A Florida animal rights activist who’s fresh off a stint in prison has a new target in her sights — the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The organization tosses around millions of dollars a year, and some of that money has landed at the University of Florida. That’s…
This week, our cover story in the print edition of New Times is a deep look at the abuse — both mental and physical — endured by needy kids at the hands of the very adults paid to help them. The Citrus Health Network’s Pembroke Pines facility first came to…
It’s a very real possibility that Florida Power & Light could put power lines through Everglades National Park. These would bring power from the Turkey Point nuclear power plant to points northward. The only time to object in person is tonight, at a public meeting at Florida International University. Here’s…
The voices coming from the television in room 108 of the Grand Hotel in Dania Beach told Carlos Cadavid to murder his girlfriend. That’s what Cadavid, 23, told homicide detectives after he fessed up to shooting to death his girlfriend of four days on Valentine’s Day. After he shot and…
A woman says a worker on a Holland America cruise ship raped her, beat her up, and tried to throw her into the ocean on Valentine’s Day. The MS Nieuw Amsterdam had departed from Port Everglades and was sailing off the coast of Roatan, Honduras when the attack happened. According…
CBS announced on Tuesday that former Miami Dolphin great Dan Marino will not be returning to do their Sunday pregame shows next season. Marino, who had been with the network since 2002, is now apparently out of a job. The Dolphins, meanwhile, are in serious need of a makeover, following…
Update: Tallahassee Police have confirmed that the body found on the roof of a building on College Avenue in Tallahassee Tuesday morning is missing FSU student, and Weston native, Ryan Uhre. On Ft. Lauderdale Beach this past weekend, friends and family held a vigil for Uhre’s safe return. Police have…
South Florida is for fightin’ on President’s Day, apparently. Because people got their rumble on during Monday’s holiday. A huge throw-down in Ft. Lauderdale forced cops to shut down portions of A1A on Monday afternoon. Cops say the beach brouhaha began on the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and A1A…
Back in 2009, a series of boneheaded decisions landed Mark Anthony Myrie — known in patchouli-soaked dorm rooms and Caribbean dance halls as reggae star Buju Banton — in federal custody. He faced charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in…
Commercials can be frustrating. A giant corporation spends millions of dollars to take up 30 seconds of your life and, more often than not, leaves you saying this is the best we can do. I mean, I’m a peaceful person, but if I ever see the Geico lizard walking down…
The three intersections on East Las Olas Boulevard from Southeast First to Southeast Third Avenue are gray. While their purpose in keeping fast-moving vehicles from crashing into each other used to be enough, the millennials have spoken, and if they’re going to help a grandma cross the street, they’re going…
One person is dead after a small plane crashed into a lake by the Wellington dog park in the 2900 block of Greenbriar Blvd. The Palm Beach County Fire Rescue reportedly found the pilot dead inside the cockpit of what is being described as an “experimental plane.” The plane went…
A Florida man apparently beat his roommate to death after the roommate got mad at him for taking a chicken foot from him. Tampa police have given few details on how exactly the victim died, but an autopsy revealed the victim suffered internal bleeding from numerous blows to the face…
On Saturday, Oprah Winfrey aired a segment about catching up with the family of Richard and Mayumi Heene, who were both prosecuted in Colorado in 2009 after they reported that their then-six-year-old son Falcon had flown away in a homemade flying saucer. Turned out, Falcon was hiding in the attic,…
A harbor seal who obviously made a wrong turn somewhere, ended up in our neck of the woods over the weekend. The Florida Fish and Wildlife were called on Sunday about reports of a seal swimming around near the Lake Worth Inlet. Swimmers spotted the seal swimming about, and reported…
At first, the body of a 23-year old woman discovered in room 108 of The Grand Motel at 3:23 a.m. on Valentines Day was reported as a suicide. But when detectives arrived on the scene, things didn’t match her boyfriend’s story. Carlos Cadavid, 23, had called the Broward Sheriff’s Office…
You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to this week’s Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mugs from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale…
The greyhound racing industry has always had considerable influence in Tallahassee. The passage of the 90 percent rule (a rule that allows dog racing tracks to add gambling tables only if they maintain 90 percent of the races the track ran in 1996) might be its greatest feat since greyhound…
Last week, we reported that The Color Run had filed a lawsuit against an FAU student who photographed one of its races and later saw his image used on the company’s marketing materials. The student, Max Jackson, had agreed to let the company use his picture on Facebook but did…
Clarification 2/16, 3 p.m.. This article initially called Penn State “Penn” on one reference. The mistake has been fixed. The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that Florida State University president Eric J. Barron is leaving to take the helm at another football-mad school — Penn State, home of the Joe Paterno/Jerry…
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. are all set to release their fourth quarter and year end 2013 financial results when the market closes on Thursday, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern. In what is sure to be a spectacle where big wigs talk about how much money they’ve made even in the face of…
Grandmas are the best. They bake cookies for you. They take you to the park. They babysit you. They give you candy. They sew you nice sweaters. They try to smuggle you out of the country so you can avoid doing prison time. You know, just the best. Well, at…
