Are ‘missing’ sailors actually in NY cemetery?

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Turner is pictured on the East River in New York City near the Williamsburg Bridge. More than 70 years ago, after 136 American sailors perished when the the ship blew up and sank near New York Harbor, a World War II researcher says the sailors' families were notified that the servicemen were missing, but apparently never told them that the bodies had been recovered and buried in common graves on Long Island.

Many Hurricane Matthew victims don’t have flood insurance

Coker runs Genung's Fish Camp and Marina on the shore of the Matanzas River, and saw storm surge from Hurrica... POOLER, Ga. - Waist-deep floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew coursed down the street in Pooler and seeped under Lori Galemore's doors, swamping the carpets and furniture as she and her three sons retreated upstairs, where they stayed until firefighters arrived by boat.

Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson dies at 50 from cancer

Damaged but defiant, Donald Trump is limping toward the critical presidential debate against Hillary Clinton absent the backing of a growing group of Republican leaders. In a stunningly brazen move, Donald Trump met publicly Sunday night with several women who have accused Bill Clinton of unwanted sexual advances and even rape, shortly before the Republican presidential nominee was... The family of Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson says he has died after a battle with cancer, just days after announcing he would be undergoing treatment.

3 juveniles in Albuquerque caught with clown masks, handgun

Officials say two children pulled out of the San Francisco Bay in critical condition after a recreational sailboat carrying 30 people capsized are doing well and one has been released from the hospital. Officials say two children pulled out of the San Francisco Bay in critical condition after a recreational sailboat carrying 30 people capsized are doing well and one has been released from the hospital.

5-year-old boy revived after boat capsizes off San Francisco

A boat capsized in the San Francisco Bay sending five adults and three children, including two in critical condition, to a hospital Saturday, officials said. 5-year-old boy revived after boat capsizes off San Francisco A boat capsized in the San Francisco Bay sending five adults and three children, including two in critical condition, to a hospital Saturday, officials said.

‘Girl on the Train’ steamrolls Parker’s ‘Birth of a Nation’

Officials say two children pulled out of the San Francisco Bay in critical condition after a recreational sailboat carrying 30 people capsized are doing well and one has been released from the hospital. Officials say two children pulled out of the San Francisco Bay in critical condition after a recreational sailboat carrying 30 people capsized are doing well and one has been released from the hospital.

More than 200 recovered from capsized boat

A total of 204 bodies have been recovered from the migrant boat that capsized off the coast of Egypt last week, a local official was quoted by state media as saying. Ali Abelsattar said 33 people, including the body of a four-year-old boy, were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday.

In Africa, terrorism dominates a resource-challenged mission

An AV-8B Harrier, from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The 22nd MEU, embarked on the Wasp, was conducting precision air strikes in support of the Libyan Government of National Accord-aligned forces against Islamic State group targets in Sirte, Libya, as part of Operation Odyssey Lightning.

3 dead after boat capsizes

Three men are dead and the U.S. Coast Guard is on the scene in Bandon late Saturday, where a recreational crab boat capsized Saturday morning. Coast Guard Sector North Bend's Petty Officer Second Class Ali Flockerzi said the station got the call at 9:20 a.m. that the boat disappeared in the waves at the Coquille River bar with three people on board.

Striking public servants target new submarines

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‘Miracle on the Hudson’ safety advice not carried out

In the seven years since an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, there's been enough time to write a book and make a movie, but apparently not enough to carry out most of the safety recommendations stemming from the accident. Of the 35 recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board in response to the incident involving US Airways Flight 1549, only six have been heeded, according to an Associated Press review of board records.

Despite Katrina lessons, flood plan in Louisiana shows gaps

In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 file aerial photo, a boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundating the region, in Hammond, La. Eleven years ago, Hurricane Katrina exposed huge gaps in the disaster response plans of Louisiana and the nation.

Stranded on remote island, they wrote a SOSa in the sand. Luckily, search crews found them.

The two mariners left Weno Island en route for Tamatam Island in an 18-foot vessel over a week ago with “limited supplies and no emergency equipment.” When the two men failed to arrive at their destination a day later, a search effort was launched in the western Pacific on Aug. 19, according to a statement released by the U.S. Coast Guard in Guam. In recent days, crews from Coast Guard District 14 - which covers the Hawaiian islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Saipan area - searched nearly 17,000 square miles using 15 boats and two aircraft, the statement said.

Toddler Found in Air Pocket Under Capsized Boat After Hour

A toddler was found alive in an air pocket under a capsized boat in Florida, an hour after three others in her family were rescued and her mother and father watched anxiously. The 23-month-old girl, who was wearing a life jacket, was found after her father, mother and infant sister were pulled from the water following a boat crash on the Indian River near Cocoa about 10:30 p.m. Friday, said WFTV .

Boaters In Hudson River Encouraged To Follow Coast Guard Protocols

Coast Guard crews are enforcing a safety zone surrounding 16 construction barge mooring locations at the Tappan Zee Bridge construction site. No unauthorized vessels are allowed in the safety zone, which encompasses all navigable waters within a 200-yard radius of the largest machine on the project, the I Lift NY super crane, legally registered with the U.S. Coast Guard as the Left Coast Lifter.