Many people, including surfers, continued to enjoy the water at Higgins Beach on Tuesday, where there are no lifeguards on duty. Scarborough officials say this notice is being shared for public situational awareness.

Officials in Scarborough, Maine, are warning that a large shark has been spotted off the coast the past two days. In a statement Tuesday, police said the shark appears to be a great white that is about 10 to 12 feet long.

BEIJING (Reuters) -The Chinese military said on Wednesday it monitored and "drove away" a U.S. destroyer that sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, while the U.S. Navy said its action was in line with international law.

This comes after a Chinese warship crashed into one of its own country's coast guard vessels as it chased a patrol boat belonging to the Philippines