According to a report, DNA that matches FSU star quarterback and Heisman hopeful Jameis Winston has been found in a sample taken from the underwear of a Tallahassee woman who has accused him of sexual assault. The report also says the State Attorney’s Office investigating the case has been in…
Florida tends to remain on the receiving end of many a cruel joke, due to its comically unfortunate shape, its geographic positioning, the subtropical heat, and its weirdo populace. (Us!) Those of us who live here know how to take it. Heck, we’re laughing the loudest — when we’re not…
Elián González, now 20 years old, is saying some very inconvenient things about American immigration policy that contradict the old-school, right-wing Miami Cubans who have dominated South Florida politics for decades (a group Fidel Castro once called “Fascist American Gangsters.”) Anyone who grew up down here will remember the little…
The last thing the director did before shouting “action” was serve Amber a slice of pizza. She understands now that it was a ploy: one final nod to normalcy before upending her life forever. But back then, at age 15, she was too distracted by the party and the promise…
Tracy James knew the drug she’d just swallowed was working when her old injuries from high school started twitching with new life. Pressure throbbed from a forgotten busted knee. Her ankle tingled. The fingers she’d sprained roller-skating decades back began to ache. Whatever the 37-year-old had just taken, it shot…
Commissioner Dean Trantalis was ambushed with an ethics complaint by attorney Bill Scherer during Tuesday evening’s public hearing for the new proposed Vintro Hotel on the beach. It seemed like a well-organized attack, as Scherer accused Trantalis, in front of everyone at the meeting, of ethical violations concerning the hotel…
Barbara Muhammad Sharief has become Broward County’s first black female mayor. Commissioners selected Sharief, 42, to be county mayor on Tuesday evening. Sharief, who was raised in the Muslim faith, will be serving for one year in what is mainly a ceremonial role. But as a self-made businesswoman and mother…
God’s green plant now has a friend in cable television as the new show Cannabis Planet TV debuts on several stations across the United States, including South Florida’s WHDT. The man who is partly responsible for getting it aired is Palm Beach pot activist and convicted smuggler Robert Platshorn, who…
As we reported last night, Rep. Trey Radel, who represents the 19th Congressional District in the Fort Myers-Naples area and calls himself the “Hip Hop Conservative,” was arrested on October 29 for “unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally” possessing “a quantity of cocaine.” Now, new information has surfaced that says the arrest…
A Mexican-registered Learjet 35, bound for Cozumel with four onboard, crashed into the ocean shortly after taking off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Tuesday evening. Hours after sending a rescue crew to search for the plane, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that two bodies — that of a man…
Trey Radel, a freshman Republican representative, was charged Tuesday with cocaine possession, according to court documents. Radel, 37, who represents the 19th Congressional District in the Fort Myers-Naples area, was arrested October 29 for “unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally” possessing “a quantity of cocaine,” according to documents…
A judge ruled on Tuesday that George Zimmerman is not allowed to possess weapons or ammunition and will be monitored with a GPS. The judge also set Zimmerman’s bail at $9,000. Zimmerman was arrested Monday afternoon after a domestic dispute with his pregnant girlfriend. According to the girlfriend, Zimmerman pointed…
As the NFL investigates the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal, new reports of alleged terrible behavior by Richie Incognito have surfaced. This time, however, the abuse was toward a team staff member. According to Jason Cole of the National Football Post, Incognito and at least one other Dolphins player apparently mocked…
Sarasota Police say the husband of former U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, who was also Florida’s secretary of state, has committed suicide. Police were called to the Harris residence around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. William Hild, a pastor at Sarasota First Baptist Church, confirmed that Harris’ husband, Anders Ebbeson, had taken his…
George Zimmerman was arrested Monday for allegedly pushing his pregnant girlfriend, making it his latest brush with the law, which is shocking because he’s such a law-abiding guy, as he displayed when he once shot an unarmed 17-year-old black kid who brazenly decided to walk down the street with a…
On August 9, 2011, Benjamin and Madeline Rodriquez sat in the waiting room of a West Palm Beach dental office. The couple’s 5-year-old daughter, Briana, was inside for a cleaning. When the little girl appeared, her eyes were streaming tears. Blood ringed her lips. Instead of a simple brushing, three…
Last week, we told you about how SeaWorld has come under fire, especially since trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed by a killer whale in Orlando in 2010. SeaWorld was fined by the Labor Department and ordered not to let trainers in the water with the animals — a ruling SeaWorld…
Marco Rubio hates The Gays. Well, he doesn’t hate them as much as he doesn’t want them getting married to each other, or being able to fight off workplace discrimination, or adopting children, and pretty much getting any other right nongays get across the board. So, Rubez was a natural…
George Zimmerman has been arrested in Orlando after an apparent domestic incident at a residence. Zimmerman was arrested by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office about 1 p.m. today, authorities said. The Sheriff’s Office stated it will release the 911 call and the police report as soon as they become available…
Florida is one of 17 states where some parents are deciding to keep their children home from school today to protest Common Core standards — a set of national standards that were developed to give all states common goals and benchmarks. “November 18th is being touted as “DON’T SEND YOUR…
A 20-year-old woman was booked on charges of animal cruelty Friday after police received multiple reports of a video in which she allegedly is seen kicking at three geese at Twin Hills Park, while a child can be heard laughing in the background. The police report states that in the…
Nude pictures of gospel writer/singer and children’s book author Evon Latrail, who lives here in Hollywood, have popped up on the internet recently, as naked pictures tend to do, and it seems to have created a bit of a fuss locally…
