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May 15, 2020

• County approves Miami Beach plan to close nine streets for dining amid COVID recovery
• Can national parks safely reopen? Lawmaker calls COVID-19 plan ‘wholly insufficient’
• New York Giants, Seattle Seahawks players stole $73,500 in watches, cash, cops say
• A tube of toothpaste every three months, ‘meaty mass’ to eat: Cuba’s economy is this bad
• ‘Double whammy’: Miami-Dade overhauls hurricane shelter plans to reduce coronavirus risk
• Florida surpasses 44,000 coronavirus cases as death toll nears 2,000 
• The Miami Hurricanes will start to get some players on campus next week. Here’s how
• As inmate cases rise, civil rights group sues FL for information about COVID-19 in prisons
• Miami is last in responding to 2020 Census, study finds. Could it be the pandemic? 
• A dad, his two sons, and the dark secret that led to a deadly rampage in the Florida Keys
• The Miami Herald’s virtual All-County ceremony is live. Watch here
• Lawyer: Five witnesses exonerate Seattle Seahawks’ Quinton Dunbar of South Florida robbery
• They lost their final season, but South Florida’s spring sport seniors still left an impact
• Applying for unemployment became her full-time job. It almost drove her insane
• Governor says 9 of 10 people frustrated by unemployment system made application errors
• Department upholds Miami sergeant’s cuffing of UM doctor, but cites other infractions
• Disturbance off Florida coast has an 80% chance of kicking off hurricane season early
• ‘We won’t rest until every last tattoo parlor in Texas is open again!’ | Opinion
• Developers pay road impact fees. County wants to use that money differently
• ‘Hero Pay’ out, ‘Thank You Pay’ in: Kroger workers to get different coronavirus bonus
• Get it out of your system, Mitch. Just call Obama what you really want to call him | Opinion
• New Dolphins’ safety Brandon Jones’ NFL journey included tragedy and an unusual project
• Miami Dolphins’ preseason dates, times revealed, but great uncertainty remains
• NFL clears the way for Dolphins to reopen headquarters — with major restrictions
• ‘Most exciting thing since quarantine’: Family finds gator in the swimming pool
• Miami Democrats demand congressional investigation into David Rivera’s Venezuela work
• Activists target South Florida ICE detention center group by leaving body bags on grounds
• Citing coronavirus threat, judge extends cap on detainees at immigration centers
• UM’s Diaz expects college football this fall, says Canes can add more players this season
• Rent assistance available in Miami Beach, as food drives ramp up during COVID crisis
• Could a TB vaccine common in Latin America protect from COVID? New study casts doubt
• Even without a pandemic, we balance public-health concerns and the economy every day | Opinion
• Letter and contract put Guaidó at center of failed Venezuelan raid to oust Maduro
• Family caregivers in Miami face new challenge: protecting elderly loved ones from COVID-19
• Cuba is preparing to reopen airports shut down due to coronavirus. Tickets selling online
• Flood and wind advisories issued for South Florida, and the storms could spawn tornados
• Former Miami congressman, a Cuban American Republican, takes millions from Maduro oil | Opinion
• DJ D-Nice is bringing his Club Quarantine to South Florida for the first car concert
• Is it really time to reopen amid coronavirus? Miami business leaders take it slowly
• The FDA has issued an alert that a COVID-19 test might be giving false negatives
• Coronavirus robbed high school seniors of graduation. Allen Hurns saw a chance to help
• Miami Beach High freshman fatally shot in head by her pal. He may be charged as an adult
• How can two innocent young black people be shot and killed, while jogging and sleeping?
• Powell and Mnuchin — America’s borrower and buyer — to testify on Capitol Hill
• How can two innocent young black people be shot and killed, while jogging and sleeping?
• South Florida firefighters sent to help fight 8,000-acre Collier County wildfire
• Deadline is drawing near for Miami Herald CEO Roundtable nominations
• Gas line leak near a Publix and CVS in Miami Beach could cause traffic delays, police say
• Here are some key considerations for employers as the workplace begins to reopen
• Event canceled: What do you do when customers want their deposits back?
• Climate change, pollution impacts hurricane formation in the Atlantic, NOAA study says
• Trump’s immigration proclamation has some key exemptions
• Karp: Miami projects are continuing despite pandemic
• CEOs: How to reopen South Florida’s businesses
• Reopening schools and businesses: CDC releases ‘decision tool’ to help guide states
• Long-term immunity to COVID-19? Cells found in recovered patients offer clues
• How will hotels be different with COVID? For starters, goodbye minibar, hello masks
• McDonald’s has plans to reopen dining rooms — and there are big changes coming
• When will a coronavirus vaccine be ready? One just got fast-tracked by the FDA
• Cuban doctors in Mexico may be pawns in a shady giveaway and human-rights abuse | Opinion
• Royal Caribbean reveals details of cruise layoffs as Miami-based industry withers
• Nurse spat on at hospital by woman who said she had coronavirus, Illinois cops say
• Retired elementary school teacher living in Fort Lauderdale sentenced on child porn charges
• Miami’s residential real estate sales slowed in April — but now they’re picking up
• Take down those Florida Keys checkpoints because they’re bad for business, lawsuit says
• Prestigious medical journal says Trump must be voted out due to coronavirus response