Ray Allen blasted Coral Gables Police for the way they handled his home being broken into last week. Last Thursday, a group of teens walked into Allen’s home in the middle of the night while his wife and children were asleep. Allen was not home at the time. According to…
Gov. Rick Scott’s job approval rating remains positive, with 50 percent of likely voters approving of the job he’s doing. This, according to heavily Republican-leaning Florida Chamber of Commerce’s latest poll. Voters have “a more positive view of the future,” the FCPI says. And they “favor Governor Rick Scott in…
Steve Esdale has zero options left. For more than a decade, the stocky Weston contractor has been trying to drum up interest in the mysterious death of his father; for more than a decade, people have been ignoring him. Now, Esdale is banking on one last move: asking the US…
Father Richard Vitale knows what it’s like to feel unwanted by God. His family in New York was a triple whammy of conservatism: Roman Catholic Republicans who were deeply involved in the Boy Scouts. He knew he was attracted to other boys at the age of 6, although he was…
SeaWorld has been in a bit of a pickle since the documentary Blackfish (and its ensuing soaring viewership on CNN and Netflix) came out in 2013. The documentary, which features several former SeaWorld trainers, exposes the park’s inhumane practices with orcas, including how the whales are kept in small, cramped…
In case you haven’t heard or if you have been trapped under something heavy, the latest internet craze has been the ALS Ice Bucket challenge. But this is actually a very cool and noble thing, as internet crazes go. It’s all about raising awareness and money for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s…
The Miami Dolphins are well into the preseason, facing off against the Buccaneers in Tampa on Saturday night. And that means football season is in full swing. And while kickoff is still a couple of weeks off, people are either excited, not excited, or just don’t give a crap that…
Former governor wants Florida to stay kid-friendly. You know, like Disney World. That’s why people shouldn’t vote yes on Amendment Two in November. In a statement released yesterday, Dubya’s brother put it this way: “Florida leaders and citizens have worked for years to make the Sunshine State a world-class location…
A group of teenagers may have just single-handedly ruined the chances of the Miami Heat getting Ray Allen back after they broke into his home in the middle of the night, while his wife and children were sleeping. According to police, the break-in happened Thursday morning around 2:30 at the…
Fifty-one-year-old Luis Escobar of Weston was killed Wednesday night while riding his bicycle during a group ride. A media release from the Broward Sheriff’s Office says “he swerved into another lane of traffic, hitting a vehicle passing by.” The traffic homicide department is investigating, as is typical with any fatal…
Jeb Bush, former Florida governor and current GOP favorite for 2016, has come out and publicly stated his opposition to Amendment 2, which, if passed, would legalize medical marijuana in Florida. Even with a majority of Floridians polled favoring the measure and with current candidate for governor Charlie Crist coming…
Back in February, FEMA issued a letter notifying unincorporated Broward County and its 31 municipal governments that new flood zone maps had been drawn up and finalized. Now those new flood zones will go into affect starting on Monday, according to the county. What this means, basically, is that homeowners…
Ryan Lipner is no stranger to the pages of New Times. From his weird crusade to own a greeting-card store empire to his continual campaigns for political office to a lawsuit against his own parents for child support, trouble always seems to be following the dude. Now, after years of…
Uber, the app company that connects people with private car drivers at the tap of a button, is in violation of Palm Beach County’s vehicle-for-hire rules, officials say. And if an Uber driver happens to get caught doing business in the county, he or she is going face big fines…
Normally, kickball is the sport you can see played with Hunger Games-style intensity at Mills Pond Park in Fort Lauderdale, but come September, it’s wakeboarding that will take over the park. The world championships are set to be held here from September 11 to 14. More than 200 wakeboarders and…
Robert Baumann watched as his ex-girlfriend changed before his eyes, going from a free-spirited girl from Broward to an angry young woman with radical, hard-right politics. But it wasn’t Megan Everett’s transformation alone that bothered Robert. He was troubled by the impact his ex’s new life had on their 2-year-old…
It’s hard to imagine a character less suited to Alex Rodriguez’s luxury lifestyle of private jets and South of Fifth condos than the shackled man federal agents led into the DEA’s Weston headquarters the morning of August 5. Yuri Sucart was clad in a baggy white T-shirt, ill-fitting black pants,…
In the midst of four judges ruling that the ban on same-sex in Florida is unconstitutional and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s blowback of those rulings, Broward County Commissioners have stepped up to show their support for same-sex marriage by passing a resolution on Tuesday. Along with the resolution, which was…
Got an extra $5.6 million lying around? Because Olivia Newton-John just slashed the asking price of her 6,300-square-foot waterfront mansion on Jupiter Inlet Colony by $100,000. It’s big, it’s beautiful, it’s right on the water, and it’s cheap. Although you might want to know that a guy committed suicide there…
Prom is a time to create either precious memories or future therapy fodder, depending on what clique you run with. But for a group of Jensen Beach High School girls, the event was reason to craft a bizarre lawsuit and file it in federal court…
Coral Springs’ own Joanna Rohrback — AKA the Prancercise® Lady — is at it again. Her latest YouTube video features sweeping cinematography and is a wonderfully complex study on identity, relationships, and horses. Or something like that…
A Plantation man hacked his mobile home neighbor’s pit bull to death with a machete from Walmart and claimed self-defense. According to Plantation Police, the man, Hilton Henry, 77, says the dog was attacking his cats before turning on him. The dog’s owner says the dog didn’t deserve to be…
