The U.S. Coast Guard says a seaman will face a court-martial on murder and other charges in the death of a fellow seaman during a night of drinking in Alaska.

Tour helicopter operations in Hawaii have come under increased scrutiny after the deadly crash this week, one of several recent accidents in the state, with a congressman calling the trips unsafe and lacking proper oversight. There were no survivors of a Thursday tour helicopter crash that killed three minors and four adults, officials confirmed Saturday.

A tour helicopter carrying seven people went missing in Hawaii on Thursday evening. Kaua’i Police say the wreckage of the helicopter has been found and the search for the passengers continues.

Footage shows towering flames in San Francisco as crews battle a fire caused by a gas explosion.

A large fishing ship ran aground on a remote Pacific atoll early Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was helping coordinate the rescue of its 24 crew members. The 308-foot (94-meter) Chinese-flagged Ou Ya Leng No. 6 ran aground on uninhabited Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West said. He said a Coast...

The West Point cadet who went missing last week has been found dead, the U.S. Military Academy announced Wednesday.

An extensive search is underway for a cadet at West Point who has gone missing. The U.S. Military said the cadet was last seen at the academy on Friday. He was scheduled to participate in a military skills competition this past weekend but failed to show up.

Four people were transported to the hospital in New London after their catamaran boat capsized in New York on Sunday.

Six people have been rescued after their boat overturned in the Cape Cod Canal, the U.S. Coast Guard says. The Bourne and Onset fire departments responded Sunday night after a 21′ Red Outrider overturned in the canal. The USCG Station Cape Cod deployed but the fire departments already had the situation under control when their assets arrived on scene.

The Bourne and Onset fire departments responded Sunday night after a vessel described as a 21′ Red Outrider overturned in the canal. The USCG Station Cape Cod deployed but the fire departments already had the situation under control when their assets arrived on scene.

Coast Guard rescuers pulled four trapped men alive from a capsized cargo ship Monday, drilling into the hull’s steel plates to extract the crew members more than a day after their vessel overturned while leaving a Georgia port. All four were described as alert and in relatively good condition and were taken to a hospital for further evaluation. “Best day...

Rescuers were searching Sunday for four crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire near a port on the Georgia coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Golden Ray cargo ship ran into trouble in the early morning when it listed heavily in St. Simon Sound. Of the 23 crew members and one pilot on board, the...

After striking the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hurricane Dorian moved out over open waters as it continues its path north.  The storm is expected to close in on Florida by Sunday afternoon.

Emergency crews Tuesday evening responded to a small plane crash in the water off Half Moon Bay, and both occupants of the aircraft were rescued, the U.S Coast Guard said.

Authorities have found 1,300 pounds of plastic-wrapped marijuana floating in the ocean near Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast.

A search is underway for a missing boater in mid-coast Maine. The Maine Marine Patrol and state police divers are searching for the 63-year-old Breman man after his skiff was found adrift in Round Pond Harbor on Monday night.

The U.S. Coast Guard says the commanding officer of a cutter that’s homeported in Maine has been relieved of his duties. The Coast Guard says Rear Admiral Andrew Tiongson, the First Coast Guard District Commander, removed Chief Warrant Officer J.L. Horne on Aug. 7. It says in a statement the decision was made “due to a loss of confidence in...

The body of a second missing kayaker was pulled from Lake Champlain Wednesday, police said, as emergency personnel, public works crews, homeowners, and parks employees dealt with the aftermath of the powerful thunderstorms that contributed to the kayakers’ deaths.

A 73-year-old Vermont woman has died after being pulled from Lake Champlain, and a 73-year-old man is missing. Celine Teeson of Colchester, Vermont, was pulled from the water around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 45 minutes after two overturned kayaks were spotted in Malletts Bay, according to police. She was taken to the University of Vermont Medical Center, where she was...

A man who was swept from a sand bar in Rhode Island on Saturday has died, according to Warwick fire officials.