When’s the last time you called your mother? No, seriously, pull out your phone right now and take a look. You realize we’re talking about the person who gave you life and ostensibly molded you into the person you are today, right? For shame, dear reader. For shame. Mother’s Day…
LeBron James is all up in you. He has his own app, he’s all over commercials, and he is currently chasing a third-straight NBA title. And now, he’s all set to take over Hollywood. LeBron is currently reportedly involved in not one but two productions, including a docudrama about his…
Sebastian Gonzales is a 28-year-old former defensive end at Florida International University who knows how to eat. And when it comes to fast food, his allegiances are crystal-clear. “I was obsessed with Chicken Kitchen and addicted to their food,” he says of the South Florida chain. “I was eating there…
It was a showdown for the ages: a drag queen facing off against a Ku Klux Klansman. And the battle weapon? A flaming tiki torch. No, this wasn’t the product of a febrile imagination but what Halloween revelers in 2012 watched unfold at the outdoor costume party at Georgie’s Alibi…
Lacy Waters lay on a hospital gurney, her head a hornet’s nest of pain and confusion. Between the brain parasites and the drugs designed to kill them, she could hardly think — let alone answer questions. Yet that was exactly what the strangers at her bedside now demanded. As the…
Last week, it was a Broward judge. This week, it’s a Broward prosecutor. Molena Mompoint, a Broward State Attorney’s Office prosecutor from Fort Lauderdale, was arrested Monday evening on a possession-of-methamphetamine charge. It’s the second time within a week someone who is tasked with practicing and enforcing the law was…
Weston native and FSU student Ryan Uhre, whose body was discovered on the rooftop of a building in Tallahassee in February after he had vanished for nearly two weeks, had cocaine, alcohol, and marijuana in his system. This according to the toxicology report and documents released by the Tallahassee Police…
Sun Sentinel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper, wants to give you wood. If you happened to open up the paper this morning — maybe browsing the news with a cup of coffee at the kitchen table while your precious, innocent kids eat Cheerios — you might have noticed a banner…
On Tuesday, we brought you the tale of Giovanni Rubeo, a fifth-grade Park Lakes Elementary student who was told by a teacher that he was prohibited from reading his Bible in school. Whatever anyone’s thoughts and feelings on religion on school grounds might be, this was clearly a violation of…
Rick Scott officially kicked off his tour of Florida car dealerships reelection campaign yesterday at a Volkswagen dealership in Jacksonville. He and some Republican supporters chanted his campaign slogan, “Let’s keep working!” Today at noon, when Scott comes to an AutoNation dealership in Greenacres, a grassroots group called Florida for…
Echoing sentiments he made a couple of months ago, Florida gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Crist says race was a big reason he chose to bolt the Republican Party. Crist sat down with Fusion TV on Tuesday and said the GOP’s hostile treatment of President Obama was a big reason he decided…
Broward School Board members are set to vote on whether the county should update its public school’s sex education curriculum. Proponents of an update say that Broward’s students are lagging behind the rest of the nation when it comes to sex ed. As it stands now, the county’s sex education…
Kayla Mendoza, the 20-year-old woman who tweeted out “2 drunk 2 care” before driving a Hyundai Sonata the wrong way on the Sawgrass Expressway and crashing into a 2012 Toyota Camry, killing two people, pleaded not guilty during an arraignment hearing Tuesday morning. Mendoza is charged with DUI manslaughter, vehicular…
There are a good six months before Election Day, and Scott is not holding back on attacking Charlie Crist. He’s also not holding back on how much money he’s willing to spend doing it, nor in what language. Scott is eyeing a full-on campaign of wooing Hispanic voters by launching…
The Livingston Award for Young Journalists is kind of a Pulitzer Prize for the under-35 set. It honors good writing by those who have yet to grow thick around the middle and thin on top. New Times has often done well in these awards. Bob Norman, our columnist in Broward…
Fort Lauderdale is set to pass ordinances that would make an already difficult life for the city’s homeless even more so. During a public workshop in January, it was announced that the city planned to pass ordinances that would effectively ban groups from sharing food with the homeless and make…
It was a showdown for the ages: a drag queen facing off against a Ku Klux Klansman. And the battle weapon? A flaming tiki torch. No, this wasn’t the product of a febrile imagination but what Halloween revelers in 2012 watched unfold at the outdoor costume party at Georgie’s Alibi…
Disney fanatics can hardly wait until May 28, when a new roller coaster is fully open to the public at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando. The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train looks not unlike Thunder Mountain, with a train going over faux boulders…
Environmental groups made up of 350 South Florida, 350.org, Sierra Club, and CREDO will hold a news conference outside of Florida Sen. Bill Nelson’s office Monday to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline. Congress is a mere four votes away from passing a bill that would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline…
The Broward school district should apologize to a fifth-grade boy at Park Lakes Elementary School in Lauderdale Lakes because a teacher prohibited him from reading the Bible during a free reading period, according to a Dallas-based legal group that advocates for religious freedom. The Liberty Institute — which represents Paul…
The Miami Heat’s second-round opponent was finally decided Sunday when the Brooklyn Nets eked by the Toronto Raptors in a 104-103 Game 7 victory. The Nets took down Miami in all four of their regular season games this season, lending to the narrative that the Heat are now in big,…
If polls mean anything at all, Florida is going to be legalizing medical marijuana come next year. In March, a University of North Florida poll said 74 percent of Floridians support and will vote “yes” for Proposition 2 in November, which would legalize the use of medical marijuana. On Monday,…
