Marine heat wave off Southern California is drawing stingrays to shore

Beachgoers are encountering more stingrays and suffering their lashings as a marine heat wave off Southern California draws them closer to shore. The number of people being hit by the sharp, serrated caudal barbs found on the tails of stingrays has doubled at…

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) Jake Hemann grabbed a board and headed out to surf. But an hour later, he wound up sitting at the lifeguard station soaking his foot in a pail of hot water alongside fou…

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