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The shoreline of Florida has long been the goal for the desperate, whether they’re coming from Haiti or Cuba. Even though the “Wet Foot, Dry Foot” policy for Cubans was eliminated in 2017, there’s been a major uptick in rafters leaving Cuba, trying to reach the United States. So far this fiscal year, which began last October, the U.S....

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued five Cuban men near Florida’s southeast coast who said they had been floating at sea in a small raft for 16 days after leaving their island

Footage from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office shows a homemade vessel carrying Cubans capsizing off Florida’s coast.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued five Cuban men near Florida’s southeast coast who said they had been floating at sea in a small raft for 16 days after leaving their island.

A diver who said he spent 10 hours in the water after drifting away from his boat in the Florida Keys was rescued by the Coast Guard early Friday. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the man’s wife called authorities around 10 p.m. Thursday when he didn’t come home after leaving from Cudjoe Key to American Shoal Light to dive....

More than $411 million worth of cocaine and marijuana seized by the U.S. Coast Guard was offloaded at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale Wednesday morning. The massive amount of drugs, which includes 23,000 pounds of cocaine and about 8,000 pounds of marijuana, was offloaded by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James. Officials said the drugs were confiscated during…

The drugs were part of a bust made by the U.S. Coast Guard before being brought to South Florida.

The U.S. Coast Guard says a man went missing after falling into the water from a dinner-cruise ship in the Gulf Coast in Florida

The U.S. Coast Guard says a 62-year-old boater who had been missing since Friday has been found Sunday clinging to his capsized vessel off of Florida’s Atlantic coast

Stuart Bee, who had been missing since Friday, was found Sunday clinging to his capsized vessel off of Florida’s Atlantic coastline, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Video shows crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball taking a swim break in the Pacific ocean, when a 6- to 8-foot shark crashed the party. Crew members swam to safety as shots were fired into the water to scare the shark away. Officials said it looked like a scene “out of a Hollywood movie.”

All eyes were looking to the sky Saturday afternoon for the flyover of military aircrafts honoring the health care workers battling COVID-19, and the families whose loved ones have made the ultimate sacrifice.  The U.S. Coast Guard and the fighter jets from the Air Force Reserve Makos squadron in Homestead stopped their normal missions to make the tribute. The...

All eyes were looking to the sky Saturday afternoon for the flyover of military aircrafts honoring the health care workers battling COVID-19, and the families whose loved ones have made the ultimate sacrifice. NBC 6’s Willard Shepherd reports.

The U.S. Coast Guard and the fighter jets from the Air Force Reserve Makos squadron in Homestead stopped their normal missions to make a special tribute to those on the frontlines of battling COVID-19.

Blue Angels honored those on the front lines with a flyover over South Florida. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer was at Memorial Hospital West, where he caught reaction from health care workers.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday will offload some 27,000 pounds of cocaine seized in waters worth some $360 million.

Spouses and parents of Coast Guard members went on a mission through the halls of Congress on Tuesday, knocking on doors in support of an end to the partial government shutdown.

Coast Guard officials said the agency was notified Sunday afternoon that people were in the water in Blackwater Sound near Key Largo.

Four people who were on board a boat that capsized near Key Biscayne Monday morning were rescued in the water, officials said.