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October 15, 2021

• Miami leaders, cowed by one sector of the Cuban community, prove Chief Acevedo right | Opinion 
• In 2000 most Puerto Ricans identified as white. In 2020, few did. Why that number dropped
• Live flies in peppers, Subway’s unsafe food and other South Florida restaurant yuck
• Biscayne Bay to get a license plate. Options include Stiltsville, sailboats, paddleboarders
• Budding entrepreneurs on Brickell celebrate summer haul of big bucks, smiles
• Miami Book Fair is back with a street fair, in-person events — and new COVID rules
• Can oysters help save Biscayne Bay? A new restoration effort aims to find out
• Subject of Miami Herald PPP investigation charged with COVID-19 relief fraud
• ‘It’s misleading’: Dems slam mailer sent by county commissioner’s aunt’s PAC 
• Amara La Negra talks racism with the Estefans: ‘I don’t want to sugarcoat it’
• After Acevedo’s hiring and firing, Miami could change how police chiefs are chosen
• ‘We need to force it.’ Trump’s Florida supporters push for an audit in a state he won
• American Airlines chief rejects pilots’ bid to dodge Covid vaccine, takes on cruise industry
• Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa ‘100 percent ready’ for first start since fractured ribs
• Pinecrest, Florida house sells for $2.8 million
• The 44 Percent: Black Cubans, homelessness in Miami and Black photographers
• Study says 2 a.m. booze ban would cost Miami Beach hospitality industry $227M a year
• Miami Springs says United Teachers of Dade mural violates code 
• Coral Gables, Florida home sells for $5.1 million
• ‘He’s going to be a special player’: Anton Lundell wows Panthers on penalty kill in debut
• Leonard Taylor is finally comfortable. Now the Miami freshman is ‘striving for greatness’
• ‘It’s time to hunt’: Verhaeghe, Ekblad heroes as Florida Panthers win wild season opener | Opinion
• Podcast: Miami’s problems keep getting worse and now it’s time for (gulp) North Carolina
• Maria Browne, ‘first lady’ of NBC6 and mentor to the Women of Tomorrow, dies at 71
• Coronavirus weekly need-to-know: Moderna boosters, flu shots, hand sanitizer & more
• Homestead crushes Doral Academy to wrap up district title and continue recent rise
• This luxury South Beach condo is mandating vaccines for employees, contractors
• Takeout or dine in: Stone crab season opens Friday, but will diners return?
• Gumdrop unicorns and a Pitbull candy portrait await you at this Aventura attraction
• Women’s quilts convey messages of love, warmth, autonomy — and subversion | Opinion
• After 66 years, Miami Seaquarium is continuing its tradition of learning and improving | Opinion
• Jury still out on whether ending unemployment checks early helped Florida’s economy
• Miami, Florida condominium sells for $5.4 million
• This mutation increases a woman’s breast cancer risk nearly as much as BRCA. What to know
• Takeaways from short-handed Heat’s preseason loss to Hawks, as Udonis Haslem makes appearance
• Tackling South Beach, traffic and sea-level rise will take a mayor with experience | Editorial
• Inter Miami playing for playoff spot and ‘dignity’ in road game at Columbus on Saturday
• First preseason action for Heat’s Udonis Haslem since 2018 came with ‘mixed emotions’
• ‘Comeback Cats’ strike again! Ekblad sparks season-opening win in return from injury
• Miami commission fires Chief Art Acevedo. What’s next? Start with less drama | Editorial
• Sunny Isles Beach, Florida home sells for $2.6 million
• Aventura, Florida condominium sells for $1.6 million
• North Miami Beach, Florida house sells for $2.4 million
• Florida COVID update: 2,821 more cases added to tally, fewer patients in hospitals
• Douglas boys and St. Thomas girls win BCAA golf tourney. Columbus boys second at Honda event
• Sports on TV: Friday, Oct. 15, 2021
• Miami needs some positive intervention at UNC. Inspired play would be a good start
• Don’t fall for GOP’s lies. We’re not being invaded by illegal immigrants with Gucci bags | Opinion
• From the Herald archives: Our only choice: Legalize marijuana
• Residents should help reimagine Coral Gables as a green, resilient city of the 21st century | Opinion
• Florida Bar post-Surfside report calls for tougher condo rules on reserves and inspections
• Lawyers: Parkland school shooter to plead guilty to massacre. He still faces death penalty
• FDA panel votes in favor of J&J COVID booster shots for all adults. What to know
• See William Levy pose in the bathroom with his partner. Yes, it’s a trend (we think)
• Dolphins’ Xavien Howard, DeVante Parker won’t play vs. Jaguars in London
• Did you get a text message about your child’s bus? Miami-Dade Schools didn’t send it
• 99-bedroom lodge heads to auction in West Virginia. Could be yours for less than $1M
• Chance of La Niña winter rises, forecasters say. Here’s what it means for your state
• Leak sheds light on family tied to 9/11 hijackers, royals dabbling in Florida real estate