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August 25, 2020

• The University of Miami confirmed more than 140 COVID cases during its first week back
• Mayor of Miami-Dade’s second-largest city: We won’t enforce county dining closures
• Bahamas Paradise settles, will pay crew $875,000 for months of work without wages
• 20,000 COVID-19 cases may have spawned from a single conference in Boston, study finds
• Man found dead in SW Dade. Police are ‘confident that someone may have seen something.’
• Proposed property tax bills for 2020 are in the mail. What to do if you were impacted by COVID
• Here are the 5 biggest residential sales in Miami-Dade for the week of Aug. 16-Aug. 22
• Miami postal workers union chief: Yes, your mail is being delayed. Here’s why
• Plan for 140-foot condo near single-family homes fails before Miami Beach Planning Board
• Suspect arrested in a Miami hit-and-run that killed a wife and hospitalized two people
• The tough call Dolphins face at same spot on offense and defense. And a creative solution
• Rotating veteran UM safeties expected to thrive. And here’s how Avantae stays involved  
• Florida won’t say how much Deloitte bid on disputed $135 million contract
• ‘One of the best we had.’ Medley officer dies in drowning over the weekend, cops say.
• Who’s winning the pizza wars in the pandemic? In Florida, it’s not who you’d think
• Man who bought $5 Lottery scratch-off ticket at Fort Lauderdale Winn-Dixie wins a million
• Podcast: Marlins and pennant race baseball, a COVID-19 update and Sixto Sanchez’s debut
• Florida university suspends frats for breaking COVID-19 rules, hosting ‘large’ parties
• Heat finishes off emphatic four-game sweep of Pacers with dominant defense in Game 4
• With the Gulf as a runway, Hurricane Laura could hit Louisiana and Texas as Category 3
• Black Americans should hold the adoration — Kamala Harris has done real damage | Opinion
• Jamaica police investigating Usain Bolt party after sprinter tests positive for COVID
• Coral Gables police release video of 5 suspected in ‘Covid is fake’ graffiti across city
• Brian Flores’ morning briefing: Key injury updates, McMillan and Needham and much more
• Broward County Schools superintendent wants to see in-person classes ‘as soon as possible’
• While pandemic has cost millions of jobs, some are actually paying down debt, poll says
• Miami-Dade’s public schools start Monday. How ready is the new online platform?
• One D.C. law firm was paid $250,000 to defend Florida’s felon voting law
• In case of a presidential recount, Florida counties will keep images of all votes cast
• What the Miami Heat is achieving that’s unusual. And how its players were underestimated
• Thoughts and takeaways from Heat’s first-round sweep. And what it means for next round
• Kevin Hart the Olympian? Comic jokes he’ll start training after network’s photo flub
• Restaurant dining rooms set to reopen soon in Miami-Dade as COVID spread eases
• This Cuba-inspired Little Havana spot was just named one of the best bars in the U.S.
• Inter Miami is home against Atlanta United on Wednesday. Here is what you should know
• Halloween isn’t canceled: South Florida gets a super creepy drive-thru horror house
• Can manatees get West Nile? Mosquitoes that carry the virus bite them, too, study finds
• A new era for Oolite Arts
• ‘Give me the real stuff.’ Will FDA approval of COVID plasma therapy hurt UM trial?
• With trade deadline looming, Marlins’ series with Mets could be critical juncture
• Rosen, losing ground in Dolphins QB derby, sets sights on preparing for better situation
• Flowers’ Dolphins summer camp: 6th of a ton, Miami heat with lungs that survived COVID-19
• Big offensive night leads Miami Marlins to series-clinching win over the Nationals
• Several newcomers shine and notes, observations from Day 7 of Dolphins camp
• For Miami’s Darren Hertz, his role as a Dayton assistant is study in perseverance, passion
• Takeaways from the Heat’s sweep-clinching win, and the latest on Jimmy Butler’s shoulder
• This is what it feels like to be a Miami Heat virtual fan during the NBA Playoffs
• Occupants of gold Honda Accord may have clues about missing mom’s disappearance, FBI says
• Sports on TV: Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020
• TSA rushes to reunite stressed bride with wedding dress left at airport checkpoint
• Tropical storm warning dropped for the Florida Keys
• Debt has skyrocketed amid COVID-19. Metro Miami ranks as nation’s second-highest
• Palm Beach County man used his unlicensed daycare to shoot child pornography, cops say
• I was punched at Publix for requesting proper social distancing, 75-year-old tells cops