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…
The attorney of the husband of Bernardo Elbaz has released video that shows the 35-year old falling into the ocean from a ship balcony moments after arguing with staff security of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas last week. Miami-based attorney Michael Winkleman says that the video shows that Elbaz…
The co-workers of the Boca-based real estate company that were killed in a jet crash in Akron, Ohio on Tuesday have set up a gofundme to raise money for their families. On Tuesday, a small plane carrying nine people slammed into an apartment building in Akron, killing all nine on…
The story of the events surrounding the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student who was beaten and left tied to a fence to die, will be presented as a musical drama written for the opera stage. Fort Lauderdale resident Michael W. Ross, and West Palm Beach based…
You can feel it, can’t you? That dull headache at the back of your scalp; the sinus pressure when the temperature drops down to the 70s one day, they bolts back into the 90s the next; the constant hacking you hear from across the office. The tail-end of the calendar…
The rent is too damn high! The average rent in Broward County has hit a record high, and there isn’t much reason to believe it’s expected to plummet any time soon. According to a new Marcus & Millichap Apartment Research Market Report, rent in Broward rose 2.5 percent during the third-quarter…
Mario Chalmers is gone. Traded to Memphis for a couple of players and a pocketful of sadness. And while he has said all the right things as he’s off to start a new life with the Memphis Grizzlies, he’s still not quite acclimated to his new digs. Just look at…
Mario Chalmers was a knucklehead, but he was our knucklehead. We’ll miss you, Rio. Emotions were all over the place yesterday once news dropped Tuesday afternoon that the Miami Heat had traded seven-year-veteran-Heater-guard Mario Chalmers and James Ennis to the Memphis Grizzlies. Heat fans had developed a love-hate relationship with…
Among the millions of people pouring into South Florida each year, there’s a large slice of health seekers, body conscious or ill individuals hoping the change in weather could do them some good. Depending on your beliefs — or desperation — West Palm Beach’s Hippocrates Health Institute is a popular…
Since 1990, the All Saints Catholic Mission has been serving food to those who might not be able to afford a meal. But zoning ordinances passed last year by the City of Oakland Park would force the parish to shut down its food sharing operation. Father Bob Caudhill, who leads…
After 65 years of shoveling snow in Iowa, Frank Poma was tired. “You get rid of it,” he says, “and then it keeps coming back.” So about five years ago, Poma and his wife Cindi bought an RV and headed for Knight’s Key RV Resort and Marina, an unpretentious, 24-acre…
On Tuesday, Broward County approved an ordinance that will allow law enforcement to reduce the penalty for pot possession — in some cases — to a ticket . Commissioners came to a unanimous decision to fine people $100 for possessing 20 grams or less of marijuana. Second offenses would be $250 and third offenses…
On Monday, representatives from All Aboard Florida — the private company that plans to run 32 passenger trains a day between Miami and Orlando — released pictures of what the trains will look like, and announced that the project would be known by a new name: the Brightline. This came…
Today, fast-food, airport, and healthcare workers, citizens will take to the streets in Fort Lauderdale to demand action from state legislators and presidential candidates to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and most recently New York have passed their $15-per-hour minimums for certain…
Three hours into the magistrate’s hearing at Fort Lauderdale City Hall last Friday to decide the fate of the Crescent House group home, some accidental comedy highlighted the bad thinking and dubious logic propping up the state public-private approach to child services. Speaking in support of Crescent House, Dennis Miles,…
Michelle Coleman had her baby daughter in her arms when the men materialized out of the darkness. Coleman, a 25-year-old mother of four with a pretty, roundish face and thick, straightened hair, was walking home to the apartment in Liberty Square where she’d lived for five years, a spartan place…
Well, it was fun while it lasted. The Dan Campbell Kool-aid doesn’t exactly taste the same as it did a month ago, for good reason: the recipe changed. The opposition got better, and the Dolphins’ health got worse, and as a result, the team has plummeted back to where they…
On Friday, a judge sentenced three of the eight men who were arrested last month in Loxahatchee on charges that they were operating illegal slaughterhouses and selling horse meat. The arrests were part of what was described as the largest -ever animal cruelty raid in history. Investigators with the non-profit Animal…
A fleet of the finest and fastest boats descended upon Fort Lauderdale this weekend for the 56th annual boat show. Boat aficionados from all over the world tussled their way through heavy traffic to see this year’s lineup. Then, slipping their shoes on and off, they paraded through the docks,…
Well, the good news is: you’re used to this at this point. Fifty percent of the NFL season is left and the only thing Dolphins fans have to look forward to on Sunday is waiting to see when Ndamukong Suh finally loses his mind and chases the quarterback with a…
Tinder has been a game changer for sex-thirsty singles, but it’s also changed how the entire world thinks about the dating scene. The smartphone app short-circuits old romantic rituals and slow-paced courtship by using geolocation to instantly bring together users who are in the same area. One by one, profile…
