Authorities have confirmed tor the first time ever, that hackers attempted and almost succeeded at rigging a Miami primary vote, uncovering underlying security issues with the online voting systems of the future.
The popular science writer is sorry for re-using old blog posts at The New Yorker; for inventing Bob Dylan quotes in his book; and for plagiarizing press releases at Wired. Adding to the spectacle of his awkward apology, he was flanked this social-media reaction.
Party-pooping politicians tried to quash the two-weekend expansion of Miami's giant electronic dance gathering Ultra Music Festival. But the increasingly popular mega-rave could not be contained.
John McAfee, former software entrepreneur and object of everyone's curiosity, landed safely in Miami on Wednesday evening, after an epic adventure in Central America.
Tom Wolfe's new novel Back to Blood comes out today, opening the floodgates for reviews. This time around, the man in the white suit has taken on Miami. But how accurate is Wolfe's depiction of the city?
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Months of planning go into the Republican National Convention, but, unless you're a witch, you can't predict the weather. When you have an event in Florida at the end of August, you run the risk of having a hurricane rain on your parade. Republicans, meet Isaac.
F.B.I. agents arrested two people in Miami on Tuesday in connection with an art heist that sounds exactly like it was executed by Thomas Crown.
The hospital hosting Ronald Poppo, the homeless man whose face was chewed up by a drug-addled man, released some (very graphic) photos and details documenting his recovery, and now we can look forward to the end of the not terribly funny "zombie apocalypse" meme.
The Miami Zombie has a name: Police told local press that the naked man they shot to death when he wouldn't stop eating another guy's face is 31-year-old Rudy Eugene, and that he was in the depths of the world's worst acid trip when it happened.
A bizarre gang war erupted at a funeral in Miami. Two are dead, 12 injured.
Plus: An Italian basketball club wants Kobe Bryant, if only for a night
Prescription drugs, not blow, now fuel well-to-do partiers in the town of Tony Montana
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