The U.S. Coast Guard said late Friday it has called off a dayslong search for several people who jumped overboard when their ...

The service said that conditions in the area where the search was taking place included nine-foot seas and winds approaching ...

Cutters are still stopping smugglers and seizing drugs, but the prosecutions of go-fast boat crews are dwindling in a ...

The Coast Guard has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since August as part of Operation Pacific Viper, the agency said Tuesday. The illicit drugs were nabbed in ...

The Coast Guard says it will continue to bar the display of swastikas and nooses after drawing fierce criticism following the revelation of new rules that would redefine the symbols as “potentially ...

The Coast Guard's official history began on 4 August 1790 when the first Congress authorized the construction of ten vessels to enforce federal tariff and trade laws and to prevent smuggling. Known ...