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Lawsuit Highlights Human Toll of Florida Sugar Harvest

Lawsuit Highlights Human Toll of Florida Sugar Harvest

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Chicken Wings Can Save Lives

Here's a List of All the Horrible Shit Laura Loomer Has Said and Done

By Joshua Ceballos
Aug 24, 2020

The most-banned woman on the internet somehow won a Florida Congressional primary.
UF Students Renew Calls to Rename Buildings Honoring Segregationists

By Alex DeLuca
Jul 1, 2020

After years of student-led efforts to rename the buildings, a new petition is circulating once again.
No, Your Landlord Can't Shut Off Your Electricity or Water in Florida

By Jessica Lipscomb
May 7, 2020

Under Florida law, landlords can't shut off a home's power or water in an attempt to force out their renters.
An Important Message From New Times Broward-Palm Beach's Editor-in-Chief

By Tom Finkel
Mar 25, 2020

We want to assure you that whatever happens, we aren’t going anywhere. (Literally! We’re all working from home.)
Desperate Airlines Plug Florida Flight Deals as Coronavirus Spreads

By Joshua Ceballos
Mar 13, 2020

Time will tell whether people will leave their self-quarantines to live in the fantasy these airlines are trying to sell.
Leaked Emails: Norwegian Pressures Sales Team to Mislead Potential Customers About Coronavirus

By Alexi C. Cardona
Mar 12, 2020

A Norwegian employee says some managers have asked the sales team to lie to customers about COVID-19 to protect the company's bookings.
Broward, Palm Beach Officials Stress Caution Amid COVID-19 Fears

By Teri Berg and Izzy Kapnick
Mar 5, 2020

As U.S. fatalities from the new coronavirus strain stack up — and as patients begin to test positive in Florida — planning is in high gear in South Florida as fears mount that an outbreak of the deadly pathogen could happen here. Health authorities as well as county and local...
Taste Notes: Bloody Mary Fest a First for Township Fort Lauderdale

By Jesse Scott
Feb 12, 2020

Put down that mimosa and back away from the bellini. Bloody Mary is taking over. For the first time ever, Township Fort Lauderdale is hosting a Bloody Mary Festival, with savory samples aplenty this Sunday, February 16, from 1 to 5 p.m. “The brunch craze evolved into Sunday Funday, which...
Anti-ICE Activists Re-Arrested Months After Protest at GEO Group HQ

By Saraana Jamraj
Feb 11, 2020

On December 3, nine activists were arrested for their parts in a non-violent protest at the headquarters of GEO Group in Boca Raton. Early Tuesday, five of them were again arrested and taken to jail on felony charges.
Immigrants at Key West Jail Report Abuse, Neglect, and Extreme Isolation

By Alexi C. Cardona
Dec 20, 2019

The report calls out substandard medical care and detainee deaths.
Brightline Is the Deadliest Train Per Mile in America, According to the AP

By Jerry Iannelli
Dec 3, 2019

Brightline has killed people at a constant and startling clip.
Convicted West Palm Beach Killer Still Says He Was Sleepwalking

By Michael Majchrowicz
Nov 26, 2019

After his arrest in the stabbing death of his roommate Brooke Preston, Randy Herman Jr. had a bizarre defense.
Feds Say Delray Man Targeted Foster Children as Recruits in Sex-Trafficking Scheme

By Manuel Madrid
Nov 15, 2019

Offering fancy clothes and luxury cars as bait to recruit vulnerable girls into years of prostitution, William Foster used South Florida as a home base for an expansive sex trafficking operation for at least 15 years, federal agents alleged in a criminal complaint filed yesterday in the Southern District of Florida.
Facing Widespread Divestment and Public Outcry, GEO Group Tries to Soothe Shareholders

By Manuel Madrid
Nov 6, 2019

To say GEO Group is in a slump is to put it mildly. The last time the prison company's stock prices remained this low was in 2016, when the Obama administration announced it would phase out all federal contracts with privatized correctional facilities.
Emails Show GEO Employee Threatening ICE Detainees Who Didn't Clean Their Jails

By Jerry Iannelli
Oct 31, 2019

Immigration detainees are held on civil, not criminal, charges. Therefore, imprisoned immigrants have argued for years they cannot legally be forced to work like prisoners while held in civil detention. In December 2017, Raul Novoa — a Mexican man living in Los Angeles on a green card — sued the GEO Group, the private prison corporation based in Boca Raton. He alleges that detainees were forced to work for the company for as little as $1 per day and that the absurdly small wages were illegal for detainees who hadn't been convicted of crimes.
South Florida Ranks Among Top Areas for Minority-Owned Startups

By Manuel Madrid
Oct 30, 2019

Along with shady condo sales and sleazy politicians, South Florida also attracts its fair share of minority-owned businesses. The Miami metropolitan area remains fertile ground for startups — so fertile, in fact, that it ranks among the top four places in the country for new minority-owned businesses.
Court Dismisses Laura Loomer's Complaints Against Florida Muslim Advocacy Group

By Jess Nelson
Oct 23, 2019

A federal judge has dismissed complaints against a Florida Muslim advocacy group filed by Laura Loomer, the conservative conspiracy theorist with a history of Islamophobic comments who's now running for Congress.
Greyhound Advocate Says Lawsuit to Overturn Racing Ban Is a "Slap in the Face to Voters"

By Manuel Madrid
Oct 8, 2019

The greyhound industry isn't taking defeat well. After unsuccessfully suing to keep a measure banning dog racing off the Florida ballot last year, greyhound breeders and trainers are headed back to court. This time, they're arguing that the ban — approved by 69 percent of state voters in the 2018 election — strips their dogs of their earning potential.
Convicted Venezuelan Official's Palm Beach Estates on Auction

By Manuel Madrid
Sep 25, 2019

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.
New Times Hiring Writers to Cover Broward, Palm Beach Food Scene

By New Times Staff
Sep 11, 2019

Are you constantly taking photos of your dinner? Are you passionate about food and drinks? Do you dazzle your friends with your knowledge of the newest restaurants and hottest bars in South Florida? If you know the best out-of-the-way place for a bowl of pho or love a good craft...

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