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April 18, 2020

• Did you lose a loved one to coronavirus? Help us honor their memory through your words
• Who we’ve lost in South Florida: a cop, a nurse, a banker, a grandma and so many more
• A visit with your doctor is not what it used to be. What to know about telemedicine
• On 420, we are all stoners. Here is how to eat (and drink) like one in Miami
• Juvie judges facing hard choices — like whether to lock up a kid in a possible petri dish
• Florida nears 25,500 confirmed coronavirus cases and 750 deaths as some beaches open
• Amid rebukes over secrecy, Florida prison system begins to reveal ravages of coronavirus
• Sports on TV: Saturday, April 18, 2020
• South Florida natives Bea Mompremier, “Kiki” Herbert Harrigan selected in WNBA Draft
• 11 dogs trapped in feces-filled cages, given no water or food. Deputies came to rescue
• Broward spelling whiz’s word to describe national bee suspension: Conundrum
• To keep farms — and food distributions — afloat, Miami-Dade disburses $900,000 in aid
• He advised the world during four pandemics. Now he leads UM during coronavirus crisis
• Miami police chief says he’s tested positive for COVID-19. ‘My symptoms are mild.’
• Black people in Miami die of COVID-19 at a greater rate than whites, state data shows
• Under pressure, DeSantis releases names of elder care homes with COVID-19 cases
• Florida’s public schools will be closed, stay online for school year, DeSantis says
• April is prime time to scuba dive and spear invasive lionfish, which are quite tasty
• Retired Seminole police officer dies from coronavirus after over 40 years of service
• Miami residents amassed in hundreds for David Guetta’s online concert. Cops weren’t happy
• Can coronavirus cause a rash? Dermatologists investigate possible skin symptoms
• A severe thunderstorm warning, with a tornado chance, issued for parts of South Florida
• Homeless people started bathing in Lincoln Road’s fountains, so the city closed them
• Miami-Dade prepping park rules for COVID-19. Basketball games risky, singles tennis OK.
• Sex trafficking survivor released in Ohio after Kim Kardashian spotlights murder case
• Walmart employees must wear face masks at work under new coronavirus policy
• Walmart has been hiring 5,000 people a day and wants 50,000 more. Here’s how to apply
• Mikiah Herbert Harrigan rises in WNBA Draft while UM’s Beatrice Mompremier falls
• How Coronavirus blurs the line between campaigns and public office in South Florida
• Miami Congresswoman Donna Shalala named to $2 trillion stimulus oversight commission
• Former Miami Hurricane among Dolphins’ six pre-draft cuts
• ‘We’re not doing enough.’ The race against COVID-19 to test and house Miami’s homeless
• ‘COVID-19 is not here, bro.’ At Florida’s reopened beaches, crowds gather, tempers flare