January 7 Florida boater accused of killing teen in crash avoids jail time with plea deal Carlos Guillermo "Bill" Alonso pleaded guilty in a deadly 2024 incident in which he fatally struck 15-year-old Ella Adler with his boat.
December 1 Father-to-be Navy officer vanishes with pilot instructor after plane drops off radar Flight instructor Taylor Dickey and Navy Lt. David Michael Jahn are presumed dead after their Cessna 172 crashed into Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans.
November 15 Men are crying over a 1975 shipwreck, and it says something about modern masculinity The Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck went viral on social media as the 50th anniversary sparked trending posts and tributes across platforms.
November 7 Coast Guard swoops in to save stranded sailors from sinking boat hundreds of miles off coast Coast Guard crews rescued five sailors from a sinking sailboat 260 nautical miles off North Carolina's coast after the vessel took on water near Cape Hatteras Thursday.
November 4 Florida boater rescues two people from vessel engulfed in flames off coast A good Samaritan and the U.S. Coast Guard rescued two boaters after a 35-foot boat erupted in flames off the coast of Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Monday.
October 25 Family matriarch dies day after rescue from remote island that saw family swim ashore to escape boat fire The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a family from Naushon Island after their boat caught fire, forcing them to swim to safety from Martha's Vineyard.
October 8 Mysterious wooden canoe found after Hurricane Ian still baffles experts three years later A mysterious wooden canoe discovered in Fort Myers, Florida, after Hurricane Ian remains puzzling to experts three years later. Officials recently gave an update on its status.
October 6 Divers discover $1 million in gold and silver coins in Florida shipwreck from 1700s Gold and silver coins worth about $1 million are found in Florida waters from Spanish ships that sank in a 1715 hurricane while returning from the New World.
September 1 Enemy vessel that exploded during 1748 battle may have been found in North Carolina river East Carolina University archaeologists found the likely remains of La Fortuna, a colonial-era Spanish privateer, in the Cape Fear River, they told Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ Digital.
August 31 Elite Americans shell out for 'boat-tox' and other on-demand personal care services "Boat-tox" allows wealthy clients to receive Botox injections on yachts and private boats as part of growing on-demand concierge medical and cosmetic services.