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Nine people are injured after gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day. A police spokesperson said several of the victims were taken to a children’s hospital. However, authorities have not yet released the ages of the victims or provided details about their conditions. A preliminary investigation shows that an altercation between two groups resulted in gunfire. One person has been detained and another suspect is being still being sought.

Tennis star Coco Gauff says basketball star Jimmy Butler assured her that his Miami Heat would make it to the NBA Finals before they were guaranteed of so much as participating in the playoffs. Gauff recounted what she called her “Jimmy Butler story” after winning her first-round match at the French Open on Tuesday. That came about 12 hours after Butler's Heat beat the Boston Celtics in Game 7 to win the Eastern Conference title and advance to the NBA Finals. Gauff said that back before the Heat had advanced out of the play-in round in April, Butler offered to get her family tickets f...

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban says college football is not a business that operates like the NFL and warned that without more uniform rules on player compensation only the biggest spenders will compete for championships.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets running back Le’Veon Bell says he smoked marijuana before playing some NFL games during his career. “That's what I did,” Bell told Barstool Sports' “Steel Here” podcast which was published Friday.

ATLANTA (AP) — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has reached its full power output for the first time and is scheduled to enter commercial operation within the next month. Georgia Power Co.