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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...

The U.S. Navy has dropped charges against four SEALs involving alleged abuse of detainees in Afghanistan in 2012.

A member of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team 6 has been charged with soliciting nude photos of women while pretending to be someone else through text messages.

At Riverside Elementary School in Alexandria, 7-year-old JJ Stephens read a letter saying how much he missed his mom, Petty Officer 2nd Class Shadia Everett. Little did he know, she flew 16 hours the night before to come to the ceremony and see him.

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...

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...

A member of the Coast Guard from Gloucester County, New Jersey died in a wrong-way wreck in Virginia Beach Nov. 4 — and police have charged a reality TV star with DWI in the crash.

Transgender soldiers, sailors, airmen and other members of the military, along with others who want to enlist, sued President Donald Trump on Monday, hoping the federal courts will stop him from preventing their service. One federal lawsuit was filed in Baltimore by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland on behalf of six transgender individuals currently serving in the Army,...

Crew members for an Alcatraz Island ferry are being hailed as heroes after rescuing 10 people on board a sinking boat in the San Francisco Bay.

When the USS Carl Vinson returned from a six-month deployment in San Diego, one Navy sailor was taken aback by an incredible surprise from his wife.

A Disney cruise ship has rescued 12 Cuban migrants from an unseaworthy vessel in the Caribbean, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Three suspects are in custody after leading authorities on a 300-mile chase in the Gulf of Mexico.

A rescue operation to save a blue whale trapped in a fishing net off the coast of Palos Verdes was halted Friday night due to darkness and rough seas but officials hoped to resume in the morning.

Three people were killed after a small airplane approaching Norfolk International Airport crashed into a neighboring botanical garden, a Virginia State Police spokeswoman confirms.

Six people were saved with the help of a good Samaritan after their canoe capsized near the Golden Gate Bridge Saturday afternoon, a U.S. Coast Guard petty officer said.