Two weeks ago, 23-year-old Herbert Smith was sentenced to 60 years in prison. No, he is not a murderer or a rapist. In 2012, he was found guilty of seven felonies—mostly burglary and thefts—and served two years in prison and was out on probation. Then, in October, he had broken…
Donald Trump’s image and name has been torn off from his billion-dollar golf course and housing development in Dubai on Friday. According to a report, photos show broken pieces of the GOP frontrunner’s name scattered on the ground just outside his Trump International Golf Club portion at the AKOYA by DAMAC…
One of the guns linked to the Paris attacks by ISIS that killed 130 people came from Century Arms, a gun dealer located in Delray Beach. According to an Associated Press report, Brzakovic of the Zastava arms factory said the semi-automatic gun’s serial number matched one his company delivered to an…
Since announcing his candidacy for President of the United States, Donald Trump has managed to insult Mexicans, women, the Black Lives Matter movement, and Muslims. And in all that time, his lead has only grown in the polls. Specifically in Florida, where a recent St. Leo University poll of likely Florida…
In this week’s print edition of New Times, you’ll come across a romp about spending 12 hours at the brand spankin’ new Margaritaville Resort in Hollywood. Underneath the outright silliness, there’s a salient issue: will the $147 million project be a game changer for the last stretch of old school…
Back in September, the state announced that it would begin issuing gender-neutral marriage licenses. This came after Cathy Pareto and Karla Arguello — the state’s first same-sex couple to marry in Florida — filed a lawsuit in Tallahassee federal court claiming that the Bureau of Vital Statistics wouldn’t allow Florida hospitals…
Hazmat crews are investigating a drum that is reportedly filled, or partially filled, with hydrogen fluoride that apparently washed ashore in Ocean Reef Park. According to Riviera Beach Fire Rescue spokesperson Dwyane Watson, a investigators have cleared out the beach as they look into what appears to be a flare…
For the last decade, All Saints Catholic Mission has fed people who might not be able to afford a meal. This year, though, the City of Oakland Park passed a zoning ordinance that made the food-sharing operation illegal. For months, Father Bob Caudill, who leads the organization, has defied this…
Broward County Commissioners Tuesday agreed to pay millions for the financially challenged Florida Panthers to stay at the BB&T Arena. That is a bad idea. The team will get $12 million next year as part of an $86 million bailout. Commissioners were left with no good choices — because they still owe…
The Seminole Tribe of Florida — the longtime biggest player in the state’s gaming industry — has finally inked a deal with Governor Rick Scott that will ensure the tribe remains the top shop in terms of games of chance in the state. The new compact, however, also opens the…
With the holiday shopping season is in full swing, now may be a good time to learn that Florida is the second worst place to have your identity stolen and fraud. Washington DC, it turns out, is the only place worse than Florida. In a study conducted by the finance…
This past Sunday, groms and grownups alike gathered in Deerfield Beach to compete in the last of four contests run by the the Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) for its South Florida Surf Contest Series. With onshore winds gusting at 10-15+ knots, a receding swell and an uncooperative tide, South Florida’s…
Reports are saying that an ex-cop from Palm Beach Gardens is behind an incredible mystery that has fascinated the tech world for years. Bitcoin is an experimental digital currency that uses open source software to transfer money instantaneously, without the need for banks or governments. Its creator first launched Bitcoin…
Could the Florida Panthers be leaving town? The Broward County Commission might hold the answer when they vote on Tuesday over an $86 million bailout package that the team is saying they need to make sure it doesn’t fold in South Florida. The Panthers say they are losing millions and…
The Baby Jesus won’t be joined by beer cans or a Flying Spaghetti Monster for the holidays in Tallahassee this year. The last couple of years has seen the Florida Capitol rotunda festooned with displays by varying religious groups and atheists around the holidays. But the group that first erected…
In the best weird news out of Florida category, the winner is this story out of Brevard County, about two hours north of Palm Beach.: Scott Hull, an 22year old man, apparently invited a buddy to go rip off some houses on November 12, according to the Space Coast Daily…
Noon, Saturday, November 14: The Hollywood Broadwalk is choked with people. Vendors hawk beer, shots, and margaritas on the ribbon of pavement along the beach. Couples trip over their flip-flops. Beers slosh in plastic cups. Today is the grand opening of Margaritaville, a 349-room luxury beachfront resort parked right in…
Over the last two years, Palm Beach County property records show, Fane Lozman paid $824,000 for five parcels of submerged land in Riviera Beach, totaling 24.46 acres. The land sits in a large lagoon between the mainland and Singer Island. It’s in that glistening lagoon that he intends to turn…
This past weekend’s Gulfstream’s Opening Day program featured only one more race than last year’s, yet it brought in $10.118 million — up 0.57 percent from last season. This despite a weekend drenched in storms that made the track rainy and sloppy, forcing four races off the turf on Saturday…
On Friday November 27, the running track at Betty T. Ferguson Recreation Complex in Miami Gardens was lined with tents and tables. Representatives for 32 black-owned small businesses had laid out their products — jewelry, art, food — for shoppers to peruse. It was Black Friday, the busiest shopping day…
You might think that a national preserve would be used to, y’know, preserve some natural land and protected species. Naw, you crazy! Parks and preserves are used for extracting resources, silly! Tomorrow night is an important meeting to determine the fate of oil exploration in the Big Cypress National Preserve. …
President Barack Obama spoke to the nation during a prime time address where he spoke of the mass shooting in San Bernardino that left 14 people dead, and it’s possible connection to ISIL. This led to Obama calling on congress to address the threat of those on a no-fly list…
