As Marco Rubio's campaign buckled under a Donald Trump tsunami back in February, the Miami senator tried a last ditch maneuver to stem the tide: He started outright mocking a guy famous for brutally making fun of his opponents. Rubio — correctly — called him "orange" and a "con man."...
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Rep. Gwen Graham, a single-term Democratic congresswoman perhaps best known for being the daughter of former Senator and Governor Bob Graham, announced today that she won't seek re-election and is instead strongly considering a run for governor in 2018. "I'm so excited to tell you first that I'm seriously considering...
Back in 2003, photographer Kenneth Adelman was working on a project that documented the coastline of California, which includes the cliff of Malibu, which happens to include the home of Barbara Streisand. Adelman posted his photos online, and, well, not many people actually bothered to pay attention to the project...
As the gospel choir finished the last chords of "Going Up Yonder," Deborah Frazier approached her brother's powder-blue coffin. It was surrounded by heaping bouquets of baby's breath and blue roses. For a moment, the cavernous sanctuary of the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was silent except the sound of her...
With a Zika scare in effect, the amount of tourists visiting Wynwood has dropped. Walk down any street and you'll see a dearth of wide-eyed people posing for selfies in front of the neighborhood's colorful murals or sipping craft beers and coffee. There is some good news, however. Wynwood businesses...
Miami immigration lawyer Julie Christine Ferguson passed away in Washington DC April 21. She was 49. Ferguson was much admired among her legal colleagues for her free spirit, kindness and work ethic. She often took on tough, financially unrewarding cases, as well as being actively involved in humanitarian causes. Tall,...
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This past April 23, Mark Walton, a 19-year-old University of Miami running back, was arrested for drunk driving after he failed road sobriety and Breathalyzer tests. Miami Police may have targeted Walton, local media outlets report. The former Booker T. Washington High star is suspended indefinitely from playing for the...
The first time we heard of architect Bernard Zyscovich's plan to turn parts of the Rickenbacker causeway into a pedestrian and cyclist friendly linear park it was a revolutionary but still modest idea. His original plan called for lessening the number of car lanes on the bridge, and replacing them...
Greg Moody wants you to eat better barbecue. Hence why this former college football player, standing over six feet tall wearing all black and a pencil thin salt-and-pepper mustache spends more than two days preparing his brisket. He learned the technique some years ago, when his long-haul trailer broke down...
Anyone who has even had a cup of coffee in Miami can probably tell that we do things a little different down here. We don't eat what most people eat. We don't eat when most people eat. Everything in general, we consume differently, with different people. It's all constantly changing,...
In April, Alan Richman, a 16-time winner of the James Beard Award for food writing, dubbed Montreal “the new food capital of North America” in an article for Town and Country. To some, this might’ve come as a surprise, but my first thought was, gee, that took long enough. See,...
The world laughed when Jimmy McMillan ran for New York City mayor with the slogan, "The rent is too damn high!" Yet, how many of us now repeat that line verbatim whenever we cut our landlord a check or browse apartment listings in Miami? They are, indeed, categorically, undebatably too damn...
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According to IMDb, Jaume Collet-Serra’s over-before-you-know-it The Shallows runs for one hour and 27 minutes — a number that produces a reaction something like when an NBA roster lists a short-looking player at five-foot-nine and you marvel, Really? Nate Robinson is that tall? The shark thriller has only three or...
Every year, the massive Yachts Miami Beach event showcases hundreds of yachts along a ten-block stretch west of Collins Avenue in Mid-Beach each winter. All those boats require temporary docks to tie up to, though, and for years the company who runs the show has installed floating styrofoam structures in...
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The lively new animated video for the Spam Allstars song "Around the Track" had a long and winding origin. "Years ago the Spam Allstars management reached out to me to do some artwork for them," explains the video's director, a man who goes by the name MarcPaperScissor. The artist, who...
In West African dance, the rhythm of the drums and the movement of the dancer work together in unison, almost as one colorful, throbbing body. Other styles, from ballet to modern, disconnect the two; dancers move to recorded music or to the sounds of live musicians playing the same notes...
For continued success, a restaurant has to constantly evolve. Most eateries update their menus seasonally, but few undertake a total rework of everything for fear of losing its identity and reputation. But, every once in a while, a neighborhood changes and an eatery, like anything in the world, must evolve...
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Florida's most read newspaper has swallowed the state's print circulation runner-up (at least according to 2014 number). The Tampa Bay Times announced today that it has acquired cross-region rival The Tampa Tribune. Publication of the Tribune has stopped immediately, and while some staff will be absorbed, at least 100 layoffs...
Don't be alarmed by that smoke you see on the horizon — it's just the result of thousands of Heat fans overworking their ESPN Trade Machines. Because it's officially nonsense season, the time of year where every fan talks themselves into believing their team can find a trade partner thirsty...
Florida Governor Rick Scott wants the rest of the Republican establishment to just stop all the nonsense and accept the fact that Donald Trump will be the party's official presidential nominee come this summer. In a Facebook post, the Gov called for an official end to the "Stop Trump" movement...
2015 was a record-breaking year for hit-and-run accidents in the state of Florida last year. The Florida Highway Patrol reports that the state had 92,623 hit-and-run accidents last year, about an 8,000 accident rise since 2014. That resulted in more than 19,000 injuries and a total of 186 fatalties. 18,345 hit-and-runs...