Site Map | February 2021 | February 3

February 3, 2021

• Ex-city manager, who kept Miami Beach ‘afloat’ during tumultuous 1980s, dies of COVID
• UM’s Diaz: ‘I’m going to be the defensive coordinator.’ He says how he’ll handle it 
• Here’s how you can increase your chances of booking a COVID-19 vaccine appointment
• How Travis Williams is embracing UM’s history as ‘Linebacker U’ to motivate his group
• How cold is it in Florida? Freezing in parts, and enough to open emergency shelters
• Flies spotted in butter, rodents spotted in Hialeah, restaurants with spotty inspections
• Publix, with its partisan pay-to-play moves, has more than a seditious heiress to atone for | Opinion
• The 7-Foot Chef: UM center Nysier Brooks shares culinary skills with inner city youth
• Sunset Harbour still misses Pubbelly. Here’s the new restaurant that will replace it
• Do you need to get your second COVID vaccine dose at the same South Florida site?
• At PortMiami, cruise ships spew pollution instead of plugging into the grid. Why?
• Depending on its severity, a hamstring tear may require surgery
• More than 1,000 vaccine doses were damaged in South Florida, and state calls for audit
• Meet the Reubens, the mysterious U.K. family taking the Wynwood restaurant Kyu global
• Time to mandate medical-grade or double masks? Experts debate as COVID variants spread
• Parents could let children repeat a grade after COVID disruption under Senate proposal
• This waterfront Miami Beach hotel has a chic new restaurant and a retro glam lounge
• We were right to raise Florida’s minimum wage. Now it’s time to increase unemployment benefits | Opinion
• Miami Dolphins co-coordinators to run offense is unconventional. And strange | Opinion
• Coral Gables boys’ basketball wins GMAC title with close win over Columbus
• We can’t abandon another generation of children to the media wasteland | Opinion
• Mobile COVID testing will continue at Miami-Dade schools. Here are the new dates
• ‘I’m Jewish.’ After video tirade, ex-Miami-Dade police employee swears she’s not anti-Semitic
• A crash on U.S. 1 in the Lower Keys kills a Miami-Dade truck driver, police say
• Podcast: The ‘Why Brady’s Continued Success Should Influence Dolphins’ Plan’ Edition
• ‘Flexing of muscles’: Florida GOP pushes conservative bills fresh off election victories
• Two brave South Florida FBI agents died trying to keep children safe from predators | Editorial
• How to solve poverty in Miami? Upcoming summit has some ideas
• Sports on TV: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021
• Savion Collins picks Panthers, becoming FIU’s 3rd-highest-ranked player to sign with team
• Key West has made it illegal to feed the wild chickens, and added a few other birds, too
• 432,000 sprayers used to disinfect surfaces have been recalled. Batteries have exploded
• Biggest cut of Jeffrey Epstein’s fortune goes to a non-victim  — the U.S. Treasury
• Man who died in fiery wreck was a Florida Atlantic University instructor
• After rail fight, modern buses moving closer to taking the spotlight in Miami-Dade
• South Beach swim advisory has been lifted after samples show normal bacteria levels
• This major Miami company just announced it will pay its employees to get vaccinated
• Gunman who killed FBI agents led a seemingly mundane life. But some neighbors were wary
• Miami-Dade Republican primary voters support Florida Medicaid expansion, poll finds
• ‘As fast as possible.’ Florida’s COVID vaccine rush operates on uneven playing field
• Murders of FBI agents reveal dangers of serving a warrant. Did agency miss something?
• Miami Heat has options to upgrade at power forward. Here’s who could be a match
• Azamara cruise fans will find the programs they love — and more — from new owners 
• Diaz discusses 12-man battle at receiver. And updates, insight from other UM coaches
• Gunman wounded after ambushing state trooper sitting in car near Aventura, officials say
• Florida ports call CDC requirements to restart cruising ‘onerous.’ Recovery will be slow
• ‘Falling iguanas’ weather may not wipe out invasive lizards but can make pythons easy pickings
• It’s over. Dead. But why? Why did they go and kill the mystique of the Super Bowl commercial?
• FBI Director Christopher Wray visits with slain agents’ families in South Florida
• The Florida Panthers are ready to go ‘full throttle’ as they start a six-game homestand
• Want to live longer? Gradual weight gain — but not too much — could help, study says
• Tom Brady told a Bucs teammate to stop crying after NFC Championship win
• Jon Bon Jovi’s waterfront New Jersey mansion on market for $20 million. Have a look
• Ortega’s spacy idea isn’t funny. It’s a distraction from the dictator’s abuse of the Nicaraguan people | Opinion
• Here’s where you can watch the Super Bowl in Miami (besides the safety of your couch)
• If you’re heading to the Florida Keys, you’ll need to know COVID rules at attractions
• Maluma just got mobbed at his Wynwood meet and greet. Then cops shut it down.
• From super pariah to Super Bowl 55: How Antonio Brown saved his career (for now)
• He wasn’t born in Haiti. But that didn’t stop ICE from deporting him there, lawyer says.
• Look who showed up at a Florida middle school — a 10-foot, 800-pound alligator ‘dude’
• Is this the ultimate Florida man? Forehead tattoo just made this guy internet famous