US Coast Guard rescues diver in Naples
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. A 26-year-old diver was rescued Sunday 31 miles west of Naples, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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The Latest: Turkey: US to stop arming Syrian Kurds
The attorney defending a woman accused of deliberately driving off a Maui cliff and killing her identical twin says prosecutors misled a grand jury that indicted her. The attorney defending a woman accused of deliberately driving off a Maui cliff and killing her identical twin says prosecutors misled a grand jury that indicted her.
Trump credits troops, and himself, for military advances
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited a Coast Guard station in Riviera Beach, Florida, where they passed out food. Trump praised the Coast Guard for its work in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
Donald Trump tells troops – we’re really winning’ in Thanksgiving message
Donald Trump and his wife Melania hand out sandwiches to members of the US Coast Guard in Riviera Beach, Florida Donald Trump has told members of the US military positioned across the globe that they are winning big under his presidency. Mr Trump said in a teleconference with the troops on Thanksgiving Day that more progress has been made in recent months in Afghanistan and in fighting the Islamic State group than had been made in years of the previous administration.
Today in History … Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017
Today is Thursday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2017. There are 38 days left in the year.
Police: Reality TV star killed Coast Guardsman in DWI wreck
Authorities say a reality TV star killed a U.S. Coast Guard technician in a drunken wrong-way collision on a Virginia highway. News outlets report that 25-year-old Melissa Hancock has been charged with driving while intoxicated and maiming following the death of 29-year-old Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Dill.
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Kent Williams, 74, a retired vice admiral who as commander of a U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat in 1969 helped turn back an attack by North Vietnamese troops on an American unit trapped on a beach, is being inducted into the Coast Guard Academy's Hall of Heroes.
Chickenhawk Donald: A Complete and Total Disgrace
On November 3, US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a prisoner of the Taliban in Afghanistan, was sentenced to dishonorable discharge, reduction in rank to private, and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
Women rescued by Navy defend their account of ordeal at sea
Two women from Hawaii who were rescued after being lost at sea defended their account of the ordeal, insisting that a storm was whipping up 30-foot waves and near hurricane-force winds on the night they set sail, despite records that show no severe weather in the area at the time. The Coast Guard is reviewing records from the days after Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava put to sea in a 50-foot sailboat, but NASA satellite images for the days around their departure show no organized storms in the region where they planned to travel.
Black Lives Matter founder urges Australians to fight racism
The awarding of the Sydney Peace Prize to Black Lives Matter for its work on American race issues is being ha... . FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, locals sit on a street side in downtown Wadeye in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The Latest: 5 Argentines, 1 Belgian dead in bike path attack
Authorities investigate the scene around a body covered under a white sheet next to a mangled bike along the bike path Tuesday Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. . A paramedic looks at a body covered under a white sheet along the bike path Tuesday Oct. 31, 2017, in New York.
Woman in harrowing sea survival had beacon but didn’t use it
The U.S. Navy ship arrived at the American Navy base, five days after it picked up... . In this May 3, 2017, satellite image provided by NASA, the Pacific Ocean around Hawaii is shown.
Inconsistencies Cast Doubt On Tale Of 2 Women Claiming They Were Lost At Sea
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The Latest: Puigdemont, in Belgium, calls for dialogue
Spain's stat... . A por Spain union supporter speaks with a man at the Catalan government's Generalitat building surroundings in Barcelona, Spain, Monday Oct. 30, 2017.
Tech companies find more signs of Russian election activity
Facebook says a Russian internet agency posted more than 80,000 pieces of content during and after the 2016 election, and ... Two Hawaii women who say they were lost at sea never activated their emergency beacon, the U.S. Coast Guard said, adding to a growing list of inconsistences that cast doubt on this harrowing tale of survival. Two Hawaii women who say they were lost at sea never activated their emergency beacon, the U.S. Coast Guard said, adding to a growing list of inconsistences that cast doubt on this harrowing tale of survival.
Inconsistencies cast doubt on harrowing tale of sea survival
The U.S. Navy ship arrived at the American Navy base, five days after it picked up... . In this May 3, 2017, satellite image provided by NASA, the Pacific Ocean around Hawaii is shown.
The Latest: Lost sailors say not enough danger to use beacon
Jennifer Appel, right, and Tasha Fuiava speak on the deck of the USS Ashland at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. The U.S. Navy ship arrived at the American Navy base, five days after it picked up the women and their two dogs from their storm-damaged sailboat, 900 miles southeast of Japan.
Crews scramble to restore power to Northeast after storm
The severe storm packing hurrica... . A motorist drives under downed pine trees that are resting on power lines in Freeport, Maine, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017.
20,000 pounds of potatoes sent to Harvey victims
Hundreds of volunteers from across Maryland worked side-by-side to harvest more than 20,000 pounds of potatoes Saturday afternoon to directly support the ongoing hurricane recovery effort in Texas. Volunteers who represent a variety of groups and organizations, including schools, churches, businesses, even the US Coast Guard began harvesting the potatoes around 9 a.m. At 3 p.m. a tractor-trailer was loaded with 400 bags of potatoes, equating to more than 20,000 pounds for Hurricane Harvey relief.
Sailboat survivors recount doomed Pacific voyage
In this Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 photo, a sailor greets Zeus the dog with his owner Tasha Fuiaba, left, on the boat deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland after she and one other Honolulu woman and their dogs were rescued after being lost at sea for several months while trying to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti. The U.S. Navy rescued the women on Wednesday after a Taiwanese fishing vessel spotted them about 900 miles southeast of Japan on Tuesday and alerted the U.S. Coast Guard.