Boat Disaster News

Attention cruise passengers: You now have more protection when things go awry. On Wednesday, Cruise Lines International Association announced the adoption of a new passenger bill of rights.

The tanker truck driver involved in a collision that killed an Arizona highway patrol officer on Interstate 8 in Yuma on May 6 was charged with 19 felony offenses, including one count of second-degree murder, 13 counts of endangerment and five counts of criminal damage.

One of two Australians who plunged from a cruise ship in mysterious circumstances two weeks ago was remembered on Thursday as a hero who died attempting to rescue his girlfriend.

As Christopher Lorek went on to become an FBI special agent, a circle of friends and family back home in Glen Ellyn cheered him on from afar.

This vessel, Ocean Negotiator, ran into trouble on Tuesday 42 nautical miles northeast of St.

According to Charleston Police, early Wednesday morning they were called near the Yacht Club on East Bay Street in reference to a man vandalizing cars.

One person has died and a second person has been transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane with unknown injuries following a boat accident on Sprague Lake, 41 miles southwest of Spokane Tuesday afternoon.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina not only almost destroyed New Orleans and wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast.

An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people.

Krista Bouchard was married to a Mountie for 13 years -- a quirky, funny, chatty guy she'd met on a blind date.

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Technical problems at Prince William's RAF Valley base meant rescuers had to be scrambled from Yorkshire to stricken cargo ship off North Wales coast RAF crews had to be scrambled from Yorkshire when a ship ran aground on the North Wales coast because every helicopter at the Anglesey base where the Duke of Cambridge is stationed was out of action, ... (more)

About 2 p.m. the F&M Transportation Inc. truck, hauling a tanker of propane, crashed onto its side, prompting police to shut down numerous surrounding roads as emergency workers tried to offload the propane, said Capt.

After seven days spent hostage in Jimmy Lee Dykes' underground bunker in Midland City, 5-year-old Ethan is free.

Many midstaters have been inquiring as to how they can help victims of the midwest tornado that left 24 people dead.

Other than the occasional patch of fog, the morning commute around the Harrisburg area is running smoothly as of 6:30 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

A Montana man died in a rock climbing accident as he tried to climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, authorities said.

President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through... President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on ... (more)

About 700 customers of the East Chelmsford Water District need not worry about the safety of their water after an oil tanker overturned Friday night on Route 3, a water district official said Monday.

RCMP in Musquodoboit Harbour say a man contacted police around 8 a.m. after the boat capsized on Trout Lake.