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In a successful rescue operation, three survivors were saved after their single-engine plane crashed in the Atlantic Ocean ...

Don Baribault was the superintendent of the Northport School District and coach of the high school baseball team when he died ...

Northport High School, which represents a town of about 300 people in northern Stevens County, is grieving after a student ...

One person is dead after an incident in Ocean Ridge on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Boynton Beach Fire Rescue confirmed to WPBF 25 News that it responded to a report of smoke in the air near ...

(CBS12) — Three people were rescued Sunday night after a small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Vero Beach ... a multi-agency search and rescue effort was underway, involving the ...

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — A sea turtle named Dilly Dally found its way back to the ocean following a daring rescue. Dilly Dally, a subadult loggerhead sea turtle and amputee patient, was released ...

A man died Thursday after rushing into the perilous waters of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach fully clothed in an attempt to rescue his dog, authorities said. While the dog made it out of the ocean ...

Two women reportedly pulled him out of the water and called 911. Crews from National Park Service Ocean Rescue and SFFD arrived within a couple of minutes, according to Curtis-Contreras ...

Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue officials said the holiday and the rip currents were why so many people needed help. Other South Florida beaches were also busy. Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue said it ...