Tag: Maritime accidents
UN envoy: Study other options to prevent Yemen tanker spill
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations should keep negotiating with Yemen’s Houthi rebels but also look at other possible options to ensure that an...
Officials: Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, some 200 missing
SANAA, Yemen — U.N. and Yemeni officials said Monday a boat capsized off the coast of war-torn Yemen a day earlier and some 200...
Toddler who washed up on Norwegian island is identified
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The body of a toddler that washed ashore on Norway’s southwest coast on Jan.1 has been identified. It's a missing 15-month-old...
3 more federal lawsuits filed over Seacor Power disaster
NEW ORLEANS — More lawsuits filed Tuesday in the capsizing of an offshore oil service vessel in a Gulf of Mexico storm provide harrowing...
Mother and her son from prominent SC legal family found dead
ISLANDTON, S.C. — A mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family were killed on their family's land, and authorities said they...
Data recovered as ship with chemicals sinking off Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking off Sri Lanka’s capital, as...
Lawsuit: Survivor details moments when lift boat capsizes
NEW ORLEANS — A man who was on a lift boat that capsized eight miles (about 13 kilometers) off the Louisiana coast in April...
Biden’s AI czar focuses on societal risks, preventing harm
Computer scientist Lynne Parker made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like cleaning up after a nuclear...
Utah man sentenced to 30 years in death of wife on cruise
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Utah man was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska...
Utah man faces sentencing in beating death of wife on cruise
JUNEAU, Alaska — The father of a Utah woman beaten to death by her husband on an Alaska cruise in 2017 told a judge...