowbirds are migrating north, and college kids are coming south, ready to embark on a week of sunshine and binge drinking. Even though Fort Lauderdale Beach is a shell…
A stage visionary redefines the way South Florida sees theater. A thrift-shop connoisseur turns his love of collecting into an art career. A musician describes himself as “half Cuban Native Indian, half German Anunnaki wolf.” You can say a lot of things about 2014’s MasterMind Award finalists, but you can’t…
In case you weren’t aware, the Miami Heat are just better than every other basketball team on the planet. Not just because they’ve been to the NBA Finals three years in a row, and won the Finals two years in a row. And not just because they have Dwyane Wade,…
Former PGA champion and sometimes Palm Beach Gardens visitor Steve Elkington did that thing athletes and celebrities do and said some dumb things on his Twitter. Specifically, Elkington ripped ESPN’s coverage of openly gay Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, calling the sports network’s reportage “embarrassing” and attempting what was a…
In case you’ve been trapped under something heavy, Arizona is looking to go all-in on being terrible with a proposed bill that would allow business owners of that state to refuse service to gay and lesbian consumers based on religious grounds. The news of Arizona going all Alabama Circa 1963…
On Tuesday, a West Palm Beach federal jury heard all about a Margate man’s masterful plot to try and murder his lover’s husband by blowing him up with a homemade iPhone-controlled car bomb he learned how to build from watching YouTube. Shockingly, things did not go according to plan. Richard…
It feels like just yesterday Justin Bieber was in our neck of the woods allegedly blocking off a Miami Beach roadway, drag-racing with R&B singer Khalil and being snarky with the po-po. The Biebz was placed under arrest for failing a field sobriety test, resisting arrest, and driving with an…
God bless our local TV newscasters. They hustle day in and day out to bring you all the locally relevant information that you need to know. They tell you what the weather is going to be, where the latest car-jacking took place, and how much the watermelon that won the…
Bitcoin is a nascent digital currency that people both love and fear. It can be easily transferred around the world but subverts established banks and monetary institutions. (We explained it here recently.) Proponents say Bitcoin can empower poor people in developing countries who don’t have access to banks and capital…
The United States Association of Reptile Keepers wants the government to lift the ban on bringing invasive snakes and reptiles into places like the Everglades. According to a lawsuit filed by the Keepers, the science behind banning people from introducing snakes into an ecosystem they absolutely do not belong in…
About 50 or so protesters showed up at Marco Rubio’s offices in Palm Beach County to show the senator their support and protest the Venezuelan government. On Monday, Rubio took to the floor and gave what is probably the best speech of his political career, as he condemned Venezuelan President…
Broward County could be opening at least one Vegas-style casino thanks to a new gambling proposal introduced via the Florida Senate on Monday. The new proposal would give both Broward and Miami-Dade counties one new casino each, as well as give other casinos across the state a boatload of new…
A big-ass brawl with a machete and pool cues apparently broke out at a Davie bar on Sunday. There were also bar stools involved in the melee. According to police, the fight broke out at the Big Dawgs Sports Cafe, located at 13010 W. St. Road 84, after a patron…
Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a huge d-bag. John McNally, 43, is no friend to the elderly, and he probably hates dogs, little kids, baseball, the Olympics, and America too. The Boca Raton resident was out driving with his wife and 4-year-old daughter on Sunday when he flipped his…
Yesterday, 80 environmental activists from Earth First! protested at the Juno Beach headquarters of Florida Power & Light. Their mission was to bring attention to a proposed power plant in Hendry County. But there’s another concern about FPL: possible problems at the nuclear plant in St. Lucie. Tubes inside generators…
