Tag: Search and rescue efforts
Tennessee toddler freed from antique wooden barrel
PORTLAND, Tenn. — Fire rescuers and medical staff used a power saw and screwdrivers to extract a toddler from an antique wooden barrel in...
Search for man resumes after boat capsized on Lake Michigan
EAST CHICAGO, Ind.. — A search was resuming Sunday for a man who went missing after a boat he was on capsized in Lake...
United Cajun Navy ends role in search for lift boat workers
NEW ORLEANS — A nonprofit volunteer group announced Sunday it is suspending its organization of search efforts for seven men missing since an offshore...
Charity, military vessels bring 800-plus migrants to Italy
ROME — A charity group’s ship sailed toward a Sicilian port Saturday with 236 migrants who were rescued in the Mediterranean from human traffickers'...
DA asks feds to probe unlawful strip searches in NYC suburb
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — The Westchester County district attorney has asked federal authorities to investigate “pervasive and persistent” civil rights violations involving the Mount...
UN says 125 Europe-bound children rescued off Libyan coast
CAIRO — A total of 125 Europe-bound children were rescued at sea this week by Libyan authorities off the Mediterranean coast, the United Nations...
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...
Spain recovers 24 bodies from migrant boat off Canaries
BARCELONA, Spain — The bodies of 24 sub-Saharan migrants, among them two minors, who are believed to have died of thirst and hunger as...
Turkish jets, troops hit PKK targets in new Iraq incursion
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish warplanes were continuing on Wednesday to strike suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq, while commando troops were conducting a...
Dad of ‘hero’ son who died in River Thames urges UK honor
LONDON — The father of a 20-year-old man who died after jumping into the River Thames near London Bridge to save a woman joined...
