The City of Fort Lauderdale has decided to not look like the meanest people in the world by ticketing people for feeding the homeless on Christmas with a decision to not enforce its own outdoor feeding ban for 45 days. As challenges to the controversial law move through the courts…
Richard DeLisi, sentenced to three consecutive 30-year terms, or 90 years, for a marijuana importation conviction in 1989, will remain incarcerated. Judge Michael E. Raiden denied a motion requesting a review of his sentence last week. DeLisi has spent the past 26 years behind bars for a nonviolent offense that…
A Palm Beach County funeral home mixed up the ashes of dead bodies not once but twice in the past two months, according to two lawsuits filed in Palm Beach County court. The latest incident started this past summer. Shaquille Burroughs Jr. died on July 5, not long after he…
It’s been more than four years since Robert Pinto’s life skidded after a bizarre series of run-ins with the Hollywood Police Department. But now the former government contractor is looking to even the score. He has filed a federal lawsuit against the department alleging intimation and retaliation…
Following the Miami Dolphins’ 37-35, last-second win over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, owner Stephen Ross put all the rumors and speculation to rest: Joe Philbin will return as coach in 2015. Philbin is 23-24 in three seasons as coach and could even things up with a win next week…
Christmas Eve is a time for gathering with family, eating a turkey dinner, kissing a pretty girl or a handsome fella under the mistletoe, exchanging presents, and hitting up the nog. But mostly, it’s about hitting up the nog. And if you’re like most people, you’ll be looking to get…
Earlier this week, Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an emergency request with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in an attempt to keep the ban on same-sex marriage in place past the January deadline, when LGBT couples were going to be allowed to legally wed in the state. But on…
A string of armed robberies have been going down in Las Olas lately, according to an announcement from Las Olas Village, a group that describes itself as an “urban renewal project dedicated to revitalizing a key section” of the area. The group is calling for a bigger police presence in…
Barack Obama’s announcement that the U.S. and Cuba are moving forward to improve diplomatic relations has gotten Marco Rubio all hot and bothered. Rubio has been the leading voice in speaking out and criticizing the president’s decision to thaw relations with the island nation. He’s called Obama the worst negotiator…
Satan could be coming to your city’s commission meeting very soon. Atheist and blogger Chaz Stevens was recently given the go-ahead by Lake Worth to lead a Satanic invocation before one of their upcoming meetings. And, with his foot firmly in the proverbial door, Stevens is looking to knock down…
In less than three weeks gay couples across the Sunshine State may be able to get married — may. As we reported earlier this week, Attorney General Pam Bondi is pretty much doing everything in her legal power to pump the brakes, including an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court…
The Miami Dolphins aren’t technically eliminated from playoff contention. That is to say, they still have a mathematical shot to get in, as long as the Steelers, Ravens, Chiefs and Colts all die in plane crashes and their stadiums are collectively swallowed by sink holes. THEN THERE’S DEFINITELY A CHANCE…
A retired NYPD cop who moved down to South Florida after fighting crime in the Big Apple has been arrested for raping a teenage girl in Boynton Beach. On Thursday, Daniel Guadalupe, 56, who is reportedly a former member of New York’s finest, was arrested by the Palm Beach County…
Marckenson Chery, the 29-year-old Fort Lauderdale man who had cyber-sex sessions on Skype with a 15-year-old girl from San Francisco has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. Last April, Chery, who went by the Skype name “Swag likeus Robinson,” admitted to authorities that he met the girl online…
The last couple of years, we’ve had a handful of South Florida judge get busted for driving while under the influence of one substance or another. On Wednesday, opening statements began for the DUI trial of Broward circuit Judge Cynthia Imperato. Imparato, 57, was busted for DUI back in November…
The reasons to move to South Florida are pretty long — beaches, sun, lack of snow, easy driving conditions — just kidding on that last one. One reason apparently not to move down to the region? College. Despite a sprinkling of fine institutions of higher learning all over the tri-county…
On Tuesday, former Florida governor Jeb Bush announced that he’s going to start exploring the possibility of running for president in 2016. This was just a fancy political way of saying he’s going to throw his hat in the ring and that he’s going to run, just as his father…
When a Brazilian ownership group purchased the Fort Lauderdale Strikers earlier this year, they promised to class the place up, add some buzz, and bring some recognition to the constantly-battling-to-stay-relevant NASL team. Damn if they didn’t deliver on that promise quickly. Brazilian soccer legend and two-time World Cup champion Ronaldo…
On the same day Pam Bondi’s emergency request filing to Justice Clarence Thomas was accepted, effectively putting same-sex marriage on hold, a Broward County judge has granted a same-sex couple a divorce. On Wednesday, Broward County Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen granted Heather Brassner a divorce from her estranged domestic…
On Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an emergency request with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in an attempt to keep the ban on same-sex marriage in place past the January deadline, when LGBT couples were going to be allowed to legally wed in the state. On Tuesday, Justice…
Update: In his brief presser Wednesday afternoon, Rubio told reporters that he would do everything in his power to undo President Obama’s plans to thaw relations with Cuba, including opening a U.S. embassy in Havana. “This entire policy shift announced today is based on an illusion, based on a lie,”…
Jeb Bush announced that he’s thinking about running for president Tuesday, which means he will run because that’s what Bushes do. “Once a Bush, probably a president,” as the old-money saying goes. So any Floridians getting excited that somebody who’s kinda sorta one of their own shouldn’t be so excited…
