U.S. COAST GUARD

Two separate oil sheens reported Saturday, June 19, off the coast of Southern California have led to an investigation into their cause.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the kayaker who was attempting to make a solo voyage to Hawaii early Sunday morning about 70 miles west of Santa Cruz, officials stated in a release.

The search for nine crew members missing from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana is continuing for a sixth day.

Families were anxiously awaiting news of the 12 people missing from a capsized oil industry vessel while divers searching for survivors got no response when they knocked on the ship’s hull Thursday

The Coast Guard searched for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday after finding one dead crew member and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial platform vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds.

A man died after trying to rescue a young girl in the waters off Miami Beach, and officials searched the ocean Wednesday for the child’s father.

An on-board fire Tuesday night disabled the vessel amidst 50 mph winds and 30-foot waves south of Nova Scotia.

The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing its search for six people Saturday, three days after their boat apparently capsized off Florida’s Atlantic coast

A skier who was mauled by a brown bear was hoisted to safety out of Alaska backcountry over the weekend, officials said.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a boat with about 20 people on board that was three days overdue to arrive in Florida after leaving the Bahamas

A boater who was found clinging to his sinking vessel far off Florida’s Atlantic coastline Sunday told U.S. Coast Guard officials he didn’t think he’d make it.

President-elect Joe Biden promised help for health care workers fighting the crisis Wednesday, but is still being blocked from receiving crucial transition data; COVID-19 relief remains stalled in Congress.

A U.S. Coast Guard vessel on a counter-narcotics patrol returned to its home port Wednesday after 11 members of its 133-person crew tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said.

A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a distressed deer who had been caught in a current over the weekend in Clarence Strait, Alaska.

The U.S. Coast Guard says the bodies of two missing crew members of a dredging boat were found Saturday following an explosion a day earlier in the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas

The U.S. Coast Guard says a seaman will face a court-martial on murder and other charges in the death of a fellow seaman during a night of drinking in Alaska.

Tour helicopter operations in Hawaii have come under increased scrutiny after the deadly crash this week, one of several recent accidents in the state, with a congressman calling the trips unsafe and lacking proper oversight. There were no survivors of a Thursday tour helicopter crash that killed three minors and four adults, officials confirmed Saturday.

A tour helicopter carrying seven people went missing in Hawaii on Thursday evening. Kaua’i Police say the wreckage of the helicopter has been found and the search for the passengers continues.

Footage shows towering flames in San Francisco as crews battle a fire caused by a gas explosion.

A large fishing ship ran aground on a remote Pacific atoll early Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was helping coordinate the rescue of its 24 crew members. The 308-foot (94-meter) Chinese-flagged Ou Ya Leng No. 6 ran aground on uninhabited Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West said. He said a Coast...