Negotiators reached a tentative contract covering West Coast dockworkers on Friday evening, likely ending a protracted labor dispute that snarled international trade at seaports handling about $1 trillion worth of…
Mung beans, sticky rice and banana leaves. Confetti and little red envelopes for gift money. Essential items for the start of Chinese New Year celebrations on Thursday were in short…
LONDON — The British Royal Air Force scrambled warplanes to intercept two Russian bombers off the coast of Cornwall in southwest England, the Ministry of Defense said on Thursday, as…
The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued the crew of a ship that was trapped in the Antarctic ice for nearly a week. The Antarctic Chieftain, a 207-foot Australian-flagged fishing vessel,…
Arnaud de Borchgrave, the son of a Belgian count and a storied foreign correspondent who cabled back bell-ringing scoops throughout the Cold War decades, often from the battlefield, died on…
Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck off its northeastern coast. The quake struck shortly after 8 a.m. Japan time Tuesday at a depth of about…
‘The situation was dire,” said Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy. “Had the Polar Star not reached the Chieftain, it would have had to winter in the ice.” –…
ROME, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Two commercial ships and an Italian coastguard vessel rescued about 700 migrants from overcrowded boats near the Libyan coast on Friday, days after more than…
“The seas of Antarctica are treacherous and unforgiving,” U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Charles Ray said in a press release out Wednesday night from the Coast Guard. “This incident is…
Troubles on the West Coast waterfront are getting worse. Amid an increasingly damaging labor dispute, 29 West Coast seaports which handle about $1 trillion of goods annually will be mostly…
A few naysayers pointed out discrepancies in the world map. But if Britain’s Prince Philip can have an Australian knighthood, why can’t Asia-Pacific’s biggest land mass muscle in on a…
ROME — Twenty-nine migrants who were rescued alive in rough seas off the Libyan coast died before the Italian Coast Guard could get them to shore, officials said on Monday….
It was almost a carbon copy of the 1992 final when the Ivorians beat Ghana on spot kicks after a goalless draw and extra time. The 35-year-old Barry, who replaced…
Ghana last lifted the trophy 33 years ago and was beaten in the 1992 final by Ivory Coast, the last time The Elephants claimed the prestigious crown. – Ghana is…
This story originally appeared on Climate Central. Hearing about climate change may bring heat waves and sweltering summers to mind, but in most regions in the U.S., winter temperatures are…
Warning: Watching this video will make you want to walk away from the internet, zip up your snow suit and go outside to explore a wintry wilderness. You’d be following…
The morning meeting at the Frankfort Coast Guard station in Michigan was interrupted on Tuesday when someone noticed a dog plunge into the icy waters of a channel between Lake…
There’s the West Coast, the East Coast, the Amalfi Coast… ugh, coasts are so overrated. And really, we don’t even need them, because apparently there are landlocked beaches in this…
Being known as big and cuddly is not how Knight rose to fame. Instead he is best known for helping promote West Coast rap in a field that had long…
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration released a draft of a five-year plan for oil and gas lease sales on Tuesday that would open areas of the Atlantic Ocean and offshore…
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a proposal to open up coastal waters from Virginia to Georgia for oil and gas drilling. At the same time, the administration…
The blizzard that was Winter Storm Juno descended upon the East Coast this week, bringing with it a melange of wind gusts, icy temperatures and admirably geometric snowflake masterpieces. –…
“Mayday, mayday, mayday.” A radio recording released by the Coast Guard established the moment an officer sent a distress call to the base. “Approximately two and half miles west of…
Warning: “Walking Dead” Spoilers! There Is No Sanctuary! So, the “Walking Dead” midseason finale happened, and whoa: The episode shocked fans, despite the fact that it was accidentally spoiled for…
Hours after pictures of Bony holding aloft a City shirt emerged on Twitter, the English Premier League champions have finally confirmed the signing of the Ivorian striker. Bony, who scored…
Francesco Perrotti, the harbormaster in Corigliano Calabro, said 360 migrants were found on the cargo ship Ezadeen74 under 18 years of age and four pregnant. The Red Cross arrived to…