Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(SITKA, Alaska) The Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a luxury charter fishing boat sank off the coast of Alaska.
Rescuers located one deceased individual near the vessel partially submerged near a small island close to Sitka, Alaska.
Kingfisher Charters, a Sitka-based company that operates all-inclusive fishing trips, reported the missing vessel to the Coast Guard on Sunday evening. The vessel was last seen on Sunday afternoon near Kruzof Island, less than 10 miles from the small rocky island where the ship was found, according to the Coast Guard.
“We’re working quickly to locate the unaccounted-for individuals,” Coast Guard Commanding Duty Officer Trevor Layman said, citing multiple “unknowns” involved in the search.
Kingfisher Charters offers all-inclusive fishing packages and operates guided trips on 30-foot power boats that can carry up to six anglers on a boat, according to the company website.
The Coast Guard did no
Emily Butler PhotographyKansas kicks off their 50th anniversary tour on June 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and guitarist and founding member Richard Williams is certainly excited to be celebrating such a big milestone.
“Fifty, it s a big number, it s half a century,” Williams tells ABC Audio. “Suddenly there s like a whoa moment that s, like, Wow, 50 years, that s a lot. ” He described the tour as "a celebration of the entire career."
Williams says when Kansas first got together, their biggest dream was simply “to record an album and then get it played on the radio if we were lucky,” and then possibly get to open for some big national acts.
“We couldn t imagine dreaming beyond that,” he says. “You know, the world stage and being a headlining act and continuing to make records and all that was so distant that it wasn t even a thought. That wasn t a dream. . the last 49 years have been all gravy.”
And at 73, Williams has no plans of slowi
James Lee and Bradley Gillespie in photos released by police. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction(CLEVELAND) One of the two inmates who escaped from an Ohio prison has been found dead, authorities said.
Bradley Gillespie s body was recovered in the Ohio River, the U.S. Marshals Services in Cleveland tweeted Sunday. The second inmate had been captured on Wednesday, authorities said.
The Allen County Sheriff s Office warned residents on Tuesday to "be aware and use caution" after the two men escaped from the Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima.
The inmates were identified by the sheriff s office as Gillespie, 50, and James Lee, 47.
Lee was captured in Henderson, Kentucky, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Gillespie was convicted of murdering a man and woman in 2016 and was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison, according to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction online records.
Lee was convicted in 2021 of charges includin
Leigh Vogel/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Deputy Homeland Security Secretary John Tien, a 24-year Army vet, now finds himself with a new challenge, handed down by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas specifically because of his background: defeating, disrupting and dismantling Mexican drug cartels.
"These cartels are responsible for human smuggling, human trafficking, narcotics trafficking in particular, who are making, shipping and selling dangerous and deadly narcotics," Tien told ABC News in an interview, laying blame with them for the spread of opioids like fentanyl.
Tien is one of the most senior law enforcement officials in the country. His status as a veteran isn t so unique there are about 54,000 others working at the department, or about 20% of employees but it informs his work even out of the military.
So, too, does his heritage.
"As a first-generation Asian American, I know that I ve got a responsibility to be both seen and heard," he ex