Italy: At least 40 migrants dead at sea, 320 others rescued
FRANCES D’EMILIO and MIKE CORDER At least 40 migrants died Saturday in the hold of an overcrowded smuggling boat in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya, apparently killed by fuel…
Maritime accidents
After 150 years, Confederate submarine’s hull again revealed
By BRUCE SMITH A century and a half after it sank and a decade and a half after it was raised, scientists are finally getting a look at the hull…
Italian prosecutors order ferry back to Italy
By LLAZAR SEMINI, COLLEEN BARRY Italian prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the crippled Greek ferry Norman Atlantic back to Italy as part of a criminal investigation, saying they feared more bodies…
WITNESS: 100 ABOARD COSTA SHIP WHEN CAPTAIN FLED
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Coast Guard Capt. Gregorio De Falco, right, arrives at the Grosseto court, Italy, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. A Italian Coast Guard official has testified that hundreds of…
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,…
SURVIVORS OF NEW MIGRANT TRAGEDY ARRIVE IN MALTA
By STEPHEN CALLEJA and COLLEEN BARRY An officer holds a baby as migrants disembark from a Maltese Navy ship at the Valletta harbor, Malta, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. A Maltese…
DIVERS RECOVER 17 MORE BODIES, DEATH TOLL HITS 211
By ANDREA ROSA Migrants wait to board a ferry boat from the port of Lampedusa, for Sicily, southern Italy, where they will be sent to other temporary camps based on…
32 MORE MIGRANT BODIES RECOVERED IN ITALY
By LUCA BRUNO Italian soldiers carry body bags at the Lampedusa island, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Authorities say divers have recovered new bodies from a fiery shipwreck of a…