Coast Guard Finds 5 Miles of Illegal Gill Net Filled with Hundreds of Sharks
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A Coast Guard crew found an illegal gill net with hundreds of dead sharks Monday, 4 miles off the Texas coast.
Russian Parliament Passes Yakovlev Bill Banning U.S. Adoption of Russian Children
On Wednesday, the Upper House of Russia's Parliament voted on a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children.
Man Hit by Car in Georgia Identified as Anchorage Man
The Fulton County Medical Examiner in Georgia identified the man hit in a motor vehicle/pedestrian accident as 29-year-old Michael George of Anchorage.
Search Ends Tragically for Coast Guard Hiker in Kodiak
The search for 20-year-old Derek Russell, the Coast Guardsman from the cutter Munro, who went missing on Barometer Mountain on Saturday ended tragically on Tuesday when his remains were found on the mountain.