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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 · Mar 20, 2022

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 · Mar 15, 2022

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 · Mar 11, 2022

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 · Feb 19, 2022

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 · Feb 18, 2022

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 · Feb 17, 2022

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 · Feb 15, 2022

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 · Feb 14, 2022

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 · Feb 6, 2022

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.

Miami Herald · Jan 28, 2022