KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat – Medium crew assisted three recreational mariners aboard the disabled 24-foot Bayliner Herrisea in Blackstone Bay near Whittier, Alaska, Sunday. The rescue boatcrew rendezvoused with the Herrisea and safely towed the vessel to Whittier. Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center received notice from […]
In a dangerous and conflicting move, 47 Republicans in the U.S. Senate penned a letter to the leaders of Iran undermining the President’s role in nuclear negotiations with that country on Monday. Authored by Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton, the letter was signed by 46 other Republicans warning Iranian leaders that while the president could negotiate […]
WASHINGTON—The United States Treasury says new rules relaxing trade and travel restrictions to Cuba will be implemented beginning Friday. The move is a step toward the Obama administration’s goal, announced last month, of normalizing ties with the communist nation. In a statement Thursday, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said the United States is now “one step […]
SEOUL—Relations between Washington and Pyongyang have grown more contentious in the wake of the alleged North Korea cyberattack on the Sony Pictures movie studio. The U.S. was quick to reject a North Korean proposal to reduce regional tensions and is instead focused on pressuring and isolating the regime. North Korea is already under U.N. sanctions […]