Alex DeLuca
Miami New Times
Gainesville, FL, United States
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Florida Senators Urge President to Let Unvaxxed Djokovic Compete in Miami Open
Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are urging Biden to grant tennis player Novak Djokovic's request for a vaccine waiver to compete in the upcoming Miami Open. → Read More
Rubio's Permanent Daylight Savings Bill Sees Light of Day Once More
Over the past several years, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has been on a quest to make Daylight Saving Time permanent and abolish what he considers an outdated practice of changing clocks biannually. → Read More
Feds Plan to Seize Russian Oligarch's Luxe Fisher Island Properties
Federal prosecutors filed a complaint to seize high-priced units owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018. → Read More
Fisher Island Residents Battle Baylink Transit Route From Miami
Better Streets Miami Beach claims residents from the wealthy barrier island are concocting arguments in hopes of killing the project. → Read More
Feds: Miami Man Who Used Grindr for "Hate-Fueled" Crimes Awaits Sentencing
Stevenson Charles robbed, mugged, and shot victims whom he had lured through the popular gay dating app Grindr in the Miami area, federal prosecutors say. → Read More
Who Is the Miami Crypto Queen Accused of Devising Plan to Overthrow Election?
Eryka Gemma Flores went from being a scarcely known crypto promoter in Miami to an alleged central figure in the Proud Boys January 6 insurrection trial. → Read More
Miami Jail Conditions Languished Under DOJ Oversight, Senators Say
Four U.S. Senators claim the Department of Justice failed to enforce a settlement that mandated a top-to-bottom overhaul of the Miami-Dade County jail system. → Read More
Pompano Beach Man Charged With Repeatedly Attacking Officers in Capitol Hill Riot
Kenneth Bonawitz of Pompano Beach is charged with attacking multiple police officers outside the Capitol building during the January 6, 2021, insurrection in D.C. → Read More
Florida Marijuana Legalization Measure Heads to State Supreme Court
Can Florida seal the deal on recreational weed legalization this time around? → Read More
Finding DeFillipo: A Timeline of the North Miami Beach Mayor Residency Scandal
Mayor Anthony DeFillipo has refused to step down in light of claims that he violated the city charter by living in Davie, far outside North Miami Beach city limits. → Read More
Hollow Gesture? Miami's Unveils New Black History-Themed Police Car
Mayor Francis Suarez and Chief Manuel Morales unveiled the Miami Police Department's Black History Month patrol vehicle, emblazoned with raised fists and an outline of Africa. → Read More
Brazil's Ex-President Bolsonaro to Headline Conservative Rally at Trump's Miami Resort
Turning Point USA plans to host Jair Bolsonaro's first public speaking event since he hightailed from Brazil shortly before his election-denying supporters ransacked congress. → Read More
How to Help Miami Gardens Residents Displaced by Apartment Fire
On Saturday morning, residents of an apartment complex off US 441 in Miami Gardens awoke to their building engulfed in flames. → Read More
A Quest for Congressman George Santos' $200 Room at the W South Beach
New Times went on a mission to find George Santos' supposed $200-a-night room at W South Beach in the wake of the FEC complaint filed against the congressman. → Read More
Florida to Execute Death Row Prisoner Donald Dillbeck Next Month
The convicted murderer is on death row at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant for the 1990 murder of Faye Vann in Tallahassee. → Read More
Too Vile for the Highway: Florida’s Rejected Vanity Plates
From "KAREN AF" to "H8MYEX2," here's a list of all the personalized license plates Florida turned down last year for being too obscene or objectionable. → Read More
Trip's Over: Florida's First "Magic Mushroom" Dispensary Halts Sales
Chillum Dispensary in Tampa no longer offers Amanita muscaria AKA "fly agaric" products after state officials deemed them to be poisonous under Florida food safety law. → Read More
Miami and Fort Lauderdale Airports Among the Worst in U.S. for Delays
Which airport is most likely to induce trichotillomania? → Read More
Florida Manatee Deaths Stabilize After 2021 Die-Off
After the deadliest year on record, experts estimate that manatee deaths slightly decreased in 2022. → Read More
Dominatrix Demands Fort Lauderdale City Commission Fund "Sex Dungeon" (VIDEO)
A dominatrix instructed Fort Lauderdale city commissioners to allocate $250,000 for a BDSM dungeon. → Read More