22 h. ago Coast Guard set to change policy to call swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive'

The U.S. Coast Guard is poised to change some of its language and policies surrounding the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses as well as how personnel report hate incidents

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24 h. ago Coast Guard disputes claim its new guidelines no longer consider swastikas and nooses hate symbols

The Coast Guard said suggestions it no longer prohibits extremist imagery like swastikas are ‘categorically false’

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24 h. ago Coast Guard guidelines no longer consider swastikas, nooses, and the Confederate flag to be hate symbols: report

‘We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,’ one Coast Guard official said in response to the alleged change

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58 h. ago Why this one Republican voted against releasing the Epstein files

The House Representative has suggested that the released files could feature the names of victims, a claim disputed by fact-checkers

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59 h. ago Sole Republican who voted against releasing the Epstein files explains his decision

The House Representative has suggested that the released files could feature the names of victims, a claim disputed by fact-checkers

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4 d. ago Prince Harry 'sparks fresh palace controversy' after diary clash claim disputed

When Prince Harry announced a string of engagements in Canada, his camp suggested both Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace had been informed in advance - but some have hit back at the claim

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5 d. ago 4 dead after wooden boat believed to be ferrying migrants into the US capsizes off San Diego

The Coast Guard says a wooden skiff believed to have been ferrying migrants toward the U.S. has capsized in stormy seas off San Diego, leaving at least four people dead and four hospitalized

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6 d. ago Major search is launched for missing UK sailor who fell from navy support vessel off the Irish coast

The Irish Coast Guard, the RNLI, the Irish Air Corps, and the naval vessel itself are involved in the search, as well as others, after the crew member disappeared from the boat overnight on Friday

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6 d. ago Major search for missing UK navy crew member as they vanish off coast of Ireland

The Irish Coast Guard, the Irish Air Corps, the RNLI, the naval vessel and others are involved in a missing person search after a UK navy crew member vanished off coast of Ireland overnight

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8 d. ago Sailing boat sinks 300 miles out to sea as five passengers beg for help

The Virginia Coast Guard said rescuers coordinated with one of the world's biggest warships in an operation to rescue five people stranded after their 'Magic Bus' boat took on water

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1 week ago UK halts some intelligence sharing with US over drug boat strikes – report

No 10 did not deny reports that officials are concerned over the legality of the Trump administration’s controversial campaign in the Caribbean.

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1 week ago Dramatic moment Coast Guard rushes to rescue stranded sailors as boat sinks hundreds of miles off coast

The five men, who were aboard the sailboat 'Magic Bus', issued a mayday call on Thursday after their boat began sinking some 260 nautical miles off Cape Hatteras.

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2 w. ago Military members offered Trump wine as First Family’s latest cash grab hits shelves

President’s eponymous wine and cider being promoted in Coast Guard-run stores

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3 w. ago UN approves resolution supporting Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara

Move is strongest endorsement yet for retained rule over disputed territory, despite fierce opposition from AlgeriaThe UN security council has approved a US-backed resolution supporting Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara, despite fierce opposition from Algeria.Although Friday’s vote was divided, the resolution offers the strongest endorsement yet for Morocco’s plan to keep sovereignty over the territory, which also has backing from most European Union members and a growing number of African allies. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump spares San Francisco from federal law enforcement surge after mayor asks ‘very nicely’

Daniel Lurie, along with Silicon Valley tech leaders, managed to convince the president to stand downDonald Trump rarely has kind words for Democrats, especially those who stand in his way. But on Thursday the president offered something unfamiliar: a compliment.As federal immigration agents mobilized at a US Coast Guard base in the Bay Area, Trump credited San Francisco’s new mayor, Daniel Lurie, for “very nicely” persuading him to stand down from a planned “surge” of federal law enforcement into the city. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Daniel Lurie: the millionaire mayor who got Trump to back off (for now)

San Francisco’s mayor, along with Silicon Valley leaders, managed to stop the president’s law enforcement surgeDonald Trump rarely has kind words for Democrats, especially those who stand in his way. But on Thursday the president offered something unfamiliar: a compliment.As federal agents mobilized at a US Coast Guard base in the Bay Area, Trump credited San Francisco’s new mayor, Daniel Lurie, for “very nicely” persuading him to stand down from a planned immigration enforcement “surge” in the city this weekend. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Shots fired at vehicle after it backs into US Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area

Law enforcement officers have fired shots at a vehicle that backed into a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area that had been the site of protests against federal immigration agents

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4 w. ago Trump backs down on sending federal troops to San Francisco for immigration crackdown

Protesters flood streets in show of resistance, as president calls off deployment after speaking with city’s mayor and Silicon Valley leadersDonald Trump canceled plans for a deployment of federal troops to San Francisco that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and sent protesters flooding into the streets.The Bay Area region had been on edge after reports emerged on Wednesday that the Trump administration was poised to send more than 100 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agents to the US Coast Guard base in Alameda, a city in the East Bay, as part of a large-scale immigration-enforcement plan. By early Thursday morning, hundreds of protesters had gathered outside the Coast Guard base, holding signs with slogans such as “No ICE or Troops in the Bay!”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Coast Guard audio captures stranded family's mayday call. 'Our ship burned while we were sleeping'

Audio recordings released by the Coast Guard capture the distress of a family who was rescued two days after their boat caught fire and sank, forcing them to swim to a private island

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4 w. ago What to know about Coast Guard Island in California, where federal agents have headed

Federal immigration agents were greeted by protests in the San Francisco Bay Area on their way out to a century-old, government-owned artificial island that houses a U.S. Coast Guard base

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