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May 14, 2020

• Here’s where food distributions are in South Florida to help during COVID-19 crisis
• Meyers Leonard explains why he’s in ‘good place’ with Heat. And Crowder on NBA restart
• CVS plans to test 1.5 million a month for COVID-19 as sites expand to more states
• South Florida’s Gulfstream Park Village is reopening after coronavirus shutdown
• Aston Martin Residences closed on four units totaling $8.75M
• Carnival Corp. announces Florida layoffs and furloughs totaling nearly half of local workforce
• Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, they take care of us. Meet Miami’s essential workers
• They were coughing, achy, feverish. The nursing home told them to get to work. Big mistake
• Fired Parkland BSO deputy given job back with full back pay, union says
• Miami-Dade restaurants to reopen after coronavirus shutdown. But is dining out safe? 
• System off Florida’s coast could strengthen this weekend. Miami in for a wet few days.
• Orange, Yellow, Green and Blue. What Miami-Dade’s reopening colors mean for you
• Florida coronavirus cases push past 43,200 as the death toll jumps to 1,875
• The $4.1 million that has Bay Harbor Islands ex-town attorney under FBI investigation
• We just found Miami’s perfect quarantine meal: A croqueta pizza, aka ‘croquizza’
• Marco Rubio in line to lead a high-profile Senate committee after Burr resigns 
• Podcast: NBA restart optimism, Tyler Herro’s hair and Heat players on ESPN all-time list
• Publix extends hours, but other stores stay the same as cities reopen from shutdown
• Contact tracing calls can help stop coronavirus spread. Here’s the problem
• Hackers threaten to release files of celebrities if law firm doesn’t pay, reports say
• Wind advisory issued for South Florida — a rough start for Miami’s reopened marinas
• Wyclef and other Haitian musicians unite against COVID-19 with virtual concert
• Arva Moore Parks: the very embodiment of Miami
• PPP loans were supposed to keep unemployment low. That’s not happening in South Florida
• Pro sports returning to South Florida in June as NASCAR schedules 4 races in Homestead
• ICE opposes class-action suit, says it would rather litigate 1,200 lawsuits instead
• 222,000 people filed jobless claims in Florida last week as total approaches 2 million
• This WWE alum, who got his pro wrestling start in South Florida, officiates weddings, too
• Environmentalists get more time to challenge Turkey Point permit amid COVID-19 pandemic
• Rivera didn’t register as foreign agent in $50 million contract with Venezuela oil firm
• FL Chamber says it’s ready for reopen Phase 2. DeSantis: ‘I’m not singing their tune’
• ‘I might put hands on him.’ Michael Jordan’s trash talk wouldn’t work on Udonis Haslem
• Could Jeff Bezos be the world’s first trillionaire? That’s a lot of Amazon boxes.
• Are Miami bikers as bad as Miami drivers? Here’s how to not be the worst cyclist
• Miami traffic court is back, but different. Here’s how you can fight your ticket now
• ‘We pushed back.’ A look back at the Heat-Knicks 1997 Eastern Conference semifinals brawl
• Lawmakers want Haitian death squad leader kept in U.S. detention
• ‘Slow, uneven’ recovery for Miami tourism may not pick up until December, experts say
• Barber who defied lockdown order tests positive for coronavirus, New York officials say
• Young patients, parents describe the COVID-related syndrome sending children to ICU
• Why are men less likely than women to wear face masks? It’s ‘not cool,’ study finds
• Alarming video shows how fast viruses can spread while eating with others
• Cats can spread coronavirus to other cats without ever having symptoms, lab test finds
• Citing stormy weather, Florida halts COVID testing at some drive-thru, walk-up sites
• Trucks used to store bodies amid pandemic can haul food again, FDA says
• Congress should not bail out fiscally irresponsible states with COVID-19 relief | Opinion
• DeSantis gives go-ahead for Miami-Dade and Broward to reopen businesses Monday
• How Dolphins rookie Igbinoghene rose from backup wide receiver to first-round cornerback
• Norwegian Cruise Line says 2021 bookings on track as ‘going concern’ threat appears to recede
• Broward cities want to reopen beaches after Memorial Day. The county won’t commit.
• A Tamarac house fire killed 2 elderly people. Was the house used as an unlicensed ALF?
• Let’s get to the meat of the matter — after COVID-19, we have to change the way we eat | Opinion
• Two gunmen kill woman, wound man in an ambush attack on a parked car in Opa-locka
• He stabbed a man at a Miami gas station, cops say. Two months later, he’s still at large
• What a century old tragedy tells us about playing sports through a pandemic like COVID-19
• A Florida city is closing a traffic lane so pedestrians have more social distancing space
• Miami’s Keon Hardemon will resign for County Hall campaign, but not until November
• Here’s what former Hurricanes now like about Diaz: ‘It seems as though he’s not insane’
• Miramar will furlough employees until December to curb COVID-19-related financial struggles
• Miami, state evict homeless amid COVID-19 pandemic. What were they thinking?! | Editorial
• Fired Parkland BSO deputy won job back over ‘procedural issue’ — not actions during gunfire
• Miami Dolphins’ interest in CB Logan Ryan says multiple things about team in 2020. All good
• Gulliver alumni giving back to first responders, healthcare workers amid COVID-19
• If you quarantined in Miami, you spent a lot of time drinking on Zoom chats, says study
• Sports on TV: Thursday, May 14, 2020
• A boil water notice just went into effect in a place where pipes are a problem
• Cops on desk duty, suspect still loose a week after hit-and-run took a young woman’s life
• She was angry about getting flowers for Mother’s Day – so she beat her husband, cops say.
• Wildfires shut down 21 miles of Alligator Alley as SW Florida neighborhoods evacuated