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April 7, 2020

• Inside Florida’s frenzied, failed dash to dole out $600 million in no-bid mask deals
• ‘Flu-like’ data might help track coronavirus spread. Why did Florida stop publishing it?
• Here’s why a beloved Gables Irish pub won’t reopen after the coronavirus crisis ends
• Florida coronavirus cases hit nearly 15,000. Death toll nears 300, with 42 new deaths
• A tiger in NY has coronavirus. How Florida zoos and rescues are protecting their animals
• 36 BSO employees have tested positive for coronavirus, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony says
• Deportations despite coronavirus is Trump’s cruel, and usual, punishment of Haitians | Opinion
• Sports on TV: Tuesday, April 7, 2020
• Costa Luminosa passengers sue cruise company after several test positive for COVID-19, three die
• How will Miami’s visual arts community survive? Groups answer call for help
• Epidemic hits billionaires, too. Forbes says Donald Trump lost $1 billion in a month.
• Monroe County to enact tougher restrictions to control novel coronavirus spread
• He rented out an Airbnb during the coronavirus crisis, and police say that’s a crime
• Has your business changed due to the coronavirus crisis? Here’s how to get the word out
• They grew up in Miami and never knew its history. So, they decided to tell it on podcast
• Want to tell elected leaders what you think? Coronavirus has made it harder for some
• A Haitian man, exposed to the coronavirus, was taken off ICE deportation flight at last minute
• Need a break from coronavirus? Zoo Miami shared photos of cute baby clouded leopards
• Florida Keys to furlough between 30 and 100 county employees due to coronavirus
• Coronavirus: ‘Situation is going to get worse before it gets better,’ health group says
• Stay-at-home vs. shelter-in-place: What’s the difference during coronavirus pandemic?
• ICE to deport Haitians despite coronavirus concerns
• Video shows packed crowds in Hialeah waiting to pick up paper unemployment forms
• What’s the best material for a homemade coronavirus mask? Here’s what experts say
• Miami-Dade lets construction go on amid COVID-19. Some cities are banning it anyway.
• Chraibi: Financing, supply chain uncertainty present design-planning hurdles
• Here are the five biggest residential sales in Miami-Dade for the week of March 29-April 4
• Miami condo associations try to limit visitor access. But what can they enforce?
• South Florida gets mobile morgues, even as hospitals aren’t overwhelmed yet. Here’s why.
• Miami-Dade is printing unemployment forms. You can soon pick up, drop off at libraries
• The South Florida weather ‘rollercoaster’ could bring record heat this week
• If Miami-Dade waives $65M in rent at MIA, laid-off workers want COVID-19 relief too
• African Americans die from coronavirus at disproportionate rate, reports say
• What happens when your recliner catches fire? It gets recalled along with the sofa
• Florida argues Medicaid expansion hurts state. Experts say right now, it could help.
• Podcast: Why Game 3 of the 2006 NBA Finals is the signature Dwyane Wade performance
• How boring is isolation for Bam Adebayo? He feels his mom is even getting sick of him
• Here’s where drop in NBA revenue would affect Miami Heat’s offseason and where it wouldn’t
• Zoom CEO surges into Forbes’ billionaire list as isolated Americans connect virtually
• Being stuck at home has one plus: You could save a bunch of money on your car insurance
• Zero traffic, balcony concerts: Let’s focus on the silver linings of quarantine life
• Coronavirus canceled Miami’s Fair. But you can spin on these terrifying rides anyway
• We found out how you’re passing the time in quarantine. We’re not judging anybody
• As workers fall ill, grocery chain executives join front lines in COVID-19 pandemic
• Tom Brady thanked many people in his letter to Patriots Nation, but left this person out
• Man and woman shot and badly injured during confrontation on turnpike in South Dade
• Vivid ‘pandemic dreams’ and nightmares keep nation awake during coronavirus outbreak
• R. Kelly, ‘danger to the community,’ must stay in jail despite coronavirus, judge says
• This South Dade High School wrestling champion captured the Mr. Wrestling Award
• Confused about getting assistance during the crisis? This is how you can find help
• ‘They’re a disaster:’ Love & Hip Hop’s Trick Daddy and Joy just can’t quit each other
• Miami Dolphins reach out to another of NFL Draft’s top quarterbacks. And interviews booked
• Dolphins offensive depth chart reveals draft intentions at a cornerstone (not QB) position
• Adam Silver says expectation is no decision on remainder of NBA season will be made in April
• Miami man charged with smuggling migrants in the Bahamas for thousands of dollars
• If we treasure the Everglades, we must protect its health the way we are protecting ours | Opinion
• Stop the littering: Here’s the correct way to dispose of masks and gloves, experts say
• Inmate at Krome detention center tests positive for COVID-19. Here’s how ICE kept it quiet
• Judge orders Miami jail to give inmates soap, ensure social distancing to curb coronavirus
• ‘Lives are at risk.’ Election officials want DeSantis to decide now on the 2020 vote
• Can you wear a mask to go into a bank in South Florida? We get your trepidation
• Pets make great quarantine buddies, but can they get coronavirus? Here’s what we know
• An inmate passed gas, a cellmate complained — and then there was a stomping, police say
• Key West orders people to wear masks while shopping in response to coronavirus threat
• A player intimately known by the Miami Dolphins is among emerging options in NFL Draft
• County opening drive-up testing site at Youth Fair for adults with COVID-19 symptoms
• Some of us will never be American enough to satisfy bigots — not even you, Andrew Yang | Opinion
• Junior flight attendants to shoulder the burden for American Airlines flights
• Critics blast Puerto Rico ‘dictatorial decree’ as coronavirus claims youngest victim
• A transit system in crisis, Miami-Dade buying Uber, Lyft rides on overnight bus routes
• Panthers’ Bobrovsky helps community, hopes for NHL restart amid coronavirus pandemic
• Biden’s hunkered down in the basement. That could make him a winner in November | Opinion
• It just hosted Super Bowl fans. Now Miami Beach center may house coronavirus patients
• Cuba promotes homeopathy as effective ‘weapon’ against the coronavirus
• Tempers flare as Miami-Dade construction sites take COVID-19 precautions but stay open
• Judge is asked to untangle fight over Jeffrey Epstein’s fortune