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May 1, 2019

• Former UM women’s basketball star arrested in Palm Beach County, charged with assault
• Florida lawyers who stole, scammed or disappeared get their punishment
• Miami Hurricanes to welcome eight (including four football players) to Hall of Fame
• Whether they’re needed or not, Legislature approves three big Florida road projects
• Nick Anderson just finished a historic month for the Marlins. Here’s how he did it
• Trump’s Venezuela saber-rattling risks expectations of U.S. force if violence escalates
• It’s a great day for kale and cauliflower! Legislature OKs veggies in the front yard.
• Critics deplore this migrant shelter. Its operator just got a huge, hush-hush no-bid deal.
• Garrett Cooper is optimistic after being hit by pitch, but Miami might be in roster bind
• ‘Everybody is under attack.’ Protesters disrupt Legislature over ‘civil justice.’
• How Dan Enos’ track record of development let Miami lure a four-star QB from Connecticut
• An early tropical disturbance is affecting Florida, and it could develop
• Anti-Semitic attacks in Florida decline, while violent attacks in U.S. double, ADL reports
• Don Mattingly still looking for aggression from Sandy Alcantara after latest shaky start
• Classroom teachers can have guns. Painful debate marks final passage by Florida House.
• Florida Democrats say shot at killing sanctuary cities bill fell 10 minutes short
• Thank you, Facebook: Miami’s Ironhack wins $250,000 from tech giant for diversity fund
• Wawa is opening three stores in Miami next week. This is not a drill.
• Live Venezuela updates: Opposing rallies continue as U.S. officials discuss options
• A croqueta bar is opening next week in Miami, and it even has its own craft beer
• This mecca for smoked meats has reopened - and no pig in Miami is safe
• Pitbull goes back to school to celebrate with college-bound seniors
• Bloody encounters across Venezuela amidst promises of change and call for general strike
• Dolphins move on from a quarterback, two defensive players
• Some insight into the Dolphins undrafted free agent pickups on the defensive side
• Rosen played behind a bad offensive line in ’18. Dolphins line needs upgrade to be any better
• Tallahassee may pass a law to kill Miami-Dade’s MDX toll board. Will a judge save it?
• FL House votes to restrict recordings of deaths in mass shootings from the public
• Poison has killed 20 Maryland bald eagles since 2016. But who’s behind it?
• Man backed into police cruiser, led officers on chase and crashed into a pole, cops say
• Palmetto boys’ tennis repeats as state champs, and Miami-Dade sweeps Class 4A, 2A titles
• Man forces boy in Dunkin’ Donuts bathroom, tells him to do sex act or die, cops say
• Barr should testify at oversight hearing of the House Judiciary Committee
• Sports on TV: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
• South Florida pro athletes off the market. Jozy Altidore, Sloane Stephens engaged.
• Grieving families fight public defender’s bid to drop Parkland shooter Cruz as client
• Want chicken and waffles with a side of tostones? Try soul food with a twist in this Liberty City restaurant
• He taught at UM and FIU. Got a master’s at Harvard. And he had 5,000 pieces of child porn
• Welcome to an America where a golfer is vilified for playing a round with the president | Opinion
• Open doors with a tap? Detect a leak instantly? It’s the future of real estate
• Dragic, Whiteside still deciding on player options. Here’s how it impacts Heat cap space
• A body found in a Miami Beach apartment starts a homicide investigation
• Jewish family loses bid to reclaim Impressionist painting sold to Nazis
• These Miami twins came from Nigeria — and won $1.4 million in college scholarships
• These kids were picking up trash for Earth Day. Then they found a 22-pound bale of weed
• Legislature OKs 5-year ban that bars local governments from forbidding plastic straws
• U.S. vs Russia over Venezuela. Are we back in 1962? | Editorial
• More than 200 sick animals were found on his farm. Now he’s charged with animal cruelty.
• She was sitting in a doctor’s office with her cellphone. Then it was gone, video shows.
• Scientists discover cocaine in every shrimp tested from English rivers, study says
• Another lesson delivered for UM early entrants. And Canes draft fallout
• Carnival charged with more probation violations stemming from 2016 conviction
• Why Ambien, Lunestra and other prescription sleep aids will carry FDA black box warnings
• Florida Legislature on the verge of changing voting laws after 2018 recount drama
• Developer accused of dumping stuff in ocean in Keys after Irma. Feds say he broke the law
• Wisconsin Badgers alum Eric Bugenhagen rocking his way to superstar status with WWE NXT
• This four-star linebacker, with NFL bloodlines, chose Florida State over Miami, Auburn.
• Village police chief is getting his job back. Then, he’ll drop the whistle-blower case
• UM women’s tennis team, led by top-ranked Spaniard, makes 24th NCAA tournament in a row
• Miami’s startup community just got $1 million richer, thanks to the Knight Foundation
• Though no body was found, jurors convicted him of murder. An appeals court is freeing him
• He kidnapped his daughter and drove to the Keys with plans to sail to Cuba, police say
• You’ve heard of the ‘Florida Man Challenge.’ Now meet the card game.
• Bourne, Jason Bourne. Drunken Florida man provides false name to cops, gets arrested
• The White House wants to end TPS for Nicaraguans. Two Miami lawmakers want to keep it
• ‘Wow. That thing is gigantic!’ Florida fisherman catches a giant tiger shark