The U.S. Coast Guard says the 28 crew members of a fishing vessel that caught fire 900 miles southwest of Honolulu have abandoned ship and are in two life rafts. A Coast Guard search aircraft located the rafts Monday after the fire aboard the ...

Federal authorities say a 25-foot boat packed with suspected illegal immigrants has been intercepted off the coast of Southern California. The Coast Guard says 23 people were taken into custody after the wooden boat was spotted about 1:40 a.m. Friday, about six and a-half miles off ...

Federal agencies who were part of a key review of a proposed wind farm off Cape Cod felt rushed to finish it before the end of the Bush presidency, according to a government report released Wednesday. But the Department of Interior's Office of ...

The Coast Guard says a riverboat carrying 80 passengers ran aground near Portland but no one was injured. The 87-foot Willamette Queen was being escorted by two Coast Guard vessels when it ran aground about 5:30 p.m. Sunday night at Oregon City. A Coast Guard helicopter and two boats ...