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Publix says it expects the masks to arrive in stores throughout the week, and the masks will be given out based on the available supply. “As masks arrive, stores will have a table setup to distribute up to three masks per customer while quantities last,” said Publix spokeswoman Maria Brous. ... Read More

Christian Ulvert, a longtime campaign strategist currently working with Florida Senate Democrats, and Raymond Paultre, executive director of the Florida Alliance, a major group of big-money Democratic donors helping to finance the effort, said it would be the most comprehensive voter registration initiative since at least the 2011-2012 Obama campaign efforts that led to the former president winning the state for a second time. ... Read More

Vincent Palmeri of Rockscapes clears a wooded area just east of the Fort Lauderdale airport on Monday as construction begins on a sanctuary for a colony of African vervet monkeys that has survived on a wedge of swampy forest for more than 70 years. Dania Beach Vervet Project, a nonprofit organization, will house the monkeys in a structure complete with fences, medical care and regular meals. (Susan Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

Both airlines serve the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean. Spirit is the leading carrier in daily flights and passengers to and from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, where it maintains its biggest operations. After a short hiatus, Frontier is scheduled to resume service there on Feb. 17 with a dozen nonstop flights. ... Read More

This image made available by the the U.S. Coast Guard shows Cuban migrants on a sinking vessel spotted on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, about 40 miles off Key Largo, Fla. “They didn’t have lifejackets or safety equipment,” said Capt. Shawn Koch, commanding officer of Air Station Miami. “If the air crew hadn’t found them on the patrol, these people would not have survived the night.” The migrants were repatriated to Cuba, the Coast Guard said. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP) (AP) ... Read More

During the argument, Gutierrez pulled a 9mm Glock 19 from his waistband and shot Franklyn Jose Pineyro, 49, once in the chest, killing him, according to an arrest report posted by the TV station. Pineyro took a step toward Gutierrez, who then “immediately” fired his gun, the report reads. ... Read More

Flyers containing multiple antisemitic statements and conspiracy theories, including blaming Jewish Americans for the COVID-19 pandemic, were discovered on lawns and driveways of a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood the morning of Jan. 23, 2022. The flyers were in plastic bags weighted down with small pebbles. (Alan Tinter/Courtesy) ... Read More

The number of patients in the hospital with COVID has declined 21% over the past week to 7,634 on Friday. The number of COVID-infected patients in intensive care dropped to 1,196 — below 1,200 for the first time since Jan. 7. The data combines patients admitted for COVID with those infected while hospitalized. ... Read More

From left, Miami Dolphins vice chairman, president and CEO Tom Garfinkel, Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross and Dolphins vice chairman and partner Bruce Beal talk on the field before the start of a Dolphins-Ravens game last November at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. (Doug Murray/AP) ... Read More

In Florida, omicron peaked at the highest level of new cases of any wave, more than 60,000 in one day, or three times the summit of the delta surge. Deaths are always the last number to move, in any wave, and omicron deaths in Florida are accumulating now, although well below delta’s total of nearly 22,000. ... Read More