Tag: Search and rescue efforts
Minke whale is lost far from home in London’s Thames River
London — A young minke whale was lost far from home Monday, trapped in the Thames River upstream of London landmarks after it escaped...
Police searching Virginia landfill for baby missing from DC
WASHINGTON — Law enforcement officials said Monday that they are searching a landfill in Virginia as part of an investigation into the disappearance of...
Cowabunga! More than 800 turtles rescued from storm drains
They're lean, they're mean and they're green. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Not exactly, but hundreds of diamondback terrapin hatchlings have been rescued from subterranean...
Interpol joins land and sea search for 2 Spanish children
MADRID — Interpol posted on its website Thursday the photographs of two Spanish children who allegedly were taken by their father from the Canary...
Italian Navy rescues fisherman reportedly shot off Libya
MILAN — An Italian Navy ship has rescued a crew member of an Italian fishing boat reportedly injured by warning shots fired by the...
Salvage crews removing fuel from capsized lift boat
NEW ORLEANS — Salvage crews have begun removing fuel from a lift boat that capsized off the Louisiana coast in a storm last month,...
Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy
CAIRO — As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed...
Toddler rescued after crash expected to make full recovery
A 2-year-old girl rescued from a Maryland bay after a five-vehicle crash on a bridge has been released from a hospital and is expected...
3 killed, 27 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego
SAN DIEGO — A packed boat being used in a suspected human smuggling operation capsized Sunday and broke apart in powerful surf along the...
At least 26 die when speedboat overturns in Bangladesh river
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A speedboat carrying about 30 passengers overturned after hitting a sand-laden cargo boat in a Bangladeshi river Monday, leaving at least...
