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April 30, 2020

• ICE detention centers ‘unprepared’ to battle coronavirus, report shows
• Need a break from your kids? Demand for virtual babysitters growing during pandemic
• Looking for work? Here are 5 tips for job-hunters during the coronavirus pandemic
• There’s some good news for immigrants looking for USCIS benefits, but they’ll have to wait
• The Keys can reopen a little starting Monday. But without tourists, is it worth it?
• ICE detainees: ‘We don’t have masks so our blankets and God are all the hope we have’
• What will school look like in August? The Miami-Dade school district has some ideas
• Do I need to wear a mask at Miami-Dade, Broward parks? What if I’m exercising?
• Weston UF student accused of drunk-driving crash that killed his girlfriend, cops say
• Slow-to-test prison system shows new growth in COVID-19 testing, increased death toll
• A look at Miami’s quarantine routine. And why Manny Diaz remains cautiously optimistic
• This 36-unit apartment complex sold for $3.475M — another sign of Liberty City’s rise
• The coronavirus has changed the nature of physical therapy. Will the change stick?
• Florida coronavirus death toll hits 1,268 as Miami-Dade surpasses 12,000 cases
• Podcast: Coping with 50 days without Heat. And AP’s Tim Reynolds on NBA restart plans
• Severe weather in South Florida, and then another change in the days ahead
• Wells Fargo no longer accepting home-equity loan applications — at least for now
• Cruise companies refuse CDC terms to repatriate crew, call transport ‘too expensive’
• Inter Miami helps food drive, signs deal with Univision
• New blood test can detect most cancers before you show symptoms, study says
• Portraits of courage: The faces on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Miami
• The official (as it can get) Miami Dolphins 2010s All-Decade team
• Why the UN says coronavirus pandemic could lead to millions of unplanned pregnancies
• Official Florida jobless claims rise by 326,000 — most of any state
• Miami-Dade ‘not over the hill’ on coronavirus but hospitalizations are leveling off
• ‘It’s exciting for me’: New Canes commit Malik Curtis embraces position change at Miami
• What does Miami look like without people? These lone horsemen patrol an empty city
• Sheltered from COVID-19, but not from the misinformation and vindictive tweets | Opinion
• A porn site bookmark cost a UM professor his job. An online petition wants him back
• Best friends for seven years, this FIU baseball trio likely to get another senior season
• This WWE Superstar, fitness champ, donut fan creates app to make health and fitness easy
• Parks in Miami-Dade, Broward are reopening. Here’s what parks are open and closed
• Another boil water alert in Fort Lauderdale during an emergency water main fix
• Dozens of bodies found stacked in U-Haul trucks outside NY funeral home, cops say
• Amid fears about office market, this South Florida health company is expanding
• Sports on TV: Thursday, April 30, 2020
• Three people on capsized fishing boat rescued by BSO deputies, video shows
• DeSantis reopens most of Florida. In Miami-Dade, Gimenez should refrain — for now | Editorial
• NBC offering treat for Miami Hurricanes fans. And media notes.
• Nick Saban dishes on Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa, says he will be ‘great face’ of Dolphins
• Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart workers will strike Friday to protest working conditions
• Puerto Rico’s homegrown breathing device gives struggling island a shot in the arm
• Florida man pulls gun on neighbor who reported failure to self-quarantine, cops say
• A changing of the guard at the two Florida Keys checkpoints that keep out tourists
• A Keys man burned up his girlfriend’s boat and dismembered her turkey. He’s paying now
• Miami Beach man accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in apartment stairwell
• Over 300 Miami jail inmates now have coronavirus. A judge rips conditions but declines releases
• Pay cuts for top officials might not be enough as UM faces crisis, considers layoffs
• More than 1,550 face-mask warnings issued in Miami Beach parks after reopenings
• Americans becoming addicted to cereal during COVID-19 outbreak, social media reveals
• Wharf Miami is hosting a huge quarantine party and you’re invited. We have details.
• Miami congressional candidate sues to throw boss, Mayor Carlos Gimenez, off the ballot
• Rubio holds sway over judge picks, with benefactor Braman’s nephew on tap for Miami slot
• How much does a 3-on-3 game with Shaq cost? One fan paid $60,000 for All-In Challenge auction
• NBA Draft date could be pushed back, but Heat already evaluating options for pick No. 23
• Aventura Mall’s farmers market closed because of COVID-19. It’s back as a drive-through
• Watch this Miami bartender whip up a churro margarita for Jimmy Kimmel in quarantine
• The United Nations’ own experts slam its treatment of Haiti’s cholera victims
• Reopening some states may cause coronavirus spikes in neighboring areas, experts warn
• Laid off from work? You may have to give up unemployment benefits as states reopen
• Record drop in carbon emissions forecast due to COVID-19. Don’t celebrate, experts say
• Norwegian Cruise Line announces furloughs for 20% of staff as COVID-19 pandemic continues
• Child abuse reports plummet during pandemic. Here’s why that’s not good news
• A Keys bus driver and a passenger argued over a mask, cops say. A metal pipe was involved
• MAST student turns dog walkers’ stickers into project helping the hungry amid pandemic
• Felon pays $30 each paycheck but owes $10,000. He wants to vote ‘like regular person.’
• Repurposed for COVID-19, antiviral drug offers hope at two South Florida hospitals
• Work on Everglades reservoir begins with marsh-like water treatment area
• Hall of Famer Andre Dawson on baseball — and owning a funeral home — in age of COVID-19 | Opinion
• Pro-Trump group plans drive-in rallies Friday to protest coronavirus stay-home orders
• Doral taxpayers bought N95 masks for coronavirus pandemic use. Over 950 disappeared.
• Members of private club voted to take a federal loan. The club will reject it anyway.
• The eyebrow-raising data on new Miami Dolphin Matt Breida and his league-leading feat
• Driver dies after crashing into Broward Domino’s Pizza, BSO deputies say
• Iconic Miami Beach hotel Eden Roc lays off 458
• ‘I’ve learned so much about the world while stuck on my mother’s balcony’ | Opinion
• Taco Charlton time with the Miami Dolphins comes to an end: The reasons he’s gone
• Unemployed and without benefits, Floridians sue over state’s malfunctioning system