Kyle Munzenrieder
Miami New Times
Miami, FL, United States
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Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Could Nix Florida's New Law
Last March Governor Rick Scott signed one of the most sweeping anti-abortion laws in Florida's recent history into law. It is scheduled to go into effect on Friday. One of the new law's key provisions is that it requires any doctor performing an abortion to have admitting privileges at a local... → Read More
Miami-Dade Adopts Plan to Build Six New Mass-Transit Rail Lines
Is Miami-Dade finally getting serious about expanding rail service in the county? → Read More
Meet Some of South Florida's Best Drag Queens
Everyone is biting the style of drag queens. On Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, A-list celebrities lip-sync for their lives. The Kardashians have prompted millions of copycats to contour their faces with makeup. Middle schoolers are all "throwing shade" at one another nowadays. See? You might chalk it up to the... → Read More
Jeb Bush Tweets a Picture of His Gun With the Word "America"
Jeb Bush, who is currently sitting in last place in national polls of all remaining major Republican candidates, just tweeted a picture of what's assumedly his personal gun (you can tell, because it has his name embossed on it) with the word "America." It's a truly bizarre Tweet, that underlies the... → Read More
Will Daily Commercial Flights From Miami to Havana Start Under New Agreement?
The U.S. Transportation Department today announced a historic deal reestablishing direct commercial airline service between American and Cuba. The agreement will allow 20 flights a day between America and Havana, and 10 flights each to the rest of Cuba's nine other international airport. That's a total of 110 flights a... → Read More
Hit-and-Runs Surged to More Than 92,000 in Florida Last Year
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... → Read More
Alan Grayson Called Patrick Murphy a "Lickspittle Pillock"
It's no secret that the Democratic "establishment," at both the state and national level, would much rather Rep. Alan Grayson stay out of the race to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate. They've always preferred Rep. Patrick Murphy. He's got the backing of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and a host of... → Read More
Florida Bill Would Outlaw Employers From Asking for Access to Your Facebook and Twitter Accounts
Are you still tagged in Facebook photos from that time you went to a drunken "Anything But Clothes" party in college? Have a habit of tweeting out your strongly worded controversial political opinions? Maybe your Instagram is literred with a few thirst-trap picture? Sure, we've all posted some things on... → Read More
260 Exotic Animals Have Escaped in Florida in the Past Decade
Alot of weird things happen in Florida. On Friday we're here to bring you the oddest. This week: the stats on escaped wild animals in Florida, an alligator flung through a Wendy's window, and a criminal 8-year-old. Florida Has an Exotic Animal Escape Problem It seems like every other week... → Read More
Millionaire Miami Beach Mayor Films Himself Angrily Confronting FedEx Delivery Man
Miami Beach Philip Levine, known for his acute attention to quality of life issues in his town and his often cagey relationship with the local press and social media critics, decided to try his hand at crafting his own social media moment yesterday afternoon. Traffic is undoubtedly a major issue... → Read More
This $90 Million Aluminum Yacht Is the Largest and Most Expensive Boat for Sale at Yachts Miami
If the X-men or anyother self respecting superhero team had a luxury yacht, we're pretty sure it would look like the Silver Fast. Designed and built by Burgess Yachts, the 253 foot superboat is both the world's largest and fastest aluminum yacht. It's making it's debut this weekend in Miami during the... → Read More
Miami Is Now One of Airbnb's Top Five American Markets
Thousands of hotel rooms are scheduled to come on the market in the next few years in the already hotel-heavy Miami market, but hotels are no longer the only choice tourists have for lodging. Airbnb has shaken up the hotel market by allowing people to directly lease their homes out... → Read More
Seven Controversial Bills Still Alive in the Florida Legislature
We're at the halfway mark of the Florida legislature's two-month annual session. Like every year, politicians from across the state are filing plenty of bills that are either patently ridiculous or laughably controversial. Many of these pieces of legislation never so much as make it to committee hearing, but thanks... → Read More
University of Miami Students Now Have $9,000 Napping Pods to Use on Campus
University of Miami, a young person's active retirement community that doubles as a respected University, has a new luxury feature for its weary students: two $9,000 high-tech napping pods in the University Center and Student Center. The futuristic alternative to sleeping in class are aimed tired commuter students, and delivered... → Read More
Florida LGBT Rights Bill Dead; Still Legal to Fire Someone for Being Gay
Even though same-sex marriage is now legal in Florida, it's still completely within the law for an employer to fire someone for being gay or a landlord to deny housing to a transgender tenant in large swaths of the state. For the 10th time, a coalition of bi-partisan lawmakers (yes,... → Read More
Samir Jemaaoui Jumped to Death After Killing His Wife in South Beach
Last night two children reported to security officers at the Flamingo condominium building in South Beach that their mother had been assaulted in her unit. When police showed up they found the 31-year-old woman dead. Police identified Samir Jemaaoui as the main suspect, and CBS Miami reports that the victim was his... → Read More
Florida LGBT Rights Bill Stalled in Senate By GOP's Bathroom Obsession
Throughout much of the state of Florida, it's still completely legal to fire someone simply for being gay. Sure, several cities and counties in the state have passed local ordinances barring anti-gay discrimination, but those only protect 55 percent of Floridians (and not all of those local laws extend to... → Read More
Florida's Largest Apple Store Is Coming to Brickell City Centre
Miami's urban core has long been missing a feature almost every major city on earth has: an Apple store. For years downtowners and mainlanders have had to travel to South Beach, Kendal or Aventura if they've wanted to visit the Genius Bar or pick up a new Mac charger chord. ... → Read More
South Beach Tow's Bernice Named Florida's First Female High School Football Head Coach
Lakatriona Brunson has been a lot of things in her life: A high school track star, a college basketball player, a 10-year-veteran of a woman's football league, and a physical education. Perhaps she's best known as her alter-ego "Bernice," the cult hero of the reality TV program South Beach Tow. ... → Read More
MLB Player Delmon Young Threatened to Kill a Brickell Valet, Went on Anti-Cuban Rant
Major League Baseball player Delmon Young found himself behind bars and accused of battery this weekend after threatening to kill a valet at the Viceroy hotel in Brickell over the weekend. Young reportedly unleashed a tirade full of ethnic insults at the valet before leaving. Police eventually found him at his... → Read More