We’ve already written about how, according to a recent study, the Florida Legislature’s failure to expand Medicaid coverage to an estimated 1.27 million low-income Floridians will result in as many as six otherwise avoidable deaths a day in the Sunshine State. Now we’ve come across another study about the consequences…
It’s one thing to lose your beloved cat. It’s another to find Fluffy in a state of… uh… incompletion. Up in Central Florida, one neighborhood is being rocked by a spree of dismembered animals. And you know how the old saying goes: One cat cut in half is just bad…
With the Legislature working on laying out harsher punishments on hit-and-run suspects and the justice system cracking down on this guy, it’s time once again to strap on the helmet, grab your bike, and hit up the streets of Fort Lauderdale with your brothers and sisters in bicycling to celebrate…
This week, our cover story in the print edition of New Times dispenses a ten-step program on how you can jump in on the medical marijuana craze that is expected to hit Florida soon and become a pot mogul. Or, not. Writer Francisco Alvarado went out and did all the…
Back in December, Axel Esteban Inostroza crashed his girlfriend’s black 2003 Mustang into a bicyclist in Fort Lauderdale and proceeded to drive for two miles with the cyclist lodged in the car’s rear window. Inostroza then drove into the woods and dumped the cyclist — who was still alive –…
Crime is down in Broward County. This, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. BSO saw drops in crime throughout 2013. Broward saw a 13 percent drop in violent crimes, and while there were a few more adults arrested, juvenile arrests were down almost…
We’ve all been there: You’re riding your bike, walking on the street, or simply driving and out of nowhere some South Florida speed demon almost runs you down in his or her car. According to unfortunate statistics from the state, it’s more likely now than ever that the offending driver…
To some neighborhoods of Fort Lauderdale, Larry Daughtery was known as the local ice cream man. Yesterday he was introduced to jurors as an ice-cold murderer. If what Broward prosecutors are saying is true, Daughtery’s tale is like a real-life and way-less-campy version of the Clint Howard flick Ice Cream…
The Miami Heat took a 2-0 lead in its first-round matchup against the Charlotte Bobcats with a 101-97 victory Wednesday night. While there are plenty of game recaps to peruse, we at the Pulp like to dig deeper and get into some specific stuff you may or may not have…
Vico Confino is a husky 81-year-old hell-raiser with a thick Brooklyn accent and an outsized presence — slicked-back thin white hair, piercing blue eyes, leathery South Florida skin — that seem cut straight from a Sopranos casting. Confino tosses F-bombs at waiters over bad service. He wears four fake teeth…
In the summer of 2011, Boynton Beach cop David Britto — a former Marine and 2010 Officer of the Year — was arrested on charges of possession of and conspiring to traffic methamphetamine. Authorities suspected him of running a drug ring with several other men. But Britto famously cut off…
Face it: The glam days of air travel are dead and buried. Now, it’s $50 for that carry-on, $6.75 for water from the cart — plus tax — though attitude from overworked flight attendants is gratis. According to a lawsuit filed in South Florida, one air carrier went overkill with…
When news broke last week that Senior Writer Michael E. Miller had won the 2014 Sigma Delta Chi award for nondeadline writing, it was just the cherry on top of an unparalleled year of national prize-winning for Miami New Times. Miller’s award comes for his feature story “Champ,” which tells…
Inside a conference room at a Sheraton Hotel in Miami, Bob Calkin paces in front of a small stage, holding a microphone. The 50-year-old Los Angeles cannabis hustler with ’80s rock-band hair flies around the United States, charging folks $299 a head to learn how to make a fortune dealing…
It looks like the Palm Beach County School Board wants in on the parents dress code debate after Broward County took the lead last week in calling for parents who pick up and drop off their kids to dress more appropriately. Broward County School Board member Rosalind Osgood called for…
The drive to get greyhound decoupling in Florida was on the cusp of being passed Tuesday when it met with an abrupt and swift death in the Florida Senate, thanks to a procedural vote. A rules challenge by Sen. Jack Latvala effectively killed the decoupling bill, even though the bill…
Senate Bill 424, a bill that would protect Florida gun owners from being discriminated against by insurance companies, is headed to Gov. Rick Scott’s desk to be signed into law after passing via a 74-44 vote in the state House on Tuesday. Much to the delight of gun advocacy groups…
If you’ve ever been to the Panhandle, it was probably during spring break. That’s the one week per year in which Pensacola and Panama City become tourist hot spots. After the college hordes leave, those cities are again discarded and forgotten by out-of-towners like so many Natty Ice cans on…
Last Wednesday, the Hollywood commission approved the Community Redevelopment Authority’s request to expand its Downtown Hollywood Mural Project (DHMP), according to Jorge Camejo, the CRA’s executive director. Currently, the mural district occupies two streets, Harrison Street and Hollywood Boulevard. The expansion would triple its size and span Federal Highway and…
All Aboard Florida, the private rail service that plans on running a passenger train from Miami to Orlando with stops in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, has written a letter to its biggest South Florida critic, addressing some of the bigger concerns. Congressman Patrick E. Murphy has spoken out…
Palm Beach County gas stations will have to start posting the exact amount gas costs for both cash and credit prices, thanks to a new ordinance that passed Tuesday. At it stands, gas stations usually charge extra for gas when it’s paid for with a credit card, mainly because of…
In the wake of a bullying scandal that rocked the Miami Dolphins last season, the team has gone and hired an ex-FBI agent who worked in a joint terrorism task force to head its locker-room security. According to NFL.com, the Fins have signed 23-year FBI veteran Joe Cicini as their…
