The Latest Breaking News from Coast Guard

MIAMI — A baby from Cuba aboard a migrant boat stopped by the U.S. Coast Guard off the Florida Keys Friday night was taken to a Monroe County hospital to be treated for dehydration.

An unnamed mum drowned and her six-year-old son is missing, with a search now called off, after a family's fishing trip to a Massachusetts river turned into tragedy

As what‘s become Tropical Storm Alex menaced South Florida at the end of last week, the Coast Guard stopped nearly 50 people from Cuba off the Florida Keys trying to migrate to the United States in separate incidents.

MIAMI — They were told to dress totally in black and to leave cellphones and all identifying documents, including passports, behind.

MIAMI — Three groups of Cuban people arrived in the Lower Keys this week, as the surge in attempts to flee Cuba for Florida by making a treacherous journey by sea — most often in unsafe homemade boats — continues.

With many people expected to take advantage of the break and visit the coast and inland waters, the organisations have asked that people check that they have the correct equipment they need to enjoy their activities and that they know what to do in the event of an emergency

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard sent 40 people back to Cuba on Thursday after stopping them off the Florida Keys earlier this week.

The organisations are asking people to have the correct equipment for water activities as well as a knowledge of what to do if things go wrong

‘It’s about time,’ US president says as Linda Fagan officially becomes first female commandant of the Coast Guard.

The ship, which has since sunk, was built in 1976, and sails under the UK flag - but has a Spanish owner

Admiral Linda Fagan is the first woman to lead one of the five US armed services