Memorial Day is a somber time to silently reflect on and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in making America safer. Or, as most Americans describe it: WOOO HOOO LET’S GO GET WHITE GIRL WASTED!! But, freedom is freedom, so no matter how much booze you plan on consuming…
Evan Rowe, who taught history as an adjunct professor at Broward College since 2004, is suing the board of trustees of Broward College, as well as one of its deans, in federal court, alleging that the school retaliated against him for criticizing the college. Rowe has written occasional columns for…
Friday is the last day for the public to comment on Florida Power & Light’s proposal to build two new nuclear reactors at its Turkey Point facility, near Homestead, which powers all of South Florida. Turkey Point already has five power-generating units: two nuclear, two powered by oil and gas,…
Two six-year-old girls were molested by a Deerfield Beach swim instructor on Tuesday, Broward Sheriff’s Office reports. Fransisco De Aragon, 26, was arrested on two counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 12, and lewd and lascivious behavior and molestation, after he allegedly molested the students during…
A 41-year-old man who served under a Catholic Priest in a Pembroke Pines Parish as a boy in the 1980s has filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Miami for sexual abuse. The civil lawsuit claims that several boys at the parish were also abused, and that while the abuses…
On Friday nights, Arlene Goldberg and her late wife Carol Goldwasser loved to share home-cooked meals together in their Fort Myers home. Afterward they’d sit on the couch and watch TV, cuddling with their fluffy white dogs Toto and Lacey. If there was a Yankees game on, you can bet…
It’s almost Memorial Day weekend, the beachiest South Florida holiday not named Fourth of July. The three-day weekend marks what feels like the start of summer in Florida. It’s officially premium beach time. This obviously means the usual characters are planning to do the same thing you are this weekend,…
Christopher Hayes, owner of the Boynton Beach auction house Elite Estate Buyers, Inc., was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the smuggling of rhinoceros horns into South Florida. Hayes was also sentenced for his role in bringing in elephant tusks and an endangered coral. The smuggling…
Heather Hironimus, the 31-year-old mother who has been jailed and fighting over the right to prevent her four-year-old son from being circumcised has ended her fight in federal court. On Wednesday morning, a group supporting Hironimus’ cause posted the news on their Facebook page. It appear that Hironimus’ attorney, Thomas…
Even after the drive to get medical marijuana legalized in Florida fell short by two percentage-point in the polls, there still remains a strong backing for medicinal weed to made legal by many Floridians. But while groups like United For Care are pushing to get medical marijuana back on the…
During the ’60s and ’70s, orca hunters Ted Griffin and his partner Don Goldsberry, the director of animal collection for SeaWorld, violently snatched nearly an entire generation worth’s of Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) calves from their mothers, using underwater explosives in the process. In 1976, after the duo reduced the already…
The Miami Heat had a rough season this past year, what with losing Chris Bosh to a near-death condition, Josh McRoberts to a blown knee, and the best player in the world going back home. So it was time for the Basketball Gods to come through and not screw us…
Under Armour is suing a Weston company that sells butt protection gear, claiming the Florida company’s “Protect Your Assets” and “Ass Armor” trademark applications infringe upon its own trademarks of “Protect This House” and “Under Armour”. Casey Scherr, owner of the company Casey Taryn, developed the Ass Armour shock-absorbing athletic shorts…
With summer time nearly upon us, and tourists, families and kids getting ready to hit the pool, and slide down the water slides, the Department of Health is going to keep their inspection of public swimming pools to just checking the water chemistry. That means they won’t be looking to…
So this is going to be weird. Heat fans have grown accustomed to spending the month of May biting their fingernails as they watch their team pursue another championship, but not this season. No, the highlight of this seasons May comes tonight, and it includes a bunch of ping-pong balls…
In Hallandale Beach, police officers are being paid salaries far above the national average, despite being a department riddled with controversial shootings, beatings, and huge payouts to victims of police brutality. And for cops involved in those payouts, subsequent promotions and awards are not uncommon. The City of Hallandale Beach…
At a meeting Monday night, the Greenacres City Council enacted an ordinance that directly opposes discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, genetic information, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, pregnancy, familial status or age. The ordinance, which had been proposed by the Palm Beach…
On April 25, 2012, Sharon Stern took her own life. The 33-year-old from North Miami Beach had spent part of the previous three years traveling the world with a Japanese dance master known as Katsura Kan, teaching workshops and performing. One video shows them on a black stage, side by…
A federal judge heard arguments in an emergency hearing on the circumcision battle between Heather Hironimus and Dennis Nebus, her husband whom she is separated from. On Monday, the judge withheld from ruling on the case, but did order Nebus to not have the child undergo circumcision without 10 days…
Reality shows love shooting in our backyard. And it looks like there’s more coming our way. TLC is already airing episodes of a Boca psychic matchmaker who goes around badgering people into getting together. And now A&E will be following that with the extremely popular Storage Wars starting production in…
Barring some kind of cataclysmic clusterfrick inside the organization, Vegas odds are that Scott Israel will hold on to his job as the Broward County sheriff in the 2016 election. To date, only one challenger has filed the right paperwork for the job . . . and he isn’t picking…
Breaking: The Miami Marlins are a mess. But you already knew that. And now, a day after firing manager Mike Redmond, the Marlins are set to replace him with… wait for it…. their general manager. According to multiple reports, general manager Dan Jennings, who has zero managerial experience in the…
