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Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the first female mayor in Freetown in years, is trying to clean up the perpetual mess caused by rain and garbage — a first step in her plan to revive the beleaguered city.

An orange tabby became something of a celebrity after sneaking into a seafood shop at Vladivostok airport. The cat polished off the entire seafood counter, and then dashed off.

All of the beaches in St. Johns County have been closed to vehicles because of unusually high surf and tides.Officials say waves are expected to reach…

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum rides his campaign bus to Jacksonville this evening.Gillum launched his “Bring It Home” bus tour Monday…

A Massachusetts college student received a response to a message in a bottle he wrote when he was 10 years old, nine years ago. Someone in France found it and wrote him a letter.

The Florida Board of Governors has agreed to ask lawmakers for $228 million in university-system construction projects and $48.6 million for maintenance…

Scientists have discovered that the sea scallop has an incredibly complicated eyesight system.

Eight days of sailing and social events begin in a week as part of St. Augustine Race Week. Organizers call the sixth annual racing and regatta “Fast, Fun…

COVID-19 has cost Florida billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs. The virus has hit the state’s biggest industry — tourism — hard.On…

A number of private and government Web sites have put satellite and aerial photos of hurricane-damaged regions on its Web site -- allowing evacuees to scan damage to their communities, and sometimes even their own homes.