Coast Guard rescues boat captain clinging to cooler in Gulf of Mexico
A boat captain rode out Hurricane Milton overnight in the Gulf of Mexico before he was found clinging to a cooler around 30 miles offshore and rescued by helicopter.
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A boat captain rode out Hurricane Milton overnight in the Gulf of Mexico before he was found clinging to a cooler around 30 miles offshore and rescued by helicopter.
Video clips show police aiding an elderly woman and multiple children.
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Video shows a Coast Guard member descending into the choppy ocean from a helicopter to reach the man and dog.
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The fuel depot is crucial to keeping Port Miami's massive economic engine running. The port has an economic impact of $61 billion and supports 340,000 jobs, according to the county.
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Despite flare-ups in Middle East violence, investors remain optimistic that the U.S. and Iran will soon end the war.
The fuel depot is crucial to keeping Port Miami's massive economic engine running. The port has an economic impact of $61 billion and supports 340,000 jobs, according to the county.
The man was arrested after allegedly exposing himself to women and committing an obscene act while driving his gray Tesla southbound on South Dixie Highway, South Miami Police told CBS News Miami.
The eight-foot dinghy that Brian Hooker says he and his wife, Lynette Hooker, were aboard when she disappeared in early April was seized by U.S. Coast Guard investigators.
Preliminary information from MDSO's Homicide Unit revealed that 42-year-old Ryan Charles Whiten stabbed their mother, 46-year-old Melanie Lauren Hyer, their 11-year-old daughter, and their 8-year-old daughter to death before taking his own life.
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Commissioners voted to allow the review, saying if that was the only way to move the project - designed to help people with mental illnesses caught in the criminal justice system - then so be it.
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President Trump said he is considering replacing the Freedom 250 concert series with a rally after many artists dropped out.
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