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In this photo provided by SailGP, the Australia SailGP Team helmed by Tom Slingsby practices on the water in Plymouth, England, July 14, 2021. The SailGP global road show touches down in Old Blighty this weekend, giving Britain's Paul Goodison the opportunity to sail in front of home crowds for the first time since the 2012 London Olympics. The regatta on Plymouth Sound will also give Slingsby the chance to bounce back from a last-place performance in the previous regatta, an unthinkable finish for the crack team that claimed the $1 million, winner-take-all prize during the inaugural season of 2019. (Thomas Lovelock/SailGP via AP)
Hometown Brits, Aussies look for SailGP rebound in Plymouth

By Bernie Wilson Jul. 16, 2021 01:56 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:06 PM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 18, 2021. Editorial: Florida election supervisors must keep asking hard questions ...

A dead fish is seen floating in the water as palm trees are reflected Thursday, June 17, 2021 in the intracoastal waters between Clearwater and Dunedin, Fla. Pinellas County had small boats retrieving dead fish in Dunedin and around Clearwater Harbor Thursday. The fish kill is attributed to the recent Red Tide bloom. (Chris Urso /Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Amid red tide outbreak, Florida beckons visitors to beaches

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 17, 2021 02:21 PM EDT

In this photo provided by the 11th Hour Racing, Charlie Enright trains in France on March 25, 2021. After sailing around the world together twice, Brown alums Enright and Mark Towill are taking on different roles as 11th Hour Racing heads back out to sea to begin preparations for the 2022-23 Ocean Race. Towill will move off the boat to lead the team as CEO and Enright will skipper the crew, starting with the Ocean Race Europe, which begins Saturday. (Amory Ross/11th Hour Racing Team via AP)
11th Hour Racing heads to sea to resume prep for Ocean Race

By Bernie Wilson May. 28, 2021 04:06 PM EDT

San Pedro High School students hold vaccination signs at a school-based COVID-19 vaccination event for students 12 and older in San Pedro, Calif., Monday, May 24, 2021. Schools are turning to mascots, prizes and contests to entice youth ages 12 and up to get vaccinated against the coronavirus before summer break. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Latest: Sri Lanka gets 2nd vaccine donation from China

By The Associated Press May. 25, 2021 03:38 AM EDT

One of several holes appears at the Cabo Del Sol’s Ocean Course along the Sea of Cortez in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on Feb. 22, 2020. Cabo Del Sol and the other 17 courses at the tip of Baja California are coming back to life as the coronavirus pandemic begins to lessen. (AP Photo/John Marshall)
Cabo's world-class golf scene revving back up after pandemic

By John Marshall May. 19, 2021 08:14 AM EDT

This Jan. 16, 2020 photo shows the giant guitar at the entrance to the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J. On May 3, 2021, Hard Rock officials told The Associated Press they will spend $20 million on renovations, the latest in a line of Atlantic City casinos to reinvest during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Despite virus, Atlantic City casinos reinvesting millions

By Wayne Parry May. 03, 2021 07:14 AM EDT

FILE - This Oct. 1, 2020, file photo shows the exterior of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The casino's owners told The Associated Press on Monday, April 19, 2021, they will spend $15 million on renovations, raises for employees, and charitable donations. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
Atlantic City's Ocean Casino plowing $15M into renovations

By Wayne Parry Apr. 19, 2021 12:25 PM EDT

Senegal's President Macky Sall, left, welcomes Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez prior to a meeting at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, April 9, 2021. Sanchez is on a mini-tour to Angola and Senegal that are key in the European country's new push to bolster ties with the neighboring continent and mitigate the migration flows that many fear could increase as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Senegal, Spain leaders seek to encourage legal migration

By Babacar Dione Apr. 09, 2021 02:00 PM EDT

FILE - Rower Tori Murden appears aboard her 23-foot, American Pearl, in Bas-du-Fort in Guadeloupe on Dec. 3, 1999. A musical about Murden, who was the first American to row across the Atlantic Ocean solo, was supposed to make its stage debut at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts in the summer 2020. But due to the global pandemic, it is instead making its world premiere this month as a recording available on Audible. (AP Photo/John Riley, File)
The pandemic ruined one musical's debut plans. Not for long

By Mark Kennedy Apr. 08, 2021 10:20 AM EDT

Florida Senate passes $95B budget proposal, changes to come

By Brendan Farrington Apr. 07, 2021 07:54 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate unanimously passed a $95 billion budget Wednesday and will now have to work out differences with the House, which...

This April 4, 2021 photo shows a discarded mask on a beach in Point Pleasant, N.J. Volunteers cleaning beaches around the world have discovered and removed significant quantities of masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment. On Wednesday April 7, 2021, New Jersey’s Clean Ocean Action group reported removing 1,113 such items during beach cleanups last fall. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Discarded masks litter beaches worldwide, threaten sea life

By Wayne Parry Apr. 07, 2021 12:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2019, file photo, a roulette dealer waits for bets to be placed at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. On April 6, 2021, Luxor Capital, the New York hedge fund that owns the casino, told The Associated Press it is selling an ownership interest of up to 50% in the casino to the Ilitch family of Detroit, which owns professional sports teams, the Little Caesars pizza chain, and a Detroit casino. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
Detroit's Ilitch family buying half of Atlantic City casino

By Wayne Parry Apr. 06, 2021 10:08 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Mar. 26, 2021 03:35 PM EDT
Hearst Connecticut Media. March 24, 2021. Editorial: High costs for prison phone calls must end In another entry in...

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020 file photo, a bag containing the body of a migrant who died at sea is placed in a coffin after being disembarked from the Spanish humanitarian rescue ship Open Arms, which was carrying over 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, at the Sicilian port of Trapani, southern Italy. Though the number of migrants and asylum seekers reaching Europe in 2020 is the lowest it has been in the past decade, deaths and disappearances on sea routes to the continent remained alarmingly high with only a small percentage of bodies being recovered according to a report released Friday, March 25, 2021 by UN's migration agency. (AP Photo/Sergi Camara, File)
Migrant arrivals to Europe lower but deaths remain high

By Renata Brito Mar. 26, 2021 09:57 AM EDT

Lynn Adams, president of the Pacifica Beach Coalition, shows face masks that were found discarded near her home as volunteers clean areas near Sharp Park Beach in Pacifica, Calif., Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Disposable masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment have safeguarded untold lives during the pandemic. They’re also creating a worldwide environmental problem, littering streets and sending an influx of harmful plastic into landfills and oceans. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Masks and gloves are saving lives — and causing pollution

By Haven Daley Mar. 24, 2021 01:09 AM EDT

Crates holding 13 Kemp's Ridley sea line the Gran Isle beach before being released into the Gulf of Mexico from the Grand Isle, La. beach Monday, March 15, 2021. Audubon's Coastal Wildlife Network rehabilitated 19 cold-stunned Kemp's Ridley sea turtles after a deep arctic airmass along the New England coast in November 2020 threatened to kill the turtles. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP)
Mini parade of rescued young sea turtles released into Gulf

Mar. 17, 2021 01:16 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Mar. 10, 2021 03:51 PM EST
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ March 10 The Palm Beach Post on vaccine inequity in...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the press after giving his State of the State speech on the first day of the 2021 Legislative Session in Tallahassee, Fla. Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Tori Lynn Schneider/Tallahassee Democrat via AP)
Florida governor faces growing claims of vaccine favoritism

By Bobby Caina Calvan And Adriana Gomez Licon Mar. 04, 2021 12:45 PM EST

President Wavel Ramkalawan speaks to The Associated Press at State House in the capital Victoria, Mahe Island, Seychelles Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The president of the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles says he hopes enough residents will soon be vaccinated against COVID-19 to stop the spread of the virus, hoping to achieve herd immunity by mid-March by vaccinating about 70% of the population. (AP Photo/Salim Ally)
Seychelles bids to reach COVID 'herd immunity' by mid-March

By Emilie Chetty Mar. 03, 2021 06:36 AM EST