Category: Middle East

After hearing the enduring urban legend of Bigfoot, thousands of adventurers have tried to track down the mysterious creature, which many people claim lurks in the Pacific Northwest. Despite more than 10,000 reported sightings in the United States, none has resulted in definitive evidence of a real Bigfoot. However, a team of researchers using advanced […]

Update: This story has been updated with information about the identities of the alleged armed robbers and the bystander who was killed. Serious questions remain following the bloody shootout yesterday on Miramar Parkway that claimed the lives of two suspected armed robbers, a UPS driver, and an innocent bystander near a traffic-jammed intersection. The FBI […]

No fewer than 11 police officers opened fire in the middle of traffic gridlock on Miramar Parkway during the afternoon rush hour yesterday as TV cameras rolled, ending a pursuit that began with a jewelry-store heist in Coral Gables. The alleged robbers carjacked a UPS truck and took its driver hostage. Four people died: the […]

Marie Davidson has been keeping awfully busy for someone who’d supposedly just retired. Earlier this year, the French-Canadian singer and electronic music producer announced her live show at the Red Bull Music Festival Montreal in September would serve as her farewell to the dance floor. “It’s with a lot of emotions that I present to […]

The holidays are here, and South Florida is home to a host of themed pop-ups offering festive drinks, twinkling lights, and plenty of Christmas music. Most of the bars revolve around the Miracle and Sippin’ Santa pop-up series. Now in its sixth year, Miracle was created by Cocktail Kingdom’s Greg Boehm. Today, 95 Miracle bars — […]

It’s not easy having eyes all over the scene, being around to take in all the wild visuals at all the worthwhile places in the city. There are, however, those parties and gallery openings where a fortunate photographer can point and shoot. Every week, in collaboration with World Red Eye, New Times brings you a […]

The Super Bowl: It’s a big deal, and it’s not just about football. For better or for worse, it’s one of this nation’s most celebrated pop cultural events, and the city that winds up hosting it inevitably explodes in activity each year. That means Miami traffic will suck even more than usual, but as a […]

A young woman dressed in black opens the glass front door of an art installation in the Miami Design District. She ushers in a couple and leads them to a small room whose sole illumination comes from innumerable glowing acrylic pumpkins arrayed across the floor. Yellow with black polka dots, the gourds are equipped with […]

Who are the people locked up in America’s immigration jails? Ask President Donald Trump or his sycophants on Fox News and you’ll hear horror stories: machete-wielding gang members, thugs, unrepentant rapists, and all sorts of hardened criminals. The invented invasion of these so-called bad hombres has been used to justify a wish list of callous […]

When it comes to robbing banks, it pays to be nice. At least that was the case for a South Florida bank robber whose conviction was recently vacated on appeal. Because he minded his manners, his case will be sent back to district court for resentencing. On March 21, 2017, Roberto Arturo Perez robbed a […]