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MIAMI — At Mount Sinai Medical Center, the phones have been ringing almost without stopping since the Miami Beach hospital announced Wednesday that it would follow a new directive from the Florida governor: Vaccinate senior citizens against COVID-19. Mount Sinai has been scheduling about 800 appointments a day — except for Christmas Day — starting with people over the age of 75. The appointments run through the next several weeks, with the hospital inoculating about 260 people per day on its campus overlooking Biscayne Bay. The growing demand comes after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last week d......

MIAMI — Ready to fly out of Donald J. Trump Airport in Palm Beach County? Reports are circulating that the president, who is set to leave office on Jan. 20, has been asking aides and advisers what it takes to get an airport named in his honor, the Daily Beast reported. Judd Deere, deputy White House press secretary, would not confirm to The Miami Herald whether these chats have taken place. "Off record — we don't comment on private conversations," Deere said in an email Saturday. But since Palm Beach International is just a few miles from Mar-a-Lago where Trump, his wife and son Barron are exp......