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Searchers uncover wreck of luxury steamer lost in Lake Michigan over 150 years ago
[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. — Searchers have discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in the late 19th…
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Fire in Portland’s Old Port damages its historic waterfront and sinks at least one boat
[ad_1] A fire tore through the historic Old Port waterfront in Portland, Maine, on Friday night, damaging aging buildings and several boats along Custom…
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US strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Monday that it had conducted another strike against a boat it said was smuggling drugs in the…
Technology
Scientists recover cannon, coins, porcelain cup from 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck
[ad_1] BOGOTA, Colombia — A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup were among the first objects Colombian scientists recovered from the depths of…
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Final resting place of historic SS United States to become artificial reef by Florida
[ad_1] A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef after it’s sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast early next year. Okaloosa County…
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Michigan acquires shipwreck artifact as part of settlement in police case
[ad_1] DETROIT — DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund…
Finance
A fire aboard a gas tanker off the coast of Yemen kills 2 mariners
[ad_1] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire that erupted on a Cameroonian-flagged gas tanker traveling through the…
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Faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible headed to Titanic wreckage, NTSB finds
[ad_1] PORTLAND, Maine — PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Faulty engineering led to the implosion of an experimental submersible that killed five people on the…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald…
Finance
China hits US ships with retaliatory port fees before trade talks
[ad_1] HONG KONG — HONG KONG (AP) — China has hit U.S.-owned vessels docking in the country with tit-for-tat port fees, in response to…
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Shipwreck discovered of schooner that sank in Lake Michigan almost 140 years ago
[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. — After decades of scouring the bottom of Lake Michigan, searchers have finally found the wreckage of a cargo schooner that…
World News
1 dead, 1 critically injured after being knocked from gondola at Quebec resort
[ad_1] Canadian police say one person has died and another is critically injured after they were knocked out of a sightseeing gondola at the…
Finance
4 dead after tourist boat capsizes in storm on Italian lake
[ad_1] Italian firefighters say that they have recovered four bodies from a northern Italian lake after a tourist boat capsized in a sudden, violent…
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Soccer player Anton Walkes, 25, dies in Florida boat crash
[ad_1] MIAMI — Professional soccer player Anton Walkes has died from injuries he sustained in a boat crash off the coast of Miami, authorities…