Esteban Marcelo Guzman-Santiago, of Fort Lauderdale, received death wishes on Facebook after users thought he was the gunman who opened fire at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
On a hot summer day in June 1966, Norman Wade was shopping in the Russ Supermarket in Pompano Beach when the store’s owner reached out and slapped him. Wade, who’s black, was 10 years old. The store owner was white. Racial change was in the air; two years earlier, the…
You know the drill: It’s New Year’s resolution time, so put on your big-boy pants and put your energy toward accomplishing something you feel will result in a better version of you this time next year. Every late December, people pinpoint something they feel they can improve about themselves, but…
Voice Media Group announced today it has completed the combination of its South Florida publications, Miami New Times and New Times Broward-Palm Beach. Moving forward, the company’s award-winning editorial coverage and business operations will be handled through Miami New Times, a consolidation consistent with VMG’s nationwide emphasis on expanding its…
The Christmas hangover is real. Every year around this time, we feel it. The anticipation and build-up to Christmas has come and gone, and all you have left is a Magic 8-Ball, a panini-maker, a glass chess set, and some red jeans to show for it. You’re feeling down …
Three-card poker might be a contributor to the dissolution of an agreement between the state and the Seminoles. So why did the Isle casino recently begin offering it? It’s in the details…
State investigators find exotic animals wasting away at the decayed wildlife facility Animal Adventures.
Dear Stoner: What are some ways to tastefully incorporate weed into Christmas morning? Holly Dear Kim: Christmas is all about getting cozy, so keep that in mind as visions of sugar nugs dance in your head. And nothing is cozier than Christmas cookies and cocoa, both of which you can…
The Miami Dolphins are shockingly not bad. This is a revelation that continues to prove itself as fact on a weekly basis, regardless of how few people believe it to be true. Unlike Santa’s sleigh in the movie Elf, Christmas spirit nor belief in the 2016 Miami Dolphins is a…
By now you’ve undoubtedly made your Christmas list, but with less than a week until Christmas Day, it’s time to check it twice. Did you forget anyone? Maybe your brother-in-law? What about your friend from work? How about your friend’s Mom, who always gives you something? What about your city?…
Remember all those trivial things that seemed so important to you as a kid? Yeah, those things don’t matter much anymore. Adulting is hard, and the bigger responsibilities in life tend to push out all the nonsense that got us riled up as children. But hating…
If you’re going on vacation, your cat should too. That’s the idea behind MeowLux, one of South Florida’s few all-inclusive, cat-only luxury boarding facilities. It is designed specifically for furry feline companions. Here, your cat can lounge in spacious suites on mini sofa beds, watch mice scurry across an in-room…
If you think there’s a certain strain that helps you keep it up or keep it going, then buy up as much as you can.
Gary Catronio stands in the middle of his daughter Marisa’s small bedroom inside a tidy Coral Springs home. A portly New Yorker with a head of white hair and a trimmed white beard, he is careful not to bump or knock anything over. He points to a pile of women’s…
Every year around this time, we here in South Florida are reminded that we are, well, here. While the rest of the country is battling the elements, we’re checking our weather apps in hopes that Mother Nature will dip the temperature down into the 60s every once in a while so we…
The Dolphins are on the outside looking in at the AFC playoff picture. That’s what a humiliating 38-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens did to a team clinging to postseason hopes. Now, Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals is as close to a must-win as you’re going to see in the…
A year ago, Governor Rick Scott had worked out a compact with the Seminoles for $3 billion. That’s $3 billion more than the state is likely going to get now.
The weather outside definitely isn’t frightful, but nonetheless, we are smack-dab in the middle of the holiday season in South Florida. How do we know it’s that time of year again? The calendar. If we’re being honest, it’s pretty much just the calendar. OK, there are a couple of other sure-fire…
If a player gets legal medical marijuana and then fails an NFL drug test, who wins?
Just after sunrise on a muggy September morning, Steve Dutton and Tom Lang sip coffee at a sidewalk table in downtown Miami. Steve, who has warm brown eyes and an easy smile, drinks black coffee from La Provence; his husband of 11 years, Tom, blue-eyed behind the oval-shaped lenses of…
With Inauguration Day looming ever nearer, Mariana Martinez fears all her dreams and academic work, along with her family’s efforts to acculturate in the U.S., are now at risk of being unraveled with the stroke of a pen by Donald Trump.
Six days after Thanksgiving and with Christmas in the air, Fort Lauderdale police this week confiscated the belongings of more than a half-dozen homeless people in downtown Fort Lauderdale adjacent to Stranahan Park, where they reside. Among the items taken Wednesday were a woman’s family photos. Following the script…
