Last Tuesday, Kate Ranta received a notice in the mail: In a month’s time, she’d need to fly down to Florida and appear at the Broward County courthouse to testify against her ex-husband, Thomas Maffei. In 2012, while they were going through divorce proceedings, Maffei had shown up unannounced at…
Last year dozens of animal-rights activists held signs in front of Santa’s Enchanted Forest to protest the Christmas-themed park’s use of exotic animals in shows. One of their targets was tigers that performed in pens while cotton-candy-eating guests watched from aluminum bleachers. “I want to see these exotic animals…
One of the many alarming aspects of the current presidential race is the way Donald Trump routinely conflates Islam with terrorism — calling, at times, for all Muslims to be barred from entering the United States. It’s been cited as one of the factors contributing to a documented increase in hate crimes…
At 4 p.m. yesterday, three white men cheered for Donald Trump outside the Hillary Clinton rally at Delevoe Memorial Park, near Sistrunk. They held signs calling Hillary a liar and stating that she belongs in prison. It was a demonstration organized by Shalom International, a Jewish group led by controversial activist Bob Kunst.
Whether you are a nasty woman or a bad hombre, this election cycle has been some kind of joke. And soon the electorate will deliver its punch line. “GOP, you’re fired!” Though the boundless bizarre badinage of the presidential race is getting more attention than your 13-year-old cousin on Instagram,…
As activists took to the streets to protest the police shooting deaths of Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, and others, two Palm Beach law partners wanted to do more. Malik Leigh and Danielle Watson were frustrated that only these victims’ deaths were discussed. Now they’re working to convert an…
First, the good news: So far, there are no confirmed reports of people wearing blackface and claiming that they’re being Kodak Black for Halloween. Good job, everybody! The bad news: A lot of you still dressed up as Kodak Black, just without the blackface. And you…
With his trusty German shepherd in tow, Rodney Irwin drives past a state mental hospital at the edge of the Everglades and pulls into the brush. A machete rests on the floorboard beneath his feet, and a gallon of his favorite drink — Walmart-brand black-cherry soda mixed with orange Gatorade…
October has been the deadliest month for drug overdoses in Delray Beach. As of October 19, the city’s police force reported 38 overdoses, nine of them deadly. Though cops, firefighters, and experts continue to warn about the dangers of mixing heroin with fentanyl and carfentanil, it seems…
Dear Stoner: The holidays are coming up, and I’m thinking about getting a seasonal job for extra income. Something with low responsibility, like retail or working with Christmas trees. I enjoy cannabis recreationally. Do you have any advice on how to surreptitiously find places of employment that do not conduct…
Are you a soon-to-be deposed dictator, a drug lord tired of stashing your cash in Home Depot buckets, or a recently minted tech billionaire? Do you dream of calling South Florida’s muggy tropical climate home? If so, here are three real estate opportunities that may interest you. The good people at Point2Homes have ranked…
On December 29, 2015, Harold “Hal” Howard, 76, showed up at the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office headquarters in Belle Glade saying that he wanted to report an assault. He told officers he’d been leaving a friend’s house in his Dodge Ram pickup truck nine days earlier when he spotted kids…
It may have been just one regular season game in October against the putrid Orlando Magic, but the Miami Heat’s 108-96 win in Wednesday’s season opener has both Heat fans and the team itself feeling pretty damn good about themselves. The 2016-17 season promises to be like no other Heat campaign…
This Halloween weekend, locals plan to protest the Hollywood street named after Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the unscrupulous character that President Ulysses S. Grant referred to as “the Devil.”
Family court doesn’t get a whole lot of attention. It lacks the gritty, made-for-TV drama of criminal court and typically doesn’t have many of the high-stakes multimillion-dollar lawsuits found in civil court. But it has just as much drama, pathos, and corruption as any other wing of the courthouse…
Female serial killers like Judi “Black Widow” Buenano and Aileen Wuornos once walked the grounds of the Broward Correctional Institution on the far western reaches of Pembroke Pines. Shuttered in 2012, the maximum-security female prison is abandoned, overtaken by weeds and satanic graffiti.
If you missed last night’s Senate debate between Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy because you were watching the World Series, carving Donald Trump’s face onto a pumpkin, or walking your dog, congratulations, you made the right decision. Murphy attacked Rubio for supporting Donald Trump, Rubio attacked Murphy for being a…
After spending months beefing about where and when they’ll debate, and in what language, Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy will face each other at Broward College tonight for the second — and likely last — time. As New Times reported last week, things aren’t looking good for Rubio right now. Thanks in part to…
In 1985, Marco Rubio spent his early summer living in a small house facing a tepid canal just north of Bird Road in West Kendall. Cages full of squawking macaws filled the acre yard. And a major drug ring stored kilos of cocaine in a spare bedroom, sliced it into…
Since the effects of climate change could drastically blur Florida’s current coastline, many locals say that having a president in the Oval Office who is ready to address the issue and curb its impact on Americans’ lives is not just preferred but necessary.
When Jill Hyman Gallo pulled up to her Delray Beach townhouse Saturday afternoon, a tiny person in a black hoodie with a creepy mask was waiting eerily beside her driver’s side window. Gallo’s teenage daughter seated beside her initially laughed. The single mother of two shrieked in terror. The disturbing figure…
When Harvey Daniels, trim and broad-shouldered in a V-neck tee, walks into the one-room office with views of Biscayne Bay, the IV bag is already waiting for him. Its liquid a shade of amber, the bag dangles from a chain hooked to the ceiling. Dr. Ivan Rusilko stands from behind…
