Sometimes a career can be launched by a simple twist of fate — or by an old guy named Jeep. After graduating from St. Bernard’s High School in St. Paul in 1965, Tom Sweeney joined the U.S. Coast Guard ...

Lucy Moore, center, has become the first female and youngest angler to be awarded the top fishing award in Maryland. She did so at age 11 and has now turned 12 years old. (Nick Perez) There are three ...

The French coastguard confirmed the deaths after up to 65 people were rescued off the coast of Cap Gris-Nez on Tuesday. Prosecutor Guirec Le Bras said six minors and a pregnant woman were among ...

A nearby rescue vessel was joined by two fishing boats, a French Navy vessel and local lifeboats. Home secretary Yvette Cooper described the incident as “horrifying and deeply tragic”, saying ...

At least 12 people have died - including 10 women and girls - after a boat with dozens of migrants tore apart in the English Channel, a local mayor has said. Olivier Barbarin, mayor of Le Portel ...

3, 2024, after participating in the rescue operation after a boat carrying migrants ripped apart attempting to cross the English Channel. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) In this grab taken from video ...

Etienne Baggio, a spokesman for the French agency that oversees the stretch of sea where the boat ripped apart. Doctors confirmed 12 died ... a plane, two fishing boats and more than six other ...

The latest from the French authorities is that at least 12 people are dead, after a small boat carrying migrants ... At around 09:30 GMT, it is joined by two fishing vessels, La Bretonne and ...

Six children and a pregnant woman were among 12 people who died after a boat ... The French coastguard said helicopters, Navy boats and fishing ships had been involved in the rescue operation.

At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster this year, the French government said, as a major rescue ...