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The U.S. Coast Guard says a seaman will face a court-martial on murder and other charges in the death of a fellow seaman during a night of drinking in Alaska.

Tour helicopter operations in Hawaii have come under increased scrutiny after the deadly crash this week, one of several recent accidents in the state, with a congressman calling the trips unsafe and lacking proper oversight. There were no survivors of a Thursday tour helicopter crash that killed three minors and four adults, officials confirmed Saturday.

A tour helicopter carrying seven people went missing in Hawaii on Thursday evening. Kaua’i Police say the wreckage of the helicopter has been found and the search for the passengers continues.

Two adults and two children were rescued after their boat capsized on the Pacific Ocean near Doran Beach, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.

Footage shows towering flames in San Francisco as crews battle a fire caused by a gas explosion.

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...

The West Point cadet who went missing last week has been found dead, the U.S. Military Academy announced Wednesday.

An extensive search is underway for a cadet at West Point who has gone missing. The U.S. Military said the cadet was last seen at the academy on Friday. He was scheduled to participate in a military skills competition this past weekend but failed to show up.

Get ready for a busy week in San Francisco as Fleet Week begins Sunday and city leaders are taking extra precautions to keep everyone safe.

With the start of Fleet Week happening this weekend, as well as other major events like the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, the Castro Street Fair, and a Golden State Warriors pre-season game against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Chase Center, the city’s emergency departments are expecting a busy two days.

Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies with the marine patrol unit are searching for a boater who went missing near Discovery Bay Sunday night.

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...

A man who recently took a trip on board the same boat that went up in flames Monday morning off of the Channel Islands offered a unique perspective of the vessel and factors that may have played a role in the death of more than 25 people.

A San Diego woman was among five family members killed in a boat fire in Channel Islands National Park, according to her mother.

After striking the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hurricane Dorian moved out over open waters as it continues its path north.  The storm is expected to close in on Florida by Sunday afternoon.

A U.S. Coast Guard seaman based in Alameda has been charged with murder and other counts for the beating death of a shipmate in Alaska in January, Coast Guard officials said on Friday.