U.S. COAST GUARD

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 40-year-old woman who fell overboard off a cruise ship in Alaska’s Inside Passage. The Coast Guard ended the effort Tuesday after searching for the woman for about nine hours, Coast Guard Petty Office Ali Blackburn said. The search was conducted by boat and a helicopter in the waters near Eldred Rock in Lynn Canal, which is about 20 miles (30 kilometers) west of the state capital, Juneau.

The pet is “an amazing doggie swimmer,” the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The Coast Guard continues to search for a Colorado woman days after the dinghy she was on capsized after she left a Key West bar.

At least 38 people have been rescued and 11 bodies found as the U.S. Coast Guard scours the open waters northwest of Puerto Rico via boat, plane and helicopter in a bid to find more survivors after a boat carrying suspected migrants capsized

At least 11 people are dead and dozens of others were rescued after a makeshift boat believed to carry migrants capsized near Puerto Rico Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Officials said a "mass rescue effort" was still underway.

A little-noticed federal appeals court ruling this year threatens a key weapon in the United States’ war on drugs: A decades-old law that gives the U.S. broad authority to make high-seas arrests anywhere in the world, even if the drugs aren’t bound for American shores. It’s a law that’s used to round up and imprison hundreds of foreigners every year, mostly poor, semi-literate fishermen from Central and South America who make up the drug trade’s lowest rungs. “It is a waste of U.S. taxpayer dollars to have these costly misadventures as we play drug police to the world,” said Eric Vos, head of the public defender’s office in Puerto Rico that brought the court challenge.

A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued nine pepole when their pontoon overturned near off the Florida Keys.

"Our prayers are with the families during this difficult time," a Coast Guard commander said in a statement.

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for three missing children near the Crescent City Connection Bridge in New Orleans. “The decision to suspend any search and rescue case is never easy but considering the extensive search efforts of our Coast Guard men and women, in conjunction with other response agencies, I’ve made the difficult decision to suspend our active search for the three children,” Capt. Kelly Denning, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans commander, said in a statement.

The Coast Guard responded with two cutters and an airplane to search for the 43-year-old man.

The Coast Guard responded with two cutters and an airplane to search for the 43-year-old man.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who jumped overboard from a cruise ship early Saturday as it approached Florida. The Coast Guard responded with two cutters and an airplane to search for the 43-year-old man. The Mardi Gras and the cruise ship Elation also participated in the search, said Coast Guard spokesman David Micallef.

Over a 100 years after the sinking of the Titanic, the government is unveiling new technology to detect icebergs that may be hazardous to ships.

Some experts are looking to previous Russian military campaigns to get a sense of how the war in Ukraine might progress. Margaret Peacock, an associate professor of Russian history at the University of Alabama, joins CBS News' Elaine Quijano to discuss what lessons we can learn from the past.

The Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley crew and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration special agents offloaded about 1,000 kilograms of seized cocaine at Coast Guard Base San Juan on Monday.

President Biden has nominated Adm. Linda Fagan to serve as the next commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. Fagan, who has served on all seven continents, is currently the Coast Guard's second-in-command.

The Ever Forward cargo ship has been stuck for three weeks.

The U.S. Coast Guard has prepared a second attempt to free a stranded container ship Wednesday, more than two weeks after it ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay.

Tug boats began working to dislodge a stranded container ship Tuesday, more than two weeks after it ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay. Dozens of people gathered at a park nearby to watch the work Tuesday afternoon. The more than 1,000-foot (305-meter) ship operated by Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp. was headed from the Port of Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia, on March 13 when it ran aground north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Crews will try to refloat a container ship that has been stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for more than two weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. The Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corp. will make an initial attempt to refloat the Ever Forward at noon Tuesday, according to a news release issued Monday. A salvage company began dredging around the more than 1,000-foot (305-meter) container ship March 20 and weather last week delayed operations slightly, officials said.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued a man 15 miles out to sea off the Florida Keys stranded on a windsurf board, and federal authorities said Thursday he is a migrant who was attempting to flee Cuba.

Dredging has begun to free a cargo ship stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for more than a week, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. A salvage company began dredging around the 1,095-foot (334-meter) Ever Forward on Sunday and the work is expected to continue throughout the week, Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Breanna Centeno said in an email. The grounded vessel is stable, poses no pollution threat and isn't impacting Port of Baltimore operations, Centano said.

The Coast Guard on Friday rescued a 48-year-old man after his 17-foot vessel capsized 18 miles east of Ponce Inlet, officials said.

There's now a plan to refloat a cargo ship that's been stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for days, the ship's operator said Friday. Salvor Donjon Smit has conducted underwater inspections of the 1,095-foot (334-meter) Ever Forward and a rescue team can put the refloating plan in motion, but first authorities must approve it, Evergreen said in a statement Friday. The rescue team is mobilizing all available local tugboats to join the operation.

The body of a man vacationing on a Carnival cruise ship was found a few hours after he plunged overboard Wednesday night, officials said.

Efforts were underway Monday to refloat a container vessel that ran aground in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The ship, called the Ever Forward, also isn't obstructing traffic in a nearby navigational channel. The Baltimore Sun reported that the ship had left the Port of Baltimore on Sunday and was headed for Norfolk, Virginia, where port terminals serve the Port of Virginia.

In a matter of four days, five suspected migrant vessels were stopped in the waters off Key West, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The parents, natives of Bainbridge, Georgia, said, “We are really thankful for the Labor and Delivery staff, as they did a wonderful job and we feel so blessed to have a healthy baby.”

Officials rescued a dozen animals from an apartment after the owner passed away days before.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 51-year-old fisherman who was bitten by a shark near the Bahamas. A helicopter crew from Air Station Miami lifted the man to safety from a fishing boat near Bimini on Monday afternoon. (Feb. 22)

Some damage was left behind by a cold front that moved through our area.

Crews from nine U.S. ships seized 54,500 pounds of cocaine and 15,800 pounds of marijuana, the Coast Guard said.

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.

A U.S. Coast Guard vessel on Thursday offloaded more than 30 metric tons of cocaine and marijuana reportedly worth over $1 billion that was seized at sea during a months-long deployment off the coast of South America. The haul of illegal narcotics brought home by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter James was one of the biggest in recent memory, a reflection of increasingly sophisticated U.S. arsenal that includes powerful drones and special infrared cameras that can detect heat from small cocaine-laden vessels. The Biden administration's top anti-narcotics officials traveled to South Florida to welcome back the vessel's crew and tout the Coast Guard's role interdicting drugs before they reach American streets.

A small plane carrying eight people crashed into the ocean off North Carolina's Outer Banks and left behind multiple debris fields where crews searched for the missing passengers, the Coast Guard said. One body has so far been recovered and identified, Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck told reporters Monday afternoon. Search crews are still looking for the main body of the plane but have identified three debris fields, which had been moving farther off shore into the Atlantic Ocean, Buck said.

A tugboat and barge that ran aground a South Florida beach have been removed.

Ten Cuban migrants in a sinking vessel were rescued off the Florida coast.

Ten Cuban migrants in a sinking vessel were rescued off the Florida coast.

The ship veered into the exclusion zone along a Falcon 9 rocket's flightpath Sunday evening, forcing SpaceX to stand down from the mission

Little is known about the 40 people believed to have been aboard a boat that capsized and was found this week near the Florida coast with just one survivor.

Authorities have found a total of five bodies, leaving 34 missing. The Coast Guard says it will call off its active search for survivors at sunset Thursday if it doesn't receive any new information.

A crew credited for rescuing a man from the ocean off the coast of Fort Pierce, where a suspected human smuggling boat capsized in a storm, arrived Wednesday afternoon at JaxPort.

The United States has launched a criminal investigation into whether a smuggling ring is behind a boat that capsized off Florida with 40 migrants onboard.

Crews on at least four ships and five aircraft already scanned a vast area off the coast of Florida.

Crews on at least four ships and five aircraft already scanned a vast area off the coast of Florida.

The U.S. government has launched a criminal investigation into whether a smuggling ring is behind a boat that capsized off Florida with 40 migrants onboard.

The Coast Guard said the missing appear to have been part of a "suspected human smuggling venture" that took off from Bimini, Bahamas, a small island roughly 55 miles east of Miami.

The Coast Guard said the missing appear to have been part of a "suspected human smuggling venture" that took off from Bimini, Bahamas, a small island roughly 55 miles east of Miami.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida’s coast en route from the Bahamas.

The Coast Guard suspects it was a human smuggling venture.

The Coast Guard suspects it was a human smuggling venture.

The ashes of Winter the dolphin have been returned to the sea, about two months after the beloved marine mammal of movie star fame died at a Florida aquarium.

A man and his dog were rescued by the Coast Guard after their yacht became disabled in St. Mary's Channel.

The Coast Guard released video of the rescue, showing one of the hikers being hoisted into a helicopter.

The consent decree further requires Taylor Energy to pay over $43 million for civil penalties, removal costs and natural resource damages (NRD). The settlement resolves the United States’ environmental enforcement claims against Taylor Energy and requires the company to drop its remaining lawsuits against the United States. “If an oil spill occurs, the responsible party must cooperate with the government to timely address the problem and pay for the cleanup. Likewise, Taylor Energy may not interfere in any way with the Coast Guard’s oil containment and removal actions. The designated state trustees are the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, Department of Public Safety & Corrections; Louisiana Department of Natural Resources; Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality; Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; and the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.

The drugs' worth is estimated to be about $236 million.

U.S. prosecutors said the company and its rig operators were negligent, including failing to respond to eight leak detection system alarms that should have alerted them to the spill.

The woman in her mid-20s was reported to have gone overboard from the Carnival Miracle on Saturday.

Video shows the rescue swimmer with an axe in his left hand being lowered 80 feet to the submerged car through falling snow.

The lone occupant of the car was a woman in her 60s. Authorities haven't released her name, pending notification of relatives. A helicopter lowered the diver to the car, stuck in rushig rapids.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew braved poor visibility and frigid rapids to reach a car partly submerged in water near the brink of Niagara Falls, then lowered a rescue swimmer on a hoist who pulled out the driver trapped inside.

A U.S. Coast Guard diver lowered from the sky Wednesday braved frigid rapids to get to a car submerged in water near the brink of Niagara Falls, only to find it was too late to rescue the driver trapped inside. The diver was lowered from a hovering helicopter, climbed into the car and pulled out the body of its lone occupant, a woman in her 60s, officials from New York's State Park Police said. “It was an incredible job by the Coast Guard,” Park Police Capt. Christopher Rola said at a news conference.

The sheen appeared in the same area as the damaged pipeline that caused the Huntington Beach oil spill​ last month.

Cracking down on illegal charter boats has become an increasing issue for the U.S. Coast Guard in Jacksonville.

The Coast Guard brought in a helicopter to rescue people who were trapped in their homes by rushing flood waters.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday was searching for a man who was reported missing the day before after taking off on a kayak in the Lower Keys.

A Louisiana firm has developed a ground-breaking containment system for the U.S. Coast Guard that has captured more than 800,000 gallons leaking from the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.

The hand gun found in a blue bag on Spencer Street was linked to murder of Caroline Schollaert.

A boat being chartered during Florida-Georgia football weekend was shut down by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday and its operators are accused of not having the proper licenses.

A shipwreck 260 miles east of Boston has been identified as that of the storied Coast Guard ship U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear.

Stopping drug smugglers from high in the sky, Jacksonville-based federal agents are busting big narcotics operations before the dope gets onto American soil.

The St. Johns River Ferry was removed from service due Saturday morning due to an equipment issue, according to Jacksonville Transportation Authority.

Family members of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard a scuba diving boat off the California coast two years ago have sued the U.S. Coast Guard for lax enforcement of safety regulations.

Nearly two years after a 600-foot Korean car carrier overturned onto St. Simons Sound while sailing out of the Port of Brunswick, salvage crews are now cutting the final remaining piece of the shipwreck into two sections that will be hauled away for scrap.

A search is underway off the coast of St. Augustine after two life jackets were found Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

A gun stolen from a car in Riverside last month was entered into evidence in the murder of an active-duty U.S. Coast Guard member in the same neighborhood, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office report.

Pat Schollaert says he wants the Jacksonville community to know how loving his daughter was and that she cared for so many others.

The U.S. Navy will be conducting the third planned underwater explosive event off the Florida coast in the “near future,” U.S. Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville said Sunday.

Members of the Coast Guard Investigative Service went door-to-door in the Riverside area on Saturday, handing out flyers and asking anyone if they might have information in the deadly shooting of 27-year-old old Caroline Schollaert.

The 27-year-old woman who was shot and killed before dawn Tuesday when police said she startled a man breaking into her car is being remembered for her determination and her spirit of helping others.

A $9,000 reward is being offered for information in the killing of a Riverside woman who was an active-duty U.S. Coast Guard member.

Pollution response teams worked to contain oil that was discharged Saturday after demolition crews finished cutting away the sixth of eight sections of the Golden Ray, a giant cargo ship that tipped over leaving the Port of Brunswick nearly two years ago.

The search for a missing diver last seen Saturday off the coast of Mayport was suspended Tuesday evening, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The U.S. Coast Guard is leading the search for a missing diver but is getting help from several agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter continued looking overnight and a US Customs and Border Protection plane joined the efforts again Tuesday morning in the fourth day of a search for a missing diver off the coast of Mayport.

Using sonar and heat detection technology, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department is assisting the U.S. Coast Guard in the search for a missing diver off the coast of Mayport.

For the third day, the U.S. Coast Guard is leading the search for a diver that went missing 46-miles off the coast of Mayport.

Search crews from about a half-dozen agencies along with community volunteers were back on the water Monday, looking for a missing diver off the coast of Mayport.

The search continued Sunday for a missing diver who was last seen Saturday off the coast of Mayport, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Efforts are being made to remove the shrimp boat that crashed into the jetties north of Amelia Island on Wednesday.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for 10 Cuban migrants who went missing last week after their boat capsized 16 miles south of Key West.

Officials say two people are dead and 10 others are missing after their boat overturned near the Florida Keys.

The U.S. Coast Guard has reopened traffic on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, after a three-day delay caused by a crack in an interstate bridge.

The Coast Guard has ended its search for survivors of the San Diego boat wreck, which killed three and injured dozens on a bright Sunday morning near tidepools of Cabrillo National Monument, a popular spot for tourists and hikers.

A remotely piloted boat packed with explosives has targeted the Saudi port of Yanbu in the Red Sea.

The demolition of an overturned cargo ship in the St. Simons Sound is halfway done after a fourth section of the Golden Ray was sliced, separated and lifted from the wreck.

Divers searching the site of a capsized lift boat off Louisiana's coast have recovered two more unresponsive crewmembers.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has covered an area larger than the state of Rhode Island in its search for a dozen people missing off the Louisiana coast after an offshore oilfield vessel capsized in a storm.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority announced Friday that the refurbished St. Johns River Ferry passed its U.S. Coast Guard inspection and sea trials and has returned to service.