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December 14, 2020

• Florida-based elections vendor demands conservative media retract rigging reports
• Roaches near bagels, rodents on an ice cream freezer: restaurants closed by inspection
• ‘Today, we will have shots going in arms.’ Gov. DeSantis watches first vaccines in Tampa
• Bring on the lechón: Here’s where to order dinner for Nochebuena
• The COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Florida. When can you get it and where?
• A Florida A/C repair company skirted federal overtime laws, owed workers $10,000
• Signing Day and Diaz’s talk with Ed Reed: Can ‘emotionally exhausted’ Canes fix mess? 
• Who was the first health worker to get the COVID vaccine in Florida? There was confusion
• UM’s Diaz: Blake Baker, D’Eriq King’s future and what players told coach on sideline  
• Florida electors cast 29 votes for Trump, but new Senate president sidelined by COVID
• No more freebies: Wynwood Walls now requires you to buy tickets in advance to get in
• This WWE superstar and roller coaster fan hopes her roller coaster year ends on top at TLC
• State investigating death of Florida Keys inmate in an apparent suicide, police say
• Florida seeks to sanction ‘Grim Reaper’ attorney who sued to close beaches over COVID
• ‘A new ray of hope.’ First South Florida hospital workers get vaccinated in Broward.
• Miami Heat, Arisons make $3 million donation to World Central Kitchen
• ‘I can’t let them see me down.’ Opa-locka teen’s poise shines despite tragedies.
• What are your chances of dying from COVID? This calculator gives you a hint
• Greg Cote Show podcast: Animal psychologist on happy dogs and cats, Dolphins-Chiefs talk and more
• Two inmates who escaped a Tennessee prison arrested in South Florida
• Sports on TV: Monday, Dec. 14, 2020
• Barbecue ready? Texas chain Dickey’s is expanding in South Florida
• Miami signing day primer: UM expects to sign most of class, but one key target is waiting
• How many in US want the COVID vaccine? Answer hinges on timing and politics, poll says
• Pivot to Palm Beach? Melania Trump seen touring this Fort Lauderdale school, reports say
• Turkey Point response after reactor shutdowns was ‘acceptable’ but feds found some issues
• Inter Miami confirms Diego Alonso still the coach — for now — after ‘miscommunication’
• The big one’s coming. If we don’t want to go the way of the dinosaur, it’s time to colonize the moon | Opinion
• Dolphins fear TE Mike Gesicki will miss playing time. Clarity on injury expected today
• Injury update: Miami Dolphins in danger of facing Patriots without two key playmakers
• A lawyer who won her first county battle in middle school, Cohen Higgins joins commission
• Killing on Miami bus, one of 3 shootings involving a single suspect, caught on video
• Florida political mystery takes a turn. Someone changed the name of dark-money donor.
• Doral teen Valeria Ray among Orange Bowl International Tennis champions
• What’s at stake Sunday vs. Patriots? Only the Miami Dolphins’ realistic playoff hopes
• Air Force sues Homestead, landowners, over agreement to build homes near base
• Jobs are hard to find in South Florida — but so are workers. What gives?
• Florida Senate president tests positive for COVID-19 before electoral college meeting
• Here is list of which players Inter Miami protected from Tuesday’s MLS Expansion Draft
• 6,000 masks were headed for Jamaica. Here’s why Customs says they were seized
• Erik Spoelstra explains why Avery Bradley is a ‘Heat guy,’ and how he’s going to help
• The only way to keep our constitutional freedoms is to ensure everyone knows what they are | Opinion
• Betting odds released for Cleveland MLB team’s new name. Here are the early favorites
• Florida Reading Corps essential to putting brakes on learning losses during COVID crisis | Opinion
• Woman with Florida ties tangled up in spy-vs.-spy drama, foiled Venezuela coup
• ‘Big boy’: Charlie the alligator gets involved in the game of golf in Florida
• ‘Fitting end to a rough year’: Reptiles killed in fire at Florida wildlife attraction