One of the biggest concerns over All Aboard Florida conducting business has been the nightmare traffic jams that might come with it. And now we’re about to get the first taste of that, as the private rail service is going to begin the first phase of upgrading 185 tracks that…
Gabriel Rothblatt grew up building rocket ships on the floor of his living room, overhearing his father discuss with his buddies from NASA how they would manage to fund human civilization in space. Growing up outside of Washington with a dad, Martin Rothblatt, who was an attorney specializing in outer-space…
Broward County’s leading officials, including BSO Sheriff Scott Israel, Mayor Tim Ryan, and the county’s medical examiner, to name a few, got together at the Urban League of Broward County to discuss the dangers of flakka, the synthetic drug that has dominated headlines across the U.S. lately. Flakka has been…
When most folks think diversity in Florida, Miami is usually the go-to city, After all, the 305 is a melting pot of Hispanic and Haitian cultures in a big way. But those folks would be wrong. Because, thanks to a recent study by WalletHub, turns out Fort Lauderdale is the…
Before Hallandale Beach executed a deadly SWAT raid that took the life of Howard Bowe, an unarmed 34-year-old father of three, the search warrant had to be signed by a judge. In Bowe’s case, the warrant was signed by Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who has her own connection to suspected drug…
It’s not easy flying these days. What with airline consolidation, the boom of discount carriers, and the complete disappearance of the in-flight meal (what the hell???), flying the skies aren’t all that friendly anymore. if you want some hard data on this, the US government has been keeping track on…
Chris Bosh has started working out again and says he’ll be ready to go for the Miami Heat opening night 2015. Bosh, who suffered a serious health scare in February when he was diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs, sat in as a guest analyst on TNT Tuesday night…
Over the past few weeks and months, conspiracy theorist and prepper types around the country have been warning about a US military exercise called Jade Helm. Jade Helm 15 is a real, and massive, special forces training project set to take place this summer over seven states: Texas, New…
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials rescued a 400-pound female manatee that had gotten stuck in a pump station Tuesday morning. The manatee had apparently gotten trapped in between a grate and wall at the pump station in New River in Fort Lauderale. Members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation…
A child who was allegedly sexually abused by a foster parent has filed a lawsuit against welfare providers Kids in Distress Inc. and ChildNet, Inc. because the agencies did not conduct proper background checks on the parent before issuing a foster parenting license. According to the lawsuit, the child —…
Somebody shot George Zimmerman in the face and the internet laughed. That’s to be expected, given that Zimmerman isn’t exactly the most loved man in the country (although he definitely has his fans). But the Florida man who seems to keep getting in trouble ever since he was acquitted of…
Susan Maurer began working as an abortion clinician 40 years ago at a Philadelphia hospital. For the past 22 years, she’s helped South Florida women through what might be an agonizing moment. The soft-spoken 63-year-old nurse administers anesthesia and assists doctors. At one point way back when, she recalls, abortions…
Upstairs in a beige church on McKinley Street in Hollywood, a 60-year-old with a full head of dark hair launches into a PowerPoint presentation full of big ideas and a bigger vocabulary. First, Bill Faloon gives a shoutout to Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine. “We need to put…
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has sent the Seaquarium a letter notifying their intent to file a lawsuit in federal district court under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The letter says that the orca Lolita’s captivity at the Seaquarium is unlawful because she is being harmed, harassed,…
Flakka has been making headlines across the U.S. lately, and a recent arrest in Palm Beach has shed light on how the drug gets into the country and out in the streets. Flakka has been most prevalent on Florida, specifically Broward County, where there has been a 45 percent increase…
The Grey Lady has discovered Florida Man. In an essay about Florida’s most famous export after cocaine and oranges, the Times sets out to discover the deeper meaning behind Florida Man with support from writers Dan Barry and Carl Hiassen as well as filmmaker Billy Corben. And while these Florida…
Longtime New Times readers are likely familiar with the name Ryan Lipner. The Broward man’s antics have been regularly come up in the paper over the last decade, a weird public career that includes lawsuits against his parents, an obsession with the greeting card company, quixotic campaigns for Florida governor,…
For some bizarre reason, people still very much harbor a morbid curiosity for the whereabouts and goings on of Casey Anthony, Florida woman who who was found not guilty on murder charges related to the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. And now it appears that she’s resurfaced and, according to…
Robin Haines Merrill, the executive director of the Upper Room Art Gallery, came up with an unlikely idea. She imagined an evening where folks would row along the Himmarshee Canal in dugout canoes, taking in performance art along the water that nods to the traditions of the Miccosukee and Seminole…
Not wanting to court danger, the Palm Beach County Republican Party has canceled their “Lobsterfest” dinner that would have featured controversial Islamic critic Geert Wilders as the keynote speaker. Geert was part of the Garland, Texas cartoon contest that invited participants to draw the Prophet Muhammad. Islamic law prohibits any image…
Krista Eve Morton, 45, of Wellington, and principal of Mavericks High of Palm Springs was arrested Wednesday after police got a call reporting suspected sexual activity in a parked car. North Palm Beach Police arrived at the parking lot to find a half-naked Morton and an 18-year-old male student in the…
One of the principal figures behind a so-called Jamaican lottery scam has been found guilty on several counts, becoming the first to be convicted in a massive FBI probe of the graft with deep Broward ties. Sanjay Ashani Williams, a 25-year-old from Montego Bay, Jamaica, was found guilty of one…
