Private Cessna aircraft crashes off coast of Latvia
VILNIUS (Reuters) – A private Cessna plane crashed off the coast of Latvia on Sunday evening, Sweden’s rescue service said, after NATO scrambled jets to …
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Taiwan shoots down drone for first time off Chinese coast
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s military for the first time shot down an unidentified civilian drone that entered its airspace near an islet off the Chinese …
Ship Chief Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Discharging Oily Waste in U.S. Waters and Obstructing the Coast Guard’s Investigation
WASHINGTON – Kirill Kompaniets, the Chief Engineer of a foreign flagged vessel, was sentenced to prison for deliberately discharging approximately 10,000 gallons of oil-contaminated bilge …
U.S. Coast Guard vessels aid in cleanup of oil spill off Louisiana
(Reuters) -The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday said it has deployed three skimming vessels and five response vessels to help clean up a spill of …
Ivory Coast president pardons predecessor Gbagbo to boost “social cohesion”
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Saturday said he had offered a presidential pardon to longtime rival Laurent Gbagbo, as …
Captain of Methamphetamine-Filled Boat that Rammed Coast Guard Vessel, Injuring Officers, Sentenced to 16 Years
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Bredariol (619) 546-8419 and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – August 5, 2022 SAN DIEGO …
Romania defuses drifting mine off Black Sea coast
BUCHAREST – Romania’s military carried out late on Sunday a controlled explosion of a naval mine that had drifted close to the country’s Black Sea …
More Than 50 Stopped Off California Coast; 31 People in One Boat
SAN DIEGO – Over the course of 54 hours this weekend, federal officials stopped 52 people attempting to enter the U.S. illegally at sea off …
Australia’s Austal secures $3.3 billion contract from U.S. Coast Guard
(Reuters) – Australia’s Austal Ltd said on Friday it secured a $3.3 billion contract to design and construct 11 offshore patrol cutters (OPC) for the …
Third Former Coast Guard Employee Pleads Guilty in Test-Fixing Case, Several Co-Defendants Sentenced
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that former United States Coast Guard employee ELDRIDGE JOHNSON pleaded guilty on June 23, 2022, to …
Miami Man Charged with Committing Involuntary Manslaughter in Special Maritime Jurisdiction of U.S., Off Bimini Coast
Miami, Florida – A 36-year-old Miami man made his initial appearance today in federal court to face charges that he committed involuntary manslaughter by crashing …
West Coast port union, employers say no plan for strike or lockout
LOS ANGELES – The union and employers negotiating the contract for more than 22,000 port laborers on the U.S. West Coast on Tuesday said they …
Body of 19-Year-Old Missing Off Wildwood Coast Found
WILDWOOD, NJ – A 19-year-old swimmer who went missing on May 31st off the coast of Wildwood was recovered on Saturday, police here said. Police …
Maryland Resource Police Find Man Floating in Ocean Off Coast of Ocean City
OCEAN CITY, MD – When officers riding along the shore off the coast of Ocean City spotted a man floating on his back in the …
New Esports Franchise Awards 13 Locations on the East Coast in First Month; Targeting Domestic and International Expansion
Valhallan Helps Entrepreneurs Tap into Multibillion-Dollar Esports Market While Developing Next Generation of Esports Players HOUSTON, May 25, 2022 — New esports concept Valhallan awarded 13 franchise …
Record Breaking Heat This Weekend on East Coast, 6-10 Inches of Snow in the West
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Record-breaking heat is expected to greet tourists at the Jersey Shore and beyond one week before the official Memorial Day Weekend …
Uber and Grocery Outlet Partner for On-Demand Grocery Delivery Across West Coast
Pilot kicks-off with 72 stores across California, Oregon and Washington SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2022 — Today Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and Grocery Outlet …
Coast Guard calls off search for survivors from capsized Haitian migrant vessel
MIAMI – The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday it had called off the search for survivors from last week’s capsizing of a vessel carrying …
TotalEnergies Wins Maritime Lease to Develop a 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm off North Carolina’s Coast
Located 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers) from the coast, the lease covers a 120 square nautical miles area (222 square kilometers) that will generate a …
U.S. West Coast port labor talks to begin on Tuesday
LOS ANGELES – The union representing some 22,000 West Coast port workers will sit down for its first meeting of new contract talks with employers …
U.S. senators want ‘elevated and volatile’ West Coast pump prices investigated
WASHINGTON – Three U.S. senators wrote to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to urge an investigation into “elevated and volatile” prices for gasoline, …
Former Coast Guard Employee Charged with Additional Crime in Test-Fixing Case
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that former United States Coast Guard employee ELDRIDGE JOHNSON has been charged on March 30, 2022 …
Spirit Adds 4 Affordable, Daily Newark Routes for Easy Access to the West Coast & More This Summer
MIRAMAR, Fla., March 23, 2022 — Summer travel is getting easier for Guests booking to/from northern New Jersey with the announcement of new, nonstop flight …
Harbor Group International Acquires Luxury Apartment Community in Miami from Florida East Coast Industries
MIAMI, March 16, 2022 — Affiliates of Harbor Group International, LLC (“HGI”), a privately owned international real estate investment and management firm, today announced their acquisition …
Tampa Man Sentenced For Operating A Vessel, Violating A U.S. Coast Guard Port Order
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia Covington has sentenced Obed Almaguer Garrido (48, Tampa) to five years’ probation, during which period he will be …
AMO, Border Patrol Rescue 10 Haitian Migrants Stranded in Desolate Island off Puerto Rico’s West Coast
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and Border Patrol agents teamed up Tuesday to rescue a group …
Port Saint Lucie Man Charged with Forging a U.S. Coast Guard License
Miami, Florida – A 69-year-old Florida man made his first appearance in federal court in Fort Pierce today to face charges that he forged a …
China announces South China Sea drills close to Vietnam coast
BEIJING – China is carrying out more than a week of military drills in the South China Sea in an area between its southern province …
Orange Park Man Indicted For Pointing Laser At Coast Guard Helicopter
Jacksonville, Florida– United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Justin Marland Fisher (41, Orange Park) with knowingly aiming a …
Austin Missing Child Safely Recovered in Gulf Coast Region
Austin, TX – Members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force safely recovered a missing 4-year-old child today in the 10200 …
Two Former Coast Guard Employees Plead Guilty in Test-Fixing Case
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the guilty pleas of two former U.S. Coast Guard employees in a test score-fixing scheme. U.S. …
Coast Guard search for missing diver ends after body found near Hull Beach in St. Thomas
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface units concluded their search for a missing free diver, who was recovered deceased Monday by …
Coast Guard suspends search for missing Texas man in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface crews suspended the three-day search for a Texas man Oct. 8, 2021, in Mona Passage waters off …
NASA celebrates another successful East Coast rocket launch in Virginia
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches at 12:40 p.m. EST, Saturday, Feb. 19., 2022, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s …
Central Coast Man Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Federal Prison for Causing Fatal Car Accident Near Vandenberg Air Force Base
LOS ANGELES – A Santa Barbara County man was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison for crashing a stolen Jeep near Vandenberg …
Ivory Coast to announce $20 million cashew sector aid plan -source
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast plans to commit more than $20 million to helping cashew processors struggling against competition from Asia and to …
U.S. Coast Guard searching for missing plane with 8 aboard off North Carolina
– The U.S. Coast Guard was searching an area four miles (6 km) off the Outer Banks of the North Carolina coast for a plane …
When she had the chance, she just did it, but prison escapee’s winter break ends with capture in Palm Coast
PALM COAST, FL – When Brittni Pozza had the chance to escape from custody back in December, she just did it. She jumped her way …
Palm Coast man facing drug charges after routine traffic stop
PALM COAST – A 37-year-old Palm Coast man is in the Flagler County Inmate Facility on a $147,500 bond after a weekend traffic stop results …
East Coast Hit With Power Outages After Massive Winter Storm Hit Region
A winter storm hit parts of the East Coast, dumping huge amounts of snow and leaving hundreds of thousands without power, multiple sources reported. Over …
Murphy, Hochul sign off on massive half-million-acre windfarm off the coast of the Jersey Shore
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, alongside New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and Liz Shuler, President of the American Federation of Labor …
North Korea Missle Launches Briefly Grounded Flights On West Coast
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile on Tuesday, leading to the brief grounding of all West Coast flights, NPR reported. The missile was the …
Snowstorm Causes Road Closures And Accidents Up And Down West Coast
A massive snowstorm hit Northern California and Nevada over the Christmas weekend, causing road closures and car accidents, multiple sources reported. Three people were injured …
Coast Guard concludes search for missing diver recovered deceased near Hull Beach in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface units concluded their search for a missing free diver, who was recovered deceased Monday by …
Coast Guard suspends search for Texas man in Mona Passage waters near Rincon, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface crews suspended the three-day search for a Texas man Oct. 8, 2021, in Mona Passage waters off …
Palm Coast drug house shut down, operator arrested
PALM COAST, FL – On December 15, 2021, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) responded to 9 Round Table Lane in Palm Coast after a …
Coast Guard searches for Texas man swept by currents off Steps Beach in Rincon, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface crews continue searching Thursday for a Texas man in the waters just off Steps Beach in Rincon, …
Body found in Ocean off the coast of Island Beach State Park
ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK, NJ – The United States Coast Guard reported that a boater discovered a dead body floating in the Atlantic Ocean off …
Coast Guard rescues hiker missing in Olympic National Park for a week
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued a missing hiker from a ravine late Sunday near Six Mile trail in the southeast area of Olympic National …
Coast Guard continues investigating mysterious oil discharge and San Juan pier
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard Incident Management personnel from Sector San Juan are responding to an active oil discharge from an unknown source …