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189 Haitians rescued off an overloaded boat in bad weather, US Coast Guard says

MIAMI — About 189 Haitians were rescued Saturday from bad weather and a sail freighter too small for such a large human load, the U.S. Coast Guard announced via Twitter.

Miami Herald

Bid underway to refloat cargo ship aground in Chesapeake Bay

The U.S. Coast Guard said efforts are underway to refloat a 1,000-foot container vessel that ran aground in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay

The Independent UK

Recent arrivals of hundreds of Haitians in Florida Keys is a sign of new trafficking routes

MIAMI — The arrival of nearly 700 Haitians in a string of dramatic migrant landings near an exclusive wealthy enclave in the Upper Florida Keys over the past four months suggests that those behind the rise in Haitian boat migration are getting bolder, and using new trafficking routes to get…

Miami Herald

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Boat packed with hundreds of Haitian migrants runs aground in Florida

U.S. authorities are investigating what appeared to be one of the largest human smuggling attempts off U.S. shores in years, after a boat packed with 356 Haitian migrants ran aground in the Florida Keys on Sunday.

Reuters

VIDEO: US Coast Guard Cutter Sets New Record For Southernmost Voyage In Antarctica

The Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, breaks its old record by reaching the Bay of Whales on Feb. 17.

Zenger

VIDEO: Coast Guard Rescues 9 Workers From Rig Fire Off Texas Coast

A coordinated effort from multiple agencies ensured the workers were quickly brought to safety and the fire was contained.

Zenger

Coast Guard rescues fisherman bitten by shark near Bimini

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 51-year-old fisherman who was bitten by a shark near the Bahamas

The Independent UK

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Jill Biden meets with Miami’s Coast Guard spouses, reads to kids

MIAMI — Donning princess costumes and paper pirate hats, dozens of kids of U.S. Coast Guard members stationed in Miami surrounded first lady Jill Biden on Friday as she read them a children’s book about friendship.

Miami Herald

Witness: Arbery’s killer insulted subordinate for dating a Black man

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A woman Travis McMichael supervised during his time in the U.S. Coast Guard broke down on the witness stand Friday as she told the jury he repeatedly insulted her when he discovered she had previously dated a Black man.

Tribune News Service

U.S. Coast Guard offloads $1 billion worth of narcotics

A U.S. Coast Guard vessel offloaded Thursday more than 30 metric tons of cocaine and marijuana worth over $1 billion that was seized at sea during a months-long deployment off the coast of South America

The Independent UK

1 body found after plane carrying 8 passengers crashes off Outer Banks in NC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One body has been found in the search for a plane with eight passengers that crashed Sunday, east of Drum Inlet on the Outer Banks, the U.S. Coast Guard reports.

Tribune News Service

Plane carrying 8 people crashes off Outer Banks in North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Eight people were aboard a plane that crashed Sunday, four miles east of Drum Inlet on the Outer Banks, according the U.S. Coast Guard.

Tribune News Service

18 people rescued from breakaway ice sheet on Lake Erie, Coast Guard says

The U.S. Coast Guard said it rescued 18 people who were stranded on an ice sheet on Lake Erie.

Tribune News Service

US search for missing migrants from capsized boat off Florida coast shifts to land in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. authorities on Friday shifted their search for missing migrants from a capsized boat off Puerto Rico to land from water after 17 individuals were taken into custody hours after their makeshift craft hit a rock.

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Coast Guard ends migrant search off Florida coast after 5 bodies found, 34 more feared dead

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday night for dozens of migrants who disappeared in the ocean after their boat capsized about 40 miles off Fort Pierce Inlet shortly after it left the Bahamas en route to Florida.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard ending migrant search off Florida coast after 5 bodies found, 34 more feared dead

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to call off its search Thursday for dozens of migrants who disappeared in the ocean after their boat capsized about 40 miles off Fort Pierce Inlet shortly after it left the Bahamas en route to Florida.

Reuters

U.S. Coast Guard reports intercepting 191 Haitians aboard sailing vessel off Bahamas

The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday reported intercepting 191 Haitians aboard an overloaded sailing vessel a day earlier off the Bahamas, a known transit point for sea-borne human smuggling routes operating between the Caribbean and Florida.

The Independent UK

Capsized boat found near Florida; 39 people missing

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for 39 people after a good Samaritan rescued a man clinging to a boat off the coast of Florida

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