Miami Seaquarium Sued Again for Release of Lolita the Orca

The Miami Seaquarium is once again facing a lawsuit over their captive orca, Lolita. On Monday, a coalition of animal rights activists that includes PETA, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and the Orca Network, filed a lawsuit against the park saying that keeping the orca in her small tank constitutes…

Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill: A Life of Weird Animal Adventures

Two Miami-Dade Police officers approached the gate, their eyes level and their hands on their guns. The sprawling ranch sits on five acres deep in the rural Redland, up against the Everglades, where passing aircraft that come and go from a next-door glider port provide the only visible connection to…

BSO Deputy Hits, Kills Pedestrian in Pompano Beach

A BSO detention deputy driving his personal vehicle fatally hit a pedestrian near a Motel 6 in Pompano Beach. According to Public Information Officer Gina Carter, the victim was fatally struck by the while crossing the street near 1201 NW 31st Avenue. The Pompano Beach Fire Rescue team responded to…

Palm Beach Couple That Pimped Out Underaged Girls Sentenced to Federal Prison

Dontavious Mingel Blake, and his former girlfriend, Tara Jo Moore, of Palm Beach, have each been sentenced to lengthy prison times for their involvement in a child sex trafficking ring, though neither received the maximum life-in-prison sentences, according to a press release from the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office of Southern…

Broward Judges Make $138,000 and Up, Want Raises

Judges in Broward County are starving on paltry wages between $138,000 and $162,000. Somehow, they’re not commuting to the courtroom from the homeless shelter. Nonetheless, Florida Chief Justice Jorge Labarga wants to stop the madness and get these poor jurists a decent wage. In a story published by the Sun-Sentintel…

Marijuana Legalization Backers Are Back With Two Petition Drives

Give these weed fans some credit: they’re not quitting. In the 2014 election, Florida voters came painfully close to pushing forward a law that would legalize cannabis use across the state , falling short by just two percentage points of the need majority number required by law. But as promised,…

72-Year-Old Sea Turtle Rescuer Shot on Beach

Just a few days ago, New Times told you about how groups including Audubon and Sea Turtle Oversight Protection (STOP) train volunteers who keep watch at night on Broward County beaches to ensure hatchlings make it to the water safely.  Around 11 p.m. Friday night, a 72-year old volunteer was…

Tropical Disturbance Has Formed in the Atlantic

Don’t look now but a tropical wave has formed in the Atlantic and it’s kinda heading right for us. It’s too early to say what exactly will become of this thing but the National Hurricane Center says that the tropical wave is moving at a westwardly slant and, according to…

“Biggest and Baddest” Water Park to Be Built in Fort Lauderdale

Our people have suffered enough. Summer, after summer, after summer, Broward residents have passed the Hollywood area on I-95, remembering what once was. Not a day goes by that we aren’t reminded what has become widely become referred to as The Great Stirling Road Injustice of 92′. Since the fall of…