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December 28, 2020

• ‘Very chaotic.’ South Florida seniors scour local hospitals for COVID-19 vaccines
• Avengers assemble — to save movie theaters? Tom Hanks says Marvel movies provide hope
• The South Florida Fair is changing because of COVID. Here’s what we know so far
• Don’t leave 2020 with a bang. Here’s how to handle your fireworks safely, experts say
• A decomposed body of woman was found in a South Beach apartment. It was homicide, cops say
• More charged, $12 million to victims: an update in South Florida company’s $281 million fraud
• Miami’s Lashlee addresses future of QB N’Kosi Perry and RB Cam Harris before bowl
• There are new laws and a slightly higher minimum wage in Florida to start 2021
• Miami Hurricanes strive to hurdle their past with bowl win ‘staring us in our face’  
• Three Hurricanes named AP All-Americans as UM gets first first-team AP honor since 2004
• Florida confirms 8,198 new COVID cases, as statewide positivity rate increases to 11%
• Bayfront Park was seeing surge in underage scooter riding. Now, Miami is pressing pause
• Miami family heads to prison for dark web racket built on ID theft, counterfeit checks
• Don’t dismiss all vaccine skeptics as anti-science conspiracy theorists. They’re not | Opinion
• Despite the pandemic, a whole lot happened in the boxing world in 2020. Here’s a look
• As Texas A&M prepares for Orange Bowl, three sophomores carry the way on offense
• Beating Miami got UNC to the Orange Bowl. Next up, a ‘huge challenge’ in Texas A&M
• John le Carré was a master portraitist of moral ambiguity, contradiction and betrayal | Opinion
• Florida governor to let Miami murderer serve sentence in Italy. Prosecutors object.
• Diddy just canceled his big New Year’s Eve bash. Not that you would have been invited
• Crowded hospitals increase COVID patients’ risk of dying, study says
• At Florida’s largest nursing home, excitement marks first shipments of Moderna vaccine
• The judges Trump has put on the bench stand ready to weaponize religious liberties | Opinion
• He’s blind and about to age out of his special needs program. Here’s how you can help
• Sports on TV: Monday, Dec. 28, 2020
• ‘Frozen solid’ 15-ton whale on New Jersey beach poses a problem — and a mystery
• Ex-St. Thomas Aquinas star latest Gator to opt out of Cotton Bowl, focus on NFL Draft
• Many Miamians express vaccine skepticism. Here’s how business leaders hope to change their minds
• Greg Cote Show podcast: Year-in-Review Jubilee! Best, worst, off-key singing, FitzMagic, Cheez-Its
• The Schedule and TV information is set for the Miami Dolphins and NFL’s Week 17 games
• The Miami Dolphins will be without another key wide receiver Sunday vs. Buffalo Bills
• A position-by-position look at where the Miami Dolphins’ rebuild stands on defense
• COVID vaccine side effects ‘nothing serious at all,’ Fauci says after getting injection
• A former general manager’s eyebrow-raising comment on Tua. And Houston draft pick update
• What is 5G paranoia? Nashville bombing renews conspiracy theories
• Urban Outfitters recalls products that shouldn’t be flammable, but have caught on fire
• Having trouble hearing people through their masks? This type might help, study finds
• Miami Heat prepared to make quick adjustments as it hosts Bucks for back-to-back games
• Heat’s Butler doubtful to play vs. Bucks. ‘It’s everybody’s job’ to step up, Adebayo says
• Don Strock has watched the new Miami Dolphins quarterback combination. And he’s a fan
• A look at a UM position with an open audition Tuesday. And what 2020 player metrics reveal
• Could more good NFL Draft news be coming for UM? Diaz says so. A look at implications
• ‘This virus kicked the crap out of me’: Golfer Greg Norman is back in the hospital
• A warning to residents (and those who run on roads): Coyote sighting reported in Miami
• David Beckham expected to take more active role in Inter Miami 2021 soccer decisions
• Western, Miami Christian girls advance to semis at Junior OB Basketball Tournament
• The Miami Dolphins’ most important player in Week 17 happens to be their highest paid
• These beloved Miami stores closed in 2020. Sad as it was, it could have been worse
• Officials knew about sexual abuse at Lowell prison —and did nothing. System must have independent oversight | Opinion
• Sunny Isles’ award-winning luxury resort to open an oceanfront Japanese tapas restaurant
• Cruise quarantines to viral tech tweets: These were Miami’s top 2020 business stories