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Clearwater Beach is back in business, as of Monday. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]
As Florida reopens, please don’t be a nitwit
Stephanie Hayes | In praise of some healthy fear.
5 hours ago• Opinion
Coronavirus in Florida latest: Reopening scenes, Plant City nursing home outbreak
Shoppers come and go from the Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg on Monday, the first day the mall reopened under a relaxed statewide stay-at-home order. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
Here’s what you need to know for Tuesday, May 5.
2 hours ago• Health
Tampa woman charged with DUI manslaughter, child neglect in Largo wrong-way crash
Britney Lynn Crawford, 27, faces charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, child neglect and DUI causing serious injury. [Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
Police say the woman was speeding, was impaired and was driving the wrong way with a child in the car with her.
4 hours ago• Crime
Restaurants around Tampa Bay reopened Monday. Here’s what it looked like.
Naomi Mack, 33, a server at Daily Eats delivers menus to patrons Monday, May 4, 2020 in Tampa. Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered that restaurants can open at 25 percent capacity starting Monday. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
Following a six-week shutdown, restaurants were allowed to welcome back customers, with some restrictions
Yesterday• Health
U.S. total
New today
Cases
1,180,634
+346
Deaths
68,922
+12
Florida total
Since yesterday
Cases
36,897
n/a
Deaths
1,423
n/a

Last updated 6:55 a.m. May 5 EDT. The Florida total includes in-state residents and non-residents who tested positive while visiting the state. Source: Johns Hopkins and Florida Department of Health

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). [AP]
Plant City nursing home has 73 coronavirus cases, state says
Community Convalescent Center reports that 56 residents and 17 staffers have tested positive for COVID-19.
Earlier today• Health
Gov. Ron DeSantis orders investigation into broken unemployment system
“There’s a lot of money that went in to this,” DeSantis said. “I think that’s something that’s very important for the people of Florida to know."
Yesterday• Health
Gunplay brings manslaughter charge in Temple Terrace
The Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office announced a manslaughter charge Monday against a Temple Terrace man who they say shot his friend in the face while practicing a combat scenario.
Yesterday• Crime
Cleatus, Florida Aquarium’s first goliath grouper, has died. He was (maybe) 30.
Cleatus was one of the aquarium’s first residents when it opened 25 years ago. He died after a long illness.
Earlier today• Tampa
Wilmer Vergara, owner of Graphi-ko Gallery in St. Petersburg, helps customer Taylor Popke pick out a ring on Monday, the first day nonessential stores in Florida were allowed to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic. [SARA DINATALE | Times]
Tampa Bay businesses hope shoppers return after cautious reopenings
With hand sanitizer flowing, shops from St. Pete to Riverview opened their doors on Monday.
Yesterday• Health
Shoppers come and go Monday for the first time in 47 days at Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg. Two local malls owned by the same company reopened Monday, Tyrone Square and Tampa Premium Outlets in Wesley Chapel. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
A few shoppers find a few shopping opportunities as malls slowly reopen
No Mickey yet, and “the bigs” were still closed, but owners breathed a sigh of relief and shoppers welcomed the chance to venture out.
Yesterday• Health

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Emergency personnel prepare to transport a patient by ambulance from the Freedom Square Seminole Nursing Pavilion in April. At least eight residents of the Seminole retirement community have died from the novel coronavirus. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
Florida medical examiners were releasing coronavirus death data. The state made them stop.
When the medical examiners’ list was available, it showed more deaths than the state’s count.
Denise Kwiatkowski has stayed home in Ruskin, isolating from vulnerable family members. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
In Ruskin, a daughter feels the ache of separation
From left, Matthew Simpson, Laura McKee and Victoria Mejia are among a small group of recent master’s graduates from USF's College of Nursing who volunteered to leave their Florida jobs to help treat COVID-19 patients in New York City. [Courtesy of Matthew Simpson, Laura McKee and Victoria Mejia]
These Tampa Bay nurses went to help in NYC. They have stories.
The Tampa Bay Times is trying to tell the stories of people who have died in the pandemic. [JOHN MINCHILLO | Associated Press]
The Floridians lost to the coronavirus
TAILYR IRVINE | Times Vonabell (Zai) Hurst, 24, sings during a recording session at Clear Track Studios on Jan. 23, 2019 in Clearwater, FL. [TAILYR IRVINE | Times]
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Royal Caribbean executives agree to terms for disembarking crew stuck on ships
A view of construction workers at the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line headquarters at PortMiami as the coronavirus pandemic continues on March 26 in Miami. [DAVID SANTIAGO | Miami Herald]
Tampa’s Florida Aquarium will reopen May 15 with limited crowds
A divemaster gives a talk during the Predators of the Reef dive show as a sand tiger shark swims above at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa. The aquarium has announced it will reopen with limited crowds on May 15. [Times (2014)]
Hillsborough election supervisor to head state group
PolitiFact: Tucker Carlson says the coronavirus isn’t as deadly as we thought. Experts disagree
Tampa police find woman dead from apparent gunshot wound
COVID-19 stalks vulnerable Florida prey in prison workers
Your best sports-related moments of the coronavirus pandemic
Celebrating mothers: Real estate is family business, led by ‘fearless’ mom
Coronavirus in Florida latest: Reopening scenes, Plant City nursing home outbreak
Disappointed, yet hopeful. Students share their coronavirus views.
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Griff is one of the obstacles at the in-home golf course of University of Florida alumni Houston and Natalie Bailey. [Courtesy Houston Bailey]
Your best sports-related moments of the coronavirus pandemic
Susan Mitchell, of northwest Tampa, poses with her medal and racing bib after completing the Hot Chocolate 5K. Mitchell, 69 years old, sends her medals to Pete Bannister II, her “I Run 4” buddy who lives out in Colorado. (Courtesy of Susan Mitchell) [Courtesy of Susan Mitchell]
Runners find solace, purpose in virtual races
Washington Huskies linebacker Benning Potoa'e (8) walks out of the tunnel before a game against the Eastern Washington Eagles at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium in Seattle last season. [SEAN BROWN | ZUMAPRESS.com]
Undrafted Bucs tend to stick around to play in the fall
In this Jan. 14, 1973, file photo, Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula is carried off the field after his team won the Super Bowl, 14-7 against the Washington Redskins in Los Angeles. Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday at his home in Indian Creek. [Associated Press]
Don Shula was the sports hero a Florida kid always wanted
In a Dec. 22, 2019 photo Don Shula is all smiles as he is greeted by former Dolphins players, who remember times when he expressed himself in a slightly less friendly way. [BRYNN ANDERSON | AP]
Former Dolphins share Don Shula tales
Flatwoods Conservation Park re-opened Monday. While some were there the minute it re-opened, the park was not crowded. [DIVYA KUMAR | Times]
Tampa Bay residents enjoy outdoors as parks begin to reopen
Tony Dungy was a 'third-generation’ coaching disciple of the late Don Shula
NFL moves London, Mexico City games back to U.S. stadiums
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Don Shula, the winningest coach in pro football history, has died
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Tampa’s Florida Aquarium will reopen May 15 with limited crowds
A divemaster gives a talk during the Predators of the Reef dive show as a sand tiger shark swims above at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa. The aquarium has announced it will reopen with limited crowds on May 15. [Times (2014)]
Virtual events for the week of May 4-10
A 2020 Model 3 sedan sits at a Tesla dealership in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) [DAVID ZALUBOWSKI | AP]
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