So, apparently, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called Florida an “Apartheid State” and the “Selma of our time” and made a comparison between Gov. Rick Scott and historically racist 1960s Alabama Gov. George Wallace. Naturally, Scott is demanding an apology. Jackson made the comments while visiting the Dream Defenders, who are…
UPDATE: Police say they are still investigating the matter, but that no one was hospitalized, as some other outlets had reported. Bimini Boatyard Bar & Grill general manager, Jeff Hallick, had no comment when reached by New Times. The restaurant is currently open for business. Original post: Kitchen workers at…
You know, with all the crazy things going down in Florida, such as a law that makes it perfectly legal for a person to shoot and kill another person because they feel threatened, and with all the internet cafés being shut down to keep them dastardly old people from gambling,…
It appears that a couple of kids were left all alone in a West Palm Beach water park by their summer camp, making it either the most terrifying summer camp experience or the most AWESOME. The Department of Children and Families is investigating whether the camp, a Kids World of…
When the owner of Dirty Blondes finally issued a statement following his bouncers’ savage beatdown of a patron last Sunday — which was caught on video and has ignited a firestorm of criticism — his words were terse. “It looks like it was a bunch of troublemakers who came to…
Here’s the deal: West Palm Beach’s Downtown Development Authority, with the aid and assistance of WPB City Commissioner Shanon Materio and her family, has put together a summer series of work by two artists and one art dealer. One of the artists, glass sculptor Rick Eggert, is based in Martin…
Miami-Dade County Judge Antonio Marinhas has ordered Dwyane Wade to let his two sons visit their mother, Wade’s ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches. The boys, Zaire, 11, and Zion, 6, had been visiting their mother on a weekly basis, but after she staged a bizarre sit-in on the streets of Chicago where…
iPad, here we come! OK, so you’ll still be charged sales tax on certain things, but if you’re in the market for back-to-school stuff, clothing, or a computer, you’re in luck. Throughout Florida, sales tax is being waived from 12:01 a.m. this Friday until midnight Sunday, August 4. The more…
Everybody has a story, but not many are as extraordinary as David Menasche’s. Menasche, who grew up in Broward and became a teacher at Coral Reef Senior High School in Miami, will be releasing a book next January documenting his trip cross-country and the insights he gained from it. Brain…
A Florida man who was arrested for driving without a license on Sunday decided to have himself a pee party at his local police station. While in custody of the Gainesville Police, the man decided that he not only needed to take a piss but that doing it on an…
Apparently the Goodship Yeyo was headed to Blowtown, USA, because federal agents found themselves a boat with a crapload of cocaine earlier this month. U.S. Customs, Border Protection officers, and a Fort Lauderdale Marine Unit were called in to investigate a sinking boat that was being reported to have contained…
Yesterday, a video of three bouncers savagely beating down a patron, identified as Alexander Coelho, 29, went viral on the internet. After the man was bloodied, and his friend David Parker was also hit, the two men were arrested by local police. See the police report and mug shots here…
Ronald Brown, a former Tampa puppeteer who fantasized about murdering, cooking, and eating children, has been sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison on child porn charges. Brown, a former children’s entertainer as well as an active member of his church’s youth ministry, was arrested last year on charges…
The seemingly never-ending construction on the east Las Olas Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway will continue even later Tuesday night, which means the bridge will be closed to traffic until Wednesday morning. This means detours and irritation and confirmation that the Traffic Gods hate you. The bridge will be closed…
Video of what appeared to be a pilot whale that had beached itself at SeaWorld popped up on the internet on Monday, and predictably, people lost their minds over it. And for good reason. Not only did the the whale appear to be distressed and in trouble but workers at…
Last December at an agency Christmas party, Boynton Beach cop Drew Murphy allegedly laid down one of the flyest pickup lines this side of the Fresh Prince on a fellow cop and his wife: “What’s the matter,” he told Troy and Alison Raines, “you guys don’t want to have crazy…
It’s hard to hang onto a reporter’s notebook when a pro dominatrix is smacking your ass. That’s the lesson Scary Mary Santa is literally hammering into a visitor touring her new Fort Lauderdale dungeon. She’s showing off her Saint Andrew’s Cross, a domination rack where willing slaves (and reluctant reporters)…
Two South Florida parks, the Dry Tortugas and Biscayne National Park, have been voted part of the Top Ten “Sexiest National Parks” in America on sugar-daddy travel website MissTravel.com, a “destination-dating” site that hooks up “attractive” travelers with “generous” ones. According to the company’s public relations manager, Jennifer Gwynn, 8,500…
A series of massive explosions rocked Lake County near Orlando late Monday night. According to several reports, the explosions began around 11 p.m. at Blue Rhino, a propane gas company, at the 300 block of County Road 448. Multiple injuries have been reported. Several homes in the area have been…
For the second time in a year, Port St. Lucie cops were called to the home of a cat lady living with a horde of cats that had taken over the home. This time around, however, she was arrested for child neglect when it was discovered that her two teen…
An Escambia County man was shot by sheriff’s deputies in the driveway of his home after he went to get a cigarette out of his mother’s car. Roy Middleton, 60, was hospitalized after being shot in the leg at about 2:42 a.m. Saturday. “It was like a firing squad,” he…
Last week, Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey was given the opportunity to talk about his and twin-brother Maurkice’s (of the Pittsburgh Steelers) “Free Hernandez” hat flap. Maurkice had apologized for the lapse in judgment days earlier, but when Mike was given the same opportunity by the media, he said only,…
