Royal Caribbean not responsible for overboard death of 22-year-old, jury finds

Royal Caribbean is not responsible for the death of a 22-year-old man who went overboard on one of its cruises in 2016, a federal jury found Monday, despite skipping a step in the line's own search protocol. Lisa and Todd Skokan sued Royal Caribbean after their son Nathan went overboard on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas on Dec. 22, 2016 and was never found.

Trump delivers Thanksgiving message to U.S. service members

President Donald Trump has delivered a Thanksgiving message to American service members on duty around the world, telling them by telephone, "Your courage truly inspires us." Trump told members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard that he and first lady Melania Trump wanted to express their "profound gratitude."

Trump issues Thanksgiving threat to close US-Mexico border

President Donald Trump meets and poses for a photo with members of the U.S. Coast Guard stationed at United States Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet in Riviera Beach, Fla., on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. The U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat passes President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018.

Despite gloom, airshow soars on

Despite the gloomy and rainy weather, the 17th annual Apple Valley Airshow pulled in thousands of visitors with a stunning lineup of aircraft on Saturday. Members of the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps were on hand protecting the planes, aiding with crowd control and helping in any way they could, said Cadet Technical Sergeant Nelson Rojas.

Jury selection begins for homicide trial in Lake Erie death

Jury selection began in the homicide trial of a man accused of shooting his wife and tossing her into Lake Erie and then reporting she'd accidentally fallen overboard from his commercial fishing boat. The prosecution and defense began selecting jurors Monday from a pool of 150 people for the trial of 49-year-old Christopher Leclair, the Erie Times-News reported .

SF Fleet Week dazzles throngs by sea and sky

Don Valenzuela, of San Francisco, raises a bottle of beer as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform during the San Francisco Fleet Week on Saturday. []; _taboola.push ; _taboola.push ; []; _taboola.push ; _taboola.push ; Hundreds of people braved the snaking lines Saturday at Pier 35 on the Embarcadero for the chance to explore combat ships bobbing pier-side as part of San Francisco's annual Fleet Week, before the air show overhead diverted attention skyward and obliterated most normal-volume conversations.

Canada’s Halifax-Class Frigates Get a Sonar Upgrade

Nautel, together with General Dynamics, will upgrade and maintain underwater sensors on the Halifax-class frigates for the Royal Canadian Navy as part of the Underwater Warfare Suite Upgrade contract awarded to General Dynamics Mission SystemsCanada. The upgraded sensors will offer the RCN an improved ability to detect and track underwater threats utilizing advanced Sonar amplifiers and transducers designed and manufactured by Nautel.

BP sues maker of blowout preventer

This April 21, 2010, file photo show the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning after an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, off the southeast tip of Louisiana. BP, the oil giant at the center of one of the world's biggest environmental crises, is making strong profits again, its stock has largely rebounded, and it is paying dividends to shareholders once more.

Search continues in Alaskan waters for helicopter crash victims

The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search overnight and into early Sunday for three missing people from a helicopter crash in the frigid waters near Lituya Bay, about 116 miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska. A 14-year-old boy was found alive Friday, a few hours after the wreck, suffering from mild hypothermia, but otherwise in good condition, Coast Guard spokesman Nate Littlejohn said.

US Coast Guard nabs three smugglers, seizes millions in cocaine in Caribbean Sea

The United States Coast Guard says crew members from the cutter Joseph Tezanos have transferred custody of three smugglers and about US$3.3 million of cocaine to US Drug Enforcement Administration agents. The Coast Guard said the drugs and smugglers were transferred to Sector San Juan on Thursday, following the interdiction of a go-fast vessel in the Caribbean Sea off Loiza, Puerto Rico.

Flooding from Florence sets records, raises environmental concerns

A man carries a flag to place on his truck as members of a team with the United States Coast Guard preform search and rescue through floodwaters in Lumberton, N.C. Jabin Botsford/Washington Post A man carries a flag to place on his truck as members of a team with the United States Coast Guard preform search and rescue through floodwaters in Lumberton, N.C. Jabin Botsford/Washington Post Even as skies began to clear over North Carolina on Tuesday, concern about environmental damage mounted after days of pounding rain left two dozen hog farms seeping waste, 3.4 million dead chickens and turkeys, widespread mandates to boil drinking water, and workers trying to prevent coal ash waste from leaking out of a landfill.

North Carolina residents consider fleeing as rivers rise

A pair of Trenton, North Carolina residents took a boat out to survey the damage after their hometown was inundated by floodwaters caused by Hurricane Florence. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The river seethed a quarter-mile away, bulging from its banks, so the patrol cars circled the neighborhood three times.