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August 14, 2018

• A liberal voice on the Miami-Dade commission, Levine Cava seeks a second term
• A Facebook Messenger call leads to a summer camp counselor facing a molestation charge
• Spaceballs — and other reasons why the Dolphins offense had its best camp under Gase
• Colombia’s former anti-corruption chief pleads guilty to bribery scheme at Dolphin Mall
• Lifeguard stands along Miami Beach are getting a new life. Maybe in your own backyard
• Why Florida law may shield companies behind deadly FIU bridge from criminal charges
• Want to name these sea lion pups? You may score a close encounter with marine life
• Politicians need to stop campaign texting! It’s obnoxious — and infringes on privacy
• Marlins face an ‘uphill’ battle proving foreign ownership in Miami fight, judge says
• Six months after shooting, a forever changed Stoneman Douglas still mourns the dead
• New policy encourages animal cruelty without consequence
• She grabbed a shopping list and got in the car. Abductor waited in back, Ark. cops say
• When cops and a suspect cross paths at a popular bakery, the pastelitos have to wait
• ‘This is for your fantasies:’ Dad drops towel in front of teen babysitter, Indiana cops say
• He savagely pummeled a little girl to death in Miami Beach, cops say. He’ll stay in jail
• He pocketed bribes as a politician. Now, he’s off to prison this fall
• Stars from around the world at International Ballet Festival of Miami
• Dolphins bring back familiar face and get encouraging results with new defensive backfield
• Here’s why this coach’s journey to ancestral home of Cuba was odd, interesting and sad
• Here’s where ballyhooed freshmen Pope and Lingard stand at UM Hurricanes training camp
• The classic “Cabaret” resonates today as much as it ever did
• 10 surprising things discovered from Team USA baseball’s visit to Cuba last month
• Broken finger sidelines Dolphins receiver DeVante Parker
• Adam Gase, Kenyan Drake have a meeting: What happened and why
• He filed bogus home insurance claims, cops say. He’s also a Miami-Dade police lieutenant
• I talked to the real ‘BlacKkKlansman 12 years ago. Unfortunately, his work is not done
• Man forgot about the class ring he lost in the ’70s — until he got a Facebook message
• Same-sex marriage in Cuba is a public-relations ploy
• Hialeah asks its voters: Do you want to raise taxes to pay for more police?
• David Trueba’s “Almost 40” premieres at Coral Gables Art Cinema on Friday
• Podcast: Why the Miami Dolphins are ‘not close’ to ready after training camp
• In primary for Florida governor, DeSantis will be good for Republicans
• Florida’s red tide takes a mounting toll. And it’s not just on the fish.
• UM 240-lb back is ‘a Mack truck with a Ferrari engine.’ And all he wants to do is run
• Retired chief justice objects to bundled amendments on ballot, asks court to act
• Cause of death released for bar owner who sparked Miami’s mixology movement
• UM OT George Brown to have surgery and QB Jarren Williams evaluated by doctors
• This candidate for Florida governor cites serving at Guantánamo. What did he do there?
• Marlins lose two games to the Braves and two infielders to injuries on the same day
• Poutine is ugly-delicious Canadian comfort food. Now you can get it in the Miami area
• Poutine is ugly-delicious Canadian comfort food. Now you can get it in the Miami area
• He got on his laptop during a visit to the doctor. He might never wake up free again
• Your SunPass account is changing again. This time it’s for the better
• Firefighters said ‘I love you’ to parrot stuck on roof. The feeling wasn’t mutual
• Drunk driver also had ‘every possible kind of drug’ in his system, Spanish police say
• Florida’s flood laws can be a nationwide model
• Three Miami Dolphins rookies who likely will be starters by season opener
• ‘Strong mayor’ ballot question sparks new tiff between Miami and Miami-Dade mayors
• Sports on TV: Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018
• NPR shows us how not to interview a white nationalist
• Keep Melreese Golf Course
• Refugee bureau pick a poor choice
• Briante Weber reportedly agrees to partially guaranteed deal with Miami Heat
• Pickpocket stole a wallet — then begged for his life when this man beat him, cops say
• This Chaminade-Madonna standout grew up admiring UM greats. Next year, he’ll be at The U
• Where the Florida Gators’ recruiting class stands following its latest commitment
• He smashed an officer’s cruiser with a brick — and that’s a hate crime, CT police say
• Two UM defensive players switch positions and another emerges as training camp surprise
• Woman shot at in attempted carjacking, police say — two other carjackings that morning
• More than 300 emaciated animals found on farm without food or water, probe reveals
• Dolphins release player involved in practice fight on Monday
• A Keys teen threatened suicide. But police saved the day