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July 30, 2020

• What scares sharks? Video shows them frantically dodge 14-foot ‘monster’ off Florida
• ‘It’s just nukes.’ Trump brushed off N. Korean missile to show off singer at Mar-a-Lago
• DeSantis extends evictions, foreclosures due to COVID-19 pandemic. This is the fourth time
• The playoffs are finally here. Now it’s time for Sergei Bobrovsky to earn his contract
• Could Panthers reshuffle lineup after exhibition blowout? And good news on top defensemen
• COVID testing at Florida-run drive-thru and walk-up sites suspended due to tropical storm
• When will Hurricane Isaias near Florida? Here’s what the track shows
• John W. Ruffin Jr., philanthropist and entrepreneur who helped minority students, dies at 79
• New filings for unemployment fall in Florida again—but continue to climb in the rest of the U.S.
• Birdman’s sprawling Miami Beach party house (with the golden toilet) finally sells
• Names of police officers can stay secret while Marsy’s law case is appealed, judge says
• 19 Marlins have tested positive for COVID-19 as MLB investigates team’s past behavior
• Are you trying to quit smoking weed? CBD might help you avoid lighting up, study says
• Cities to Gimenez: Freeze CARES Act spending until we get our fair share
• Enforcing mask rules puts store workers at risk. Union boss wants to bring in muscle
• Yes, we need a COVID vaccine, but we also need to a cure for Miami’s indifference to the homeless | Opinion
• Man shot after answering knock in Brickell Key condo, cops say. He’s in critical condition.
• Life on Mars? Here’s what to know about NASA’s rover searching for ancient creatures
• Beauty Breedlove Griffin: She fed and housed the homeless
• Sports on TV: Thursday, July 30, 2020
• Amid pandemic, Miami filmmakers livestream their film about Pablo and his grandfather
• A gas station traffic stop turned into aggravated battery on a cop, police say
• Alma Carney, 91: Businesswoman, realtor and famous for her chicken cacciatore
• Two Keys residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, health official say
• This is Erik Spoelstra’s most difficult personnel decision. What the data tells us
• Heat releases Black Lives Matter Collection of shirts. Spoelstra wore one and spoke about it
• What can the Heat accomplish during seeding games? And a look at Miami’s tough schedule
• Don’t kiss your chickens, CDC says. A salmonella outbreak is spreading across the US
• “We are closing all doors.” The Trump administration goes after Cuban bank in London
• Florida companies are cashing in on deportation flights — about $35,000 per deportee
• South Florida prison tallies most inmate COVID-19 deaths among Florida facilities
• A century ago, it was a Florida landscape shrub. Now, it’s a pest plant that keeps spreading
• Wheelchair basketball player ineligible for Paralympics – so he may amputate his leg
• Podcast: The ‘Could The Miami Dolphins Actually Win The Division?’ Edition
• Who robbed a Popeye’s and a Subway? And did they break in to take sandwiches?
• In Puerto Rico, storm evokes painful memories of Maria, but also reminders of lessons learned
• Dolphins starting QB choice won’t mean what everyone expects from such a big decision
• Julian Gil just showed off his new girlfriend, despite bitter custody battle with ex
• DeSantis says Florida is ‘ready to go’ with election after Trump tweet suggests delay
• Andre Iguodala omitted Aerial Powers’ name in tweet. She made sure he won’t do that again
• A tourist was in the Keys for lobster miniseason. He poached something more precious, police say
• Possible armed robbery in downtown Miami. Cops detained some, still investigating
• Two Black children were shot in Miami, and one died. Do not let silence thwart justice | Opinion
• If Guyana does not resolve its presidential elections, oil riches will slip away | Opinion
• Are Marlins to blame for own COVID-19 outbreak? If so it would mirror America’s struggle | Opinion
• ‘Odd illness’: Miami meteorologist Betty Davis still testing positive for coronavirus
• Dollar remittances to Cuba are in limbo after French bank drops Cuban accounts
• How the Miami Dolphins’ torching of the roster has impacted their defensive future
• Miami chiropractor charged with federal fraud schemes, from Medicare to COVID-19 loans
• They refused to quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19, police say. They ended up in a Keys jail
• How Dolphins players who have recovered from COVID-19 have helped those still sick
• Trump postpones fundraiser at his Doral resort as Tropical Storm Isaias nears Florida
• Eliminating Miami’s Office of Resilience and Sustainability is no way to fight climate change | Opinion
• Cops say mom wrongly claimed Black men in Miami shot at her car. Now, she’s been charged
• COVID-19: Millions of job losses, poverty forecast for Latin America, Caribbean
• In CARES Act fight, candidates for Miami-Dade mayor side with cities over Gimenez
• Argentine Inter Miami defender Leandro Gonzalez Pirez feels at home in South Florida
• Marisol Zenteno can bring property appraiser’s office into the 21st century | Editorial
• How many health workers has COVID killed? Fla. says it has no data. False, ex-data guru says
• Jungle Island orangutan that survived cancer takes on new health scare head on
• A tragedy near the UF campus changed two young lives, and now plays out in the courts
• The murder took more than two decades to solve. A retired detective was behind it, cops say.
• Palm Beach man arrested for child porn might be running a day care in his home, cops say