A potentially deadly parasite that causes heart disease might have made its way to Florida via an insect known as the “kissing bug.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the bugs have invaded several southern states, with sightings of the bug being reported in Arizona, Arkansas, Texas…
Last month, two young women on motorcycles were traveling north on the I-95 express lanes in North Miami. Suddenly, a car in the regular lanes — or “free lanes” — darted through the plastic poles and struck Cynthia Fleischmann and Catherine Perez. The young women were rushed to the hospital…
Thanksgiving Weekend is the busiest travel day of the year, and not just through the air. According to some estimates, some 42 million people are expected to take a road trip this Turkey Day weekend, and while that sounds like the same amount of cars you run into during a regular…
Thanksgiving is the perfect time to let the people who matter to you know they are greatly appreciated. They’re the reason for the season. Hence, our list of South Floridians who deserve a little extra recognition right about now: Micky Arison, Miami Heat Owner Being the Godfather of South Florida sports owners…
Someone fired a gun outside Club BAM in Fort Lauderdale early Wednesday morning, scattering panicked club goers and leaving one man dead. According to Broward County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy patrolling the area of Club BAM, located in the 2800 block of West Broward Boulevard, heard the shots fired at…
Tomorrow is the Thanksgiving. Which means, unless you’re traveling, you’re home, chillin, watching the parade, some football, and eating until your pants explode. Hell yea, Thanksgiving! Of course, you’ll inevitably have that moment where you remember that you forgot to buy enough deserts, or learn that your middle aged Uncle…
Animal rights activists are gearing up for their latest call to arms: a protest outside the home of Matthew Block. Block is the founder of South Florida-based Worldwide Primates, a company that imports and sells monkeys across the world for scientific research experiments. Activists claim that the company tortures animals. …
It’s been a rough year for sports down here in South Florida. The Dolphins are an atrocity of a football team, the Panthers can never get their shit together, the Marlins are the epitome of an evil organization, like Spectre, and the Hurricanes are an atrocity. Sadness is lathered all…
It looks like Creed frontman, and Boca Raton resident, Scott Stapp is back on his feet and safe from almost being assassinated by the CIA, because he’s now starring in a new Funny or Die video where he reviews the new movie Creed. Creed, which opens in theaters on Thanksgiving…
This year, some 25 million people will be traveling by air for Thanksgiving to eat till their hearts’ content. The airport workers who make those trips possible — including cabin cleaners, ramp workers, and baggage handlers — will go on a 24-hour fast today to protest low wages and bad…
This year, Black Lives Matter protests have broken out at college campuses across the country. Typically, they call for an increase in black professors and black student retention rates. Seemingly in response, this past weekend, a crop of “White Student Union” pages were created on Facebook for at least 30…
The holidays are upon us, and there’s no better way to celebrate than to partake in juicy nourishment from a dumb animal and settle into the couch to soak up a heap of entertainment. Luckily, your South Florida neighbors provide all of the above, in spades. Here are the top…
The Florida Health Department has announced via official letters that five nurseries can grow and distribute a medicinal form of cannabis known as Charlotte’s Web. The nurseries, which were required to have been in business for at least 30 years and have at least 400,000 plants, will cover specific regions…
Parkland has come out on top in a ranking of 115 cities for best city for families in Florida. As part of a Thanksgiving week study — in which families gather together and then ponder whether they should just go ahead and move to the Sunshine state — the personal…
For ten months, the Mosaic Group — a marketing agency based in Boca Raton — has been conducting research and focus groups for the City of Fort Lauderdale, which is trying to market Flagler Village together with two neighborhoods that border it: Progresso and Sistrunk. But at the November 3…
On Sunday, Donald Trump, who currently holds a double-digit lead among GOP candidates, tweeted out fake murder stats that says 81 percent of whites are murdered by blacks, and that blacks that are killed by police make up only one percent. This came after Trump going on television and saying…
A psychiatric evaluation has been requested for Harlem Suarez, a man from the Florida Keys who was arrested in July after he allegedly said he wanted to bomb a beach in Key West or Marathon. He also allegedly talked about South Beach in Miami as a target. His attorney, Richard Della…
Last week, the railroad project formerly known as All Aboard Florida announced it’s new name as Brightline Florida and released photo renderings of the candy-colored trains that will be taking passengers between Miami and Orlando, with stops in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. The company will also be adding…
Ronald Rhoda was a frustrating figure who slipped around the edges of our investigation earlier this year into Felony Lane gangs from South Florida. Our story opened in 2013 with a series of car break-ins in the Seattle-Tacoma, Washington-area: women dropping their children off at day care centers were the targets…
A Spirit airlines flight 596 that was headed to Minneapolis Thursday night was forced to turn around and return to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after a passenger made a bomb threat. According to Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Spirit Flight 596, an Airbus A320, was carrying 92 passengers and landed safety shortly after…
Holding eye contact is nerve-racking these days. Texting and social media shield most people from it. Many argue that these technological advancements have only made humans lonelier. But one woman thinks she has a solution for South Florida’s longing for more meaningful relationships: “eye-gazing.” It’s a social experiment of sorts…
The House has voted to pass the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act (SAFE) by an overwhelming 289-137 vote. The controversial bill is designed to stop Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the United States without first going through a very vigorous vetting process to prove that they aren’t security…
