Convicted Venezuelan Official’s Palm Beach Estates on Auction

When the history of Venezuela’s ongoing collapse is finally written, entire chapters will be dedicated to the crooks. Swindlers, scoundrels, and sinvergüenzas of all stripes — protected by a wall of state-sanctioned corruption that allowed them to siphon billions of dollars out of the country into private bank accounts around the world.

History Fort Lauderdale Spotlights City’s Founding Family in New Show

In a city seemingly driven to pave over itself with the next big development, appreciation for the past is hard to come by. Fortunately, for over five decades History Fort Lauderdale has been the city’s heritage cheerleader. Tuesday, October 1, heralds one of the museum’s most significant exhibits chronicling the…

Here’s What to Expect From the Dan Markel Murder Trial

Several days after his May 2016 arrest for the murder of Dan Markel, Sigfredo Garcia made a jailhouse phone call to Kathy Magbanua, his former girlfriend and the mother of two of his children. He told her he would “be out soon and [would] either file a lawsuit or ‘get the hell out of dodge’ and leave everything behind them,” according to an FBI transcript of the call.

Seven Things to Do in South Florida This Weekend

This weekend offers arts and artists aplenty across Broward and Palm Beach counties. Doubly so with celebrations of Hispanic Heritage Month in bloom. Here are seven of the best things to do Friday and Saturday in South Florida. Friday, September 20 The Arts Garage in downtown Delray Beach will again…

Miami-Based Jail Health-Care Company Profits While Patients Die

The voice on the other end of the line sounded so thin, so frail, that at first Erika Williams didn’t recognize it as her son’s. It was only by the ten digits glowing on her iPhone — the number for the Flagler County jail — that she realized who was calling her February 4, 2019, a balmy Monday in North Florida.

Trump Repeals Obama-Era Clean-Water Protections

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday announced the repeal of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, eliminating the clean-water regulations enacted by the Obama administration in 2015 and making it easier for polluters to use chemicals linked to toxic algal blooms.

A Survival Guide to Making It Through Another Lost Football Season

Life isn’t fair, but being a football fan in Miami right now is beyond unfair. Between the Hurricanes’ 0-2 start and the Dolphins’ purposely inserting their team into the toilet bowl just to watch it circle the drain (see: 59-10 ass-kicking in Week 1), 2019 promises to be one big wet fart sound if you were expecting either team to contend for anything at all.