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FILE - In this June 27, 2006, file photo, attorney Merle Smith talks to reporters at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Smith, the first Black cadet to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy, died of complications from Parkinson's disease and COVID-19 on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, his family said. He was 76. (AP Photo/Jack Sauer, File)
Merle Smith, 1st Black graduate of Coast Guard Academy, dies

Jun. 23, 2021 12:50 PM EDT

Hassan: Mask requirement lifted for commercial fishermen

Jun. 14, 2021 04:00 AM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Coast Guard have updated guidance for commercial fishermen saying those who are...

USS Constitution to pay respects to health care workers

Jun. 06, 2021 11:46 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The U.S.S. Constitution and its crew are paying tribute to health care workers and first responders for their service during the coronavirus...

U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for 10 missing Cubans

May. 30, 2021 12:44 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for 10 Cuban migrants who went missing last week after their boat capsized 16 miles...

In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a Coast Guard crew rescues eight people from the water approximately 16 miles south of Key West, Florida, on Thursday, May 27, 2021. A search for 10 Cubans missing from a boat capsize continued Friday, a day after the U.S. Coast Guard rescued other passengers and pulled two bodies from the water. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
US Coast Guard continues search for 10 Cubans missing at sea

By Adriana Gomez Licon May. 28, 2021 02:09 PM EDT

Cadets stand during the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden celebrates Coast Guard, stresses role on world stage

By Alexandra Jaffe And Jonathan Lemire May. 19, 2021 01:49 PM EDT

Ferry fire will cause Puget Sound summer travel delays

May. 13, 2021 11:53 AM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — Puget Sound ferry travelers can expect summer delays because last month’s fire aboard the ferry Wenatchee has forced the state to use smaller...

From left, NASA’s Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins, and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi hold a news conference aboard the International Space Station on Monday, April 26, 2021. They are winding up a six-month mission, after their replacements arrived Saturday on their own SpaceX capsule. (NASA via AP)
More patrols, fewer boaters for SpaceX splashdown Saturday

By Marcia Dunn Apr. 26, 2021 02:53 PM EDT

Here is the latest news from The Associated Press at 3:40 p.m. EDT

Apr. 15, 2021 03:49 PM EDT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The defense at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd has rested its case without putting Chauvin on...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Mar. 26, 2021 03:35 PM EDT
Hearst Connecticut Media. March 24, 2021. Editorial: High costs for prison phone calls must end In another entry in...

FILE - This May 4, 2020, file photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shows the first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is entering the final phase of review by U.S. government regulators. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, Dec. 8 released a positive review of the vaccine. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)
Pentagon set to begin COVID-19 vaccinations on small scale

By Robert Burns Dec. 09, 2020 01:25 PM EST

In this June 1993 photo provided by Kathleen McIlvain, Charles McIlvain, center, and his parents, Clark McIlvain, left, and Kathleen McIlvain, pose after Charles graduated from Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Calif. Charles McIlvain was one of 34 people killed when the dive boat Conception caught fire and sank off the coast of California on Sept. 2, 2019. (Kathleen McIlvain via AP)
Families of 34 California boat fire victims grieve, advocate

By Stefanie Dazio Dec. 04, 2020 04:46 PM EST

Coast Guard's Polar Star heads to Arctic due to COVID-19

Dec. 02, 2020 10:40 AM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — The crew of the Polar Star, the U.S. Coast Guard’s only working heavy-duty icebreaker, is preparing for a rare mission north to the Arctic after...

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, a Moran tugboat nears the stern of the capsizing vessel Golden Ray near St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia. The salvage team is seeking a federal permit to surround the shipwreck with a giant mesh barrier to contain any debris when they cut the ship apart. Salvage workers coming to the Georgia coast to cut apart and remove the cargo ship that overturned will be isolated at a nearby resort to protect them from the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
Demolition starts on big ship stranded 14 months off Georgia

By Russ Bynum Nov. 06, 2020 04:14 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, a Moran tugboat nears the stern of the capsizing vessel Golden Ray near St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia. The salvage team is seeking a federal permit to surround the shipwreck with a giant mesh barrier to contain any debris when they cut the ship apart. Salvage workers coming to the Georgia coast to cut apart and remove the cargo ship that overturned will be isolated at a nearby resort to protect them from the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
Giant crane arrives at Georgia shipwreck awaiting removal

Oct. 27, 2020 03:29 PM EDT

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, then-Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Gary L. Thomas, deputy on Aug. 8, 2016. Thomas, now the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after he and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were in a Pentagon meeting with a Coast Guard leader who was infected with the virus. (Lance Cpl. Paul A. Ochoa/Marine Corps via AP)
Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting

By Lolita C. Baldor Oct. 07, 2020 08:33 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, a Moran tugboat nears the stern of the capsizing vessel Golden Ray near St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia. The salvage team is seeking a federal permit to surround the shipwreck with a giant mesh barrier to contain any debris when they cut the ship apart. Salvage workers coming to the Georgia coast to cut apart and remove the cargo ship that overturned will be isolated at a nearby resort to protect them from the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
Removal of Georgia shipwreck delayed again over anchor issue

By Russ Bynum Oct. 07, 2020 05:55 PM EDT

Peter Matlon, a resident of Washington, holds up a protest sign for commuters to see on Pennsylvania Avenue near the Trump International Hotel in Washington, Wednesday morning, Oct. 7, 2020. The Vietnam War veteran normally likes canvass door-to-door during elections but was forced change his tactics because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Trump hails experimental treatment for his virus recovery

By Aamer Madhani, Jill Colvin And Matthew Perrone Oct. 07, 2020 12:24 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2020, file photo Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley listens before a meeting with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, at the Pentagon in Washington. The nation's top military leaders were under self-quarantine Tuesday, Oct. 6, after a senior Coast Guard official tested positive for the coronavirus, the Pentagon said. Milley, and the vice chairman, Gen. John Hyten, were among those affected, U.S. officials said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Military leaders quarantined after official tests positive

By Lolita C. Baldor Oct. 06, 2020 01:21 PM EDT

President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump reports 'no symptoms,' returns to downplaying virus

By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin And Aamer Madhani Oct. 06, 2020 12:20 AM EDT