Tag: Maritime accidents
Asian Americans lobby to name Navy ship for Filipino sailor
SAN FRANCISCO — Asians Americans, veterans and civilians in the U.S. and the Philippines are campaigning to name a Navy warship for a Filipino...
DNR: Fire that destroyed boats at Indiana lake was accident
BIRDSEYE, Ind. — A February fire that destroyed 11 boats at a southern Indiana reservoir and damaged numerous other vessels was most likely...
Hit-and-run death reopened in mother and son shooting deaths
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Information gathered by agents investigating the death of a mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family has led...
Turtle carcasses wash ashore in Sri Lanka after ship fire
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Nearly a hundred carcasses of turtles with throat and shell damage, as well as dozens of dead dolphins and a...
Newspaper sues SC police over records in mother, son deaths
ISLANDTON, S.C. — A South Carolina newspaper is suing the police agencies investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of...
Turkey: 1 dead in Bosporus Strait container ship collision
ISTANBUL — A container ship and a fishing boat collided in Istanbul’s Bosporus Strait, killing one person Thursday.
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UN envoy: Study other options to prevent Yemen tanker spill
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations should keep negotiating with Yemen’s Houthi rebels but also look at other possible options to ensure that an...
Officials: Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, some 200 missing
SANAA, Yemen — U.N. and Yemeni officials said Monday a boat capsized off the coast of war-torn Yemen a day earlier and some 200...
Mother and her son from prominent SC legal family found dead
ISLANDTON, S.C. — A mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family were killed on their family's land, and authorities said they...
Toddler who washed up on Norwegian island is identified
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The body of a toddler that washed ashore on Norway’s southwest coast on Jan.1 has been identified. It's a missing 15-month-old...