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Good Wednesday morning.
The daily rundown Between Monday and Tuesday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 7,023 (nearly 0.4 percent), to 1,790,743; active hospitalizations went down by 74 (nearly 1.4 percent), to 5,307; deaths rose by 233 (0.8 percent), to 28,048.
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Tourists and residents gather on Ocean Drive in South Beach in 2017.
City leaders are pushing a slate of new ordinances that they hope will fundamentally rebrand the city and discourage people from partying hard there.
If there was a single moment when the official narrative started to shift for partying on Miami Beach, it was late one night in May 2011. That was when police fired 116 shots at Raymond Herisse, a 22-year-old Boynton Beach resident, who they said was driving drunk and hitting cars. Four innocent bystanders were also shot in the incident, which made national news at the time.
Years later, Miami Beach Police Department paid out $200,000 in a settlement to Herisse’s family and to the innocent bystanders.