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April 15, 2021

• Cuba’s budding civil society asks to be heard as island prepares for historic congress
• International and out-of-state students can now get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Florida
• Miami Beach city manager applicants interviewed publicly before final vote
• Broward teachers, staff to get bonuses under new contract agreed to by district, union
• Was your J&J COVID vaccine canceled? Broward Health hotline is open for appointments
• Appointments no longer required at Fort Lauderdale, Davie, other Broward vaccine sites
• Miami-Dade commissioner’s push to move Urban Development Boundary meets resistance
• Ethics complaint: former lawmaker lobbied Gables on Wawa project but didn’t register
• Young Cooper City flag football team on a roll; American Heritage boys’ volleyball & more
• A COVID-19 vaccine pop-up is opening at a Miami-Dade public library. How to register
• Will Pfizer COVID vaccine need a third dose? Company CEO explains why that’s ‘likely’
• Appeals court upholds Jeffrey Epstein deal that minimized punishment, silenced victims
• Inter Miami has 13 new faces on its 2021 roster. Here is what you need to know about them
• State Senate wants to hike unemployment benefits by $100 a week. House may not agree.
• Longtime Miami-Dade ethics enforcer Michael Murawski to depart for new role
• Update: Senate says “cheers!” to tax break for 3-martini lunches, but House doesn’t
• What you should know (good and bad) after Miami’s last practice before the spring game
• More on Dolphins’ Chase/Smith/Pitts conundrum and the one thing they’re advised not to do
• Heat now in play-in territory with one month to go. Where Heat stands with its competition
• The odd ABC/ESPN Miami decision this week. And Inter Miami assessment, Bally fallout
• Is Miami’s new Van Gogh show an Instagrammer’s shallow dream or an art lover’s paradise?
• As momentum turns, Marlins ‘made a statement to ourselves’ — and are having fun doing it
• Mother accused of child neglect at Hard Rock Casino had a domestic violence arrest in 2020
• Long list of Hurricanes, per Diaz, won’t play in spring game because of injuries, rehab
• Cuba replaces 2 high-ranking ministers ahead of Communist Party Congress
• Dolphins likely drafting a running back. Some say Najee Harris in Round 1 a bad idea
• Ivanka Trump just got her COVID vaccine at a CVS in Miami. Reactions were mixed
• Fresh perspective on Clowney-to-Browns and where it leaves Dolphins’ pursuit of DEs
• A ‘Mass for the freedom of Haiti’ turned violent, chaotic, with police firing tear gas
• MD Now Urgent Care offering COVID vaccines at three South Florida clinics
• Miami Gardens passes Formula One resolution despite resident protests
• Guggenheim honcho is Miami’s newest bigwig. He’ll live in the city’s biggest condo
• Rolling Loud to return to Miami Gardens in 2021. This time they mean it
• Use the summer to prep kids for a return to schooling and socialization
• ‘In the Grand Garden’: Longtime friends write tale for kids that’s set in Fairchild
• Trader Joe’s Restaurant Style White Corn Tortilla Chips recalled in 22 states
• Progress? Or heartache? What would Jackie Robinson think about race in America today? | Opinion
• ‘That hurts.’ Black students fail state tests in English, math, amid high graduation rates
• Hialeah police to finally join the wave of cities whose cops wear body cameras
• Florida schools issue a health alert on hairy caterpillars. Here’s what to know
• Who will be water polo champs — Gulliver Prep, St. Thomas Aquinas, Westminster Academy?
• Can Pharrell and Grutman’s (very pink) hotel restart good times on Washington Ave?
• A Coral Gables nurse specializing in Botox preyed on the elderly in phone scam, cops say
• Volcano continues rocking Caribbean island of St. Vincent. UN appeals for international help
• Marlins drop finale to Braves but show they can compete with NL East’s ‘measuring stick’
• Cops: Miami-Dade HOA president stole nearly $60,000, hired private eye to spy on enemies
• When it comes to helping us recover from COVID, DeSantis gives with one hand, slaps with the other | Editorial
• A fiery crash involving a Florida rapper shut down a section of State Road 112 for hours
• David Grutman and Pharrell host huge bash to celebrate their new Miami Beach hotel
• Investigative internship will focus on injustice, economic disparity and public corruption
• Florida lawmakers’ latest attempt to ban abortion turns conscientious doctors into criminals | Opinion
• The 44 Percent: Miami Gardens’ F1 resolution, Daunte Wright and Fire in Little Africa
• Sixty years after Bay of Pigs, Biden can find opportunity in Cuba after decades of policy failures | Opinion
• Roaches at a Miami Carvel, 180 pieces of rodent poop in Davie among restaurant shut downs
• Dust may hold clues for scientists hunting better tools to predict COVID outbreaks
• As the planet warms, Florida Legislature might chill local progress on clean energy | Opinion
• Meteor shower with a dozen meteors an hour peaks this week. How to see Lyrids
• Inter Miami’s projected lineup, schedule, ticket info and 5 MLS storylines to watch
• In Miami’s legal community, many Black attorneys still feel like ‘fish out of water’
• Justin Fields’ pro day was a hit. How that can help the Miami Dolphins
• Marlins’ Neidert growing as MLB pitcher. His latest showing was against his hometown team
• An overnight Hollywood police incident creates two traffic blockages as rush hour starts
• Coral Gables Library is closing for renovations. Where do you vote now? We have answers
• Who poisoned the oak trees in this Broward neighborhood? It’s a mystery — at least for now
• Podcast: What Oladipo injury means for Heat’s outlook; good and bad from West Coast trip
• It’s official: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have split. (For real, this time)
• Takeaways and reaction from Heat’s road loss to Nuggets on a rough night for the defense
• When you find a gator in the house and have a mop handy, there’s only one thing to do
• Sports on TV: Thursday, April 15, 2021
• Episode 4: Jackson South gets through first COVID wave, but virus fears invade home
• FL Senate votes to end ‘no-fault’ auto insurance. What would that mean for drivers?