This week, November 12-20, is National Homeless and Hunger Awareness Week. And given the election of President-Elect Donald Trump, who once tried to chase homeless veterans off Fifth Avenue, it’s time to pay attention…
Across Florida, there are currently more people living in prisons than on college campuses. Shay Chery, a 30-year-old Pompano Beach-based poet and activist, believes that most of them are fundamentally good people who have made bad decisions. That belief — combined with the experience of one of her cousins…
With Rick Scott finally reaching his term limit in 2018, we’re already hearing talk of who might potentially succeed him. One name, however, is notably absent: Armando Christian Perez, AKA Pitbull. It’s hard to make the argument that anyone could hold Pitbull’s song lyrics against him when half the country (and…
As the shock of Hillary Clinton’s defeat settles in, it’s easy to feel powerless and hopeless. Though her supporters weren’t able to keep Trump’s backers from showing up to the polls in record numbers, it’s crucial…
Dear Stoner: I’ve tried sativas and indicas, and they’re all fine and dandy, but I’m looking for something more in the middle. What are some good hybrids that are actually hybrids? Happy Jack Dear Jack: All hybrids are actually hybrids. In fact, nearly all of the strains you’ll find nowadays…
Let’s get this out of the way first: November 9 was a terrible day for Florida. We decided that a man who once starred in a stuffed-crust pizza commercial was more presidential than the former secretary of state and voted to give Marco Rubio his job back despite the…
Welcome back, Miami Dolphins; we’ve been waiting for you. The team’s unexpected transformation from a 1-4 team about to lie on a roster grenade into a playoff contender has been magnificent. It’s something this town is thirsty for, and it comes at exactly the right time. The comeback started just…
A court victory that gives the Seminoles blackjack for the next 15 years gives them leverage, so legislators might be more willing to knuckle down.
Forty feet above Hollywood, Raymond Brown helps his friend Douglas “Hoxxoh” Hoekzema sketch out a design on the side of a new luxury high-rise. The two stand side by side on a narrow platform suspended over the side of the towering condo building. After weeks of work, they’re nearly finished…
Heads turned when Gregory Leznevich walked into the Westin Fort Lauderdale on election night and headed for the Broward GOP’s watch party. A few people did a double take: Could that be Donald Trump himself? In Broward County? Tonight? Leznevich, a resident of Deerfield Beach, looks a lot like Donald…
Broward is Florida’s largest Democratic county. The day after election night will surely be a somber one as residents pluck their “Clinton-Kaine” and “I’m With Her” signs from their yards. But at least one person in the county is celebrating. After Donald Trump fired him on The Apprentice 12 years…
Scientific studies have shown that being exposed to large amounts of marijuana smoke in an unventilated room — aka hotboxing — can increase your heart rate while decreasing cognitive skills, but the conditions have to be extreme.
So. Last night was fun! We learned that our calculations were off and America, in fact, contains more racist white people than were previously accounted for. Also Florida, the one state that has the most to lose as a result of climate change, saw fit to elect…
By the end of the day, we should know who will be the next president. Key word: should. As we all learned back in 2000, things can end up going very wrong. This time around, though, if we end up in a deadlock thanks to some ballot-related debacle, chances are…
The blond corpse floats in a blood-filled bathtub.The face bobs just barely above the surface. She wears nothing but a thong. Her hands are tied with a ribbed fabric sash. The feet are bound with a beige electrical cord. Stab wounds dot her body. The sprawling Mediterranean-style home is a…
Over the weekend, Donald Trump supporters showed up at early voting sites in West Palm Beach. Videos show them at the West Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections office shouting with bullhorns at voters and breaching the 100-foot electioneering line mandated by Florida law. It got so bad that the Palm…
Officials at the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have said for decades that the orca Lolita’s tank at Miami Seaquarium meets federal regulations. They argue the concrete wall in the killer whale’s tank does not violate minimum space requirements. However, Rebecca Lent, director of the…
Ever since BSO deputies fatally shot Gregory Frazier while he was eating chicken wings in his Pompano Beach backyard, his sister, Deborah Frazier, hasn’t been able to sleep through the night. In her dreams, she hears the gunshots that killed him ring out over and over. “They murdered a part…
As election day (and the possibility of ending up with an orange-faced, pussy-grabbing baboon as president) nears, a new Tinder-like app is bringing Hillary Clinton and Jill Stein supporters together. It’s called #NeverTrump, and it pairs Hillary Clinton supporters in blue states with Jill Stein supporters in swing states so they can swap votes to…
All South Florida fans want right now is something to believe in. This weekend they just might find it at Hard Rock Stadium around 4 p.m. The Dolphins take on the New York Jets this Sunday in a game that is as important for the Wild Card race as it is for the overall sanity of South Florida sports fans.
Delray Beach Mayor Cary Glickstein made an entrance at Tuesday night’s commission. He was wearing a shaggy blond wig and a red cap that read “Make America Great Again” — except “America” had been crossed out and “Delray” had been scribbled above it. The audience chuckled and snapped photos. Glickstein didn’t break…
Kennadi Brink wrestled her first singles match for Ring of Honor, one of the most well-respected wrestling promotions in the country, two weeks ago in Fort Lauderdale. Her foray into professional wrestling began at a local wrestling show where, she says, “I was helping out in a skirt and high heels, and…
