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July 1, 2020

• Fans at Marlins Park in 2020? Team isn’t thinking about that just yet, Jeter says
• In striking down abortion law, perhaps John Roberts was keeping his word | Opinion
• Cuban activists, journalists accuse government of dozens of arbitrary arrests
• Customers ‘aggressive’ over face mask policies force fed-up restaurants to close
• Feds warn about COVID contact tracing scams. Here’s what to do if you get a call
• Joseph Lawrence Hawkins: He had ‘a calling’ for racehorses and for family
• One dead in crash between dump truck and SUV in Florida Keys
• Sports on TV: Wednesday, June 1, 2020
• Two incumbents and a challenger compete for two open Bay Harbor Islands council seats
• South Florida state Rep. Shevrin Jones tests positive for coronavirus
• Myrna Palley, who turned a love of glass art into a multimillion gift to Miami, dies at 85
• South Florida cops charged for abuse of Blacks. Why did it take protests? | Editorial
• The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing layoffs, pay cuts at Miami’s closed Arsht Center
• Inter Miami off to Orlando after festive sendoff, six Dallas players positive for COVID-19
• An edge Heat believes it has entering restart. And Dragic’s advice to players once in bubble
• Miami Dolphins preseason schedule to be cut in half
• Dolphins, Marlins, Inter Miami update having fans at game. And candid comments from Heat
• New glove can translate sign language instantly through an app, researchers say
• Erik Spoelstra on state of Heat’s roster. And what will the approach be inside NBA bubble?
• More than 7,000 kids have tested positive for coronavirus in Florida. 12 have MIS-C
• Miami’s public hospital is once again halting non-urgent surgeries due to COVID spike
• Here’s why it may be time to abort season restarts and call off sports for rest of 2020 | Opinion
• Masked ‘Friday the 13th’ villain Jason says face masks don’t have to be scary in PSA
• Spitting in a cup might be an easier, faster way to test for COVID-19, experts say
• Miami-Dade’s COVID rules allow lap dances?! Mayor said he didn’t know. He’s banning them.
• South Florida has lost hundreds to COVID-19. They all had stories. Help us tell them
• Colombian man held at federal lock-up in Miami dies of COVID-19 at local hospital
• OPKO Health Inc. settles class action suit for $16.5 million
• ‘Our guys need to play’: Marlins hope prospects still get reps without minor-league season
• Miami has record-breaking heat. Will it continue into the Fourth of July weekend?
• Miami mandates shutdowns for businesses that violate COVID-19 rules. Here’s the order
• Jeter and Rojas agree: MLB negotiations being so public were bad optics for baseball
• Fontainebleau stopped paying worker health insurance contributions. Now it’s suing.
• Chandra Haniff: A grandma who cooked ‘like she was feeding an entire army’
• In November, Florida’s desire for quality healthcare will be on the ballot, too | Opinion
• Cyclist killed when hit by a police officer was a father, teacher and cancer survivor
• Using a bandana as a COVID-19 face mask? You might want to reconsider, video shows
• Two hurt after car plows into wall and falls from second-floor parking deck, officials say
• 11 bedrooms, two kitchens and 360 views. Tech millionaires’ penthouse priced at $17M
• The COVID-19 case bounce has changed the date and place of the Florida Bar exam
• Cuba reopens its cays to tourism, but Cuban-Americans will not be able to visit for now
• This South Beach restaurant was the scene of a huge brawl. Now it’s shut down, city says
• Renters cheer, landlords fume at last-minute extension of Florida’s eviction moratorium
• Prehistoric mystery emerges off Texas after wood found buried 20 feet below seafloor
• The tough break the Dolphins, Heat, Marlins are getting. And UM, others becoming nervous
• Venezuela’s dictatorship is gaining ground as Trump undermines Guaidó | Opinion
• All Keys cities have now canceled their July 4 fireworks as COVID cases rise in Monroe
• Video shows woman smack wild pony with a shovel at Assateague ⁠— and it retaliates
• Get out for the holiday: Frost Science Museum opens new exhibit 4th of July weekend
• A man’s morning bus ride in Fort Lauderdale ended in a stabbing
• Amid COVID-19 surge, Miami Beach sets curfew, bans alcohol sales at stores past 8 p.m.
• American Airlines flights are about to get busier, but will they be safe?
• Court lets legal case proceed against Parkland school monitor who first saw shooter
• ‘Drifter’ stole SUV in the Keys before dying in crash with a dump truck, sheriff says
• Former Florida Gators football player and Miami native facing federal bank fraud charges
• Carnival UK lays off one-third of its cruise company employees due to coronavirus pandemic
• Florida-based supermarket company joins Facebook and Instagram ad pullout
• Miami-Dade coronavirus deaths hit 1,000 as Florida adds more than 6,500 new cases
• A 21-year-old woman with mental issues disappeared from the mall, cops say. They need help
• After tragedy and amid protests, Sybrina Fulton seeks her own political path in Miami
• Appeals court halts Florida felons from registering to vote, pending further review
• Facing shortages of beds and remdesivir, South Florida hospitals halt elective surgeries
• With deadline approaching, DeSantis extends evictions, foreclosure deadlines to August
• ‘Black people drink coladas.’ How this restaurant brought coffee culture to Overtown
• Coronavirus for dummies — and Republican leaders peddling denial in Florida | Opinion
• Despite wealth, Miami mom accused of murdering autistic son wants taxpayers to fund defense
• Meet the Signals Network: Whistleblower protection org partnering with Miami Herald
• Merrick Park draws new rental project. Is Coral Gables the new nexus for seniors?
• Miami-Dade teachers union ratifies new contract. Starting teachers to get big raise
• Plasma Files: How a device shelved for health reasons in France remained in use in U.S.
• In Puerto Rico, a mostly Black town sees its own past in the death of George Floyd
• As COVID cases surge, Miami-Dade changes course and requires masks outside at all times
• ‘Beat it, little f***er.’ Officers laugh after shooting rubber bullets at protesters.
• American Airlines reduces service to Haiti, cancels Miami-Cap-Haïtien route
• Descendants of Confederate soldiers sue city over removal of Florida’s oldest Civil War statue
• DeSantis says virus ‘doesn’t like sunshine, heat and humidity,’ enjoy July 4th outside
• There’s one more thing Florida has to worry about. Wild boars aren’t social distancing
• Diving into a Florida fish tank got him known. Drunken threats put him in jail, police say
• Nationwide recall after testing found listeria in the stuffed shells
• Miami-Dade restaurants must close dining areas after midnight, mayor says