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Most Marlins who had virus are cleared to return to field
MIAMI (AP) — Most of the Miami Marlins players sidelined by a coronavirus outbreak have been approved to return to the field. The team said Saturday those cleared will begin rehabilitation workouts and could be activated as early as next week. The Marlins placed 17 players on the injured list following the...
Florida records another 200 deaths from the coronavirus
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials reported an additional 204 deaths from the coronavirus Saturday, pushing the state's reported COVID-19 death toll to nearly 9,500. Since the start of the pandemic five months ago, nearly 570,000 Floridians have become infected. On Saturday, state health officials...
Young, hot-shooting Aces beat Mystics for 7th straight win
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Jackie Young had 16 points to lead five Las Vegas players scoring in double figures and the Aces beat the Washington Mystics 88-73 on Saturday for their seventh consecutive win. Dearica Hamby had 14 points and five assists, Sugar Rodgers and A'ja Wilson scored 12 points apiece, and...
Surprising Suns ready to build off bubble success
PHOENIX (AP) — Coach Monty Williams could sense a few eye rolls earlier this summer when the Phoenix Suns and their extremely mediocre 26-39 record were invited to the NBA's bubble. A few months later, the Suns are the talk of the league after winning all eight games in Florida and nearly making a run all...
Bucks seeking return to form as they open against Magic
The Milwaukee Bucks head into the playoffs seeking to regain the form that enabled them to earn the NBA's best record. Milwaukee (56-17) has gone 3-5 since the NBA resumed play at Walt Disney World after a 4 ½-month hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic. After losing only nine of their first 62 games...
NASCAR driver Austin Dillon out after positive COVID-19 test
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR driver Austin Dillon tested positive for COVID-19 and will not compete in Sunday’s Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway’s road course. Richard Childress Racing said Dillon tested positive Saturday morning. He experienced mild symptoms and sought...
Florida sheriff race hinges on massacre, old shooting
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The two shootings dominating the Democratic primary for sheriff in Broward County, Florida, couldn't be more different. The 2018 massacre that pushed former sheriff and current challenger Scott Israel out of office left 14 students and three adults dead at Marjory Stoneman...
Miami's Vizcaya seeks public donations
MIAMI (AP) — The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens has been a meeting place for presidents, a monarch and a pope. But the Italianate villa and gardens have also been the backdrop for countless quinceañera and wedding portraits that grace many a Miami living room. “A lot of people have this perception...
New Fat Albert model makes last service stop before debut
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — When U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Rick Rose took the new C-130 J Super Hercules “Fat Albert” model into the skies of Cambridge, England, for its first check flight July 20, the pilot said he was quite simply blown away. Fourteen months of work put into prepping the new...
Officials: Florida panther struck and killed by vehicle
LABELLE, Fla. (AP) — An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle. It's the 14th panther death attributed to fatal collisions, out of 16 total deaths this year, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The remains of the 3-year-old female panther were...
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