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August 6, 2021

• Incredibly, DeSantis blames Florida COVID surge on Biden, immigrants. Scapegoat much? | Opinion
• Feds give Seminole Tribe approval to launch sports betting in Florida Oct. 15
• How do you get 5,000 tech nerds to relocate to Miami? ‘Hack Week’ may have the answer
• ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Matt Amodio eclipses $1 million in winnings. Who has won more money?
• Keys tourists fight over woman in a wheelbarrow — then someone bit off a piece of ear
• A $55,000 brick of cocaine washes up on the most popular beach in Key West
• Miami Dolphins have managed the rough spots well to start their 2021 training camp
• Amid tangled Haiti assassination plot, a mysterious figure emerges from the shadows
• Charlie Crist to visit Florida’s Hispanic communities in campaign outreach tour
• Miami Heat agrees to deal with summer revelation Omer Yurtseven
• Meghan McCain says goodbye after ‘a really wild ride’ on ‘The View.’ See her send-off
• A progress report on the Miami Dolphins’ two quarterbacks behind Tua and their stories
• United becomes first major airline to require COVID vaccine for all workers
• Bird thieves caught plucking hair from animals’ backs — and it’s not just for fun
• Amnesty urges protection, action in murder probe of Haiti journalist, political activist
• Elected County Clerk Harvey Ruvin received a prestigious bar association honor this week
• Charity ends partnership with Key Biscayne government over alleged ‘smear campaign’
• Sports on TV: Friday, Aug. 6, 2021
• ‘That’s a big hammer!’ See a huge, thrashing shark reeled in from the beach in Florida
• A tropical depression could form in the next few days, forecasters say
• It’s a home, it’s a castle: Check out this magical Maine estate listed for $3.8M
• Podcast: Season preview, Pt. 2 — 4 things we trust (and 4 we don’t) about Miami’s defense
• A Florida convenience store for sale lists some extras — but not the double murder there
• Are rappers Yung Miami and Sean Combs dating? The Internet seems to think so
• Two former star recruits no longer on Miami roster, but one now says he’ll ‘be back’
• Coronavirus weekly need-to-know: Long COVID, delta variant, ivermectin drug & more
• Treat all public school students fairly, no matter what type of public school they attend | Opinion
• Republican legislatures are making the world safe for fragile white schoolchildren | Opinion
• Welcome to Florida, where COVID-19 is rampant, but mask mandates are the enemy | Editorial
• Heat signing day updates: Details on the Kyle Lowry sign-and-trade deal, and Yurtseven news
• Florida COVID update: 22,783 new cases added, breaking record for daily pandemic count
• Florida approves vouchers for ‘COVID-19 harassment,’ new pandemic protocols in schools
• Are you looking for some help to get your kids ready for school? Here’s some options
• Unvaccinated people face more than double the risk of COVID reinfection, CDC says
• How worried are unvaccinated Americans about the delta variant? Here’s what poll says
• New World’s Michael Tilson Thomas recovering after ‘successful’ surgery for brain tumor
• Miami certainly has come a long way in its 125 years. A look at where it’s going
• How Hialeah’s Ariel Torres won a bronze medal in karate at the Tokyo Olympics
• Tre’Quon Fegans used to watch ‘The U’ on repeat. Now he wants to lead Miami back to glory
• His life spanned Italy, Caracas and Miami — with friends in all three. He died of COVID
• Got a hot dinner date? Here are some of the best places to get romantic in Miami
• This Coconut Grove restaurant was an instant hit — but now it’s being sold and closing
• Miami Catholic school students must be masked if not vaccinated
• Woman injured after falling from personal watercraft off Key West
• Mexican migrants aren’t spreading COVID in the U.S. No, Republicans are doing that | Opinion
• We eat microplastics daily, but their effect on our health was a mystery — until now
• Miami Dolphins’ Flores said he doesn’t want to trade Howard, offers insight on situation
• Hundreds of Cuban protesters are still detained, including prominent dissidents
• Some dogs can sense when people are lying to them, study finds. Here’s how
• What happens if you lose your COVID vaccine card? Here are your options
• He abandoned two old dogs in a Pembroke Pines street, police say. Can you help find him?
• ‘We are doing our part.’ Miami-Dade mayor mandates COVID testing for unvaccinated workers.
• Residents of a Florida City trailer park won’t vacate yet after deal reached with the city
• As school starts, now is the time to get your child on a healthy eating program
• Despite signs of age, I am overwhelmed with gratitude when I look back at my life | Opinion
• Man repeatedly exposed himself to female drivers in a Parkland intersection, deputies say