A Florida gay marriage case — known in the federal court system as James Domer Brenner et al., v. Rick Scott, which challenges Florida’s refusal to recognize gay marriages that are performed legally elsewhere (Brenner and his partner married in Canada) — is sure to be one of the landmark…
Of all the murders that have been committed over the past five years, almost 100 were committed by people who were registered users of Stormfront, a West Palm Beach-based website for “white nationalists,” according to a report released April 17 by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC says that…
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…
A bill that would’ve allowed people to walk around with concealed guns — even if they do not have concealed weapons permits — during riots or natural disasters was killed in the Florida Legislature last week. And the NRA is upset. Had it passed, SB 296 would have made it…
Broward County circuit judge, and misdemeanor drug court judge, Gisele Pollack, who has had a history of substance abuse, including one time when she arrived to work drunk, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Friday morning in Plantation. Pollack, who just a month ago took leave…
Most of us have no idea what Cinco de Mayo is about — its origins, reasons for celebrating, or what it even means. What we do know, however, is that it’s another excuse to get plastered. And that’s cool. This is South Florida. We need no real reasons to get…
The latest numbers say that about 980,000 Floridians have signed up for private insurance through Obamacare. That’s up from 440,000 in February and March. And, as the AP correctly predicted weeks ago, the state is well on its way to blowing out its original projections. For his part, Charlie Crist…
This week’s grievance hearing on FAU’s firing of dolphin rescue expert Stephen McCulloch — after 16 years of high-profile service — was over almost before it began, with FAU lawyer Lawrence Glick storming from the room and threatening to call the cops to clear the room of McCulloch’s supporters. See…
A US combat vet from South Florida with two tours of duty in Afghanistan under his belt is unfortunately stuck in another tough spot. On April 1, Andrew Tahmooressi steered his black Ford pickup over the border into Mexico. Now a month later, he’s reportedly chained to a cot in…
Laura Flynn remembers the first time she met a Scientologist. Living in Clearwater — also known as Flag Land Base or Mecca by L. Ron Hubbard’s acolytes — she had unknowingly come into contact with them countless times. The 56-year-old, who describes herself as “good country people,” didn’t ask questions,…
A video uncovered by CBS 12 shows Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office deputies beating, tasing, and pepper-spraying an alleged suspect. The deputies say the man resisted arrest after the deputies pulled him over on the night of November 28, 2013. Of particular note is that one of the officers is Deputy…
At Vista View Park in Davie, four baby burrowing owls are prompting some wacky human activity. Burrowing owls are protected in Florida. Their populations are threatened because of habitat destruction that has come as humans develop natural areas. These days, the owls often build their burrows in open fields they…
Six same-sex couples who sued the state back in January have asked a state court to rule that Florida’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. According to Equality Florida, the couples’ motion, filed Thursday, asserts that Florida’s marriage ban cannot stand in light of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
The National Low Income Housing Coalition calculated the Department of Housing and Urban Development figures in what they say is “fair market rent” and determined that a person would have to make at least $19.08 an hour in a full-time job to make rent in a one-bedroom apartment in Broward…
Former West Palm Beach Police Officer Dewitt McDonald pleaded guilty to selling illegal drugs to fellow police officers while on duty. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, McDonald, 45, was running two separate businesses selling anabolic steroids and other prescription drugs while also…
Two Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies are under investigation for alleged brutality after a gas station’s surveillance video captured them slamming a man to the ground when trying to detain him, breaking bones in his face in the process. BSO Internal Affairs is investigating deputies Justin Lambert and Mike Manresa for…
“If the press won’t come to us, we will go to them.” Thus spake progressive activists who held a “die-in” yesterday outside of the Palm Beach Post to bring attention to the fact that the state legislature is likely to end this year’s legislative session without expanding Medicaid, thus leaving…
In 2009, President Barack Obama set out to deactivate the next bomb awaiting the U.S. economy, the one ticking inside our bloated, beleaguered health system. Since the 1990s, insurance premiums had averaged double-digit annual increases. America was spending more than $7,500 per person per year — 50 percent more than…
It ended with a boom: a 40-year relationship and two lives — one dead and gone, the other alive and alone. Jorge Arrojas and his partner, Miguel Larrieu, were heading home, fresh from a dinner party in Bal Harbour around midnight last August 10 on I-75 when a red 2009…
The newly formed anti-medical marijuana group Drug Free Florida has appointed former Ronald Reagan drug czar Carlton Turner as its chairman. Turner made a name for himself in the 1980s when he came up with the “Just Say No” campaign. But he’s also grabbed headlines for once famously saying that…
UPDATE: According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Winston may have not been cited or arrested, conflicting with the Tomahawk Nation report, although they only cite the Tallahassee Police Department. The Tallahassee Police Twitter feed says the “TPD has NOT had any contact with Jameis Winston regarding an alleged recent citation” UPDATE…
The very owls Florida Atlantic University is named after are being seriously threatened by the school’s ever-expanding buildings and dormitories. Burrowing owls, along with gopher tortoises and other species of life, currently live in a nature preserve nestled between the campus parking lot and Boca Raton Airport. And, as the…
