Coast Guard: instability doomed Mass. fishing boat

BOSTON — The Coast Guard says a New Bedford fishing boat became rapidly unstable as a full fishing net...

Capt. Richard Phillips, Navy crew in April piracy rescue reunite

NORFOLK, Va. — A merchant sea captain who was captured and held by Somali pirates in April reunited today...

Ex-crewmen: Company wouldn’t rename targeted ship

PHILADELPHIA — The company that owns the Maersk Alabama, a freighter targeted by pirates twice in seven...

Watchdog group requests probe of Bachmann health care rally

ST. PAUL, Minn. - An ethics watchdog group said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann misused her official Web...

Seekonk’s Shane Murphy not on board Maersk Alabama

The Seekonk mariner who was second-in-command when the Maersk Alabama was overtaken by Somali pirates in April...

Pirate says captain of ship hijacked Monday dies

NAIROBI, Kenya — A self-proclaimed Somali pirate says the captain of a ship captured earlier this...

Navy finds lax behavior aboard sub in collision

GROTON, Conn. — The crew aboard a U.S. submarine made dozens of errors before the vessel collided with an...

Maersk Alabama repels 2nd pirate attack

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama today for the second time in seven months, though...

4 dead in car-train crash near SC-GA state line

HARDEEVILLE, S.C. — Four people have died after a car was hit by an Amtrak train near the South Carolina-Georgia...

Somali pirates free 36 hostages, claim $3M ransom

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pirates freed 36 crew members from a Spanish trawler Tuesday, and a self-proclaimed...

Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom, free 36 hostages

MOGADISHU, Somalia — As a Spanish warship looked on, a $3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat today...

Tracked Down: Jon Hamm, Mark Stuart, Ben Affleck and more...

Boston Bruin cutie Mark Stuart hosting 100 members of the military and their families at the team’s...

London arrest latest in pilot drinking episodes

DALLAS — The arrest of a United Airlines pilot this week for allegedly drinking too much before entering...

Tony Stewart owns up to success

AVONDALE, Ariz. - Tony Stewart won’t win the Sprint Cup championship this season, and his bid to join...

Crowd ain’t afraid of no Ghostface

Like the cinematic kung-fu master from whom he got his name, Ghostface Killah is a master of many styles. ...