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Too much Atlantic in Atlantic City: Beach erosion has casinos desperately seeking sand by summer

Mar. 18, 2024 14:35 PM EDT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The ocean and beaches have always been a part of Atlantic City's identity: from salt water taffy to Miss America bathing beauties to the name of the place itself, the city has been marketed as a place to have fun by the sea. But there is a little too much...

Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey would have 157 turbines and be 8.4 miles from shore

Mar. 15, 2024 11:44 AM EDT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J, (AP) — An offshore wind power project proposed for New Jersey would have 157 turbines and be located 8.4 miles (13.5 kilometers) from shore at its closest point, data released by the federal government Friday shows. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management...

A Massachusetts town spent $600K on shore protection. A winter storm washed it away days later

Mar. 13, 2024 18:31 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling after a weekend storm washed away $600,000 in sand that was trucked in to protect homes, roads and other infrastructure. The project, which brought 14,000 tons (12,701 metric tons) of sand into Salisbury over several...

Dozens more migrants reach a Greek island south of Crete as smugglers seek new routes

Mar. 13, 2024 18:14 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A boat carrying 91 migrants has reached a small island south of Crete that is seeing a spike in the arrival of people attempting the long and dangerous crossing from Africa, Greek authorities said Wednesday. A coast guard statement said the migrants, who were...

Dutch military helps clean oil along beaches in Caribbean island of Bonaire

Mar. 01, 2024 15:21 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Armed forces from the Netherlands have been deployed to the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire to clear beaches of oil coming from an offshore spill blamed on an overturned barge hundreds of miles away. The military cleaned up several beaches on the...

Oil spill from capsized barge near Tobago soils beaches hundreds of miles away

Feb. 28, 2024 18:05 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An offshore oil spill that prompted Trinidad and Tobago to declare a national emergency earlier this month involves hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel, some of which has reached the shores of the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire hundreds of miles away,...

AP PHOTOS: In Teahupo'o, Tahiti, coastal village life thrives among powerful waves

Feb. 20, 2024 23:06 PM EST

TEAHUPO'O, French Polynesia (AP) — In Teahupo'o, the ocean is the heart of village life. Boats bob in the lagoon in the south of Tahiti at sunrise before fishers start their day. Many set out early with poles or spears to catch fish gliding among the corals — fresh food for...

Wyndham Clark felt like a Pebble Beach winner on Saturday. He got the trophy on Sunday

Feb. 05, 2024 06:21 AM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Wyndham Clark noticed the cameras starting to show up on the 12th hole, the sure sign he was making a charge. He felt the buzz of being in contention and the affection from the gallery when he walked off the 18th green at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. ...

Wyndham Clark declared Pebble Beach winner when final round wiped out by weather

Feb. 04, 2024 22:55 PM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Wyndham Clark was declared the winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday evening when the PGA Tour canceled the final round because of wicked weather conditions that would linger into the next day and cause safety concerns. Clark's final...

Clark sets Pebble Beach record with 60 for 1-shot lead. With bad weather, it might be enough to win

Feb. 03, 2024 19:38 PM EST

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark had an unforgettable round at hallowed Pebble Beach when everything went his way and every putt seemed to go in. It gave him the course record Saturday with a 12-under 60. It also might be enough to give him another big...