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January 18, 2024

• Casinos are still a bad idea for Miami Beach. Yes, even at the Fontainebleau | Opinion
• A roach in a pan of chicken. Keys rodents. Restaurant filth all over the Miami metro area
• Haiti gang leader boasted he was ‘king of kings,’ just needed bullets to wipe out country
• Are you ordering medications online from Canada, Mexico, other countries? What to know
• St. Thomas Aquinas’ Roger Harriott is the Broward 4M-3M Football Coach of the Year
• I grew up in Gaza. The Biden administration must call for a ceasefire | Opinion
• Stop the Florida Legislature from ending police oversight panels. We need them | Opinion
• DeSantis took credit for Florida’s progress but Iowa may have sniffed out his bravado | Opinion
• High school athlete was forced to keep running in sweltering heat and died, lawsuit says
• Gisele stuns in head to toe gold body paint (and a bikini) in new shoot. See the pics
• Owners fall through frozen lake trying to rescue dog stuck on ice, Vermont rescuers say
• Ancient feline species — capable of rapidly killing large prey — discovered in Spain
• Two Miami-Dade cops injured in shootout with squatter at South Dade home. Gunman killed
• Dad uses extra cash to buy lottery ticket before work — then has to wake up wife
• Mountain creature — with scaled wings — turns out to be new species in Chile. See it
• Landlord assaulted tenants with chainsaw, shovel and stole their money, feds say
• What you should know as Messi, Inter Miami kick off preseason tour in El Salvador on Friday
• How cold will South Florida get this weekend? What you need to know about wind chills
• How was Miami-Dade School Board member allowed to spend taxpayer money at will? | Opinion
• Man picks up rusty items from forest floor — and finds Roman-era artifacts in Poland
• A growing grocery chain is opening a new Miami location with a weekend of freebies
• Desperate after Iowa bust, DeSantis spews — again — dangerous COVID vaccine quackery | Opinion
• Powerball player misses $102M jackpot by one number — but still wins big in Vermont
• Trove of treasures from hundreds of years ago discovered in Poland forest. See the find
• Twenty questions with Udonis Haslem ahead of his Miami Heat jersey retirement ceremony
• ‘Ghostly’ creature spotted in Scotland waters is a rare Arctic visitor. See video
• In rare move, Sen. Fetterman endorses Menendez’s rival. ‘Anything would be an upgrade’
• Firefighters find body near charred car while putting out fire at Broward gas station
• ‘Resilient’ 9-year-old cancer survivor killed by school bus in Florida, family says
• NFL Divisional playoffs: Our picks for Chiefs-Bills and all four games including the best upset shots
• Peter Thomas just got arrested for DUI. Now we hear his Miami Beach restaurant is shut
• Applebee’s offers date nights for a year with a $200 pass. Here’s how it works
• Update on Dolphins assistants interviewing for other jobs. And more notes
• Dolphins 2023 grades: Handing out marks after another first-round playoff exit
• How much should real estate agents make? Courts may change buyer-seller fees in Florida
• Traffic alert: U.S. 1 into Florida Keys reopens after tractor-trailer crash
• How Ward ended up at UM and something encouraging. And UM’s McCormick returns for 9th year
• Details, feedback about ex-Washington safety Mishael Powell, a key UM portal pickup
• An early look at players projected in Dolphins’ first-round range and where draft is deep
• Where does the Heat stand at the midway point of the season? Why ‘it’s kind of hard to say’
• MIA’s broken escalators, elevators and walkways spark frustration and a blame game
• ‘Brainwashed’ man pledged allegiance to ISIS, Florida attorney says. He’s prison-bound
• 7 feats from Reinhart’s goal in Panthers’ loss to Detroit. And Maurice no-comments on officiating
• As the economy craters, the Cuban government hits private-sector workers with tax hike
• ‘Trash trains’ to Georgia could be Miami-Dade’s garbage plan
• Growing drug-gang violence in Ecuador raises question: Could other countries be next?
• Firestorm brews in the Caribbean over giving more power to UK over British Virgin Islands
• Man arrested after colliding with Miami-Dade police cruiser and fleeing, cops said
• Heat reaches midway point of season at 24-17 after blowout loss in Toronto. Takeaways
• Worker spots something in mud — and uncovers rare Viking sword in Poland, photos show
• ‘Large’-mouthed river creature — with ‘unique’ coloring — discovered as new species
• Man used stun gun on 9-month-old and stole grandparents’ identities, AL cops say
• Massive lottery win inspires ‘animal lover’ to give back — to rescue shelter and wife
• Supreme Court ruling in Trump insurrection case could prompt challenges down the ballot
• Miami-area Proud Boy member, ‘one of the most violent’ Jan. 6 rioters, sentenced to 5 years
• St. Thomas Aquinas’ Jordan Lyle is the Broward 4M-3M Offensive Player of the Year
• FSU uses height, depth, defense to rattle UM 84-75 in front of near-sellout crowd
• Dog was in shelter for 9 years. Then a post about her birthday turned her life around
• Winged creature — with ‘remarkable’ camouflage — discovered as new species in Liberia
• Takeaways as Florida Panthers lose to Red Wings for second consecutive overtime defeat
• St. Thomas Aquinas’ Nicholas Rodriguez is the Broward 4M-3M Defensive Player of the Year
• Driver flinging tools at pursuing Florida cops turns out to be escapee, sheriff says
• St. Thomas University rugby and lacrosse programs finding niche in South Florida
• Florida Senate passes sweeping health care legislation. Here’s what it would do
• DeSantis changes tune on mainstream media: ‘I should’ve gone on all the corporate shows’
• Republicans and Democrats in Congress clash over existence of the private sector in Cuba 
• ‘Aggressive’ dog clamps down on woman’s arm, then is tased, New York deputies say
• Large number of US parents are draining their savings to pay for child care, poll finds
• Florida restaurants owed workers $124,000 after demanding free, off-the-clock work