His name sounds funny to Americans, but presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan says it’s totally normal in Hungary, from where his parents hail. Istvan himself was born in Los Angeles and worked for National Geographic for years — a job that led him to explore science, particularly the concept of transhumanism,…
A man claimed that there was a bomb onboard a Palm Tran bus as he exited the bus. According to multiple reports, Greenacres Police say that the incident, which happened around 11:50 a.m. Wednesday morning, forced the bus to be evacuated. All those who were on the bus were evacuated…
Fort Lauderdale Police say they have little information on the death of Florida International University student Kellie Fulliove over the weekend in Fort Lauderale. But they say the death does not appear suspicious. According to police, Fullilove, 19, died while attending an off-campus frat party at Bahia Mar hotel, located at…
Last night, the New York Times published a pretty damning story headlined “Ben Carson Is Struggling to Grasp Foreign Policy, Advisers Say.” It quotes one of his advisers saying they tried to “make him smart” but that Carson just wasn’t understanding complex international relations. Now, we need to get to…
After years of neighbor complaints, a New Times investigation, and two contentious hearings before a Fort Lauderdale City Magistrate, time might be running out for Crescent House, the privately-run group home housing troubled kids in the state’s custody. Late on Tuesday, the city released final orders issued by the special…
As racial tensions made headlines throughout America this summer and gave rise to the #BlackLivesMatter movement, some Hollywood, Florida streets that are currently named after Confederate generals — Forrest, Hood, and Lee Streets — were spraypainted in protest, with someone on social media taking responsibility under the hashtag #BlackOutWhiteSupremacy. Some…
The wacky world of YouTubers is saturated with weird, interesting, funny, and bizarre channels. And then there’s the YouTubers based in South Florida. From a couple of young girls who introduced the world to chongas, to a lady who invented an exercise where you basically trot around like a horse,…
Gov. Rick Scott and six other governors closing the door on Syrian refugees and turning them away would be “nothing less than signing a death warrant for tens of thousands,” a coalition of humanitarian and refugee resettlement leaders said on Tuesday. On Monday, Scott joined several other governors in refusing to accept…
A true star among the internet’s crank-o-sphere, Florida Atlantic University professor James Tracy has never missed the opportunity to poke holes in public tragedy. When Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, leaving 16 students and teachers dead, Tracy earned the ire of the internet by…
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, his face contorted in a scowl, doesn’t get up to greet Alex Villalobos when the big-eyed 42-year-old state senator enters the dimly lit office connected to the executive suite of Tallahassee’s Capitol building. It’s early May 2006, shortly after the last day of the legislative session,…
The Florida Supreme Court has canceled the December 8 oral arguments on medical marijuana after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that her office would not be challenging the constitutional amendment. After coming two percentage points of having medical marijuana legalized in last November’s election, United for Care renewed their efforts to get…
Rick Scott has asked Congress to keep about 425 Syrian refugees from being located to Florida. The Sunshine State is joining Alabama, Michigan, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Indiana, Illinois and Massachusetts as states that have come out and said they will not be taking in Syrian refugees in the wake of last…
For Davia Bradshaw, her situation has gone from bad to worse. At the end of October, the 36-year-old Broward woman lost her apartment, sending the single mom into the houses of friends and family with her 3-year-old daughter, Ashton. The circumstances would have been hard for any small family, but…
In the wake of the terrorist attack in Paris that left at least 129 dead and countless others wounded, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush came out talking tough about ISIS. During an interview on Meet the Press Sunday, Bush came out and said that the U.S. should declare war on…
According to the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), at least two mosques in the states have received phone calls threatening terror. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is said to be investigating and CAIR is calling for the perpetrators to be found and charged with hate…
The Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida is poised to honor Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday at its annual BlueGreen Event for his work in fish and wildlife conservation. The foundation, which is a citizen support group of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), promises the event will…
A woman who was in a brief standoff with SWAT on Wednesday turns out to be a minor YouTube celebrity named Nina Santiago. And, as it goes with YouTube celebs, she shot a video moments before she was arrested. Santiago, whose real name is Denisse Muniztorres, was taken into custody on…
Police shootings have been on a front-burner all year, from the ugly quick drawn in Cleveland, Ohio that led to the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, to the shots fired that took the life recently of Corey Jones in Palm Beach Gardens. Expect them to be on the front-burner moving…
Black Lives Matter Alliance Broward is planning a protest this morning to “highlight systemic police and prosecutorial failures as witnessed in their handling of the shooting of Jermaine McBean.” According to a press release, the group says it plans a dramatization of the shooting and spoken word related to police…
When Florida’s week-long bear hunt ended at 9 p.m. October 25, officials initially said the number of bears killed was 295. But that figure has ticked up to 304 as additional information trickled in, said representatives from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission today in a media call Said…
Officer Nouman Raja has been let go from the police department, the City of Palm Beach Gardens has announced. Raja, who remains under investigation over the shooting death of Corey Jones, is being terminated by the force effective 5:00 p.m. Thursday. “The independent criminal investigation into the Officer-Involved Shooting that occurred…
When three Loxahatchee farms — Rancho Garcia, G.A. Paso Fino, and Medina Farm —were closed in a massive raid involving about 150 police officers on October 13, it was said to be the hugest-ever bust for animal cruelty in U.S. history. Animal rights activists with the group Animal Recovery Mission…
