Experts say a recent class-action lawsuit filed in Florida signals a growing need for more stringent regulation and enforcement of the hemp and CBD industries in the state. The suit alleges the Fort Lauderdale company Diamond CBD and the Denver-based First Capital Venture Co. misrepresented the amount of CBD in…
Yesterday the Miami Dolphins played arguably the most important game at Hard Rock Stadium since, well, when was El Clásico? Fans were treated to a textbook showdown between two winless teams that were maybe, probably, arguably trying to out-suck each other in what can only be referred to as the 2019 Tank Bowl.
Thursday Who’s ready to gamble for a good cause? The Fort Lauderdale-based law firm Freedland Harwin Valori is sponsoring a Poker Tournament on Thursday at Carolina Ale House in Weston. Proceeds from the event benefit Harvest Drive Florida, which provides necessities to Broward County Public Schools’ families throughout the year…
Perhaps you have heard the news — the Miami Dolphins are *not* having a superfantastic football season. They are not the greatest football team, and they most definitely are not moving the ball from goal to goal like no one has ever seen.
The theater scene reigns triumphant this weekend as a powerful production drafted by an iconic playwright opens the season in downtown West Palm Beach. Two other stage performances are continuing their runs, one in Boca Raton, the other in Delray Beach. But not all the area action this weekend takes…
The greyhound industry isn’t taking defeat well. After unsuccessfully suing to keep a measure banning dog racing off the Florida ballot last year, greyhound breeders and trainers are headed back to court. This time, they’re arguing that the ban — approved by 69 percent of state voters in the 2018 election — strips their dogs of their earning potential.
A person barred from buying a gun under Florida law is also prohibited from buying ammunition — but currently, there’s nothing to stop them from going to a gun shop and walking out with a few boxes of ammo.
SeaQuest Fort Lauderdale is selling tickets on its website, but the controversial sea-life attraction, which had been slated to open early in the fall at the Galleria, appears not to be anywhere near completion. Walk around the east side of the Galleria’s third floor and, other than Powerhouse Gym and…
We now interrupt your regularly scheduled column about the Miami Dolphins for some urgent, breaking, and exclusive sports-related content. A Dolphins fan has done a thing, and you should know about it.
Hollywood police officer Matthew Barbieri is facing a battery charge after home security video footage showed him hitting a handcuffed suspect, Broward State Attorney Mike Satz announced Friday, October 4. Prosecutors filed the first-degree misdemeanor charge against Barbieri, 34, on Thursday for the August 6, 2019, incident.
Clifford Williams Jr. and his nephew Hubert Myers spent more than four decades in prison for a murder they didn’t commit. The men were at a party in Jacksonville in the early hours of May 2, 1976, when two women in a nearby apartment were shot while they slept.
This week is full of genuine fun including ‘Music Bingo’, a Harry Potter bar/trivia crawl and the start of Florida Brewery Running Series’ second season.
In a recent Facebook post, Pembroke Pines Commissioner Jay Schwartz wrote a single sentence in simple white text on a purple background: “I am sure you will agree, we don’t need Dade County politics in Pembroke Pines.” What came next was a flood of confused comments followed by much debate and…
Season – with a capital “S” – is quickly returning to South Florida. And with it, the excellent bands, terrific musicians, comic and serious theater offerings, and special museum exhibits that are part of the October-to-May segment of the Sunshine State calendar. Actually, two venues are opening their seasons this…
The devastation on Great Abaco wasn’t apparent at first. While the pilot we’d paid $1,300 for the 45-minute flight from Nassau began the plane’s descent, the teal-and-cobalt Atlantic gave way to vast expanses of jagged green spits bordering shallow, sandy lagoons. A grounded boat lying on its side some 500 yards inland was the first indication of what was to come.
The good news is that on Sunday, the Miami Dolphins looked better than they have all season. They even had a lead at one point! The bad news is the Miami Dolphins have been so bad this season that getting quietly thumped by the San Diego Chargers 30-10 qualifies as progress.
Florida is back to draining swamps, and for once, it’s not the Everglades. Long considered one of the most corrupt places in the country, the Sunshine State is apparently raising the bar when it comes to transparency around ethics enforcement.
South Florida sports fans have some unfortunate recent experience with ranking near last. Between the Marlins losing 100 games, the Heat missing the playoffs, and the Dolphins doing their damnedest to ensure they don’t win a game again this year, rooting on the local teams has been quite the chore…
In April, veteran CBS Miami investigative reporter Jim DeFede released a scathing report about two contractors at Miami International and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International airports, in which workers alleged they were grossly underpaid, neglected, faced cockroach infestations, and had to create a food pantry so their underpaid coworkers could eat.
Just before 4 a.m. January 15, a Miami-Dade man woke up in his car outside a strip club with bruises on his face, his extremities bound, and his hands gruesomely burned.
PETA filed a request early Thursday, calling for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to terminate the federal exhibitor license for SeaQuest in an attempt to stop the aquarium and petting zoo operator from opening in Fort Lauderdale.
Hang out with some otters, Blue October and mermaids to end September and kick off the new month.
