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Gimenez “was unaware that lap dances were authorized at some adult entertainment venues,” Deputy Mayor Jennifer Moon told The Miami Herald on Tuesday night. “They will be prohibited henceforth.” At least five strip clubs in the county were approved to reopen earlier in June after submitting safety plans that included the installation of hand-sanitizing stations and requiring mask wearing by staff. Entertainment venues in the county were allowed to submit safety plans and reopen once they had been approved....

Beasley worked out with several other teams over the summer, including the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers could use Beasley’s talent on a roster that has been pieced together this offseason. Meanwhile, San Antonio has 14 players under contract and remain interested in Aron Baynes. Beasley last played with the Miami Heat, the team that drafted him at No. 2 in 2008 NBA Draft. Miami has expressed no interest in re-signing Beasley, however, and gave another player his number....

Caputo, who served as assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) under former President Donald Trump, spoke to Politico’s Michael Kruse about his life since he was diagnosed with cancer in September 2020. In a long article about his conversations and exchanges with Caputo, Kruse reported that friends of the former adviser to the Trump campaign believed he had been changed by his recent experiences....

Flynn and Sidney Powell—a member of Donald Trump’s legal team during the former president’s doomed challenge of the 2020 election results—are keynote speakers at the “For God & Country Round Up” in May, according to its organizer the Patriot Voice. The gathering on Memorial Day weekend is to be split between the Gilley’s Dallas complex and the Omni Hotel in the city. A general admission pass for the weekend costs $500, with VIP tickets at $1,000....

The Hall of Fame wide receiver, who won three Super Bowls as a Cowboy, hope his former team falls to the rival Redskins in Thursday’s matchup. MORE: Week 12 NFL Power Rankings “Instead of a win, I’m really looking for a loss (Thursday),” Irvin told 105.3 The Fan, via the Dallas Morning News. “I need a loss in here on the way to the playoffs. To re-identify, refocus. “I’m not saying they are not focused in everything — but I wouldn’t have an issue with a loss and a re-shake....

Phelps is in Mesa, Ariz., and will swim the 100-meter butterfly at the Arena Grand Prix on Thursday, his first competition since retiring after the 2012 London Games. Phelps is the world and American record holder in the event, which includes rival Ryan Lochte and four-time Olympian Roland Schoeman of South Africa. At 28, Phelps isn't even the oldest swimmer in the event. Schoeman is 33 and there is another swimmer who is 34....

It is hard to remember that Michael Phelps first appeared at the Olympic Games in 2000 when he was only 15 years old in Sydney, and he finished down under in fifth place in the 200-meter butterfly. MORE: Classic photos of Phelps | In the 200m fly, Phelps has no rival Between now and then, he swam in 15 individual Olympic races and lost only twice. So maybe it isn’t so devastating that he ceded the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2016 Rio Olympics to Joseph Schooling of Singapore, or even that he shared the silver medal with both Chad le Clos of South Africa and Lazlo Cseh of Hungary....

Sam left training camp earlier in June but told Alouettes players in a private meeting Monday that he’s committed to playing football. Head coach Tom Higgins said the attention Sam receives as a gay-rights pioneer makes that difficult. MORE: Openly gay athletes | Gay NFL pioneer celebrates court victory, mourns burdened career “Being put in the limelight doesn’t help him with any of his teammates,” Higgins said, via the Chicago Tribune....

Saunders tore the meniscus in his left knee and likely will be out through the All-Star break, Toronto general manager Alex Anthopoulos said Thursday. “He was going after a ball and stepped right around a sprinkler head and he felt a pop in his knee,” Anthopoulos said, via the Globe and Mail. “Bad luck.” Saunders, a 28-year-old British Columbia native, was acquired from the Mariners in December for pitcher J....

Details on the circumstances around Stenger’s death aged 71 are still unknown. Reports that Stenger had died on Monday were revealed by Politico’s correspondent Katherine Tully-McManus and Fox News’ Chad Pergram. “Fox confirms that Michael Stenger, the Senate Sergeant at Arms who was in charge of Senate security the day of the Capitol riot, has died,” Pergram tweeted. McManus tweeted: “Former Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger died this morning. He joined the SAA team in 2011 after a career with the Secret Service and was appointed SAA in 2018....

“The 2016 Daytona 500 will be my 29th,” Waltrip said, via ESPN.com. “When you’re old, you like to have things to look forward to, and I’m looking forward to 2017 when I get to run my 30th.” MORE: Anybody’s race at Texas | That Moment When: Junior’s first Cup win | Weekend preview Waltrip splits time now as a broadcaster with FOX and the primary owner of Michael Waltrip Racing....

“We were doing everything we were supposed to do—and better,” Obama said, according to The Chicago Sun-Times. “I wanna remind white folks that y’all were running from us. This family with all the values that you read about, you were running from us and you’re still running.” She compared the arrival of her black family with the influx of immigrant families into neighborhoods, sparking “white flight,” a term referring to Caucasians leaving residential urban areas for the suburbs when nonwhites move in....

That loss — the Big Ten’s only loss of the bowl season — served as the epitaph of an 8-5 season that put more pressure on Jim Harbaugh to deliver on high expectations heading into his fourth season in Ann Arbor. MORE: 2018 Big Ten conference primer Give Harbaugh credit for one thing. He isn’t showing that again. The Wolverine Lounge first reported Michigan offensive coordinator Tim Drevno will resign, the latest offseason shake-up that should refurbish an offense that ranked 92nd in the FBS in points per game (25....

As a result–well, no one has a clue yet. But it is possible that rather than racing off a cliff, the buffaloes, gasping and blinking, have wandered into a lush, high policy meadow. They may have liberated themselves, as Senator Stabenow suggests, to start over, to spend the next year (before the new tax law becomes effective) rethinking not just the way schools are funded in Michigan, but how–and whether–they are working....

MORE: Gators’ Patric Young hits the gridiron With all the injuries Gary Harris has been through, the last thing he needs to do is to run across the middle on a crossing route. 

During an appearance on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Mulvaney said President Donald Trump has not “had an ability to pivot” any of his opinions and has “not been the same” since he lost the November presidential election. Mulvaney expressed shock at the deadly Washington riots and appeared to be awed that “people took [Trump] literally.” Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace also pushed back on Mulvaney as a Trump “yes man” and other former aides who say Trump has not changed....

Allen, who normally shies away from the spotlight, volunteered his thoughts during halftime of Portland's game against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. The Seahawks will play the Denver Broncos at the Meadowlands a week from Sunday. Meanwhile, his Blazers are seeing surprising success, sitting in third place in the West at 32-11 after rallying for a 110-105 win over the Nuggets Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, is obviously pleased....

Walker told reporters Wednesday that the latest accusation is “foolishness.” “Well, I’ll just say right now you know guys I’m done with this foolishness,” he said. “I’ve already told people this is a lie and I’m not going to entertain and continue to carry a lie alone.” “And I also want to let you know I didn’t kill JFK either,” he added. The woman making this claim, known as “Jane Doe,” and her lawyer Gloria Allred held a press conference over Zoom Wednesday....

The Reds have faced regular rounds of uncomfortable questions this season, with Jurgen Klopp’s side once again struggling for clean sheets. Reds -3 v Maribor - 3/4 with dabble Failure to bolster the ranks during the summer transfer window is considered to have been a major contributing factor to the struggles, despite claims to the contrary from those inside the Anfield camp. Mignolet is among those to have seen his performances placed under the microscope, particularly after an error-strewn display in a 4-1 defeat to Tottenham, but the Belgium international says such scrutiny comes merely from representing a club of Liverpool’s stature....

The Buffalo Bills placed the veteran wide receiver on the reserve/non-football illness list Monday, ending his short-lived NFL comeback attempt. Harvin missed the Bills’ last two games because of migraines, something that has plagued him throughout his career. “He was doing whatever he could to try to play, but I don’t know if that was in his best interest,” Bills coach Rex Ryan said of Harvin last week. “We were trying to make sure he’s well....