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Team Bahamas 3rd at 37th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships
Team Bahamas, with Maddisson Carroll in the front holding the awards, celebrating their third-place finish in the 37th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships at the Grand Reserve Golf Club in Puerto Rico. By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor...

9th Traveler Visits Hawai'i With Dengue Virus
(Vax-Before-Travel News)The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) recently confirmed its ninth travel-related case of dengue in 2025. As of the end of June 2025, the DOH reported eight dengue cases on Oʻahu and one case on Maui. Several countries in...

Pregnant Wife of Former NBA Player Bitten in Shark Attack
The ocean is a great democratizing force. It’s a place where all are equally welcome – and equally at peril. One of the agents of that force is the humble shark, which recently proved that even celebrities aren’t above being bitten. The shark...

Shark bites Winter Park surfer, 40, in New Smyrna Beach
An incident over the weekend has added to New Smyrna Beach's reputation as the Shark Bite Capital of the World. According to Volusia County Beach Safety, a 40-year-old Winter Park man was bitten on his right forearm as he swam in the ocean just...

St. Kitts and Nevis Finishes Sixth at NORCECA U21 Qualifier, Eyes Final Shot at FIVB U21 World Beach Championships
Basseterre, St. Kitts. July 7, 2025. St. Kitts and Nevis’ beach volleyball duo of Jedidiah Pencheon and Julian Bristol, competing under the banner of the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA), delivered an impressive performance at the...

6 Red Flags You’re About To Eat At A Tourist Trap Restaurant
Pawel Libera via Getty ImagesFor those who travel to eat, meals while away from home are precious. A marquee meal can be the most memorable highlight of a trip, and when you only get so many per day with no do-overs, there is literally no room for...

T&T U-15s near last ditch solution for Concacaf tourney, two US-based players in 18-man squad
Trinidad and Tobago will get to Aruba two days late for the Concacaf Under-15 Championship. But, crucially, they will be in time for kick off in their opening Group E encounter against Barbados in League B. And perhaps the most important thing is...

10 signs you're a Daytona Beach local
DAYTONA BEACH — If you've lived in or near Daytona Beach your whole life, you might not realize the myriad things that seem odd, scary or fascinating to someone who moves into the city from another state. The alligators, snakes and sharks can...
The case for Palm Beach County's best girls basketball program (2000-25)
Palm Beach Lakes girls basketball has a strong record with five state Final Four appearances, seven regional finals, and 14 district titles in the last 25 years. Coach Cassandra Rahming, a Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame inductee, has led...

This Indian-Origin Businessman Is Set To Fly To Edge Of Space On Bezos’ Blue Origin Mission
Last Updated:August 02, 2025, 22:53 IST Arvinder Singh Bahal, an Indian-origin real estate investor, will fly to the edge of space on Blue Origin's NS-34 flight on August 3, 2025. Arvi is a real estate investor born in Agra, and now a naturalised...

Best Cities to Meet Street Cats While Traveling
There’s something magnetic about the presence of cats on the street—those curious eyes peeking from under café tables, curled tails on sun-warmed stone steps, and soft purrs that echo through marketplaces. A new book, “Street Cats & Where to Find...
Volusia County residents clean up beach after 4th of July celebrations
PONCE INLET, Fla. — Dozens of people in Volusia County gathered at Winterhaven Park in Ponce Inlet to pick up trash following 4th of July festivities. What You Need To Know Keep Volusia Beautiful hosted a post-Independence Day beach cleanup as...

Pregnant wife of ex-Knick Danilo Gallinari attacked by shark
The wife of former Knicks forward Danilo Gallinari said on Friday she was attacked by a shark while pregnant with their third child. Alongside a photo of herself bandaged up in a hospital bed, Eleonora Boi wrote on Instagram the attack occurred...

The Jones Act and the Navigation Acts
The Jones Act says that shipping between U.S. ports — say between Galveston, Texas, and San Juan, Puerto Rico — must use U.S.-built ships flying under the U.S. flag with an American crew. Ships coming from other countries rather than from U.S....

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For Saturday, August 2, 2025, BetMGM bonus code CUSE150 gives new users in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, and West Virginia the chance to score a $150 betting bonus just in time for a busy evening of baseball. With the Braves and Reds...

How experts are trying to stop sargassum from reaching the shore
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Florida's coastlines are facing the impacts sargassum season. It's a natural phenomenon but it is part of a record-sized cluster drifting in the ocean, and we're listening to concerns among beachgoers and...

How the Castros Mock the USA
Havana photo by Juan Suárez By Francisco Acevedo HAVANA TIMES – Last week I commented on Raul Castro’s grandson, Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, better known by his nickname “El Cangrejo” (The Crab). I touched on what could happen after the...

Two Decades Later, V.I. Seeks to Activate Dormant Internet Gambling Law Amid Industry Boom
ST. CROIX — The U.S. Virgin Islands took a major step toward reviving its long-dormant internet gaming law with the July 31st Virgin Islands Internet Gaming and Internet Gambling Summit, hosted by the V.I. Casino Control Commission at the...

Canadians Are Scratching Their Heads Over The U.S. Airline That Is Still Refusing To Fly North Of The Border
Most major North American airlines are still actively flying between Canada and the United States, despite the current tension. However, we are seeing major airlines scale back. Air Canada boldly cancelled its Jacksonville route for Canadian...

6,000 celebrate Christmas in July
About 6,000 people came to Pond Bay, Virgin Gorda for music, food, drinks and fun to celebrate Christmas in July on Saturday, according to the event’s organisers. The beach was crowded with people — many of whom arrived on boats that anchored in...