Tag: Gulf of Mexico
Bundles of cocaine washing ashore in coastal Texas county
MATAGORDA, Texas — Authorities in a coastal Texas county are asking beachgoers to not pick up any suspicious items in the water after several...
Offshore lift boat flipped while lowering legs, turning
NEW ORLEANS — An offshore oil industry boat had begun to lower its legs and was trying to turn to face heavy winds when...
Jimmy Harrell, Deepwater Horizon rig supervisor, dies at 65
MORTON, Miss. — Jimmy Harrell, a supervisor on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, has died...
Ship speed limit sought to protect endangered whales in Gulf
NEW ORLEANS — A speed limit for ships in part of the Gulf of Mexico south of the Florida Panhandle is needed to protect...
Interior drops Trump proposal for Arctic offshore drilling
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Interior Department said Friday it would not pursue a Trump administration proposal that critics said would have weakened rules...
SpaceX capsule departs station with 4 astronauts, heads home
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts departed the International Space Station late Saturday, aiming for a rare nighttime splashdown to...
SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since...
Determined volunteers still search for capsized ship missing
COCODRIE, La. — The volunteers gather around a map, suntanned fingers tracing over the bayous, lakes and islands where they'll search. They talk about...
SpaceX making 1st US crew splashdown in dark since Apollo 8
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX this weekend will attempt the first U.S. splashdown of returning astronauts in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot in...
More patrols, fewer boaters for SpaceX splashdown Wednesday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronauts flying SpaceX back to Earth this week urged boaters to stay safe by staying away from their capsule's...