Hawaiian seafood caught by foreign crews confined on boats
By MARTHA MENDOZA and MARGIE MASON Pier 17 doesn’t even show up on most Honolulu maps. Cars whiz past it on their way to Waikiki’s famous white sand beaches. Yet…
Boat accidents
More than 700 feared dead in recent Mediterranean crossings
By SARAH EL DEEB Survivor accounts have pushed to more than 700 the number of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over three days in the past week, even…
EU: Some 20 bodies spotted as migrant boat sinks off Libya
By NICOLE WINFIELD A migrant boat sank off Libya’s coast Thursday, with some 20 bodies spotted in the sea. Officials said 88 people had been rescued. The Libyan coast guard…
Libyan smuggling route grows 1 year after mass drownings
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK When more than 800 people drowned last year on an overcrowded ship bound for Italy’s southernmost isle of Lampedusa, the European Union deployed a round-the-clock flotilla that…
Homeland Security taking to the sky in drug smuggling fight
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL As soon as the aging P-3 surveillance plane rumbles off the island runway, a crew of three agents for U.S. Customs and Border Protection begins hunting…
Hungary blocks migrants from trains; 11 drown off Turkey
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK Hundreds of migrants chanted defiant slogans outside Budapest’s main international train station Wednesday as Hungarian police blocked them for a second day from seeking asylum in Germany…
The Latest: UN: 100 migrants rescued off Libya; 200 missing
By The Associated Press Here are the latest developments Friday regarding the tens of thousands of migrants trying to reach Europe. ___ 12:40 p.m. U.N. authorities say 100 people have…
Indictment: NY boat pilot drunk in deadly crash
By JIM FITZGERALD FILE – This Sunday, July 28, 2013, file photo provided by the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office shows Jojo John. The Rockland County district attorney’s office said Thursday,…