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More former cadets accuse US Coast Guard Academy of failing to prevent campus sexual assaults
Read full article: More former cadets accuse US Coast Guard Academy of failing to prevent campus sexual assaultsNine additional former cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy have formally accused overseers of the prestigious service academy of failing to prevent and properly address sexual violence on campus, while also covering it up.
NTSB engineer says carbon fiber hull from submersible showed signs of flaws
Read full article: NTSB engineer says carbon fiber hull from submersible showed signs of flawsAn engineer with the National Transportation Safety Board says the carbon fiber hull of the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic had imperfections dating to the manufacturing process.
Former cadets accuse the Coast Guard Academy of failing to stop sexual violence
Read full article: Former cadets accuse the Coast Guard Academy of failing to stop sexual violenceThirteen former cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy are accusing overseers of the Connecticut school of failing to prevent sexual violence on campus and covering it up.
Defendant in Titan submersible wrongful death lawsuit files to move case to federal court
Read full article: Defendant in Titan submersible wrongful death lawsuit files to move case to federal courtOne of the defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the implosion of an undersea submersible is seeking to move the case from state to federal court.
Chinese coast guard ships fire water cannons and block Philippine fisheries vessel in disputed sea
Read full article: Chinese coast guard ships fire water cannons and block Philippine fisheries vessel in disputed seaChinese coast guard ship have fired water cannons, blocked and rammed a Philippine fisheries vessel in the disputed South China Sea, where hostilities between the Asian neighbors have flared alarmingly at sea and spread into the air in recent weeks.
Philippine military says Chinese air force jets endangered its patrol plane with flares, risky moves
Read full article: Philippine military says Chinese air force jets endangered its patrol plane with flares, risky movesThe Philippine military chief has condemned what he said was the provocative actions of two Chinese air force aircraft that executed a dangerous maneuver and dropped flares in the path of a Philippine air force plane on routine patrol in the South China Sea.
US Coast Guard patrol spots Russian military ship off Alaska islands
Read full article: US Coast Guard patrol spots Russian military ship off Alaska islandsOfficials say a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol south of Alaska's Aleutian Islands came across a Russian ship in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone.
Philippines says it won't back down, but won't start a war, after clash with Chinese Coast Guard
Read full article: Philippines says it won't back down, but won't start a war, after clash with Chinese Coast GuardThe president of the Philippines says his country will not yield to “any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at least two military boats with machetes, axes and hammers in a clash in the disputed South China Sea, but added the Philippines will never instigate a war.
Philippines demands China return rifles and pay for boat damage after hostilities in disputed sea
Read full article: Philippines demands China return rifles and pay for boat damage after hostilities in disputed seaThe Philippine military chief has demanded China return several rifles and equipment seized by the Chinese coast guard in a disputed shoal and pay for damage in an assault he likened to an act of piracy in the South China Sea.
64 people missing and many rescued from 2 shipwrecks off Italy. At least 11 have died
Read full article: 64 people missing and many rescued from 2 shipwrecks off Italy. At least 11 have diedU.N. agencies say 64 people are missing after a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea and several were rescued by the Italian coast guard.
US Coast Guard says Texas barge collision may have spilled up to 2,000 gallons of oil
Read full article: US Coast Guard says Texas barge collision may have spilled up to 2,000 gallons of oilThe U.S. Coast Guard estimates that up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas.
Workers had little warning as Maryland bridge collapsed, raising concerns over safety, communication
Read full article: Workers had little warning as Maryland bridge collapsed, raising concerns over safety, communicationIn the moments before the cargo ship Dali rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge and sent it crumbling into the water, a flurry of urgent warnings crackled over radios and enabled police to block traffic from getting on the span, likely saving lives.
As cranes arrive at Baltimore bridge collapse site, governor describes daunting task of cleaning up
Read full article: As cranes arrive at Baltimore bridge collapse site, governor describes daunting task of cleaning upA crane that can lift 1,000 tons has appeared near the site of a collapsed highway bridge in Baltimore as crews prepare to begin clearing wreckage.
The Latest | Authorities identify the two bodies recovered at site of bridge collapse
Read full article: The Latest | Authorities identify the two bodies recovered at site of bridge collapseAuthorities have released the identities of the two people recovered from the water Wednesday morning at the site of the Baltimore bridge collapse.
Counselors will be available at 2 Lamar CISD elementary schools after teacher’s murder-suicide over Spring Break
Read full article: Counselors will be available at 2 Lamar CISD elementary schools after teacher’s murder-suicide over Spring BreakDistrict officials said they will have counseling available for students after two elementary school teachers at Lamar CISD were found dead in what investigators have deemed a murder-suicide over Spring Break.
Married Lamar CISD elementary school teachers found dead in murder-suicide after husband reported missing
Read full article: Married Lamar CISD elementary school teachers found dead in murder-suicide after husband reported missingThe husband's family called the Coast Guard, concerned that something might have happened to Gene Mark Hudgson-Sjogreen during a fishing trip.
2 Chinese fishermen drown after chase with Taiwan's Coast Guard, which alleges trespassing
Read full article: 2 Chinese fishermen drown after chase with Taiwan's Coast Guard, which alleges trespassingTaiwan’s Coast Guard says two Chinese fishermen have drowned while being chased by the coast guard off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago.
A lithium-ion battery fire in a cargo ship's hold is out after several days of burning
Read full article: A lithium-ion battery fire in a cargo ship's hold is out after several days of burningThe U.S. Coast Guard says a lithium-ion battery fire on a cargo ship is out after days of burning off the coast of Alaska.
US and Philippines condemn the Chinese coast guard's water cannon blasts on fisheries vessels
Read full article: US and Philippines condemn the Chinese coast guard's water cannon blasts on fisheries vesselsThe Philippines and its treaty ally, the United States, have separately condemned a high-seas assault by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships that repeatedly blasted water cannons to block three Philippine fisheries vessels from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
Coast Guard opens formal inquiry into collapse of mast on Maine schooner that killed a passenger
Read full article: Coast Guard opens formal inquiry into collapse of mast on Maine schooner that killed a passengerThe Coast Guard has launched a formal investigation into the collapse of a mast aboard a historic schooner that killed one person and injured three others off Maine's seacoast.
Coast Guard rescues man who fell off tanker ship 10 miles off Galveston
Read full article: Coast Guard rescues man who fell off tanker ship 10 miles off GalvestonU.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a distress call at approximately 9:23 a.m. Sunday from personnel aboard the tanker vessel Ghibli, stating that a crew member had fallen overboard and was not wearing a life jacket.
Florida man riding human-sized hamster wheel in Atlantic Ocean faces federal charges
Read full article: Florida man riding human-sized hamster wheel in Atlantic Ocean faces federal chargesA Florida man who was attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a man-made hamster wheel is facing federal charges after it took the U.S. Coast Guard five days to bring him ashore.
Coast Guard helicopter transports man injured while fishing 10 miles off Freeport to hospital
Read full article: Coast Guard helicopter transports man injured while fishing 10 miles off Freeport to hospitalA Coast Guard helicopter responded and transported a man who was injured while fishing 10 miles off the coast of Freeport to a hospital Sunday.
US, Japan and Australia plan joint navy drills in disputed South China Sea, Philippine officials say
Read full article: US, Japan and Australia plan joint navy drills in disputed South China Sea, Philippine officials sayTwo Philippine security officials said that the United States, Japan and Australia are planning a joint navy drill this week in the South China Sea off the western Philippines after a recent show of Chinese aggression in the disputed waters.
Boater missing for day and a half rescued off Florida coast in half-submerged boat
Read full article: Boater missing for day and a half rescued off Florida coast in half-submerged boatA boater who had been missing for more than a day and a half was rescued off the Florida coast in a half-submerged boat.
Coast Guard medevacs diver showing signs of decompression sickness from boat 100 miles off Galveston
Read full article: Coast Guard medevacs diver showing signs of decompression sickness from boat 100 miles off GalvestonThe Coast Guard flew a diver who was showing signs of decompression sickness to a Houston hospital Saturday.
Coast Guard medevacs oil rig crewman experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrest from rig 88 miles off Freeport
Read full article: Coast Guard medevacs oil rig crewman experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrest from rig 88 miles off FreeportCoast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a notification at 5:46 a.m. that a 50-year-old oil rig crewman was experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrest and needed medical assistance. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac.
Recovering the Titan 12,500 feet underwater was dangerous, complex, emotional
Read full article: Recovering the Titan 12,500 feet underwater was dangerous, complex, emotionalThe operators of the underwater robot that located the missing submersible Titan quickly learned that it was up to them to find the vessel after other deep-sea experts had tried unsuccessfully.
What caused the Titan to implode? Right now, it's not even clear who will lead the investigation
Read full article: What caused the Titan to implode? Right now, it's not even clear who will lead the investigationA day after revelations that the Titan submersible imploded, officials are searching the ocean floor for evidence and determining who will be responsible for investigating the international disaster.
Coast Guard suspends search after charter boat sinks off Alaska, leaving 1 found dead, 4 missing
Read full article: Coast Guard suspends search after charter boat sinks off Alaska, leaving 1 found dead, 4 missingThe U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for survivors after a charter boat sank off the coast of Alaska on Sunday, leaving one person dead and four others missing.
Coast Guard suspends search for missing 19-year-old last seen swimming near Surfside Beach
Read full article: Coast Guard suspends search for missing 19-year-old last seen swimming near Surfside BeachThe Coast Guard said they have suspended the search for a missing swimmer last seen near Surfside Beach.
UN: Year is off to a deadly start for migrants crossing Med
Read full article: UN: Year is off to a deadly start for migrants crossing MedThe migration agency of the United Nations says the first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats.
Man rescued by Coast Guard wanted in 'Goonies' fish incident
Read full article: Man rescued by Coast Guard wanted in 'Goonies' fish incidentA man who was saved by a Coast Guard rescue swimmer at the mouth of the Columbia River on Friday was wanted by police for a bizarre fish dumping incident at the home featured in the classic film, “The Goonies.”.
Search suspended after body matching 49-year-old kayaker’s description was found near West Bay, USCG says
Read full article: Search suspended after body matching 49-year-old kayaker’s description was found near West Bay, USCG saysThe search for a kayaker who was reported missing since Friday in Galveston County has suspended, according to officials with U.S. Coast Guard.
Coast Guard faults pilot in Chesapeake Bay ship grounding
Read full article: Coast Guard faults pilot in Chesapeake Bay ship groundingA Coast Guard investigation into the grounding in March of a cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay is faulting the pilot tasked with helping the ship navigate the waterway.
Oil spill coats Louisiana canal in 3,500 gallons of used lubricant from Houston-based company, Coast Guard says
Read full article: Oil spill coats Louisiana canal in 3,500 gallons of used lubricant from Houston-based company, Coast Guard saysThe Coast Guard said Wednesday morning that it is monitoring the response to an oil spill in the vicinity of Calcasieu Point Landing near Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Coast Guard rescues 4 men from sinking shrimp boat off the coast of Jamaica Beach
Read full article: Coast Guard rescues 4 men from sinking shrimp boat off the coast of Jamaica BeachMembers of the U.S. Coast Guard rescued four men from a shrimp boat that was taking on water early Friday. Now they are monitoring a pollution response, because of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel potentially on the sinking vessel.
Annual event highlights Coast Guard heroism and mission excellence
Read full article: Annual event highlights Coast Guard heroism and mission excellenceThe Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to strengthening the Coast Guard community and service by supporting members and families, celebrated selected honorees who have exemplified heroism and mission excellence.
Death toll from migrant boat sinking in Greece rises to 20
Read full article: Death toll from migrant boat sinking in Greece rises to 20Rescue crews searching for dozens of migrants missing from the sinking of a sailing boat in rough weather off an island near Athens are recovering mostly bodies, with only one more survivor plucked from the sea.
Greece: Dozens missing after boat carrying migrants sinks
Read full article: Greece: Dozens missing after boat carrying migrants sinksGreece's coast guard is searching for dozens of migrants reported missing after the overloaded sailboat they were on capsized and sank in rough seas off an island near Athens.
NGO: Libyan Coast Guard threatened to shoot down plane
Read full article: NGO: Libyan Coast Guard threatened to shoot down planeThe German non-governmental organization Sea-Watch is accusing the Libyan coast guard of threatening to shoot down their monitoring plane that helps documented the interception of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
NTSB: Communications outage a factor in lift boat disaster
Read full article: NTSB: Communications outage a factor in lift boat disasterA federal agency says an outage involving a Coast Guard marine warning system and “data gaps” in radar systems were factors in last year's deadly capsize of an oil industry lift boat off Louisiana's coast.
Coast Guard searching for missing 65-year-old boater near Galveston, officials say
Read full article: Coast Guard searching for missing 65-year-old boater near Galveston, officials sayThe Coast Guard is searching for a 65-year-old man who went missing Thursday while boating near Galveston, officials said.
PHOTOS: Cleanup efforts underway after more than 420 gallons of crude oil spills into bay near Houston, officials say
Read full article: PHOTOS: Cleanup efforts underway after more than 420 gallons of crude oil spills into bay near Houston, officials sayThe Coast Guard and Texas General Land Office (GLO) are working on a pollution incident that occurred Tuesday in Tabbs Bay near Houston.
EU court limits national checks for migrant rescue ships
Read full article: EU court limits national checks for migrant rescue shipsThe European Union’s top court says maritime authorities cannot impound ships involved in search-and-rescue work just because they think the vessels might be overloaded due to the number of migrants aboard.
Italy opens humanitarian corridor for 300 Afghan refugees
Read full article: Italy opens humanitarian corridor for 300 Afghan refugeesItaly's Foreign Ministry says the first of some 300 Afghan refugees have arrived in Italy along a new humanitarian corridor organized by the Italian government and other groups.
Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapse
Read full article: Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapseLawyers representing families of victims and survivors of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, last June have told a judge that they've reached a nearly $1 billion tentative settlement.
Stuck container ship in Chesapeake Bay finally refloated
Read full article: Stuck container ship in Chesapeake Bay finally refloatedA container ship the length of more than three football fields has finally been pried from the muddy bottom of the Chesapeake Bay more than a month after it ran aground.
Coast Guard searching for woman who may have fallen overboard Carnival cruise ship near SouthWest Pass, Louisiana
Read full article: Coast Guard searching for woman who may have fallen overboard Carnival cruise ship near SouthWest Pass, LouisianaThe Coast Guard is searching for a missing cruise ship passenger, approximately 150 miles offshore SouthWest Pass, Louisiana.The passenger is described as a 32-year-old African American woman.
China coast guard uses water cannon against Philippine boats
Read full article: China coast guard uses water cannon against Philippine boatsChinese coast guard ships have blocked and used water cannons on two Philippine supply boats heading to a disputed shoal occupied by Filipino marines in the South China Sea.
Italian Coast Guard rescues 550 migrants from stormy seas
Read full article: Italian Coast Guard rescues 550 migrants from stormy seasThe Italian Coast Guard has rescued more than 550 migrants, many of them young men and boys from Egypt, from traffickers boats in storm-tossed waters off the southern “toe” of Italy's mainland.
Harbor patrol searched, couldn't find California oil spill
Read full article: Harbor patrol searched, couldn't find California oil spillSouthern California harbor patrol boats picked up reports of a possible fuel spill off the coast on a marine radio emergency channel about an hour before the U.S. Coast Guard said it heard about oil on the water.
Coast Guard: 1,200-foot ship dragged California oil pipeline
Read full article: Coast Guard: 1,200-foot ship dragged California oil pipelineInvestigators believe a massive cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coastline.
EXPLAINER: What's happening with the California oil spill?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: What's happening with the California oil spill?Oil has been washing up on Southern California beaches and wetlands all week since a leak in an underwater pipeline from an offshore platform sent tens of thousands of gallons of heavy crude into the ocean waters.
California pipeline likely damaged up to a year before spill
Read full article: California pipeline likely damaged up to a year before spillCoast Guard investigators say an underwater Southern California oil pipeline was likely struck by an anchor several months to a year before a leak spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude.
Evidence suggests ship anchor snagged, dragged oil pipeline
Read full article: Evidence suggests ship anchor snagged, dragged oil pipelineEvidence emerged Tuesday that a ship’s anchor snagged and dragged an underwater pipeline that ruptured and spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off Southern California.
Did ship's anchor cause California oil spill? Maybe
Read full article: Did ship's anchor cause California oil spill? MaybeOfficials investigating one of California’s largest oil spills are looking into whether a ship’s anchor may have struck a pipeline on the ocean floor, causing a major leak of crude.
‘Ready as we can be’: FEMA, other agencies in place for Ida
Read full article: ‘Ready as we can be’: FEMA, other agencies in place for IdaFederal officials say hundreds of emergency responders are in place in Louisiana and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has power restoration experts and generators at the ready as Hurricane Ida bashes the region.
Outdoor drinking party in athletes village is investigated
Read full article: Outdoor drinking party in athletes village is investigatedAn outdoor drinking party at the athletes village that broke rules designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 at the Games is being investigated, Tokyo Olympic officials said Sunday.
Coast Guard shares what you need to know about hurricane season, tropical disturbance looming in Gulf
Read full article: Coast Guard shares what you need to know about hurricane season, tropical disturbance looming in GulfCoast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston will discuss hurricane preparedness for the upcoming hurricane season and the pending tropical disturbance currently in the Gulf.
Body of central Texas student recovered after deadly boat crash on Colorado River
Read full article: Body of central Texas student recovered after deadly boat crash on Colorado RiverThe body of Jacob Langley, the central Texas student who went missing in the Colorado River near Matagorda on Saturday, was discovered Monday evening, according to Tim Miller with Texas Equusearch.
Capsized ship off Louisiana: 12 missing, 1 dead, 6 rescued
Read full article: Capsized ship off Louisiana: 12 missing, 1 dead, 6 rescuedThe U.S. Coast Guard says it has covered an area larger than the state of Rhode Island in its search for a dozen people missing off the Louisiana coast after an offshore oilfield vessel capsized in a storm.
Captain pleads not guilty to manslaughter in boat fire
Read full article: Captain pleads not guilty to manslaughter in boat fireThe captain of a scuba diving boat that burned and sank off the California coast, killing 34 people below deck, has pleaded not guilty to federal manslaughter charges. Jerry Boylan surrendered Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, and was arraigned in Los Angeles federal court on 34 counts of seaman's manslaughter. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP, File)LOS ANGELES – The captain of a scuba diving boat that burned and sank off the California coast, killing 34 people, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to manslaughter charges. Jerry Boylan was arraigned in federal court in Los Angeles on 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter. Truth Aquatics has sued in federal court under a provision in maritime law to avoid payouts to the families of the victims.
Search underway for man who fell from tanker vessel near Sabine Pass, Coast Guard says
Read full article: Search underway for man who fell from tanker vessel near Sabine Pass, Coast Guard saysSABINE PASS, Texas – The Coast Guard has been searching for a 27-year-old man in the water near Sabine Pass since Wednesday evening. The man was last seen wearing an orange life jacket and coveralls with reflective tape, the Coast Guard said. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received notifications that the man was a crew member who had fallen overboard from the tanker vessel Sagami nearly 29 miles offshore. Watchstanders dispatched a search crew to look for the man, who hasn’t been found. Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Sector Houston-Galveston command center at 281-464-4854.
California boat owners faulted for fire that killed 34
Read full article: California boat owners faulted for fire that killed 34The NTSB also faulted the Coast Guard for not enforcing that requirement and recommended it develop a program to ensure boats with overnight passengers actually have the watchman. Last year’s tragedy during a Labor Day weekend scuba diving excursion near Santa Cruz Island off Santa Barbara prompted criminal and safety investigations. Before the disaster, Boylan and Truth Aquatics enjoyed a good reputation with customers and the Santa Barbara boating community. Attorneys for Boylan and Truth Aquatics did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The families of 32 victims have filed claims against the boat owners, Glen and Dana Fritzler, and Truth Aquatics.
Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting
Read full article: Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meetingRay attended the Joint Chiefs meeting Friday in the so-called Tank — the classified meeting room in the Pentagon. Officials said that is where most of the military leaders were exposed to him, but he also had other meetings with officials. The Marine Corps remains operationally ready to answer the Nation’s call.”The news of the positive tests has stunned officials at the Pentagon. Overall, more than 47,000 service members have tested positive for the virus, as of Monday; 625 have been hospitalized and eight have died. According to officials, the military leaders were negative at that time, and they will continue to be tested in the coming days.
Military leaders quarantined after official tests positive
Read full article: Military leaders quarantined after official tests positiveThe nation's top military leaders were under self-quarantine Tuesday, Oct. 6, after a senior Coast Guard official tested positive for the coronavirus, the Pentagon said. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)WASHINGTON – The nation's top military leaders were under self-quarantine Tuesday after a senior Coast Guard official tested positive for the coronavirus, the Pentagon said. Officials said that is where most of the military leaders were exposed to him, but he also had other meetings with officials. According to officials, the military leaders were negative at that time, and they will continue to be tested in the coming days. Some stayed home after having been exposed to the virus and other military leaders have self-quarantined for a short time after returning from travel.
WATCH: Massive fire along refinery row in Corpus Christi
Read full article: WATCH: Massive fire along refinery row in Corpus ChristiCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Firefighters are working to put out a massive fire along refinery row in Corpus Christi. According to Corpus Christi police, the incident happened near Lantana and along River Road. A Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched to the scene, hoisted two injured crewmembers, and transferred them to Corpus Christi Medical Center - Bay Area. A Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched to the scene, hoisted two injured crewmembers, and transferred them to Corpus Christi Medical Center - Bay Area. A Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched to the scene, hoisted two injured crewmembers, and transferred them to Corpus Christi Medical Center - Bay Area.
UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing man and woman near Seabrook after bodies matching description found
Read full article: UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing man and woman near Seabrook after bodies matching description foundSEABROOK, Texas – The Coast Guard rescued a 13-year-old girl but ended its search for two other people in the water near Seabrook Wednesday afternoon after two bodies were discovered that matched the description of the missing boaters, officials announced. The Coast Guard said a boat crew arrived on-scene and rescued a 13-year-old girl who told them two other people were still missing. According to the Coast Guard, the missing boaters were a man in his early 60′s and a woman in her early 30′s. Officials said at about 8:27 a.m. Wednesday, a search crew found a body that matched the description of the missing man in this 60s. At about 3 p.m., officials found another body that matched the description of the missing woman in her 30s.