You're going to the beach? Count me in!

Other sounds: someone, far off, trying to start a car. Farther off, the bugle-baying of a treeing dog.

I am an American Negro woman who, in spite of all the Klannish feeling in the world, is grateful to the Creator, since it pleased Him to create me thus, and proudly I join with those who denounce hatred and advocate love.

The top official in Sansha City that has administered China’s island claims since 2012 was quoted by the official Hainan Daily newspaper as saying that preparations were underway to build an environmental monitoring station on Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines.