A cross between a truck and a boat built by a small South Carolina company is designed to help respond in a new world of increasingly wet disasters brought on by global warming. The Amphibious Responder, depending on configuration, can …
Is it a house or a boat? Does a coffee mug float? The Supreme Court struggled with all types of questions Monday as it tried to figure out what kind of floating structures fall under maritime law, a question that …
The New Hampshire Supreme Court will decide whether a law that allows suspension of boating privileges for life is constitutional. The justices on Wednesday will hear the appeal of 38-year-old Erica Blizzard of Laconia – the pilot in a fatal …
Police say the death of a 47-year-old man who fell from his docked boat in the northwestern Lower Peninsula was an accidental drowning. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports toxicology tests found that David Boekeloo’s blood-alcohol level was nearly three times …
Authorities in northwestern Congo say more than 100 people are feared dead after two boats collided on a river. Equateur province spokeswoman Rebecca Ebale Nguma says at least 220 people were aboard the boat on the Tshuapa River when it …
A Macedonian court has convicted an insurance representative and the skipper of a boat that sank, killing 15 Bulgarian tourists, of negligence and sentenced them to 12 months each in jail. The court in Ohrid, in southwestern Macedonia, said Tuesday …
A New Jersey fishing boat owner is charged in a botched attempt to sink his vessel to collect insurance money. A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday charges 38-year-old Scott Tran of Cherry Hill, and three other men. Authorities say Tran wanted …
Officials in Pennsylvania say a powerboat was having mechanical difficulties before exploding near a yacht club on Lake Erie, killing one person and injuring nine others. Erie Chief Fire Inspector Guy Santone tells the Erie Times-News that the boat’s operators …
A 56-year-old Maine man has been charged with six counts of arson for allegedly setting a string of fires in his hometown of Acton. The state fire marshal’s office said two fire investigators arrested John Hogan III on Thursday upon …