Tag: Search and rescue efforts
Tunisian ship rescues 100 Europe-bound migrants from dinghy
TUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian navy frigate rescued 100 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa early Tuesday as their inflatable dinghy foundered in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Porto player investigated over COVID-19 test result
PORTO, Portugal — Portuguese authorities conducted a search and seizure operation at facilities owned by Porto on Thursday in an investigation related to a...
Virginia deputy lifts overturned car to free trapped woman
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. — A deputy in Virginia single-handedly lifted an overturned car to free a woman pinned underneath.
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Indian navy searches for 78 missing from barge sunk by storm
NEW DELHI — Indian navy ships and helicopters searched in extreme weather and rough seas Wednesday for 78 people still missing from a barge...
Belgian search for man on terror list goes into second day
BRUSSELS — The search for an armed man who is on a Belgian terror watch list because of his extreme right sympathies and who...
US tips prompt German raids over child abuse images
BERLIN — German authorities searched more than 40 apartments and other buildings in Berlin on Wednesday in connection with the spread of child abuse...
23 rescued from suspected smuggling boat off California
Twenty-three people were rescued Monday from a suspected smuggling boat off the San Diego coast not far from where another vessel broke up a...
Chicago fire crew rescues parrot from office building ledge
CHICAGO — The Chicago Fire Department didn’t have to raise a ladder to rescue a cat from a tree over the weekend, but firefighters...
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...
22 people rescued after roller coaster in Arizona gets stuck
PHOENIX — Nearly two dozen people who were stranded after a roller coaster stalled mid-ride at an Arizona amusement park are safe.
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